Meet our team

We understand the needs of on the ground leaders because we are practitioners ourselves.

Our Why

We dream of a day where the Gospel is made clear to every person in every corner of our cities. A time when there are no gaps of influence or reach. Where even if someone chooses not to respond to the Gospel they can not help but have heard it, been served by it and understood it in their own cultural context.

Ben Griffin, Executive Director

Ben Griffin

CEO

Soni Ummadi

Chief Operations Officer

Isabel Rios

Finance Director

Aaron Putnam

Bay Area City Director

Lexi Schmidt

Chicago City Director

Nebiye Kelile

Dallas City Director

Abel Araya

Houston City Director

Dan Hudson

Milwaukee City Director

Dr Abraham Adhanom

SoCal City Director

Chris Bellanger

Twin Cities City Director

Dawit Bokre

Bay Area Director of Mission

Courtney Jean

Milwaukee Admin Coordinator

Stephanie Jones

National Program Coordinator

Maya Jeske

Bay Area City Specialist

Ryan Alvey

Twin Cities Associate City Director

Belen Rediet

SoCal Communication Specialist

Kate Griffin

Twin Cities Communications Director

Rodrigo Fernandez

Houston Associate City Director

Cassandra Fischer

Chicago Communications Specialist

Messay Tamrat

Chicago Lead Encourager

Osahon Obazuaye

SoCal Associate City Director

Jonathan Brandenburg

SoCal Pastoral Advisor

Ranita Bellanger

Twin Cities Program Administrator

Alyssa Rios

Accounting and Development Coordinator

Josh Atkinson

Milwaukee Director of Programming

Miriam Mebrahtu

Property Management Coordinator

Josh Woodrow

Bay Area Program Specialist

Lydia Hudson

Milwaukee CommunicationsCoordinator

Amanuel Bokre

Accountant

Donna Thomisee

Board Chair

Dave Hemker

Rev. Micah Greiner

Susan Hewitt

Rev. Dr. Larry Stoterau

Katherine Steffen

Rev. German Novelli, Jr

Stephanie Grieger

Meseret Gebrekristos

Rev. Dr. Jon Braunersreuther

Ex-Officio Member

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