LEADERSHIP
We have a global and equipping approach to leadership. You can see this in the makeup of our Board of Directors, and in the empowerment of our project team leads all over the world. It is this ethos of listening, understanding, and supporting that empowers the contextual kingdom work going on now, and in the future.
Our leadership philosophy is serving one another and striving toward impassioned colleagues, collaborators, and network connections throughout the organization. Communitas is a forward-looking mission, always seeking to equip and empower the next generation of faith leaders.
Board of Directors
The Calling undertaken by the Board of Directors is to serve our staff with encouragement and accountability. We are humbled to ensure the Mission and Vision of Communitas International moves forward.
Teal Rapp
Board Chair
Austin, TX
Joined: 2019
Tony Sheng
Secretary
Columbia, MD
Joined: 2021
Barbara Macnish
North Yorkshire, UK
Joined: 2021
Ivan Nishihata
São Paolo, Brazil / Nice, France
Joined: 2019
Brenda Renderos
Rancho Cucamongo, CA
Joined: 2022
Rita Warren
Chair Emeritus
Westlake Village, CA
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Senior Leadership Team
The Senior Leadership Team exists to bring unity and clarity to our global staff and network connections. We organize and operate with a laser-focus on our mission of starting and shaping communities of faith that love like Jesus in their neighborhood to transform lives, neighborhoods, and the world.
Eric Curtiss
COO & CFO; Treasurer
Colorado Springs, CO
Jon Ritner
Chief Strategy Officer
Burbank, CA
Responsible for: Strategy and Communication
Kevin Johnson
Chief Field Officer
Saint Paul, MN
Leadership
Andrea Asher
Chief People Officer
Denver, CO
Respponsible for: Mobilization and Human Resources
Amy Swacina
Chief Wellness Officer
Valencia, Spain
Responsible for: Training and Staff Care & Development
Communitas works in four global regions. These regions are overseen by a regional advancement team, consisting of people ministering in that region. Each team is lead by a director, who is listed below.
Remko Dekker
Director, Western Europe
Delft, The Netherlands
Michael Katzenberger
Director, Central & Eastern Europe
Fresno, CA
Leon Longard
Director, North America
St Cloud, MN
Eduardo Rodrigues
Director, Latin America
Brasilia, Brazil
Previous Presidents of Communitas:
Geoff Rinehart -2019 until 2025
Dudley Callison – 2013 until 2018
Rob Fairbanks – 2009 until 2012
Linus Morris – Founding until 2009