Dave Nelson
Lead and Teaching Pastor
Family: Dave and his wife, Rindy, started GLC in 2009. They have three kids.
Fun Fact: Dave and Rindy have lived in 7 different cities and in 12 apartments/homes in their 24 years of marriage.
Guilty Pleasure: Peanut M&Ms
Big Dream: Shooting a 12+ point buck
Fun Fact: Dave and Rindy have lived in 7 different cities and in 12 apartments/homes in their 24 years of marriage.
Guilty Pleasure: Peanut M&Ms
Big Dream: Shooting a 12+ point buck
Jason Webb
Team Manager & Groups Director
Family: Jason has four kids that he constantly reminds have the best dad in the world!
Fun Fact: Jason has been on 13 safaris in Kenya.
Guilty Pleasure: Secretly enjoying Taylor Swift songs with his teenage daughter
Big Dream: To actually write the book he has been saying he would write for the last 20 years
Fun Fact: Jason has been on 13 safaris in Kenya.
Guilty Pleasure: Secretly enjoying Taylor Swift songs with his teenage daughter
Big Dream: To actually write the book he has been saying he would write for the last 20 years
James Nelson
Chidren's Ministry Pastor
Family: James and his wife, Kimi, have a blended family with seven children.
Fun Fact: James loves camping with his family and eating spicy foods. And, he speaks Spanish!
Guilty Pleasure: Ghost pepper beef jerky
Big Dream: Doing mission work in foreign countries
Fun Fact: James loves camping with his family and eating spicy foods. And, he speaks Spanish!
Guilty Pleasure: Ghost pepper beef jerky
Big Dream: Doing mission work in foreign countries
Liesel Gruener
Finance & Operations Director
Family: Liesel and her husband, Doug, have three adult children whom they have moved out of the house with varying degrees of success.
Fun fact: She's a huge K-Pop concert fan.
Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate creamer with a splash of coffee
Big Dream: Traveling around the world in 90 days
Fun fact: She's a huge K-Pop concert fan.
Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate creamer with a splash of coffee
Big Dream: Traveling around the world in 90 days
Justin Mathews
Innovation Director
Family: Justin married up. He and his wife, Lisa, have two children who teach him something new every day.
Fun Fact: Justin requires counseling for his Apple addiction.
Guilty Pleasure: Ice cream, especially with mix-ins like peanut butter, Snickers, cookie dough ... you get the idea.
Big Dream: To create the Christian equivalent of Facebook
Fun Fact: Justin requires counseling for his Apple addiction.
Guilty Pleasure: Ice cream, especially with mix-ins like peanut butter, Snickers, cookie dough ... you get the idea.
Big Dream: To create the Christian equivalent of Facebook
CARson Brauer
Communication Coordinator
Family: Carson has a sister who is nine years older than him and a brother who is thirteen years older than him, but Carson's parents PROMISE that he wasn't an "oops." He's not so sure he believes them.
Fun Fact: Carson studied abroad in 2019 and backpacked through 11 countries in three months!
Guilty Pleasure: Pizza, unless it has vegetables on it
Big dream: To write, produce and direct a short film
Fun Fact: Carson studied abroad in 2019 and backpacked through 11 countries in three months!
Guilty Pleasure: Pizza, unless it has vegetables on it
Big dream: To write, produce and direct a short film
Mark Lewandowski
Facilities Coordinator
Family: Mark married his childhood girlfriend, Cindy. They have three children and six grandchildren.
Fun Fact: He loves cars. He had three in high school, forcing his dad to park on the street.
Guilty Pleasure: Spoiling his grandchildren
Big Dream: Retire and just relax
Brit Ditzig
Student ministries & Groups
Family: Brit's best friend is her mom, Cheri, who also attends Great Lakes Church. Her dad, Bob, and stepmom, Sandy, live in Nashville, Tennessee. She has two older brothers, Billy who lives in Salt Lake City and Seth who lives in southern Illinois.
Fun fact: Brit was on Oprah twice, talking about "helping kids cope with divorce."
Guilty Pleasure: Pepperoni Pizza from Luisa's in Salem, Wisconsin
Big Dream: Speaking at the Global Leadership Summit
Fun fact: Brit was on Oprah twice, talking about "helping kids cope with divorce."
Guilty Pleasure: Pepperoni Pizza from Luisa's in Salem, Wisconsin
Big Dream: Speaking at the Global Leadership Summit
Ashley Gavin
Campus Experience Director
Family: Ashley and her husband, Andrew, have three children — Peyton, Wyatt and Quinn.
Fun Fact: I'm the baby of seven, and I have 23 nieces and nephews!
Guilty Pleasure: A Dairy Queen chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard with extra cookie dough
Big Dream: Lots of babies, lots of beaches, and lots of love! (How blessed am I to have achieved this already?!)
Fun Fact: I'm the baby of seven, and I have 23 nieces and nephews!
Guilty Pleasure: A Dairy Queen chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard with extra cookie dough
Big Dream: Lots of babies, lots of beaches, and lots of love! (How blessed am I to have achieved this already?!)
Rex Hamilton
Campus Pastor
Family: Rex and his wife, Christalle, contributed to global over-population by having four great kids. They are Midwest transplants from Seattle.
Fun Fact: Rex spent time in his 20s as a volunteer firefighter and Washington State EMT.
Guilty Pleasure: Really big bowls of cereal
Big Dream: To be a chaplain for a Major League Baseball team (Milwaukee Brewers — Have you listened to any of those voicemails?)
Fun Fact: Rex spent time in his 20s as a volunteer firefighter and Washington State EMT.
Guilty Pleasure: Really big bowls of cereal
Big Dream: To be a chaplain for a Major League Baseball team (Milwaukee Brewers — Have you listened to any of those voicemails?)
Tyler Clapsaddle
students Pastor
Family: Married to truly my better half, Christen.
Fun Fact: My first jobs were working as a lifeguard and swimming instructor.
Guilty Pleasure: Anything sweet. It’s bad.
Big Dream: Retire in a big city
Fun Fact: My first jobs were working as a lifeguard and swimming instructor.
Guilty Pleasure: Anything sweet. It’s bad.
Big Dream: Retire in a big city
Christalle Hamilton
Campus Experience Director
Family: Married for 20 years to that Racine Campus pastor guy. Proud mom to three boys and a girl.
Fun Fact: First job was at an amusement/water park.
Guilty Pleasure: Reruns of "Friends" episodes and a good chocolate milkshake
Big Dream: More, more, and more travel
Fun Fact: First job was at an amusement/water park.
Guilty Pleasure: Reruns of "Friends" episodes and a good chocolate milkshake
Big Dream: More, more, and more travel