Meet our Board
,VIK MARBALLI
Executive Committee Board Chair
New Albany, OH
Vik Marballi retired from New Balance Athletics Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was Vice President, Global Quality Assurance. Previous to this, Vik worked for The Procter & Gamble Company as Global Director, Paper Division. Vik earned a B.S.M.E. from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, and a M.S.M.E. from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He now serves as Chairman of the Board of The Prayer Covenant. He resides in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Candy Marballi, of 39 years.
CANDY MARBALLI
President & CEO
New Albany, OH
Candy Marballi currently serves as President & CEO of The Prayer Covenant whose mission is making disciples among the children and youth of the nations. She has served in children’s ministries for over 35 years in the United States, Japan, and the Philippines
She developed and launched the children’s version of The Prayer Covenant in 2013 and authored The Power of the Prayer Covenant for Children, which was launched at the 4/14 Best Practices Conference at Promise Ministries, NYC, in October 2014. The book was awarded GOLD for Education by Illumination Book Awards for 2015 and is presently being used to disciple, transform, and evangelize children and youth in over 71 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Middle East.
Her newest book, He Hears Her Voice, the Prayer Covenant for Women, was released by Hachette Publishers/Worthy Books in 2022.
She is the wife of 40 years to Vik Marballi, and they have two married children. Vik and Candy reside in New Albany, Ohio.
BILL TRICK
Board Member
Tuscaloosa, AL
Bill is a graduate of The University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, majoring in Real Estate, and has been working in the real estate industry since 1973. Bill has been a board member of JH Everlasting Adventures since 1995. With his leadership skills, JH Ranch was able to take their ranch experience to the local level and JH Outback held its first weekend event in Tuscaloosa in 2000. His passion to transform cities one family at a time has helped the growth of Outback expand across the US and around the world. Since 2016, he has also been actively involved with Jerry Kirk and The Prayer Covenant, helping adults and children know and understand God’s love for them. In his free time, Bill enjoys spending time fishing with his grandsons and playing golf. He and his wife, Sherri, live in Tuscaloosa, AL, and have two adult children and two grandsons.
RACHEL WILLIAMSON
Board Member
Grove City, Ohio
Rachel Williamson has spent 30 years in retail, most recently as the Vice President of Store Operations, North America for a multi-billion dollar retailer. She is the Founder and President of Running Great Stores, a boutique retail consulting firm focused on guiding direct-to-consumer brands on their journey to operating in the brick and mortar space. Beyond her passion for retail, she is also passionate about children’s ministry and has spent two decades leading Sunday school programs.
Rachel and her husband, Vic, reside in Grove City, Ohio, with their two Scottish terriers. They have one grown daughter.
FORD TAYLOR
Board Member
Cincinnati, OH
Ford Taylor is a leadership solutions trainer, strategist, and speaker. With a primary emphasis on the people that serve an organization while simultaneously maintaining a clear focus of the business or organization itself, Ford shares straight-forward, practical solutions through authentic leadership training and individualized leadership consulting. With an empathetic intelligence derived from decades of experience with an array of people, personalities, and companies both large and small, Ford helps to both define and navigate leadership in the business culture of today. He is the founder of FSH Strategy Consultants and Transformational Leadership. He is the author of Relactional Leadership and directs a charitable international effort to provide transformational leadership to emerging countries worldwide. Ford is married to Sandra and they have three daughters—Whitney, Emily, and Quincy.