Jor-El Godsey

President of Heartbeat International

Biography

Jor-El Godsey is the President of Heartbeat International, leading a dedicated team that empowers and supports leaders of pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and adoption services globally. He oversees the organization's core mission to reach and rescue as many lives as possible through an effective global network of life-affirming pregnancy help by providing essential resources, training, leadership development conferences, and daily support. His leadership in live-saving programs like Option Line and the Abortion Pill Rescue Network advances their reach to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

Jor-El comes to Heartbeat having served in the pregnancy help movement since 1988. He first served as a volunteer at Hope, the pregnancy help centers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Then he joined their board, served as Chair, and then as Executive Administrator. In 1999, Jor-El became Executive Director of Life Choices in Longmont, Colorado. Six years later, in 2006, Jor-El accepted the call to help Heartbeat International meet the diverse and expanding leadership needs of the pregnancy help movement as Vice President.

Jor-El met his wife, Karen, at a volunteer training meeting for the Hope Center in Ft. Lauderdale. They now have three children.

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