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