Harold Albert

Chaplain Harold Albert comes from a Jewish background. He attended Hebrew school as a boy. He received Jesus Christ as his Savior when he was in high school, and soon became convinced that he should give his life for Christian ministry. While still in college he served as President of the So. Calif. Regular Baptist Youth Association.  After earning his B.A. and B.Th., he served for 17 years with Fellowship of Baptists for Home Missions as a church planter. He pastored five churches, three as the founding pastor.  During those years, he also served as Youth Chairman for the Chicago area and the Illinois-Missouri area Regular Baptists, editor of the state paper, and camp director for the Illinois-Missouri Association of Regular Baptists.  He was also a board member and chief fundraiser for the Baptist Builders Club.  In 1982, Harold became the Administrator of Development at Denver Baptist Bible College. Over the next 13 years he was Vice President at Miami Christian College, Academic Dean at Hollywood Christian School and administrator of another Christian school.  In 1995 he earned his M. Ed. in administration from Liberty University.   That same year he moved to California to become the Executive Director of Western Baptist Home Mission. Harold became a chaplain with Good News Jail & Prison Ministry in 2003. In 2009 Harold became the founding chaplain of Bay Area Chaplains. He and his wife, Dorothy, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 2007 by taking a trip to Italy. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Roopnarine "Vishnu" Ramrattan

Born and raised in Trinidad, West Indies, Vishnu became a Christian at the age of 13 and became involved with his local church, leading the youth group, worship service, visiting the elderly, overseeing missionary teams, evangelism, and discipleship. In 1995, he came to Lacon, IL as a counselor at Great Oaks Bible Camp, then began Bible school in Chicago, completing a B.A. in Evangelism and Discipleship, and an M.A. in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship.  Vishnu then served four years as full-time missionary Chaplain with Good News Jail & Prison Ministry in Richmond, CA, after which he was a chaplain at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA.  Vishnu has now returned to the West County Facility to serve with Bay Area Chaplains. He and his wife have three children.