Meet Your LU Shepherd
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Doug Damon | Senior Shepherd
Commons 4
Hometown: Mt. Morris, MI
Interests: Family, Grilling, Sports, Coaching
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Courtney Smith | Senior Shepherd
South Tower (M33)
Hometown: Flint, MI
Interests: Music, Writing, Reading, Volleyball
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Ben Stanton
The Circle (M25 & 26) & The Quads (M31 & 32)
Hometown: Carrollton, MS
Interests: Family, Global Missions, Discipleship, Running, Camping, Climbing,
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Karla Temple
Commons 2A
Hometown: Alamosa, Colorado
Interests: Family, Decorating, Reading, Boating, Watching college athletics
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Patrick Campbell
East Campus – E140, E144-146, E151-154
Hometown: Palmdale, CA
Interests: Basketball, Music, Anything Creative, OT Prophecy, and Revelations
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Angie Grafman
East Campus (E170, E180-185)
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Interests: Traveling, Cooking, Fellowship
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John Newsome
East Campus – E171-177
Hometown: Muscle Shoals, AL
Interests: Family, Music, Sports, Working out
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Aisha Rodriguez
East Campus (E141-143, E190, E193-194)
Hometown: Palm Springs, CA
Interests: Discipleship, Spending time with loved ones (German Shepherd included), Hiking and working out, Reading, Writing
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Diny Del Bene
The Circle (M27 & 28) & The Quads (M29 & 30)
Hometown: New York
Interests: the outdoors, holistic health and wellness, Christian living, and interpersonal dynamics
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Rob Penha
Commuters
Hometown: Brazil (Boca Raton, FL USA)
Interests: Reading, Soccer, Music, People
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Lori Leek
Annex & The Hill (M17 & M19-21)
Hometown: Sugar Grove, PA
Interests: Family, Missions, Hiking, & Reading
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Matt Pierce
Annex & The Hill (M18, M22-23)
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Interests: Travel, Golf, Sneakers, Movies, Rivermont Pizza, Outside the Cone and College Sports
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Liz Hayes
Common 3
Hometown: Northville, MI
Interests: Friends & Family, Entertaining & Hospitality, Cooking, Reading
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Kevin Cook
Commons 2B
Hometown: Marionville, MO
Interests: Racquetball, Mountain biking, Hiking, Smoking meat, Reading
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Caroline Koscak
Commons 1B
Hometown: Johnson City, TN
Interests: Reading, Music, Friends & Family
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Isaac Altizer
Commons 1A
Hometown: Lynchburg, Va
Interests: Family, Discipleship, Teaching, Sports and the Great Outdoors,
Wholistic Health & Fitness