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Our Team

  • Patrick Mullen

    Board Chair

    Patrick is the founder of pjmss.com, a company that exists to provide masterful construction scheduling consulting services to owners and contractors alike. Patrick has served as a construction planning and scheduling consultant for over ten years to many major contractors, universities and municipalities. Patrick’s wife, Katie, raises their two sons, Jackson and Cody. Both Patrick and Katie were fortunate enough to be invited to the first Go Fund vision dinner where they were introduced to the concept of unreached people groups and the mobilization paradox. They are both Orange County natives and currently reside in Eagle, Idaho.

  • Craig Hurty

    Board Member

    Craig Hurty is a retired HR Executive who has served on several non-profit boards since 2020. Formerly, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at United Bank. Before joining United Bank, Craig spent the previous 14 years with Fortune 100 health insurer and innovator Aetna, where he was a versatile Human Resources executive. A native Californian, he currently resides in Connecticut with his family and especially enjoys reading, hiking, kayaking, and shepherding his local church as an elder.

  • Rachel Singer

    Board Member

    Rachel Singer is the Director of Communications for Admissions at California Baptist University (CBU). Prior to her position at CBU, she worked in local government managing various public and external affair efforts. She has both a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Masters in Business Administration. Rachel first heard about AIRO at a church small group, and considers it a great privilege and blessing to partner with an organization committed to sending qualified missionaries to places unreached by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Rachel and her husband, Aaron, live in Riverside, California where they are members of Redeemer Baptist Church.

  • David Cobb

    Board Member

    David Cobb served as the CFO of ArcBest Corporation (Nasdaq: ARCB; market cap: $3 billion) from 2015 until May 2023. He led the company’s finances through its transformation from a single-mode, freight company to an integrated logistics solutions provider. His knowledge of the company’s finances and operations, and his experience with multinational and publicly traded corporations across various industries, made him critical to the development and execution of ArcBest’s growth strategy. He is a CPA licensed in Arkansas and Texas. He and his wife reside in Bentonville, Arkansas, and love serving at their local church and spending time with their three daughters.

  • Matt Messner

    Board Member

    Matt Messner is the Pastor of Teaching and Vision at Redeemer Baptist Church in Riverside, CA. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Studies from California Baptist University and a Master’s Degree in Theology from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. While serving in ministry,, he developed a passion for seeing the local church fuel and mobilize missionaries. Matt and his wife, Sarah, have been married for five years and have two kids – Malcolm and Ellie.

  • John Vander Velde

    Board Member

    After 45 years in the construction and home building industry serving as Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Community Development, John is now retired and serving the needs of his family. Whether he is helping to build a patio structure, install yard improvements or work on household repairs, John still works full time. His previous board experience includes ten years as a member of the board of directors of a private Christian school and six years as a member of the board of directors for a construction related non-profit organization providing housing for the homeless in Orange County. John and his wife Susan have four adult children, three fabulous grandchildren, and live in Orange County, CA.

  • David Krake

    Board Member

    David is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch in Brea, CA, where he helps his clients enjoy their lives without having to worry about their money. Over his nearly 20 years in business, he found that the best way to manage money is God’s way, and he guides his clients in the same way. David is married to Lauren, and has three children—Chloe, Camille, and Clayton. When David and Lauren first heard of AIRO’s innovative way of eliminating barriers to advance the gospel to the unreached, they were passionate about being involved. While their family has been engaged in supporting God’s global mission for many years, AIRO holds a very special place in their hearts. David is honored and excited to serve on AIRO’s Board of Directors.

  • Matt Sonke

    Executive Director + Board Member

    Matthew and his wife Ashley spent the first years of marriage working and living among college students. This experience gave them a first-hand perspective of the shackles that come with college debt and a strong desire to mobilize this generation. Matt has a Bachelors in Christian Studies and a Masters in Counseling Psychology. He loves sports and will invite you over only if you root for the Dodgers or Lakers.

  • Luke Womack

    Founder + Board Member

    In college, Luke Womack had a radically transformative experience. With a lamentable life ambition to be rich for selfish gain, God introduced him to a better vision for his life. A campus pastor explained to him that the Bible is a story of God’s glory (not his own notoriety). Sadly, many “unreached” people did not have access to this great story. In 2010, Luke led a mission trip to India and encountered people without Gospel access. Starting then, his lamentable ambition shifted to connect more precisely, and Biblically, with Paul’s ambition in Romans 15:20 to “preach the Gospel where Christ has never been named.” After discovering the primary barrier of student debt for aspiring missionaries, Luke started AIRO in 2014. Luke has a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from California Baptist University (2011). He lives with his wife, Allison, and four children (ages 9, 7, 6, and 1), in Anaheim Hills, California.

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