Our Leadership Team
Meet Alpha USA’s leadership team. Along with our national and regional staff, we train, support and provide effective resources to the local church to help them in their mission.
John Wentz
Executive Director
After seven years serving Alpha USA (Executive Vice President of Ministry) and Alpha International (Church Engagement and Training Strategy), John Wentz steps in as the Executive Director of Alpha USA May 1, 2022.
Since joining the Alpha USA team in 2015, John has led the expansion of regional networks, invested in the growth of context ministries (youth, prisons, Catholic), and improved training nationally and internationally. He also developed the hub church strategy and designed the core of Alpha USA’s church engagement framework, both of which are now being implemented globally.
With 23 years of pastoral experience, John has impacted many churches, ministry leaders, and college students across the world. He is a gifted communicator, trainer and coach, and has a heart for people from different cultures. John and his wife Shannon have been married for 22 years and have three children, Luke, Logan and Mikayla. Their family currently resides in Oswego, Illinois, outside of Chicago.
Alpha USA Leadership Team
Takeisha Baker | Chief Financial Officer
Jordan Biere | National Director, Alpha Youth
Angela Chadwick | National Director of Prayer
Jack Cowley | National Director, Alpha Prisons
Jessica Gatton | VP of Ministry
Sean Hogan | Chief Operating Officer
Lyndsay Hughes | Chief of Staff
Danielle Kemp | National Director, Strategic Church Partnerships
Kirk Petersen | Senior Network Director
Todd Proctor | EVP of Strategic Church Engagement
Tiffany Self | Director of Communications & Marketing
Margene Vessel | Director of Publishing & Coaching Network
Kyle Wallace | VP of Development
Brittany Williams | Senior Network Director
