David and his wife, Susan, started Journeys of the Heart in 1993. In 1996, David started working full-time for the agency as its attorney and as director of international programs. David travels internationally for Journeys, developing and maintaining the agency's five international programs, escorting families overseas, and administering the expenditure of funds donated to Journeys' relief programs through the Love the Children Fund. David grew up in New York state. He earned a bachelors degree in political science and sociology from Swarthmore College, a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a teaching certificate from Linfield College in Oregon. Before starting the agency, David worked in a clinic providing free legal services to impoverished families, and as an administrative law judge for the state of Oregon

David says: "I always wanted to help people, to serve justice and the less fortunate. Working in adoption - to get children out of harms way - is a challenging, constructive, and personally meaningful way of doing so."