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2017-2018
board oF trustees
Brandon Addison ’09 Duane Bulthuis
Brad Burke
Rev. David Crum Charles De Groot Henry De Jager
Mary Ellen Godfrey Rev. William Godfrey Doreane Huizenga John Jansen
John Kortenhoeven Ellen Korthuis Mark Mansour Dayan Mathai
Dr. Lawrence McHargue Peter Nanninga
Rev. Brannin Pitre
John Theisens
Geo rey Vanden Heuvel Ronald Verhoeven
new faculty and Staff
Dr. Lauren kim
interim assistant professor of history
Dr. Lauren Kim joins the Providence
community after most recently serving as
the Assistant Professor of Church History at
Torch Trinity Graduate University in Seoul,
Korea. She has 15 years of global teaching
experience in North America, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Kim earned her doctoral and master’s degrees in history from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland at the Reformation Studies Institute. Despite her travels, Dr. Kim is a Californian at heart. A native of Diamond Bar, California, she earned her bachelor’s degree in religious studies from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in historical theology from Westminster Seminary California. She loves global Christianity and cherishes fellow believers around the world. In her free time, Dr. Kim enjoys traveling, visiting museums, and watching musicals. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church of America.
Brent pafforD
eXeCutiVe assistant to the presiDent anD
human resourCes CoorDinator
Brent Pafford joins the Providence staff
following a year in instrument sales and
completing his graduate studies. Pafford
received both his bachelor’s degree in music
performance and an M.B.A. from Stetson University. He is excited to utilize his gifts and work experience to promote Providence’s mission of equipping students with a firmly grounded understanding in the Word of God with an excellent liberal arts education. Having received a liberal arts education, Pafford recognizes the wonderful value of a Reformed education and is thankful for the opportunity to glorify God in his position at the college. “I enjoy working as a support staff member and have found the most satisfaction in serving the college and my employers ‘as unto the Lord.’”
Brian Dehaan
athLetiC DireCtor
See biography on page 20.
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