Our Coordinators

Sue Smith, M.Div., M.S.W.
Sue serves as the Executive Director of LUCHA Ministries, Inc. In this position, Sue coordinates the organization’s projects and services and oversees its financial operation. She chairs LUCHA Ministries Board of Directors. Additionally, Sue is involved in social service and counseling ministries.

Sue is a native of Arkansas and served with her family as a Baptist missionary in Costa Rica from 1987-1999. She received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, the Master of Divinity degree from Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond in 2004, and the Master of Social Work degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004. She is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Sue is employed by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. She is also an Affiliate Missionary with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

Greg Smith, Ph.D.
Greg serves as Administrative Coordinator for LUCHA Ministries, Inc. In this role, Greg provides administrative, financial and programming oversight for LUCHA Ministries, under the direction of the Executive Director and in cooperation with the organization's coordinators and ministry team. In addition, he assists in leading training conferences for English-speaking groups on Latin American culture and customs. An ordained Baptist minister, Greg also leads in networking with area Latino and non-Latino churches.

Greg is from Arkansas and spent 12 years with his family as a Baptist missionary in Costa Rica. Greg holds degrees from Ouachita Baptist University (Bachelor of Arts, 1981), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity, 1984; Master of Arts in Christian Education, 1985), and Asbury Theological Seminary (Master of Theology, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy, 2004). Greg is employed by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. He is also an Affiliate Missionary with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

Victor Gómez, M.Div., Th.M.
Victor serves as a coordinator and board member of LUCHA Ministries, Inc. in support of its social, spiritual and community development ministries. As a native of Mexico City, Mexico, Victor helps to ensure that the programs and services of LUCHA Ministries are culturally relevant and appropriate to the Latino context in Virginia.

Victor is a graduate of Shenandoah University with the Bachelor of Arts degree (1997) and Emory University with the Master of Divinity degree (2001), and Columbia Theological Seminary with the Master of Theology degree (2006). He is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Commissioned as a clergy in the United Methodist Church, since January 2006 Victor has been employed by the Virginia Council of Churches as the Executive Director of Rural Family Development.

Heather Gómez, B.A.
Heather serves as a coordinator and board member of LUCHA Ministries, Inc. She networks with community partners to provide support for the organization’s services and programs. Heather also brings her expertise in refugee and resettlement ministry to bear on meeting the needs of Fredericksburg’s immigrant population.

A native of Virginia, Heather holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the College of William and Mary (1996). She is employed by the Virginia Council of Churches Refugee Resettlement Program as a Pre-employment Training Instructor.