1st Floor
Gretchen Torres
Receptionist
Johnny Vega and Joseph Ocasio

Joseph Ocasio
Director of the Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Ministry
and Hispanic Ministry Programs

Johnny Vega
Student Support Coordinator











Delivered through a partnership between Western Theological Seminary and Community Action House,
the Community Kitchen provides a place to identify the needs and struggles of our most vulnerable
neighbors while providing them with a free meal.

Felix Theonugraha
President

Kerry Eshenaur
Accounting Associate

Tamara Buikema
Administrative Assistant for Development

Evonne Wernlund
Office Assistant

Annie Valkema
Associate Director of Development

Rick Capotosto
Associate Director of Development

Brenda Dieffenbach
Associate Director of Development
Margie Wade
Resources Management Librarian
Norman Donkersloot
Vice President of Finance

Daniel Flores
Director of Cook Library
Steve Michaels
Emerging Technologies Librarian
Rayetta Perez
Director of Administration and Human Resources
Title IX COORDINATOR

Lannette Zylman-TenHave
Executive Assistant to the President

Prayer Room
Cherri Westhouse
Administrative Assistant
Event Coordinator
Andy Bast
Director of Development

Mulder Chapel

Gretchen Torres
Administrative Assistant for Master of Theology and Hispanic Ministry Programs, International Students Assistant

Cherri Westhouse


2nd Floor
Megan Rice
Communications Coordinator
Kristen Deede Johnson
Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Carla Capotosto
Associate Director of Communications and Associate Director of the Lilly Economic Challanges Grant
Carol Ann Bailey
Educational Technology Specialist and Student Support Coordinator

Beth Smith
Associate Registrar and
Administrative Assistant for Student Services

John Brogan
Associate Academic Dean,
Director of the Master of Divinity and Master of Arts Programs

L.S. Carlos A. Thompson
Nouwen Fellow & Friendship House Director

J. Todd Billings
Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology

Sue A. Rozeboom
Associate Professor of Liturgical Theology

Alvin Padilla
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
and Director of Advanced Degrees
Benjamin T. Conner
Professor of Practical Theology
and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Disability and Ministry
Han-luen Kantzer Komline
Assistant Professor of Church History and Theology

Carol Bechtel
Professor of Old Testament
James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament
Ron Rienstra
Professor of Preaching and Worship Arts
Suzanne McDonald
Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology
David Komline
Assistant Professor of Church History
and Director of the GPCE
Chuck DeGroat
Professor of Pastoral Care and Christian Spirituality
Travis West
Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament

Theresa Hamm
Academic Office Associate and Assessment Coordinator

Kyle Wigboldy
Registrar and Financial Aid Administrator
David L. Stubbs
Professor of Ethics and Theology
Kathy Ehmann
Educational Technology Specialist
Shari Oosting
Associate Director of Formation for Ministry

Pam Bush
Associate Director of Student Care and Instructional Assistant of Biblical Hebrew
Kyle Small
Professor of Church Leadership and Director of Research and Learning for Churches in Mission

Lower Lobby
David Becker
Superintendent of Building and Grounds

Illyas Zadran
Custodian/Maintenance Assistant



Downtown Holland
The Bridge is an eclectic fair trade store of handcrafted gifts, clothing, jewelry, decor, musical instruments, coffee and chocolate that is owned and operated by Western Theological Seminary. The store is located in downtown Holland at 18 W 8th St.