Nancee Whitson

Board President and Chair, Nancee served in various management positions in healthcare for over 10 years. She is currently a small business owner and is married to arguably ‘the best man in the world’. She is the mother of one son, an amazing daughter-in-law and a beautiful granddaughter.

Michelle John

Michelle is the Executive Director of New GateWay Ministries. She is a trained teacher, minister and business woman. She has practical experience in starting businesses and has built three businesses from the ground up. Together with her husband, she has served as a missionary to Trinidad for 4 years and to the San Diego community in various capacities.

Norlyn Kent

Norlyn Kent was the founding and Sr. Pastor of Horizon Christian Fellowship SouthBay. He and his wife have 7 grown children and 13 grandchildren. Pastor Norlyn has ministered internationally in Mexico, India, and Russia. He is a past president of Youth Development Incorporated, and has served on the advisory board of Calvary Chapel University in Florida and a Calvary Chapel Church in Iowa.

Rolland Slade

Rolland Slade is the senior pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, CA. Over the past 25 years he has served on boards of the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, East County Transitional Living Center, East County Homeless Task Force, to name a few. For 4 years he served as the agency link between the faith community and the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency.

Christine Marsh

Christine Marsh is a co-founding team member of Calvary Chapel University. Christine was instrumental in designing the curriculum, developing the infrastructure of CCU from legal set up, to finance, HR and overall operations. Christine is also a CCU faculty member.  She earned her BS at Arizona State University and her MA at Calvary Chapel University. Christine lives in Arizona with her husband and three wonderful children.

Barkley Brown

Barkley Brown is a retired Naval Officer with 26 years of Military Service. He also retired from the County of San Diego where he served as a Deputy Probation Officer. He is married and has an adult daughter. He has ministered on missionary trips in India, Mexico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Austria. He previously served on the board of Sunrise Youth Care Center Inc., and is currently serving as a board member of Bread of Life Fellowship, an evangelistic ministry in Austria.

Ted Koopman

Ted Koopman is a retired Naval Officer with over 32 years of service. Ted received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska and a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Systems Management from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA. Ted and his wife Mary have been married 59 years. Since retiring from the Navy, Ted has turned his lifetime hobby of collecting coins and stamps into a business which he and his wife operate.