Church Relations Committee

This committee of dedicated volunteers work with the Church Relations staff to oversee, support and advise the ministry offered by the Office of Church Relations. This committee meets four to five times each year, and is chaired by Stan Smith, who represents Church Relations as a member of the Chapman Board of Trustees.

Mary K. Backstrom
Lay Leader at the First Christian Church, Whittier, CA

Becky Bailey-Findley 
Member of the First Christian Church, Fullerton, CA

Art Blaser
Professor of Political Science

Ben Bohren 
Chapman Trustee and Regional Minister of the Christian Church in Northern California-Nevada

Don Dewey
Chapman Trustee and Regional Minister of the Christian Church in Pacific Southwest, CA.

Shirley Estes 
Former member of Chapman Trustees and Board of Governors, and Member of Saguaro Christian Church, Tucson, AZ

Ron Farmer 
Ordained Disciples minister, Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Barbara Grear '74
Interim Director of Church Relations, member of Church of the Foothills.

Lynda Hall '81, '86
Professor of English, Chapman parent and childhood member of the First Christian Church of Whittier

Sarah Halverson '99
Chapman graduate and ordained Disciples minister

Skip Hughes '74
Chapman University alumnus and retired Disciples minister in Arizona

Marie Labbee '02
Administrative Assistant for Church Relations, member of First Christian Church of Orange.

T. J. Liggett 
Retired Disciples minister, missionary, and seminary president, and Chapman Trustee

Lisa Maddox '04, '08
Minister at Neighborhood Congregational Church – UCC, Laguna Beach      


Cisa (Patricia) Payuyo 
Associate Director of Church Relations and member of All People's Christian Church in Los Angeles, CA

Huberto Pimentel 
National Hispanic Pastor for Hispanic Ministries

Stan Smith '67
Chapman University alumnus and Senior Minister of the First Christian Church, Orange, CA

John Tunstall
Senior Minister of Abundant Life Christian Church in Los Angeles, CA

Paul Turner 
Regional Manager, Southern California Regions, Community Relations for Citibank and member of Abundant Life Christian Church

Iese Tuuao
Associate Conference Minister for the Hawaii Conference, United Church of Christ and father of Jason Tuuao '07


Denny Williams 
Chapman Trustee and Regional Minister of the Christian Church in Arizona

Don Will
Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Peace Studies Program

Alexis Woods '69
Director of Career Management and External Relations and member of McCarty Memorial Christian Church