Our Staff
Brady Boyd
Senior Pastor
Senior Team
(listed alphabetically)
Andrew Arndt
East Lead Pastor
Brad Baker
Senior Executive Pastor
Jon Egan
Lead Worship Pastor
Daniel Grothe
Associate Senior Pastor
Eddie Hoagland
Senior Executive Pastor
Jason Jackson
Downtown Lead Pastor
Brian Newberg
Senior Executive Pastor
Congregation Lead Pastors
(listed alphabetically)
Andrew Arndt
East Lead Pastor
Dr. Rachel Zhou Chen
Chinese Church Lead Pastor
Jayde Duncan
Midtown Lead Pastor
Daniel Grothe
Associate Senior Pastor
Jason Jackson
Downtown Lead Pastor
Dr. Joe Kirkendall
Manitou Springs Lead Pastor
Jeremias Tamarez
Nueva Vida Lead Pastor
Executive Pastors
(listed alphabetically)
Dr. Michelle Anthony
Family Ministries Executive Pastor
Lance Coles
Central Operations Executive Pastor
Aaron Olson
Creative, Communication, & Production Executive Pastor
Matthew Tisthammer
Section Community, Military & Marriage Ministry Executive Pastor
Melton Van Der Merwe
Outreach Executive Pastor
Worship Ministry
(listed alphabetically)
Abby Burley
Friday Night Worship Pastor
Andrew Cantrell
East Associate Worship Pastor
Jon Egan
Lead Worship Pastor
Matthew Fallentine
Worship Operations Pastor
Eddie Hoagland
Senior Executive Pastor
Erica Kirkendall
Manitou Springs Worship Pastor & Community Pastor
Danica Laguna
New Life North Worship Leader/ Choir & Orchestra Director
Danny Laguna
New Life North Music Director
Jillian Lynn
Executive Administrative Assistant
Micah Massey
Downtown Worship Pastor
Seth Putnam
Midtown Worship Pastor
Kyle Smith
Friday Night Worship Pastor & Music Producer
Lauren Smith
New Life Friday Night/New Life North Worship Leader
Dee Wilson
New Life North Worship Pastor
Jennifer Wilson
New Life North Worship Pastor
Family Ministries
(listed alphabetically)
Dr. Michelle Anthony
Family Ministries Executive Pastor
Shannon Baer
Family Ministries Operations & Events Director
Kendra Baker
PreK – Kindergarten Discipleship Coordinator
Laurie Bennet
New Life Kids Director
Annie Cribbs
Care Ministries Operations & Events Coordinator
LaJean Hertel
Family Care Coordinator
Christina Leal
Healing Care Pastor
Jeni Mason
Care Ministries Pastor
Ruthann Massey
Student Ministries Administrative Assistant
Kenzie Massey
Care Ministries Coordinator
Mateo Mendoza
Student Ministries Junior High Pastor
Victor Mendoza
Student Ministries Worship Pastor
Alex Newberg
Family Care Administrative Assistant
Ryan Popineau
Family Ministries Teaching and Training Pastor
Tim Shepard
Student Ministries Pastor
Bekah Shirin
Elementary Director
Christine Sundquist
Healing Care Pastor
Evie Swart
Family Ministries Discipleship Pastor
Christy Thomas
Family Ministries Nursery Coordinator
Cristi Thomas
Family Min’s Associate Pastor
Ron Thomas
Family Ministries Specialized Needs Coordinator
Adult Ministries
(listed alphabetically)
Dave Arnold
Military Ministry Pastor
Pam Boyd
Women’s Ministry Overseer
Josh Dillon
Section Community Pastor
David Grothe
Pastoral Care Pastor
Eddie Hoagland
Senior Executive Pastor
Christina Hoagland
Women’s Ministry Pastor
Chad Jeffreys
Men’s Ministry Groups Coordinator
Gabe Jenkins
Men’s Ministry Pastor
Shelby Jenkins
Women’s Ministry Coordinator
Crystal Jennings
Military Ministry Assistant
Kelly Morgan
Senior Pastor’s Executive Assistant
Ellen Paugh
Pastoral Care Administrative Assistant
Chiantel Taylor
Outreach’s Events and Communication Coordinator
Matthew Tisthammer
Section Community, Military & Marriage Ministry Executive Pastor
Leah Tisthammer
Women’s and Marriage Ministry Director
Mel Waters
Pastoral Care Pastor
Outreach Ministries
(listed alphabetically)
Justin Archuleta
Administrative Assistant
Christy Duncan
Global Outreach Pastor
Laurie Miller
Executive Assistant to Executive Pastor of Outreach
Kevin Simcoe
Guest Relations Pastor
Melton Van Der Merwe
Outreach Executive Pastor
Jessica Ward
Travel and Event Coordinator
Creative and Production
(listed alphabetically)
Briggs Boyd
Creative Lead Filmmaker
Callie Boyd
Creative Assistant Filmmaker
Venson Chapman
Creative Photographer
Evan Duran
Production Director
Daniel Floring
Manitou Production Manager
Dan Glass
Production Audio Engineer
Natalie Guttman
Creative Digital Media Manager
Connor Hodges
East Production Manager
Jenna Honeycutt
Production Video Technician
Brannan Idle
Production Video Director
Scott Lebeau
Production Lighting Director
Kyle Lively
Production Congregation Director
Jake Lockett
Production Lighting Technician
Bria Lopez
Creative Graphic Designer
Gillian Miller
Creative Lead Graphic Designer
Perez Moodley
Downtown Production Manager
Bruce Neher
Production Coordinator
Zach Newberg
Communications Website Director
Aaron Olson
Creative, Communication, & Production Executive Pastor
Nicos Piña
Creative Filmmaker
Elizabeth Ramsdell
Communication & Events Director
Noel Shiveley
Creative Graphic Designer
Drew Shriver
Production Lead Lighting Technician
Ashlee Weaver
Creative Photographer
Josh Wyss
Midtown Production Manager
Central Operations
(listed alphabetically)
Dalal Bedrous
Pastor, IT Server & Network Administrator
Lance Coles
Central Operations Executive Pastor
Victoria Deduk
HR Staff Engagement Specialist
Jeff Forrest
Information Technology Director
Amy Geske
Finance Specialist & Executive Assistant to CFO
Danae Glass
Accounts Payable & Income Processing Specialist
Becky Grothe
Membership Pastor
Gabriel Jordan
Mac & iOS Administrator
Susan Karr
Information Technology Technician
Tori Kobayashi
Volunteer Process Coordinator
Kathy Lucia
Benefits Administrator
Cheryl McKee
Accounting Operations Director
Monica Ramunno
Human Resources Specialist
Meleina Reyes
Human Resources Specialist
Sarah Ringdahl
Membership Specialist
Beth Vaccaro
Director of Human Resources
Ty Wyckoff
Accounting Specialist
Hospitality & Facilities
(listed alphabetically)
Roger Abeyta
Life Safety Support Tech
Amanda Brooks
Hospitality Team Member
Christy Callahan
Mailroom Assistant
Michael Callahan
Hospitality Team Member
Christopher Coles
Hospitality Team Lead
Dante Duvall
Hospitality
Collin Geske
Hospitality Team Lead
Dan Geske
Facilities Team Lead
Kawika McElroy
Facilities Maintenance Technician
Caleb Newberg
Hospitality Director
Tara Novotny
Reservations Coordinator
Colin Paauw
Hospitality Team Member
Seth Shelton
Hospitality Team Lead
John Simmonds
Hospitality & Campus Services Pastor
Luke Yuhas
Hospitality Team Members
Church Elders
(listed alphabetically)
Brady Boyd
Senior Pastor
Sam Cameron
Elder
Jon Egan
Lead Worship Pastor
Brad Fallentine
Elder Emeritus
Chris Fowler
Elder
Daniel Grothe
Associate Senior Pastor
Tim Middlebrook
Elder
Brian Newberg
Senior Executive Pastor
Scott Palmer
Elder
Church Overseers
(listed alphabetically)
Garvin McCarrell
Overseer
Larry Stockstill
Overseer
