The ACTS Team

 Nancy Roble Hortman

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Board of Directors:

In 2003, Nancy stepped through the doors of a ministry center in desperate need of physical healing from MCS-EI (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Illness). The food she was once unable to take in she now gives out to the hungry! In her personal quest, she discovered the joy of helping those worse off than herself. That’s when she began feeding the hungry on the streets of west Colfax. In 2009, the doors of the ACTS Resource Center were opened; while managing the daily operations at ACTS, she is responsible for the montly distribution of over 150,000 lbs. of food, and providing emergency food to over 10,000 hungry recipients. Nancy continues to work without salary; facilitating development and expansion strategies, negotiating with organizations and suppliers, maintaining inventory and delivery schedules, creating and implementing procedures for volunteer teams, and providing solutions for a variety of needs. 

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 Johnathan Hortman

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Vice-President of the Board of Directors, Director of Veterans Program:

Watching Johnathan now scurry cheerfully about the ACTS facility, one can tell he has a heart for those who are hurting. His professional background includes business management, sales, marketing, operations development, public relations, transportation planning, customer services, distribution, purchasing, inventory, and distribution.  Small business and employment experience include Assured Distribution Company, Inc., Jonathan F. Hortman Trucking Company, and Denver Newspaper Agency. Jonathan is no stranger to challenge, suffering major traumatic loss in the armed forces. As if this wasn’t enough, he was crushed in a forklift accident leaving him paralyzed for over 2 years and later fought cancer twice. We are believing that he will remain cancer-free. 

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  Lynnette Ortiz

Operations Manager- Food Bank, Acts of Kindness, Coffee House:

Lynette’s first encounter with A.C.T.S. Resource Center was in delivering a basket of food to a family in need.  Now she is primarily responsible for the daily operations of the the food and clothing banks at the outreach. She manages the community service volunteers, orders the food, manages the shipping of the food, and is responsible for the intake of material donations for the clothing and household goods bank. She also manages the distribution of weekend children's lunches and holiday food and gift baskets, as well as the monthly food boxes delivered to the families of veterans at Ft. Carson. Lynette can easily identify with the hurting. After being raised by an exemplary Catholic family, she fell into a series of tragedies. Suffering the back to back deaths of her adoptive parents, she found herself addicted to cocaine and serving time. Lynette gets emotional when she conveys that it was the influence of A.C.T.S. Resource Center that turned her life around, and now wears the most encouraging smile!

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Michael "IronMike" Hoffmeister

Operations Manager- Breaking the Chains, Men's Program and Shelter, The Lighthouse :

 Iron Mike's call to make an impact in the lives of men in transition stems from both personal experience and what he calls a call from God. During two life seasons, he found himself on the street and saw for himself the need for a safe place for men needing both direction and dignity. Early on, he desired to help people through understanding them and acquired his Associates Degree in psychology from Mercer College in New Jersey.

Mike spent the majority of his adult life designing a wide variety of electronic equipment including computers and software since the early 70's, when he worked for Technical Design Labs, developing the first computers designed for private ownership. Since then, he has held such positions as hardware engineer, software engineer and Director of Software Design (Network Control Corporation). In 2001, he signed on with the Army/Air Force Exchange System to set up recreational facilities for American Troops around the world. Now he is dedicated to using computers to benefit people in need here in Denver.

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Lyle "LC" Moomaw

Resident Manager - Men's Program and Shelter :

 L. C. First came into contact with ACTS as a client after a medical crisis left him homeless and unemployed. Since that time he has performed many duties for ACTS, such as Director of I. T., before being named as Resident Manager. L. C. has studied Horticulture and Electrical Engineering Technology, going on to become Head Herb Grower at a local greenhouse, as well as a variety of positions in the telecommunications industry. He also possesses experience in Hospitality Management and the entertainment industry. He believes that his current position is the best of both worlds, with the work and life experiences he has had preparing him wonderfully to be able to help men to become self-sufficient again and move on with their lives.