Rene Colon ’14, M.Div. ’16
CEO, Creative Flow Arts & Entertainment
Executive Director, San Diego Compassion Project
Meet the Difference Makers
Azusa Pacific University is a community where the individual stories of students, alumni, professors, and staff connect to a collective identity: we prepare and serve as difference makers, ready to impact the world for Christ.
Paul Svagdis
Head Baseball Coach
Tiffany (Porter ’06) Moore
2017 Distinguished Alumna of the Year
Gabriel Martin ’17
Biology Major, Trustees’ Scholarship Recipient
Kim Lu Lawe, Ed.D. ’16
Director, Eastvale STEM Academy
Joy Collins Brodt ’07
Operations and Program Director, Treasures Ministries
Robert Mullins, Ph.D.
Abel Beth Maacah Excavation Project
Don Rogers ’81
Empowering Lives International
Stephen Vogt ’07
2015 Major League Baseball All Star
Alex Aguas, M.Div. ’12, and Matthew Veling, M.Div. ’11
Restoration Abbey
Victor Santa Cruz
Head Football Coach
Matt Holguin ’02, MBA ’05
Founder, Working to Give
Dave Canales ’03
Wide Receivers Coach, Seattle Seahawks
Matthews Chacko ’93, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Gabriel Martin ’17
Biology Major, Trustees’ Scholarship Recipient
Jerson Anzola ’18
Physical Education Major, Army Veteran
Emily LaVelle ’14
Art Major
Juli (McGowan ’01) Boit
2016 Distinguished Alumna of the Year
Matt Klingler, DPT ’16
Owner, Village Fitness in Glendora
Deshonna Collier-Goubil, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
Tamala P. Kelly ’09, M.Div. ’14
Pastor and Founder of Empower 2 Purpose
Todd Williams ’13
Walkabout
Dustin McBride ’07 and Vaughn Spethman ’07
Co-founders, Zambikes
Lindsey Rehfeld ’86
Owner and Executive Director, Visiting Angels
Margarita Ramirez ’12
Fulbright Scholar
Terrell Watson ’15
NFL Running Back
Edgar Barron
Chair, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology
Skyla Herod, Ph.D.
Department of Biology and Chemistry
FLDWRK
Coworking Spaces
Brandon Arbini ’01 and Jeff Tanner ’96, M.Ed. ’99
Ride for Water
Raising Money to Provide Clean Water
David Flores
Mural Commission