Operation Corazon

John Bowman is a pastor at Lakewood Church. He has a background in community and leadership development. During the Hurricane Harvey recovery of 2017, John found he had a passion for people in crisis. He is passionate about helping people overcome their situation to become everything God created them to be.

As a pastor, John oversees the men’s ministry and addiction recovery. His focus on discipleship has paid huge dividends with numerous stories of life change.

John and Laura were married in November 2018. They both have powerful stories of overcoming their past and moving forward toward their destiny. They never imagined that in their first year of marriage, they would launch Operation Corazon and travel to Trinidad to help Venezuelans in crisis. Together, they seek to help people in crisis wherever God takes them.

Laura (Nunez) Bowman is a second grade teacher. She has a passion to see children dream about their future. In 2019, her first second grade students graduated from high school and several of them are now attending college. Laura held a celebration at her home and worked with them to create vision boards with pictures of their potential future.

Laura is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. As a teenager, her mom sent her to school in Trinidad to learn English. Then in 2000, she came to America. She would later bring her mother from Venezuela to live with her.

Bruce Mann is the Director, Freight Mobility for Port Houston. He is responsible for maritime related freight transportation activities and identifying and supporting freight transportation projects that improve access to Port of Houston facilities (public and private) in order to enable growth in commerce, increase transportation options and reduce transportation costs. Mr. Mann is the Second Vice President for the North American Rail Shippers Association, on the Board of Directors for the Southwest Association of Rail Shippers, a member of the Houston Transportation Club, and a member of the Houston Transportation Professionals Association.

Mr. Mann is also Vice Chair of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Transportation Safety Committee, a member of H-GAC’s Technical Advisory Committee and Regional Transportation Advisory Committee, the Greater Houston Partnership’s Transportation Advisory Committee and the Partnership’s Subcommittees on Freight Rail and Roadway and Mobility. Bruce is a dynamic public speaker that is recognized as a freight and transportation industry expert.

Mr. Mann is also actively involved in engaging in the fight against Human Trafficking in the Houston region and has been recognized for this work by the Center for Houston’s Future as their 2018 Impact Person and by Global Supply Chain Leaders’ 2018 Compassionate Executive of the Year. Mr. Mann has an MBA from the University of Phoenix Houston Campus and an undergraduate degree from Jacksonville University. In his spare time Bruce leads the 150 volunteer Crisis Care Ministry at Lakewood Church and is involved in Operation Corazon, currently performing outreach to Venezuelan citizens who have been displaced to Trinidad and Tobago.