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