Our Staff

Heidi Hoover
Executive Director ED@hr.bridgeofhopeinc.orgHeidi Hoover began as Executive Director of Bridge of Hope Harrisonburg/Rockingham in November 2024. With a strong background in advocacy and community leadership, Heidi is excited to lead Bridge of Hope’s efforts to support unhoused single-parent families.
Heidi’s professional experience includes her role as Title IX Coordinator at Bridgewater College, where she led civil rights policy initiatives, training, and institutional change to create a safer, more equitable campus environment. Most recently she oversaw operations for a local small business, CT Assist, where she honed her collaborative teambuilding and strategic management skills. She has served as a board member for the Collins Center, and Healthy Community Health Center, as well as supporting her church’s finance and Mennonite Voluntary Service commissions. Heidi has also held positions on the Dayton Town Council and Planning Commission, focusing on inclusive policies that strengthen local communities.
A graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, Heidi also holds an undergraduate degree from Eastern Mennonite University. Her cross-cultural experiences in Guatemala and Washington, D.C., continue to inform her deep commitment to equity and social justice.
Heidi has called the Shenandoah Valley home for almost two decades and enjoys reading, exploring new cuisines, and spending time with her spouse and their border collie mix, Daisy.

Carolyn Nutter
Program Director carolyn@hr.bridgeofhopeinc.org
Sandra Reisinger
Case Manager/Neighborhood Resource Specialist sandra@hr.bridgeofhopeinc.orgSandra Reisinger comes to Bridge of Hope with a variety of experiences in non-profit work. She served with Mennonite Central Committee in Bangladesh, Botswana and Myanmar and their head office in Lancaster, PA, as a Case Manager in Harrisonburg with individuals with brain injuries, and an Executive Director of a Family Promise affiliate in Modesto, California where she worked with families experiencing homelessness. In all of her work, Sandra has been committed to facilitating clients, partners and volunteers to attain their goals, be that independence and sustainability, peaceful solutions to community conflicts, or to providing support for community members to gain new life skills. Some of her accomplishments include the development of volunteer training and improvements in case management practices and the coordination of shelter for families experiencing homelessness with thirteen congregations and over 600 volunteers in the Family Promise affiliate in Modesto, CA, initiation of new projects in Myanmar, and organizing women in Bangladesh towards financial sustainability.
She has returned to Harrisonburg after participating in a two-year seminary program with Bethany Seminary and Earlham School of Religion, in Richmond, Indiana. Sandra is delighted to be back near her daughter and son, with her friends and faith community, and in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.

Jeana Simmons
Administrative Assistant office@hr.bridgeofhopeinc.orgJeana Simmons began working at Bridge of Hope in August of 2023. She and her husband, Jeff, both grew up in Rockingham County and they have enjoyed raising their three children in the valley. With two daughters in college now and a middle schooler, Jeana was ready to get more involved with community outreach. She is very excited to support Bridge of Hope in their quest to end homelessness.
Watching the community come together to help those in need is one of the things she loves most about her hometown. Jeana also loves working with children and families in her role as a preschool teacher. When she’s not making messy crafts and cooking with her students, she enjoys doing home improvement projects and snuggling with her pets.