Our Staff

Peter began ministering to youth in 1978 through Youth for Christ on Long Island. In 1981 he joined the staff of Long Island Youth Mentoring and worked as an Area Director for mentoring ministry. He helped develop a mentoring ministry with incarcerated juveniles and later served as the Field Staff Supervisor. In 1996 Peter moved to Massachusetts to become the New England Director for Straight Ahead Ministries. In 2000 he became the National Field Director where he helped develop the School of Juvenile Justice Ministry.

Peter returned to Long Island in 2003 to direct the Christian Mentoring Institute. Along with his duties at CMI, Peter is also a part-time faculty member of Gordon College where he teaches courses in counseling and at-risk youth. He has a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University.

Christine has been with us since 2007. She comes from a retail management background having over 20 years experience in retail sales and management. She has been the General Manager of a Macy's Furniture Gallery and a Ethan Allen Interiors. As well as overseeing daily operations Christine manages our sales and marketing department.

Along with her work here at CAYM, Christine runs a Bible study at a juvenille detention facility for girls. Together with her husband Frank they run a nursing home ministry through their church. We are thankful that God has led her to our team. 

Donnovan is from Wichita, KS.  He has been involved in Christian mentoring for over 13 years.  He has been on staff with Youth Horizons for almost 12 years where he was a house parent in their residential program for 3 years, mentoring supervisor for 6 years, and mentoring director for 3 years.  Donnovan got acquainted with CMI in 2006 after hearing about it from a Focus on the Family radio broadcast and then attended a training in Owensboro, KY.  He has been helping CAYM with trainings over the past 3 years.

Before taking the position as CAYM Regional Director of Brooklyn and Queens, Lynette served as Site Director for the Princeton Baptist Church in the Bronx. She is a member of Evergreen Baptist Church where she is Team Leader  for the churches mentoring ministry. She also volunteers at PS299 in Brooklyn. Lynette is a native of Youngstown Ohio and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Gary and sons Daniel and Benjamin. Having served as a foster parent for over 40 children Lynette has long been committed to ministring to at risk youths as well as single mothers with substance abuse challenges. her compassionate service caught the attention of Stu Epperson some six years ago and their common concern for mentoring youth is now expressed through CAYM  

Before coming to CAYM in 2009 Holly worked as an apprentice optician. She had spent many years working as a Medical Technologist before devoting most of her time to raising her family.  
Throughout the years Holly has enjoyed teaching Sunday School, participating in juvenile prison ministry, teaching women's Bible studies and helping hurting woman heal from emotional brokeness.  Holly and her husband Paul have served the Lord through several ministries and we are blessed to have her at CAYM.
 

David Parsons is a missionary with the North American Mission Board (NAMB). He works in the community and church with youth, young men, and men...connecting, mentoring, and discipling.  David and his wife Kathy, an elementary school teacher, live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and are members of Calvary Baptist Church. David mentors youth weekly and trains churches and the community to develop Christian Youth Mentoring programs for school-age boys and girls.  He coordinates one-to-one youth mentoring, weekly sports and discipleship activities, adventure outings, and trips to Christian camps and conferences. David coordinates mentoring for CAYM throughout North Carolina. www.DavidParsons.org

Juergen Kneifel is the founder and director of Mission2Mentor in partnership with his church, Calvary Chapel in Washington State. Juergen has over 30 years of service as a nonprofit leader and a volunteer. He served as Director of Marketing and Recruitment with Big Brothers Big Sisters Of King And Pierce Counties from 1999-2004 and is a current board member of BBBS Snohomish County. He is a regular presenter at regional and national trainings and serves as a consultant for the Department of Social and health Services in Washington State.