Dave Eckert

Dave Eckert is the Director of Intersect, an initiative within Access Services that supports those at the intersection of faith and mental health through consultation, training and the fostering of collaboration between faith communities and mental health providers.  He has spent over 20 years working for Access Services within various roles including Director of a Mobile Psychiatric Rehabilitation program and agency Chaplain.  In addition, Dave has served as one of the pastors at Grace Community Church in Chalfont, PA for the last 15 years.  Dave holds degrees in Social Work, Biblical Studies and Divinity.  He lives with his wife and three children in Montgomery County, PA.

Robert L. Givens III

Robert L. Givens III is the Founder and Owner of RG 360 Consulting, a social venture that exists to foster cultures of collaboration in communities throughout the U.S. by providing leadership training and capacity building services to coalitions and participating organizations. In addition to his role as an entrepreneur, Robert is the Strategy Director of Intersect at Access Services. Robert has spent his entire career leading and supporting cross-sector coalitions to address a wide variety of longstanding local, state and national challenges facing vulnerable populations every day. As a result, he has a deep understanding of the social sector’s many strengths and weaknesses. He leverages this expertise on behalf of his clients and his community to cultivate impactful, sustainable partnerships that are committed to doing good together. Robert earned his B.S. in Finance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Juli Apple

Juli has worked in social work for over 20 years in various roles including the fields of intellectual disabilities and children & youth.  Juli especially enjoyed working with children as well as foster and adoptive families, directly supporting them through casework and training. She has also had the experience of working at a church so the Intersect program that allows her to draw from both backgrounds to help meet the needs of people in her community is ideal for her.  Juli earned her B.A. in Psychology/Sociology at Hope College in Holland, MI and her M.S.W. at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ty Williams

Tyrone (Ty) Williams serves as the Crisis Community Liaison and Trainer at Access Services. In this role, Ty facilitates Hope 4 Tomorrow assemblies and supports the Mobile Crisis program at community events. Additionally, Ty provides Mental Health and Prevention trainings (Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer)) at colleges, high schools and other organizations in Montgomery County, PA. Ty is a member of the Montgomery County Suicide Prevention Task Force.

Mark Boorse

Mark is a husband and father of 2 grown children. Mark is currently the Director of Program Development and has served at Access Services in a variety of programs over the past 35 years. He has walked with people experiencing mental illness in both his family and his congregation. Over the course of 20 years, he has served as both a deacon and an elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harleysville.

Tameka Fidler

Tameka Fidler is a chaplain and trainer for Intersect. She provides mental health faith consultation, training, client connection to resources, and networking between faith communities and mental health providers. Tameka is a former Hospice Chaplain and Bereavement Counselor with over 12 years of experience in faith counseling. She specializes in the areas of grief/loss, disabilities, and quality improvement. Tameka is an U.S. Air Force veteran and has over 15 years’ experience in law enforcement and homeland security. Tameka is one of the founders and pastors of QARA Tiz Hope Ministries. She holds an Associate of Religion, B.S. in Psychology minor Christian Counseling, M.A. in Psychology focus Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Pastoral Education, and continues theological studies. Tameka loves her family and advocating for underserved populations.

John Buckley

John is the Lead Pastor of Upper Perkiomen Community Church (UPCC) in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. He loves to preach to all ages, but his passion in life is helping people to love God and others through mentoring and discipleship. John is also passionate about helping those who struggle with mental health, as well as those who love and live with those challenged by it. He has a son who has battled it his whole life along with the many folks God has brought along John’s path needing support, resources and direction. He praises God daily for all He has done to see this church impact so many lives.

John has been married for 32 years to his high school sweetheart Sandy and has four children. John was born in California and grew up in the Midwest. He received his bachelor’s degree in Pastoral studies and has had the privilege to serve as a lay pastor in two churches in the Midwest before coming to PA in 1995.