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Professional Statment

I'm passionate about leveraging my skills, experiences and education for the sake of making the world a more just and loving place.

Unique Skills

  • Pastoral experience: preaching, leadership development, vision, forging new partnerships

  • Leading a department and supervising a large professional staff

  • Providing broader vision and specific implementation for student conduct

  • Extensive teaching experience

  • Cross-cultural communication skills and experience working with diverse cultural groups

  • Expertise in the field of sexual addiction and recovery

  • Constructing and assessing learning outcomes to ensure educationally focused programs

  • Managing campus crisis response

Education

Masters of Art in Christian Thought

15 credits completed / Expected Completion Date: 2023

Masters of Art in Higher Education and Student Development

  • Thesis Topic:  The Influences of Depression on Student Involvement

  • Assistantship:  Graduate Assistant for Student Programs

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Education

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Bethel Seminary, Arden Hills, MN

Taylor University, Upland, IN

Taylor University, Upland, IN

Professional Experience

Pastor of Community and Mission

Teaching

  • Consistently preached to a congregation of 450

  • Leadership development training for all adult leaders

  • Taught classes for adults on relevant topics including justice, biblical literacy and the art of neighboring

Local Outreach & Justice Initiatives

  • Developed and maintained relationships with community partners with emphasis on immigration, poverty and youth

  • Mobilized volunteer teams including several to Houston for Hurricane Harvey relief

  • Pioneered new partnerships including an after school program targeting underprivileged students

Cross-Cultural Engagement

  • Developed child sponsorship ministry partnership in Liberia

  • Welcomed the African Bible Fellowship into our church family 

  • Led service trips nationally and internationally

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Director of Residence Life

  • Supervised eleven full-time professional staff members

    • Demonstrated supervision skills: organization, intentionality, follow-up, accountability, attention to challenge and support

  • Provided leadership for student care and student conduct

  • Organized training for all professional and paraprofessional staff

  • Casted vision for healthy and inclusive campus community

  • Oversaw implementation and assessment of strategies/programs to meet departmental goals and student learning outcomes

  • Co-chaired Experiential Learning Initiative for leadership giving overall vision to the Messiah University leadership development model

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Assistant Director of Residence Life

  • Led design, development, delivery and evaluation of the Upper Class Residence Life learning outcomes through strategic planning, collaboration and teamwork

  • Supervised a staff of 6-9 RAs and building of 200-350 students

  • Provided leadership to August and mid-year Resident Assistant training 

  • Advised undeclared students and connected them to campus resources to ensure successful outcomes

  • Supported, and educated students through relationship development, mentoring, educational programming, and student conduct

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Graduate Assistant for Student Programs​​​

  • Advised several student organizations

  • Implemented leadership development for student leaders

  • Managed large-scale campus events

Hope Church, Oakdale, MN

Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA

Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA

Teaching Experience

  • Preached consistently – videos available upon request

  • Taught multi-session learning communities for adults on topics that include Biblical Literacy 101, Justice, Discerning the Will of God, and The Art of Neighboring

  • Facilitated monthly leadership gatherings for all adult leaders

  • Principles of Peer Relations (2013-2017)

  • Organized and instructed Book Chapels at Messiah College (2010-2017)

  • Instructed four Foundations of Christian Thought discussion group classes (2008-2010)

Hope Church, Oakdale, MN

Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA

Taylor University, Upland, IN

Cross-Cultural Experience

Developed partnership with GlobalFingerprints Liberia

  • Initiated yearlong strategic planning process for missions at Hope Church

  • Vision trip to Liberia alongside Hope Church leaders (10/2019)

  • Collaborated with GlobalFingerprints staff and Liberia leaders to solidify a multi-faceted partnership to sponsor vulnerable children and better equip local leaders

Advisor for service learning trips to Northern Ireland (2013, 2014, 2017) and El Salvador (2011, 2012)

  • Intentionally invested in relationships with community partners

  • Responsible for risk management on behalf of Messiah College

  • Supported students through an intense learning environment 

  • Facilitated discussion around the trip themes of forgiveness and reconciliation (Northern Ireland) and poverty and sustainability (El Salvador)

Studied and lived in Greece and Italy while studying Biblical Literature (2007)

Hope Church, Oakdale, MN

Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA

Taylor University, Upland, IN

Sexual Addiction Recovery Expertise

Co-educator for sexual addiction recovery group (2010-2017)

  • Designed, implemented and executed a curriculum to educate and support students struggling with sexual addiction in collaboration with counseling services

Sexuality programming committee member (2011-2017)

  • Strategically planned and implemented campus-wide sexuality programming 

Main speaker at Men’s Retreat on recovery from sexual addiction (2013)

Published article entitled “Addressing the Needs of Transgendered Students at a CCCU Member Institution” in Growth (2012)

Co-presented at workshop entitled Cultivating Wisdom and Sexual Ethics at ACSD (2016)

Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA

Presentations & Publications

Conference Presentations:

  • Cultivating Wisdom and Sexual Ethics at ACSD (2016)

  • Beyond the First Year:  Encouraging Social Engagement and Learning Within Sophomore to Senior Residences Through Clustering at ACSD (2015)

  • Our Journey Towards a Curricular Approach at ACSD (2015)

Publications:

  • Research assistant for the book A Parent’s Guide to the Christian College published in 2011 (Spring 2010)

  • Addressing the Needs of Transgendered Students at a CCCU Member Institution in Growth (2012)

Other Presentations:

  • Faith in Action chapel speaker at Messiah College (2012)

  • Main speaker at the Messiah College Men’s Retreat (2011, 2013)

  • Getting the Most out of 1 on 1’s at Messiah College Student Leadership Retreat (2012)

Recent Conferences: Fighting Racism with Jemar Tisby (2019), Q Ideas Leadership Conference (2019)

Performed an assessment review of the M.A. in Higher Education program at Taylor University (Spring 2010)

Honors/Committees/Activites/Interests

  • Housing an asylum seeker in our home and working to seek her holistic care

  • Bridges of Hope local outreach Committee chair

  • Missions Committee at Hope Church chair

  • Living Learning Community Subcommittee chair

  • Experiential Learning Oversight Committee member

  • Experiential Learning Leadership Advisory Team co-chair

  • Co-Curricular Education Committee member

  • Community Standards Committee member

  • Retention Team member

  • Assessment of Student Learning Committee member

  • Led a Missional Community at local Church focused on serving the poor

  • Elected and served on the Community of Educators Senate at Messiah College

  • Co-Curricular Planning Team member

  • Senior Year Experience Committee

  • Sophomore Year Experience Committee member

  • ACSD New Professionals Case Study Winner

  • Participant - Indianapolis/Philadelphia Mini Marathon and American Odyssey Relay

  • Member of the Taylor University Men’s Golf Team

My Resume

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