Christian Anderson
Originally from the metropolis of Washougal, WA, Christian attended high school in Lake Stevens, WA where he began following Jesus. Quickly after accepting Christ he felt God’s calling to ministry. While attending Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, he fell in love with coffee, his wife Ramona, and college ministry. After college, he pioneered a Chi Alpha Ministry at Skagit Valley College in Mt. Vernon, WA from 2007-2017. In May 2018, he moved his family to Corvallis to re-pioneer Chi Alpha at Oregon State University. He has five kids - Faye, Eva, Anna, Levin, and Mo.
Christian was a wrestler and a literature major which kind of makes him a paradox - but a lot of fun.
Bethany Shelton
Bethany is a passionate Pacific Northwestern. She was raised in a Christian home in Puyallup, WA, but didn’t begin her relationship with Jesus until she was 20 years old while attending Pierce Community College. Shortly after this, Bethany felt called to ministry and reaching young people. While participating in a two year ministry internship and attending Northwest University, Bethany worked to earn her pastoral license. In 2009, Bethany married her husband Zach, moved to Salem, OR and became a youth pastor where she served for 10 years. In 2022 Bethany transitioned to campus ministry and joined the Chi Alpha team at Oregon State University.
In her free time, Bethany enjoys photography, houseplants, and visiting National Parks.
Hope Gonzalez
Hope grew up in China and moved to Portland with her family when she was in high school. She graduated from George Fox University with a degree in Biology, originally planning on pursuing a career in healthcare. After college she served in AmeriCorps tutoring middle schoolers in Jacksonville, FL, where she discovered a love for mentoring. Feeling God redirect her to university ministry, Hope worked with Chi Alpha at Western Washington University for two years before joining the Chi Alpha team at Oregon State University.
Hope is happy married to a great guy named Michael & loves dancing, talking with people, learning languages, finding the beauty in things, and hugs!
Nathan George
Nathan was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington and graduated from Western Washington University with degrees in both Communication and Philosophy. He also went to Capernwray Bible School in England. At Capernwray, he found that he was gifted at mentoring students through questions of faith and life.
Taylor Adriance
Taylor grew up in Puyallup, Washington with her 4 siblings, all of them twins, except her! She was a high school & college athlete in wrestling. After getting her degree in Human Services, she decided to explore a career in college ministry. Taylor loves being a missionary and is passionate about outreach and seeks to love anyone she meets. She is passionate about creating awareness and pastoral care for people with disabilities. And she LOVES living in Oregon!
In her free time Taylor loves to go on runs, play card games, and chat with her nephew Arlo over FaceTime.
Hosana Ichiya
Hosana was born and raised in Japan in a Christian family. Although he went to church every Sunday, that was one of the last things to be known by his friends.
He first came to the States when as an international student at WSU, where he met Chi Alpha. He majored in intercultural communication, and he studied in Japan, US and Singapore. After working in the marketplace for 2.5 years in Japan, God called him back to the US to join the Chi Alpha internship. In 2020, God told Hosana to serve with Chi Alpha at OSU to reach 3000 international students from all over the world instead of returning to his home church in Japan. It was a huge challenge for him to leave his family, friends and home church, but he was confident that God would provide for every need when we follow His will.
Hosana likes to watch and play sports, eat good food, play and listen to music, and ask hard (good) questions!
Jeff Springer
Jeff hails from Olympia, WA where he graduated from The Evergreen State College. After living like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), he gave his life to Christ and wanted to do whatever he could to share Jesus with his peers. Jeff got involved in Chi Alpha his junior year and fell in love with their vision to make Jesus famous on University campuses and around the world. Jeff and his wife live in Albany with their 3 kids and 2 cats.
Jeff enjoys coffee, board games, playing guitar, coffee, ping pong, and reading (while drinking coffee). His favorite authors include J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Julie Stoa
Julie grew up in small-town eastern Washington and discovered a passion for disciple-making and having conversations about God while at Washington State University studying mathematics and minoring in music. Wanting to make a difference in the world, she pursued a career in campus ministry. After 5 years serving at Washington State, she and her husband Jeremy moved to Corvallis to work with the team at OSU. Now they live in Beaverton, OR where Julie loves putting her relational and organizational skills to work as the Chi Alpha administrator.
Julie loves asking questions, spreadsheets, reading, and being a mom to an adventurous, on-the-move daughter.