Doctor of Leadership Faculty and Team
Lead Mentor
Special Guest Instructors
Martyn Percy
Position: Guest lecturer
Academic and Professional Background: Past Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and past Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and the Oxford Ministry Course; Professor of Theological Education at King’s College London; Honorary Canon of Salisbury Cathedral and Canon Theologian of Sheffield Cathedral; he has served as a Director the Advertising Standards Authority and currently serves as Independent Adjudicator for the Portman Group and as a Commissioner for the Direct Marketing Authority. His recent books include:
- The Future Shapes of Anglicanism: Charts, Currents, Contours (2017)
- Untamed Gospel: Poems, Prose and Protests (2017)
- Clergy, Culture and Ministry The Dynamics of Roles and Relations in Church and Society (2017)
- Reasonable Radical?: Reading the Writings of Martyn Percy (2018)
- Others: A Very Short Book About Beliefs (2023)
- The Spirit of Witness: Liturgies, Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Dissenters (2023)
- An Advent Manifesto: Daily Readings and Reflections from Isaiah and Luke (2023)
Project Faculty
Project Faculty work with advisees to provide individual & small group guidance for doctoral project development within the project portfolio research sequence.
Seminary faculty routinely serve as Project Faculty within the doctoral programs. See Portland Seminary faculty page for details.
Holley Clough
Position: Project Faculty (Portland Seminary); Adjunct Faculty of Bible and Ministry Practicums, Coaching and Seminary Graduate Courses at The King’s University; Fernwood Adult Education Practice, Principal, Implementing Director Emeritus, Multnomah University Adult Degree Completion Program.
Current Board Activity: World Team, Intl., Christian Adult Higher Education Association, Mission ConneXion
Current Mission Activity: Agros International serves the poor in Central America through holistic development. Leader and participant since 2004.
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Management and Organizational Leadership, George Fox University; MA, Pastoral Care and Life Coaching, Western Seminary; DMin,Teaching and Writing (Hornecker Award, Dissertation), Gateway Seminary; International Coach Federation, Professional Coach Certification (PCC Level).
Expertise and Research Interests: Adult higher education and life learning, pastoral ministry and leadership development, life coaching, holistic cross-cultural development, leisure and educational travel.
Email: hclough@georgefox.edu, HolleyClough@gmail.com
Office: 503-720-5599
Web: fernwoodadulteducationpractice.com/
Aaron Friesen
Position: Project Faculty; Associate Pastor, CitySalt Church in Eugene, OR; Executive Director of Storyline Kids
Academic and Professional Background: BS, Pastoral Studies, Eugene Bible College; MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Wales.
Expertise and Research Interests: History of Holiness-Pentecostal movements in America; child theology; global Pentecostalism; Pentecostal theology; Luke-Acts
Email: afriesen@georgefox.edu
Web: storylinekids.org
Kristin Hamilton
Position: Project Faculty
Academic Background: Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives, Portland Seminary; MDiv from George Fox Evangelical Seminary; Master of Religion in Spiritual Formation from Northwest Nazarene University; BS In Ministry and Theology from Warner Southern University
Expertise and Research Interests: Complicity of the White Evangelical Church in Racism and other Systems of Oppression, Lament and Mourning, Egalitarian Relationships in Marriage and Church Leadership, Spiritual Formation
Email: khamilton@georgefox.edu
Jennie Harrop
Position: Project Faculty, Portland Seminary; Associate Dean, George Fox University; Lead Pastor, Cedar Creek Church
Educational Background: PhD in English, University of Denver; DMin in Semiotics, Portland Seminary; MFA in Creative Writing, Colorado State University; BA in Journalism, Pacific Lutheran University
Expertise and Research Interests: Writing, Literature, Apologetics, Semiotics, Strategy, Innovation, Culture, Future Studies
Email: jharrop@georgefox.edu
Web: georgefox.edu/adult-degree/index.html; cedarcreeksherwood.org
Garfield Harvey
Position: Project Faculty (Portland Seminary); Lead Pastor, Emerge Berkeley
Academic and Professional Background: AA/AS Degrees in Social & Behavioral Science, Business Management, Sociology, and CSU General Education from Contra Costa College; Master of Religious Education and MAR: Worship Studies from Liberty University; MA Ministerial Leadership, Southeastern University; DMin in Leadership and Global Perspectives, Portland Seminary.
Expertise and Research Interest: Garfield has more than 20 years of experience planting churches internationally. He focuses on global leadership, cultural intelligence, cross-cultural worship, church planting, intercultural ministries, and strategic analysis.
Email: gharvey@georgefox.edu
Website: garfieldharvey.com
Mario Hood
Position: Project Faculty; Associate Pastor, Church on the Living Edge in Orlando, Florida; Adjunct Professor at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.
Educational Background: BS in Christian Ministry, Bible Emphasis from Lee University; MA in Ministerial Leadership from Portland Seminary; DMin, Portland Seminary. MHS EQ-I 2.0 Certified; Youth and Family Life Coaching Certified from The Character and Self-Esteem Institute.
Expertise and Research Interests: Leadership and global perspectives, paracletic leadership framework, Gen Z engagement, practical theology, emotional intelligence.
Email: mhood@georgefox.edu
Website: leadersseminary.com
Chris Roush
Position: Project Faculty; Ordained Minister and Pastor (American Baptist Churches USA), Associate Director Discipleship, American Baptist Home Mission Societies
Academic and Professional Background: BA in Social Science Ed; MA in History: SUNY Oneonta; DMin Leadership in the Emerging Culture, Portland Seminary. Chris has over 30 years of ministry experience, serving the local church (Administrative Pastor, Pastor), denominational (Associate Executive Minister, Director of Camping, Associate Director Discipleship), and Specialized Ministry (COO Rainbow Acres - a community for adults with developmental disabilities). A writer, she authored a small group stewardship study - Swimming Upstream: Reflections on Consumerism and Culture.
Expertise and Research Interests: Leadership, emerging leaders, team building, discipleship and evangelism, consumerism and stewardship, alternative ministry models in post-Christian society.
Email: croush@georgefox.edu
Karen Tremper
Position: Project Faculty
Academic and Professional Background: BA Home Economics, Fresno State University; MA Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary; PhD Intercultural Studies with an emphasis in Leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary. Wycliffe Bible Translator/Summer Institute of Linguistics--Eastern Keres Pueblo Indians translation project; Youth With A Mission--Discipleship Training School Director Harpenden, UK; Professor Biblical Studies and Intercultural Studies at Life Pacific College; Director of Global Life; Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator; ordained minister, Foursquare Church.
Expertise and Research Interests: Women in Leadership, Leadership Training of Emerging Adults, Cultural Competency, Team Training for Cross-Cultural Experiential Learning, Briefing, Debriefing and Re-Entry for Cross-Cultural Experiences, Inclusion of Underrepresented Students in HSI colleges and universities, and Leadership development of Intercultural Teams.
Ekaputra Tupamahu
Position: Project Faculty; Assistant Professor of New Testament, Portland Seminary
Trisha Welstad
Position: Project Faculty
Academic and Professional Background: BS, Christian Ministry, Corban University; Mdiv, Azusa Pacific University; DLd, Leadership and Global Perspectives, Portland Seminary of George Fox University. Trisha has more than twenty years of ministry experience (Youth Pastor, Church Planter, Leadership Development Pastor), denominational work (Leadership Development Director), and 12 years as the Executive Director of Leadership Center, LLC.
Expertise and Research Interests: Leadership; vocation and calling; women in leadership; diversity, equity and inclusion; Wesleyan theology and practice.
Email: twelstad@georgefox.edu
Doctor of Leadership Faculty and Team
The Seminary Doctoral Team manages the program online platforms, organizes the Advances, and provides support to students and Project Faculty, in-person or online. In short, this team is the 'glue' that holds the various elements of the program together.
Program and Operations Coordinator, Doctoral Programs