Coaches

The People and Health Director facilitates the oversight of Chi Alpha’s organizational strategy in the forming of students and staff as life-long missional witnesses by engaging them all along their missionary career.

Jerry currently serves as a field specialist focused on Chi Alpha’s local church initiative. He has served Jesus as a world missionary in Mexico and Spain, was the former director of XAi (formerly ISFM), and a campus pastor of a growing church in Oregon. His passion has always been to encourage growth in leaders to become the best they can be. Coaching serves that passion. He holds Associate Certified Coach Credentials with the International Coach Federation.

Kendra is a passionate teacher, coach trainer, and ministry leader. She has been a missionary with Chi Alpha for 10 years, she and her husband did their internship at Stanford University in 2012 and from there pioneered a campus ministry at San Diego State. Through Kendra’s experience as a campus director, leading a staff team, and starting an internship she found the use of coaching to be a transformative tool in all aspects of ministry. In 2022 Kendra joined the national Chi Alpha coaching team and is currently working as a coach training specialist; she holds credentials with AGCC, level 3 and The International Coach Federation. When she is not coaching she is enjoying being a mother to her 3 girls and running her small urban backyard farm. 

Mike Olejarz has served as a missionary with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries since 1982. He has worked in our mission organization as a campus missionary, CMIT director, district and regional director, national leader (on two occasions) and coach. He currently serves as a field specialist based in Charlottesville, VA.

Joy devotes her life to empowering people to run life’s race unencumbered by needless baggage. She is a voracious learner, loves truth, and loves to laugh. She believes that following Jesus is best done together in authentic community.