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
Deshonna Collier-Goubil, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
Don Rogers ’81
Empowering Lives International
Jerson Anzola ’18
Physical Education Major, Army Veteran
Robert Mullins, Ph.D.
Abel Beth Maacah Excavation Project
Stephen Vogt ’07
2015 Major League Baseball All Star
Dustin McBride ’07 and Vaughn Spethman ’07
Co-founders, Zambikes
Lindsey Rehfeld ’86
Owner and Executive Director, Visiting Angels
Ride for Water
Raising Money to Provide Clean Water
Alex Aguas, M.Div. ’12, and Matthew Veling, M.Div. ’11
Restoration Abbey
Skyla Herod, Ph.D.
Department of Biology and Chemistry
Victor Santa Cruz
Head Football Coach
David Flores
Mural Commission
Juli (McGowan ’01) Boit
2016 Distinguished Alumna of the Year
FLDWRK
Coworking Spaces
Brandon Arbini ’01 and Jeff Tanner ’96, M.Ed. ’99
Gabriel Martin ’17
Biology Major, Trustees’ Scholarship Recipient
Matt Klingler, DPT ’16
Owner, Village Fitness in Glendora
Terrell Watson ’15
NFL Running Back
Matt Holguin ’02, MBA ’05
Founder, Working to Give
Matthews Chacko ’93, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tamala P. Kelly ’09, M.Div. ’14
Pastor and Founder of Empower 2 Purpose
Todd Williams ’13
Walkabout
Edgar Barron
Chair, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology
Dave Canales ’03
Wide Receivers Coach, Seattle Seahawks
Emily LaVelle ’14
Art Major
Margarita Ramirez ’12
Fulbright Scholar