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.

Pastor Ben Griffin, CEO

Team Leads

Ben Griffin

CEO

bgriffin@linc.org

Isabel Rios

Finance Director

irios@linc.org

Dan Hudson

Chief Impact Officer

dhudson@linc.org

Kate Griffin

Director of Operations

kgriffin@linc.org

Taffney Taylor

Director of Strategic Partnerships

ttaylor@linc.org

Aaron Putnum

Bay Area City Director

aputnam@linc.org

Abel Araya

Houston City Director

aaraya@linc.org

Adrian "Dre" Hernandez

Milwaukee City Director

ahernandez@linc.org

Chris Bellanger

Twin Cities City Director

cbellanger@linc.org

Cyril Loum

St. Louis City Director

cloum@linc.org

Dave Ficken

Chicago City Director

dficken@linc.org

Neb Kelile

Dallas City Director

nkelile@linc.org

Ruth Elias

Regional Director of Community Engagement

relias@linc.org

Team Members

Dawit Bokre

Bay Area Director of Mission

Courtney Jean

National Program Coordinator

Stephanie Jones

National Affiliate Program Coordinator

Veralisa Hunter

Houston Communications Coordinator

Javier Alexander

National Communications Coordinator

Ranita Bellanger

Twin Cities Program Administrator

Alyssa Rios

Accounting and Development Coordinator

Josh Atkinson

Milwaukee Director of Programming

Josh Woodrow

Bay Area Program Specialist

Amanuel Bokre

Accountant

Tahirah Anderson

Twin Cities Integrator

Lexi Schmidt

Director of West Side Center for Entrepreneurship

LINC’s Board

Chandler Cayot

Dave Hemker (chair)

Rev. Micah Greiner

Susan Hewitt

Rev. Dr. Larry Stoterau

Katherine Steffen

Rev. German Novelli, Jr

Stephanie Grieger

Rev. Ebenezer Endriyas

Stefan Schulz

Robyn Stroud

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