Leadership Team
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Kristin Miller
DIRECTOR OF RESIDENT DEVELOPMENT
Kristin now lives in Tacoma, WA but previously served on staff at churches in Denver overseeing Operations, First Impressions, and Global/Local Outreach. She’s also recruited students to ministry as an Admissions Director. She’s passionate about equipping young leaders to pave the way for others to meet Jesus, not unlike her own testimony of encountering Christ on a rare visit to a church with her family when she was 9. As the co-founder of Lp, she keeps the big picture in mind. She’s a foodie, loves to cook and entertain with friends and family, and is a fan of words but can’t seem to find many who will play Scrabble with her!
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Paige Peltier
CANDIDATE RELATIONS
Paige lives in St. Charles, Illinois with her husband Ben and their daughter Ruthie. She brings a decade of church, non-profit and higher education experience to LP. Serving most recently as the Director of Staff Culture & Leadership Development at her local church. She is passionate about pickleball and Sunday afternoon naps. Her desire is to provide an encouraging experience for those considering residency as a next step.
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Tirza Hortensius
CHURCH RELATIONS
Tirza supports Lp in keeping the ball rolling with open lines of communication through the recruitment process. She has a background in recruiting and team management. She's an active contributor in the preschool leadership team at Anchor church in Tacoma & leads the women's connection team. She loves people- young and older! She enjoys exploring local places of interest, orca watching & trying to make babies laugh at social gatherings.
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Sean Badeer
CHURCH RELATIONS
Sean is a Nebraska native and big-time Husker fan. While working at a Christian college in Church Relations and Recruiting, his passion for the local Church and finding the next generation of church leaders was fueled. He serves as a Associate Pastor with Anchor Church in DHnver. e has quite the record collection, is decent at table tennis, and loves spending time in the mountains with his wife, Averi, plus, their kids and dog, Kanye.
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Lindsay Hadenfeldt
CONTRACT MANAGER
Lindsay serves Lp by helping with finance and keeping all of our contracts moving forward. She is married to Aaron and has three little boys. Her knack for details is rooted in the fact that she truly wants the best for everyone and to see them succeed.
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Dave Miller
CO-FOUNDER
Dave Miller, who served as a Worship and Creative Arts Pastor at churches in Las Vegas, Central KY, and Western MI has also spent the last fifteen years on the go helping churches on a variety of topics from strategy to technology and facility redesign. He’s most passionate, however, about helping young leaders take their healthiest first steps into ministry. He’s an avid cyclist, Cincinnati Reds fan, and Jameson’s “Poppi.”
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Mandi Smith
COACH
A ministry veteran who leads church planters and ministry residents at Ransom Church in Sioux Falls, SD. She studied at Wesley Seminary and was formerly on staff at Fountain Springs in Rapid City, SD
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Dr. Brandon Kennedy
COACH
Brandon is the Senior Pastor at Christ Fellowship in Knoxville, TN. He’s an avid UT fan and loves spending time rooting for the Vols.
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Curtis Zehner
COACH
On the east side of ATL GA, Curtis is married, has 3 girls, and never leaves the house without his Braves hat. After working in Middle School ministry at Southeast Christian in Louisville, KY, God brought him home in preparation to succeed his dad in senior ministry. As Lead Minister of Crosspoint Christian Church, Curtis is building up the next generation in the church and engaging the local church with local community.
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Hayden Gregory
COACH
Hayden was born and raised in Lexington, KY, and still lives there today with his wife and three boys. He is the Student Pastor at CenterPointe Christian and is passionate about raising up new church leaders from the next generation and working with other Student Pastors to do the same.
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Tony Simoncini
COACH
Tony is the Campus Alignment Pastor & Residency Director at Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, CA.
The Lp Board
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Austin Rockwell
BOARD
Austin is the founder and CEO of a national college retreat ministry, Kamp Love. His non profit exists to see lives transformed by the gospel through camping, connection, community and Christ. Kamp Love is currently serving 10 universities across the nation and growing. Austin also founded and pastors a college ministry, Nissi, in Phoenix Arizona. -
Bart Rendel
BOARD
Bart is the President and Co-Founder of Intentional Churches, a national ministry dedicated to training and coaching churches in how to double their Kingdom impact. Bart lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Catherine, and two children. They attend Central Church, where Bart served in Production and on the Executive team for over eleven years.
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Brittany Crimmel
BOARD
Growing up as a pastor's kid, Brittany loved being a part of the local church as long as she can remember. After spending some time as the Programming Director out on the east coast for a few years, she now have the privilege of serving on the team at Saddleback Church in Southern California. She loves Kingdom work with others and seeing people meet Jesus- whether it’s for the first time or once again!
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Cameron Lawson
BOARD
Cameroon is an Associate Pastor at Epiphany Church in Wilmington, Delaware. He had previously been a resident with Leadership Pathway.
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David A. Miller
BOARD
David has worked, both in The Church & in para church ministries for over 15 years. He is the VP of Coaching at Novus.Global. He's passionate about equipping leaders and their teams to reach the next level in their work and mission.
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Dillon Smith
BOARD
Dillon is the Content Writer for the Church to Church team at Life.Church, equipping pastors and leaders through Open Network and the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. Before that, he curated content and wrote for the Carey Nieuwhof team. He lives in Edmond, Oklahoma with his family, and adamantly maintains that he wouldn’t be in ministry if it weren’t for Leadership Pathway.
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Gabrielle Christie
BOARD
Gabrielle is the NextGen Pastor at Landing Place Church in Denver. She recently completed an Lp residency there. She is from Virginia and is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington with a Communications degree. She says her time in ministry at Landing Place has been the adventure of a lifetime.
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Jamie Larson
BOARD
Jamie Larson serves as the Director of Networks at Gloo, a platform designed to connect and empower the faith ecosystem through innovative technology, tailored services, and strategic partnerships. Jamie plays a pivotal role in developing strategies that support faith-based organizations to expand their reach and scale their impact. Gloo serves over 75,000 churches and is committed to enabling ministry leaders to thrive through innovative solutions.
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Lindsay Hadenfeldt
BOARD
Lindsay lives in Omaha and is married to Aaron and has four little boys. They are active in a church plant in the city of Omaha. Lindsay also has a passion for international students and volunteers weekly with refugees.
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Matt McKay
BOARD
Matt is the founder of HouseRight.com and serves churches from coast to coast in space planning, audio, video, lighting and acoustics. He is a “church guy,” and his team of 40+ has a huge heart for the local church and its future.
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Nancy Fager
BOARD CHAIR
Nancy lends her life experience as a leader, entrepreneur, and invested volunteer, to support Leadership Pathway and their vision for equipping the next generation of gifted leaders for a lifetime of strategic ministry.
Serving for 11 years in an executive role at a prevailing church in Omaha, she knows firsthand the critical need to combine traditional learning with innovative experiences to ignite long-term ministry potential.
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Phil Ling
BOARD
Phil spent nearly 20 years as a Church Planter, mainly in Seattle, before spending time as EVP of Injoy and as VP of the Billy Graham organization. He is the Founder of The Ling Group and The Giving Church, coaching church leaders in generosity and leadership development.
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Rich Birch
BOARD
Rich has been involved in church leadership for over 20 years at Connexus and Liquid Church and is the Founder of Unseminary.com. He has been a friend and supporter since day one of Lp. Rich brings a next-level kind of energy to everything he’s involved with, and he also runs Camp Mini-Yo-We in Central Ontario, Canada.
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Andy Dkyhouse
ADVISOR
Andy serves at Camp Rivercrest in Omaha as the Executive Director. He spent 15 years in youth ministry and continues to coach youth pastors today, as well as lead the Omaha Youth Leader Network.