CA House Office and Program Staff
Rev. Kristin Stoneking, Director and Campus Minister
Rev. Kristin Stoneking is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church and a member of the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference. Before coming to Davis in 1999, Kristin served as Pastor of a United Methodist Church in Lawrence, Kansas, where she became involved in the Kansas University campus ministry, first as a board member, then as the interim Campus Minister while the permanent Campus Minister experienced a six month sabbatical. She also served as a student pastor in Chicago, Illinois, and has completed both a residency and internship in Clinical Pastoral Education in Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL, respectively. Kristin is Past President of the National Campus Ministry Association, and serves at the annual conference advisor for the United Methodist Student Movement. Kristin has an M.Div. from Garrett Theological Seminary at Northwestern University and a B.A. in English from Rice University.
Brett Kersten, Office Administrator
Brett Kersten is originally from Illinois where he grew up in the Lutheran Church. After completing an undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University, he pursued graduate studies at John F. Kennedy University in the Bay Area. During this time Brett began a serious exploration of Buddhism and began a practice that continues into the present (moment). He is a regular practitioner at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. After returning to Illinois to be with family and to complete a degree in Computer Science, Brett returned to Davis. He worked for the Bread of Life Center as Office Administrator before joining CA House. Brett also works as a computer technology consultant.
All staff work on behalf of the following supporting denominations:
