Does it matter?
4 out of 5
Young Life participants
consider Young Life and it's leaders to be a significant influence on their faith.
94%
of volunteer leaders and staff with
Young Life would overwhelmingly recommend their leadership experience to a friend.
TRIP DOSTER
AREA DIRECTOR
I was born and raised in Atlanta and grew up going to Young Life and FCA in high school. While at Young Life's Frontier Ranch in the summer of '91, I began a relationship with Jesus. My life has been different ever since! I went to Furman University and became a Young Life leader. God called me into full time work with Young Life a few years after graduating from college. I have now been on YL staff for over 20 years. I am married to Rebecca and we have four children: Brooks, Ford, Bailey, and Andrew.
JAMIE MICHEL
ASSOCIATE AREA DIRECTOR
I am originally from Clarksville, Tennessee, and I met Jesus through my Young Life leader, Anne, in high school. After high school, I went to Auburn University and became a Young Life leader. During my senior year at Auburn, the Lord called me away from my plans of going to medical school and into a career with Young Life. Since that time, I have been on YL staff in North Fulton. I met my husband Ian through Young Life in college and we now have a son, James. Ian is a pilot and we love spending time with our family, playing with our chocolate lab, Lucy, watching Auburn football, and being outdoors.
HEATHER POWELL
CAPERNAUM DIRECTOR
I'm originally from Atlanta, a former Young Life kid, a lover of all things chocolate, and a mom to my son Brendan. After graduating from SMU, I served on YL staff in Texas and New Jersey. I have been involved in traditional Young Life and WyldLife as well as Young Life Capernaum, for teenagers with special needs. We are excited to see how Capernaum in North Fulton continues to grow and provide a place for teenagers and young adults with disabilities to belong while introducing them to the God who loves them just as they are.
HAILEY YOUNG
STAFF ASSOCIATE
I grew up in Atlanta and was a Young Life kid all of high school! It was here that my leader, Sally, introduced me to Jesus and I began to follow him. I went to the University of Alabama and was a Young Life leader for my last three years there, until graduating in 2020. It was in this time that I felt the Lord leading me to pursue full-time ministry and I’m so grateful that He did! I am now a leader at Cambridge High School and am working with our Wyldlife ministry as well.
MATT HENSON
STAFF ASSOCIATE
I'm originally from Forsyth County and graduated from UGA in 2019. While at UGA I was a volunteer leader with Young Life at Oconee County High School. I'm now in North Fulton on Young Life staff at Milton High School.
ELIZABETH HALL
OFFICE MANAGER
I am originally from Griffin, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in 2017, where I served as a Young Life leader for three years. During my senior year, the Lord called me into full time ministry with Young Life and I have been in North Fulton ever since. I am now the office manager for NFYL and a volunteer leader at Cambridge High School.
