About Us

Carolyn Yela

Carolyn thrived in a 20-year Marketing career at Hewlett Packard, where she was a Product Manager and Corporate Events Producer. She was also a volunteer Firefighter/EMT and still holds the position of Assistant Fire Chief. She serves in ministries at Rolling Hills Community Church, loves the outdoors, dancing, staying fit, and pointing young lives towards Jesus. Her brand is being relationship-driven and finds success by smashing her goals. As the Lead for Client Connections at Divine Threads, she will help guide women to additional resources to enhance their experience. She hopes to help build confidence and a stronger self-image for women who need to find their sparkle.

Donna Buhrow

Donna is a long-time teacher and lover of the Word of God. Her desire is to ignite a passion in others for Jesus Christ through the teaching of God’s Word. Donna graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. in Biblical Studies, then earned a M.A. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Seminary. She and her husband Bill, who is Dean of Student Services and the Director of the Health and Counseling Center at George Fox University, have two adult children, Morgan, and Wills.

Donna co-leads One Women’s Community Bible Study in Wilsonville, OR, has a mentoring ministry, and is a retreat and conference speaker. Her passion for Divine Threads resulted from a divine encounter with Kathy Towne at TJ Maxx.

JoEtta Martes

JoEtta and her husband Steve have one grown daughter and enjoy traveling, kayaking, gardening and taking their puppy for walks. Retired in 2019 after a 38 year career tending to women’s needs as a Nail Technician, she now serves in the sewing ministry at her church and works with referring agencies and clients to schedule makeovers at Divine Threads. She also schedules tours and helps with alterations. JoEtta finds it pure joy to pour love and hope into the women we serve and see them walk a little taller. She wants them to see themselves as the beautiful creation that God made them to be.

Pat Kimmer

Pat has volunteered at Divine Threads since the beginning. In 2024, after a 35-year CPA career, she retired with a heart to spend more time traveling with her husband, playing with their two grandkids, gardening, and contributing to Divine Threads. She currently serves as Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair. In her CPA practice Pat loved mentoring women entrepreneurs. Her work with Divine Threads’ clients has been inspirational and she enjoys seeing them grow in their self-esteem and hope for a better future. Volunteering with Divine Threads women of faith has renewed and strengthened her own faith in God, and she hopes to encourage the same in others.

Ronna Marx

Ronna started her professional career in corporate fitness and wellness, keeping employees happy and healthy! The next season of life brought many years as a wife and mom, enjoying family moments. God next called Ronna to return to school to become a teacher. She recently retired after 16 years of teaching. She enjoys fitness, art, reading, gardening, traveling, boating, but mostly, time with family and friends. She looks for every reason to celebrate moments of our lives! Ronna recently came to Divine Threads to become the Volunteer Coordinator after experiencing the faith and joy of the ministry volunteering at makeovers.

Stephanie Summers

“Steph” came to Divine Threads after a 20+year career in production homebuilding and real estate and has an extensive background in executive leadership. Steph is adventurous and loves to travel, scuba dive, ski, and golf. Spending time with her family and friends is precious to her, as is her relationship with God. Steph felt the desire to serve, left her corporate career in 2022 and began volunteering with various organizations, including Divine Threads. She now serves as Executive Director, Board Member, and various other roles within Divine Threads. She wants women to see their worth and know God loves them.

Tami Hoogestraat

Tami and her husband have been married for over 40 years, blessed with two adult daughters and their families. After nearly 20 years working in the consumer products industry, Tami returned to grad school to become a licensed psychologist, providing services to adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Her passion is to meet people where they are and help them use their gifts and abilities to move forward in practical ways. She has been part of Divine Threads since its inception and is currently a Board member, Secretary. Tami enjoys traveling, doing things outdoors, cheering on the Blazers, and mostly spending soul-filling time with family and friends.

Tanya Kimmer

Tanya is a pioneer with Divine Threads and has served in many different roles over the past 12 years.  Her heart for serving hurting women and her professional skills and training in fashion has given her a unique gift for helping build women’s confidence and self-worth. Over the last 18 years, Tanya has built a successful fashion business; she is a Team Leader and Mentor to women and serves on a Fashion Leadership Council.  Tanya knows firsthand how fashion can help transform how a woman sees and feels about herself and can even bring a glimmer of hope when things seem hopeless. As a board, we know God’s kindness and lavish love fuel our hearts and passion for impacting lives together.

Tanya is the Board Chair of Divine Threads.  She also serves as a stylist and Marketing Coordinator.  She and her husband, David, of over 36 years, have two wonderful children.