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Board
Members
Dave
Walton
(Chairman)
 Dave
graduated from
Kings College in 1976 with B.S. degree in
Accounting and was employed by
PPL as a computer programmer shortly after
graduation. Over a 28 year career at
PPL, Dave has held numerous positions in
both the IT department, as well as, in a variety
of business lines. Notable positions include
roles as a Computer Systems Analyst, Information
Services Supervisor, Financial Analyst,
Continuous Improvement Manager, Business Plan
Manager and Information Solutions Manager. In
his current position as the Director of
Information Technology for
PPL, Dave is responsible for the IT
strategy, management and budget for all
PPL business lines.
Dave is active as
a club basketball and soccer coach and serves on
the
Faith Evangelical Free Church Elder Board
and the
PPL General Office Credit Union Board of
Directors. Dave has been recognized by
International Who's Who,
America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
as well as by
Marquis Who's Who in America. He holds a MBA
from
Lehigh University.
Dave serves as
Board Chairman for Push The
Rock and is active as a coach and director
at some of our summer camps. He also serves as
the soccer coach for our summer league soccer
team and has been the trip leader on a number of
Push The Rock missions trips.
David
Clark (Vice Chairman)
 Dave is new to the Push the Rock board, as of July 2007. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Economics in 1977, and holds a Master of Business Administration from East Carolina University. His career includes marketing positions with Alpo Pet Foods, Crayola, and the Kellogg Company, and he has held leadership positions as President of the Day-Timers and Visual Communications divisions of Acco Brands. His business experience includes managing global businesses operating throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is currently the President of Milford Enterprises, Inc.
Dave has been active in sports throughout his life, both as a participant as well as coaching. He played Division I baseball throughout college. He has coached youth baseball and basketball for many years.
Dave’s activity in ministry throughout the years include Trustee and Sunday School teacher positions in church, and prison ministry and evangelism programs with Gideons and Evangelism Explosion. He helped start a Fellowship of Christian Athletes program while a student at University of Rhode Island.
Dave and his wife Linda have been married 30 years, and have two children. Jenny is a recent graduate of Wheaton College, and is currently an elementary school teacher in Washington DC. David is a junior at Southern Methodist University, and a competitive golfer. In their free time, Dave and Linda enjoy their two dogs, golf, and traveling.
Jeff also has had a
lengthy relationship with sports. In school,
Jeff was a member of the basketball, track and
cross country teams. He also played baseball,
football, rugby and volleyball and continues to
play both basketball and volleyball. Over the
past 12 years, Jeff has coached high school
boys, as well as girls and boys club volleyball.
Jeff lives in
Lower Macungie Township with his wife Renee. They have
a son, Ryan and a daughter, Erin.
They attend
Faith Evangelical Free Church in
Trexlertown, PA.
Timothy
Schneider (Treasurer)
 A CPA
working at Mack Trucks, Inc as Marketing Information Manager. Coaches youth soccer in the Lehigh Valley with a
USSF "D" license, having coached for Western Lehigh, Parkland Area Soccer Club and South Parkland Youth Assoc. Served as
Soccer Commissioner for South Parkland Youth Assn. Coached youth baseball and football. Played high school football and
ran indoor and outdoor track for West Chester Hendersen. Retired record holder in the 330 yard intermediate hurdles for
PIAA class AAA and ran Div I track for the College of William and Mary. Ran first Marathon in the Run for the Red Marathon
in the Poconos in 2006. Completed and lead TOP GUN basic training course and taught 2nd grade Sunday School as member at Faith
Evangelical Free Church. Trexlertown. Married to Marybeth. Children Matt 20 (Gordon College DIII Soccer) , Andy 19 (Drexel DI Soccer), Michael 15, Emily 15.
Kevin
Rhodes (Secretary)
Currently an independent financial advisor and Certified Financial Planner for
Cornerstone Portfolios, Kevin has been involved with Push The Rock since 1999. He
graduated in 1979 from Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA with a degree in
elementary education. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from
Western Michigan University.
His love for sports has had Kevin coaching basketball, soccer, and volleyball in the
local township for a number of years. He and his wife Mary, live in the Macungie area
with their 3 children - Kristin, Lisa, and Matthew. They are members of Faith Evangelical
Free Church where they are active as youth leaders, and are involved in various other ministries.
Jeff
Stephens
Jeff has been a board member of Push The Rock since 2003.
He serves as a club volleyball coach for
Push The Rock USA Juniors. He is involved in the summer camp
program as a coach and served as a coach and camp director during
a 2004 Push The Rock volleyball mission trip to Siberia. He attended
Lehigh County Community College,
Lafayette College and
DeSales University, where he majored in
Computer Science and Business Management. He has
spent 30 years in information technology and business, performing various
roles within research & development, systems and network management, service
delivery management, and business development. He currently serves as Vice President
of Walton Consulting, a management consulting firm.
Billy
Dunn
 Billy
Dunn has been with Push The Rock from its
inception as one of the co-founders of Push
The Rock. Billy is a graduate of
Philadelphia Biblical University with a
Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership and
Regent University in the Ph.D Leadership
Studies program. Billy currently teaches at
P.B.U. in the area of Sports Ministry and
Organizational Leadership and serves as well at
Push The Rock. His role at Push The
Rock is in the areas of programs and
curriculum development as well long range
strategic planning for the future direction of
the ministry. Billy was a former basketball
coach at Liberty High School for 6 years and
soccer coach at Saucon Valley High School for 4
years. Billy has been on numerous short-term
missions' trips with Push The Rock to
South America, Europe and Africa and loves to
use sports a tool to reach people for Jesus
Christ. Billy is married to Cindy and together
they have one daughter, Julia. They will soon be
adopting a child from Russia. Billy does a lot
of speaking on behalf of Push The Rock
and would love to come and speak to your church,
youth group or ministry. Billy is a huge
Philadelphia Eagles fan and awaits the
glorious day of a SuperBowl championship.
Joy
Moyer
 Joy is new to the Push the Rock Board as of July 2007. Joy began her teaching and coaching career in 1990 at the high school level and has coached volleyball, basketball, softball, and soccer over those 15 years. Many of her teams found commitment and hard work as the catalyst for their successes and championships. Joy has also administrated and been the lead instructor of many sports camps and clinics along the east coast. She has found it rewarding to invest into the lives of young athletes both physically and spiritually. As a high school and college athlete, she found that athletics is a microcosm of life in principles and practices. It is with this learning and experiences that Joy Moyer joins Push the Rock as a Board Member.
Joy is pleased to have opportunity to serve in the PTR ministry and anticipates becoming involved in many ways. She will begin by assisting with the volleyball club program as clinician for referee and scorekeeper training and also serve as referee assignor for the scheduled Push the Rock USA Volleyball Club Tournaments.
Joy attended Washington Bible College in Lanham, Maryland from 1986-1990, where she received her B.A. in Bible with an emphasis in Recreational Administration and Education. From 2001-2003, she attended Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she earned her M.Ed. in Sport and Recreation Administration. During the spring and summer of 2002, she served an internship with InfoSport Marketing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Clearwater Christian College, Tampa, Florida.
Along with teaching elementary through high school classes in physical education, health, Bible, and some science courses, she has quite a bit of experience in athletic administration. Currently, Joy is a full-time faculty member in the Health and Physical Education and Nursing Department at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania. She also serves as an Advising Specialist and has been appointed to serve as the department representative for the BCCC Advisory Board for The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Outside of teaching, Joy enjoys reading, golf, officiating volleyball, and getting to the beach on those warmer days. She regularly attends Chelten
Baptist Church in Dresher, Pennsylvania. She is
single and resides in Newtown, Pennsylvania, yet
‘boasts’ of her parents and 4 sisters (including
her twin), 2 brothers, and 17 charming and
priceless nieces and nephews.
Dan Traynor
Dan Traynor recently joined the board of Push The Rock in the summer of 2006. He is
involved with coaching at Push The Rock summer camps and currently coaches
the 12-U volleyball team of Push The Rock USA Juniors. Growing up he played baseball
and soccer at Deep Run Valley Sports Association in Hilltown Township, PA and continued
to play soccer, basketball, and track while attending Pennridge, H.S. in Perkasie, PA. He graduated
from Widener University in 1991 where he played sports and co-founded the Volleyball Club. He graduated
with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Widener and currently works for Northampton Generating
Company, L.P. in Northampton, PA as the Environmental Manager. He has held similar positions over the
past 15 years with NASA, Mack Trucks, PQ Corporation, and IQE, Inc. He resides in Lower Macungie where he
is married to his college sweetheart, Susan, and has three wonderful kids, Allie, Daniel, and Georgia. He is
active coaching soccer, baseball, and basketball in the Lower Macungie Youth Association. He attends Bethel
Bible Fellowship Church in Emmaus, PA where he serves as a Youth Leader for the class of 2009.
Dana
Weller
 Dana
is Director of the Bible Fellowship Church Board
of Missions since January 1, 1995. The Board has
oversight of 170 adults in various stages of
mission ministry. Presently, there are 152
active missionaries in 33 countries.
A native of
Aristes, PA, Dana was a member of the
Bible Fellowship Church of Mt. Carmel, PA
since the age of twelve. He attended
Berean Bible School,
Covenant College and Reformed Episcopal
Seminary. For 26 years he has pastored Bible
Fellowship Churches in Bethlehem, PA
(assistant), Philadelphia, PA, Blandon, PA and
for the final 13 years in Emmaus, PA. Dana has
been on twenty-one missionary related trips and
has visited missionary families in Asia, Europe,
Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South
America.
He and his wife,
Lanette, have been married for 36 years and have
two married children and four grandchildren.
They have just recently said goodbye to their
"adopted" daughter (a seventeen year old high
school exchange student from Thailand) and will
be greeting their new student "daughter" (again
form Thailand) in August. Lanette is a high
school librarian at Saucon Valley High School,
PA.
Staff
Members
Don Jorgensen (President)
Don came on board as full time President of Push The Rock on March 3, 2008. He graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Prior to attending college, Don served with the US Air Force during the Korea conflict. Don moved to Pennsylvania in 1968 and immediately became involved in the annual sports weekend at Faith Evangelical Free Church (FEFC), and continued heading that program for the next 20+ years.
He is and has been attending FEFC for almost the last 40 years where he has served in various positions of leadership including serving on the Elder board. He also was in leadership for the construction of Faith’s Family Life Center.
Don has 3 children and 7 grandchildren. Laurie, graduated from Penn State as a nursing home administrator, but is now employed by her church in Annapolis, MD as director of outreach ministries. Mark, a graduate of the US Naval Academy, is very active in the praise group and youth ministry at their church in Houston, TX. And Julie, a graduate of Liberty University is now serving on the school board of the Christian school in Hawthorne, NJ.
Don has served on the Boards of Young Life and CareNet Pregnancy Center and has also served as the Executive Director of CareNet for 5+ years. Between the CareNet ministry and coming on the board at Push The Rock, Don was a substitute teacher at Lehigh Valley Christian High School. Don and his wife Nancy will be married 50 years come September 2008.
Scott A.
Hoffman (Director
of Finance & Administration)
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Scott
has been employed full time with Push The
Rock since April of 2000. As the Director of
Finance & Administration, Scott manages the
operations at Push The Rock Headquarters,
maintains all financial activities associated
with the ministry and provides logistical
support for all programs.
Scott graduated from
Liberty University with a degree in
Accounting where he had the privilege of playing
division one collegiate football. He was
previously employed by
Knoll, Inc. as a Senior Financial Analyst.
Scott currently lives in Macungie, PA with his
wife, Sue and daughter Abbi. Sue is recognized
as a member of
The American Institute of Floral Designers (A.I.F.D.).
They attend
Bethel Bible Fellowship Church in Emmaus, PA
where they remain very active. Scott serves on
the Elder Board where he also fills the role as
Treasurer.
Jason
Krute (Regional
Director - Lehigh Valley)
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Jason
Krute grew up in the Philadelphia area and went
to college at
Kutztown University. He graduated with a
degree in Secondary Education - Mathematics. He
worked for four years at Bangor Area High
School. Jason Krute has been involved with
Push The Rock since 2001. As a high school
teacher, Jason spent his summers coaching at
camps and traveling on mission teams. In the
summer of 2005, He felt called to make a career
change and
started full-time at Push The Rock. He
now works as the Lehigh Valley Regional Director, planning
and facilitating regional ministry opportunities. Jason currently lives in Bethlehem, PA with his wife Michelle.
Dustin Leatherman
(Sports Ministry Associate
)
Dustin joined the Push The Rock staff full-time in January of 2008. He graduated from Messiah College with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science with a concentration in Sports Management. At Messiah Dustin played for the Men’s Club Volleyball team, and served as President of the club during his junior and senior year. Following graduation he spent time interning with the Philadelphia Phillies and working full-time with the Philadelphia Phantoms and Philadelphia Flyers before starting full-time with Push The Rock.
Dustin currently lives in Souderton with his wife Hannah who also graduated from Messiah College. Hannah played four years of soccer at Messiah College winning a National Championship her senior year. Hannah is currently continuing her education at Arcadia University where she is studying Physical Therapy. She looks forward to using her athletic abilities to contribute to Push The Rock where she can. They attend Franconia Mennonite Church and are actively involved as youth leaders.
David
"Chico" Schlonecker (Director
of Missions & Outreach)
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A
full-time staff member since September 2000,
Chico serves as the Director of Missions &
Outreach. He coordinates all of the mission
trips and oversees the Push The Rock
teams that compete in various leagues throughout
the year. Chico has been on numerous mission
trips all over the world, including places like
Russia, Japan, Cambodia, East Africa, Romania,
and Ukraine.
Chico was born and raised as a missionary kid in
Venezuela where sports, especially basketball,
were a huge part of his life. After graduating
from Christiansen Academy, he played four years
of basketball at
Messiah College and graduated in 1999 with
an International Business degree. Following
graduation from college, he worked for one year
at
Essroc Cement as a Financial Analyst.
Chico currently lives in Allentown with his wife
Denise, who is a graduate of
Cedarville University. They got married in
January 2005 and Denise is currently the
Business Manager at
Cornerstone Portfolios in Fogelsville. Both
of their families live in Emmaus.
Kim
Schlonecker
(Administrative Assistant)
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Kim
was born and raised in Venezuela, South America,
where her love for sports and for ministry grew
as she participated in basketball, soccer and
softball. Coming to the U.S. in 1999 to attend
Messiah College, Kim gained her degree in
Sports and Exercise Science with a concentration
in Athletic Training. She started working for
Push The Rock in the summer of 2000 as a
coach and athletic trainer, and she now works
full-time as Push The Rock's
Administrative Assistant. Kim is also very
involved in her church as a youth leader and as
a choreographer for the teen and kids' musicals.
She enjoys working with the youth and remains
active in the community basketball program.
Anne Walker
(Sports Ministry Associate)
I have been involved with missions and specifically sports ministry for a number of years both in and outside the U.S. In the spring of 2006, God led me to take the next step in pursuing full-time missions. I was excited when I heard about Push The Rock and their ministry and immediately got in touch with the staff to see what full-time ministry opportunities were available. I came over to Pennsylvania in July of 2006 for ten days, talked with some staff and board members, helped out in a camp, and simply got to know the ministry. After coming home, talking with friends and family and spending a lot of time in prayer, God led me to continue heading in this direction.
I’m 28 years old and have lived in Seattle, WA my whole life. With the support of many friends and family at home, I moved to Pennsylvania in February of 2008 to join the staff at Push The Rock full-time, working in their missions department. I am excited about the opportunities God is leading this ministry into and thrilled to be a part of how God is using Push The Rock to impact lives for Jesus Christ.
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