Arnold Lemke - Founder & Chairman of the Board

He is married to Patricia Lemke. Arnold was a professional photographer and had made a very comfortable life. With a beautiful home in Michigan and a summer home in Florida he was set to retire with a life of ease. However, God had a different purpose for Arnold's life. Things in his life changed dramatically when he was convinced to take a short-term mission trip to Haiti by his pastor.

His compassion for children is what caused Arnold on his first visit to Haiti to be so overwhelmed with emotion for the starving children that he felt compelled to do something. He began feeding twelve children. This was the beginning of Lifeline. Since that time we have grown significantly to feed approximately 7,000 children. Because of Arnold's undying compassion and his untiring dedication to the Haitian people Lifeline is now assisting more people in more ways than ever before.