Cindy Duff is the Founder of Compass Ministries. She has been providing Member Care for Missionaries and their children since 2011. Cindy grew up as the daughter of a church-planting pastor in the Christian and Missionary Alliance. She lived in France for a year and has served several months in Mali, West Africa, and Micronesia. Cindy is a graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary with an M.A. in Pastoral Counseling. She served as a play therapist for children and a counselor for adults with Emerge Ministries in Akron, OH, before moving to St. Petersburg, FL, in 1997. She served as a Bible and Psychology teacher at a Christian school for 14 years before resigning her position to begin Compass Ministries. Cindy and her husband, John, have four adult children. Cindy retired from Compass Ministries in 2022, but she still volunteers as a counselor.