Executive Director

Team Director

Board Member

I have been in the Willow Creek Church-Prison & Jail Ministry for over 10 years. This has included servicing at McHenry County Jail and Cook County Jail on a weekly basis and numerous cell to cell visits to IDOC facilities. Other efforts have included bringing educational materials to prison tablets, visiting Angola Prison to experience their transformative, faith based philosophy and establishing the College of Restorative Arts at Stateville Correctional Center.

What I have learned from this experience is:

The incarcerated have huge potential for transformation and discovery of their highest potential given appropriate guidance provided by Freedom From Within.

They are not the same people who arrived in prison They are smart, creative and fully capable of successfully returning to community. Serving the incarcerated is a privilege and a personal growth journey for those who serve. Given different circumstances, I could have easily been one of them.

Educationally, I have a BA in Economics, MBA in Finance and a CPA and spent most my career in corporate finance with Motorola. I also co-founded a wireless communications network company.

Board Member, President, Prince Industries

Mark Miller is Chief Executive Officer of Prince Industries Inc. Mark started working for Prince (the company his father started) in 1978. Having served in different roles he was named President in 1998. The company has grown to over 60 million in revenue and more than 300 employees. Prince Industries has three divisions specializing in machining, metal fabrication and custom designed hydraulic products. Prince expanded operations globally in 2001 by importing product from China. At the request of their customers, they formed a WOFE (wholly foreign-owned enterprise).

Mark’s reputation in the industry for knowledge and integrity affords Prince Industries unique business opportunities with its customers and a competitive advantage. Mark is a member of Unlimited Leadership Forum, serves on the Lake Park Advisory Council, he is an active member in his church and has served on non-profit boards.

Mark is married to his wife Paula and has three children and 6 grandchildren.

Board Member

Dan Hennenfent, born and raised on a Western Illinois farm, is the 6th of 10 children. He graduated from Western Illinois University in 1978 and pursued various roles including teaching, farm records management, banking, and financial consulting for farmers. In 1990, he relocated to LaSalle County, Illinois, maintaining his focus on agriculture finance and sales.

Transitioning to ministry in 2000, Dan managed a Christian radio station and Christian television operations until 2005. For twenty-two years, he served as Executive Director for an International Christian Missions Ministry, traveling extensively.

Dan and his wife Marcy have one adult son and three grandchildren.