Staff

To contact staff via email, click on their name below.

Executive Council:

Dionne Xavier– Executive Council

James Russell – Executive Council

Josh Gregor – Executive Council

Administrative Staff:

Andy Cross – CFO

George Jurgensen – Book Keeper

Lori McClain – Operations Director, Church Relations

Deborah Holcombe – WorkTeam Director Facilities manager and Communications

Faith Watts – Admin Lead

Lyn Doyle – IT director, Intern recruitment and Admin Assistant

Bethany Gregor – Volunteer and Intern Coordinator

Alene Heider  – Admin

Tonia Koehler – Church Relations

Development:

Natalie Kok – Development Director

Jackie Armstrong – Grant Writer

Drake Armstrong – Sale force and communications

Children & Youth Programs

Josh Gregor – Programming and StreetLeader Director

Salima Watson – StreetLeader Discipleship and Mentoring

Emily Kennedy – Children’s Programming Director

Rebecca Bradford – Camp Freedom Site Coordinator

Lisa Murphy – Camp Promise and Victory Site Director

Phyllis Tettey – Camp Hope Site Director

Joshua Long – Camp Harmony Site Director

Adam Cessna – Camp Harmony Site Coordinator

Carolyn Keefe – UrbanTrekkers Director

UrbanPromise School ~ PreK (4) – 7th Grade

Dionne Xavier– Principal

Monica Benson – Assistant Principal

Andrea Powell – Counseling

Terri Gillaspy – School Nurse

Dawn Ndumu – Pre-K

Andrea Powell – Kindergarten

Destiny Fisher – 1st Grade

Shaquan Barnes – 2nd Grade

Bryan Andress – 3rd Grade

Catriana Moore – 4th Grade

Rhonda Raines – 5th Grade

Suparna Adimulapu – 6th & 7th Grade

UrbanPromise Academy 8th Grade – 12th Grade

Joel Orr – Director of the Academy
Anu Truax – Assistant Principal

Lawrence Manley – English
Je-Kevis Barnes – Math
Babitha Praveen – History
Vanessa Russell – Spanish
Nora Gregan – Science

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
UrbanPromise is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in hiring, recruitment, training, or promotion of staff, administration of personnel policies, or condition of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, genetic information, age, national origin, disability or marital status. However, due to the religious nature of the agency, UPW reserves the right to decline employment to or terminate the employment of any individual whose own demonstrated religious beliefs are in conflict with the beliefs espoused by the ministry. UrbanPromise is an equal opportunity employer and as such, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to staff and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.