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Brown, Queena

Ben Miller — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:36:24 +0000

With more than 20 years of leadership experience across operations, human resources, finance, technology, and organizational development, Queena is a people-centered leader passionate about helping individuals, teams, and organizations grow with clarity, purpose, and grace. She currently serves as Senior Director of Administration and Operations and has held executive leadership roles focused on aligning people, strategy, and operations to help organizations grow and thrive. Her work has centered on building strong operational foundations, developing leaders and teams, navigating organizational change, and fostering cultures rooted in integrity, accountability, collaboration, and purpose.

Queena holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration and has a deep love for people leadership. She believes leadership is not just about managing work, it is about developing people, stewarding influence well, and helping others recognize the gifts, strength, and purpose God has placed within them. Her leadership philosophy is rooted in her love for God and her desire to serve Him through the way she leads, speaks, builds, and encourages others.

For the past 13 years, Queena has volunteered with Tacoma Swish, a youth basketball development organization dedicated to serving youth and families throughout the Tacoma community. Her heart for the program goes far beyond basketball, it is about creating community, mentorship, structure, encouragement, and opportunities for young people to grow both on and off the court. Serving youth and families in the community has been one of the most meaningful parts of her leadership journey.

Outside of her professional and volunteer work, Queena loves everything connected to a body of water, whether it’s the ocean, a lake, river, pond, or even a puddle. She is an avid sports enthusiast who especially enjoys football, basketball, track, and gymnastics. She is blessed with a beautifully blended family of 11 children and 9 grandchildren, and she is a proud fur parent to two Havapoo pups named Dallas and Hoops.

One Love!

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Heinz, Kartha

dmitchell — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:59:04 +0000

Kartha Heinz brings a love of developing both people and organizational culture to her role as Vice President of Administration. Before coming to ��Ƶ, Kartha obtained her bachelor’s degree in Accounting, followed by her CPA. She spent her early career in accounting and operations management for software startup companies, culminating in the role of VP of Finance and Operations. Human resources often fell under the umbrella of finance and operations, and she developed a love of culture work and vocational training, helping employees realize their full potential. After becoming a parent and moving to part-time work briefly, Kartha pursued human resources as a full-time career, first in the tech sector and now in her current role at ��Ƶ.

Kartha has served ��Ƶ community in a variety of ways since coming onboard as the Human Resources Director in 2011. She’s passionate about partnering with business leaders to solve for the current needs of their realm, helping employees identify their gifts and vocational direction and working with management to identify and live into a thriving culture— “Our Way of Life.”

“We train people at an intersection of faith and science that serves our neighbor, invests in human wellness and is wrapped in compassion. I’m blessed every day to be able to work alongside such amazing humans that aspire to make the world a more loving and kind place to live.”

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Hoard, Paul

��Ƶ — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:31:19 +0000

Dr. Paul Hoard is a licensed counselor who holds a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. He completed the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program at the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute and he specializes in working with adolescents with sexual behavior problems. A “third culture kid,” he was raised in Ankara, Turkey, and has provided mental health counseling and clinical supervision in the United States, Ukraine, and Turkey. His research and scholarly work draw on Lacanian psychoanalysis and focus on the intersection of perpetration trauma, sexuality, white-body supremacy, and adolescent mental health. An interdisciplinary thinker, he works at the convergence of psychoanalysis, theology, and cultural formation.

Dr. Hoard is the coauthor with his sister, Billie, of the book Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life and serves as a board member for the Center for Christianity and Psychoanalysis. He is also co-founder of Praxplay, a roleplay simulation engine.

In the classroom, Dr. Hoard is known for weaving games, songs, and cultural artifacts into his teaching, creating space for students to explore psychoanalytic and clinical concepts through unexpected angles. His approach reflects a curiosity about what else might be present in the material, an invitation he extends to his students as well.

Dr. Hoard maintains active involvement in various professional counseling and scholarly associations.

Online Publications

Bland, E. D., & Hoard, P. (2026). The Christian filter: Lacan and being a “good enough” Christian. Journal of Psychology and Theology.
Hoard, P. (2026). Lacan plays Catan: Unconscious desire in tabletop gaming. Board Game Academics, 3(1).
Hoard, P. (2024). The Other Journal.
Hoard, P. (2024). The Other Journal.
Hoard, P., & Hoard, W. (2024). The Other Journal.
Steinke, P., & Hoard, P. (2024). Christ and Cascadia.
Hoard, P. (2023). The Other Journal.
Hoard, P., & Steinke, P. (2023). Christ and Cascadia.
Hoard, P., & Hoard, W. (2022). The Other Journal.
Hoard, P., & Hoard, W., (2020). , The Other Journal (32)

Publications

Hoard, P., & Hoard, B. (2025). Eucontamination: Disgust theology and the Christian life. Cascade Books.
Moore, B. N., Hoard, P., & Blackburn, A. (2024). Humility and the task of integration. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 43(1), 78–84.
Hoard, P., & Bland, E. (2023). “How am I responsible?”: Evangelical white rage and the interpassive perpetration of white-body supremacy. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 33(5), 653–670.
Bland, E., & Hoard, P. (2023). How the story is told: A response to Jacobs and Starr. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 33(5), 685–692.
Hoard, P., & Hoard, W. (2023). Eucontamination: Enacting a centered-set theology in a multicultural world. Journal of Psychology and Theology.
Ma, J. S., & Hoard, P. R. (2020). A tale of two fears: Negotiating trust and neighborly relations in urbanizing Turkey. Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
Demirtas-Zorbaz, S., & Hoard, P. (2019). Adaptation and preliminary validation for the Turkish context of the school climate and school identification measure. International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 5(1), 323–330.
Ozturk, M., & Hoard, P., (Eds.). (2019). Examining the teacher induction process in contemporary education systems. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
Ergene, T., et al. (2018). Risk behaviors of high school students. H.U. Journal of Education.
Hoard, P., et al. (2017). Preliminary results of social climate’s impact on treatment progress of juveniles with sexual behavior problems. Journal of Behavior.
Underwood, L. A., & Dailey, F. L. (2016). Counseling adolescents competently (Chapter Lead: Juvenile Justice Involved Adolescents). Sage Publications.

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McNeil, Derek

dmitchell — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:10:15 +0000

Dr. J. Derek McNeil was named the fourth president of ��Ƶ of Theology & Psychology in 2019. Since joining the leadership team at ��Ƶ in 2010 as Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. McNeil has been integral to our achievement of regional accreditation, the reimagining of our common curriculum, and securing millions in grant funding.

Dr. McNeil has a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University and an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. Prior to his tenure at ��Ƶ, Dr. McNeil served as faculty in the PsyD program at Wheaton College Graduate School for over 15 years.

Dr. McNeil has worked as a clinician in private practice, a diversity advisor, an organizational consultant, and an administrator. His research, writing, and speaking have focused on issues of ethnic and racial socialization, the role of forgiveness in peacemaking, the identity development of African-American males, leadership in living systems, and resilience. He has written chapters in The Black Family: Past, Present, and Future (1991), Men to Men: Voices of African American Males (1996), Why Psychology Needs Theology (2005), This Side of Heaven: Race Ethnicity and Christian Faith (2007), Reluctant Integration (2010), and Roadmap to Reconciliation: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice (2016). His teaching has also included coursework on Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Foundations of Mental Health; Family Systems Therapy; Group Theory; Therapy; and Leadership.

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Steinke, Paul

dmitchell — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:21:23 +0000

Paul first came to ��Ƶ from Nebraska as a student in 2001. In 2005, Paul graduated from the school with an MA in Christian Studies and is now the Vice President of Alumni & Community Relations.

Paul is a passionate advocate of organizations and ministries that invest in the ongoing formation of individuals and communities toward the love of God, creation, self, and neighbor for the life of the world. Paul serves as the President of the Board of Illuman of Washington, a community of men committed to a life-changing spirituality rooted in ancient patterns of initiation and ritual.

Paul Steinke is married to somatic psychotherapist and poet Sarah Steinke. Together they live on the Kitsap Peninsula with their children Pierce, Selah and Israi’elle. On any given day, he can be found listening to the jazz of Robert Glasper and Cassandra Wilson, at play in the mountains, or working through a board game with his family.

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White, Jeanette

dmitchell — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:23:56 +0000

Jeanette White is the Executive Director of The Allender Center and has been a core member of the center’s leadership team since its creation in 2010. Alongside her work with The Allender Center, Jeanette is also a Certified Aroma Freedom Practitioner which pairs neuroscience-based therapeutic techniques with aromatherapy to reveal and release stories, emotions, and subconscious internal beliefs that influence wellbeing. She works with clients around the globe to support inner renewal and targeted healing from trauma through her .

Jeanette has called the Seattle area home since 2007 and graduated from ��Ƶ of Theology & Psychology with an MA in Christian Studies in 2010. She enjoys spending her off-hours camping and exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and traveling to new places near and far with her husband and young son.

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Winzenried Misty Anne

Ashley Wright — Fri, 11 May 2018 20:33:39 +0000

Dr. Misty Anne Winzenried is the Dean of the Graduate School. Since joining the school in 2019, she has supported the development curriculum and instructional team, led advancements in assessment and accreditation, and overseen the launch of new and revised programs. She collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure the educational mission of ��Ƶ of Theology & Psychology.

Misty Anne earned her MA in Counseling from ��Ƶ (then Mars Hill Graduate School) in 2004, and her PhD in Education from the University of Washington–Seattle in 2016. With 20 years of experience in higher education, Misty Anne has taught in interdisciplinary contexts and worked in a range of administrative roles in higher education. Prior to her tenure at ��Ƶ, she served as Interim Dean for Student Learning at Cascadia College and Director of Odegaard Writing & Research Center at UW–Seattle.

Misty Anne’s calling is supporting ongoing faculty development around teaching excellence and equitable teaching practices. As a qualitative researcher, she studies the teaching and learning of writing in the academic disciplines and has published scholarship in Across the Disciplines and Composition Forum. Outside of work, Misty Anne can be found hiking in the Cascades with her son.

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