Staff

Stacia Greig was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA and now lives in Santa Clarita, CA. Stacia is the Assistant to the Executive Coordinator and provides technical support for our presbytery leaders. She is also our Flourishing Church Podcast producer. Stacia is currently in the process of completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations.

Rev. Luke Parker is ECO’s Church Planting Director. Luke formerly served as a Church Planter/Pastor in an ECO plant in Phoenix, the student ministries director at a non-denominational church in AZ, and in several other church plants in a variety of roles over the years. Before ministry in the local church he was heavily involved in Young Life. Luke attended Fuller Seminary, where he received an MDiv. He also has a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Arizona (Bear Down). Luke’s passion to raise up young leaders and equip them to reach the lost in our time. He lives in Phoenix with his wife, Jessica and their two boys – Matthew and Samuel.

Rev. Dr. Jennifer Haddox was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania. She has a BA in Sociology from Eastern University, where she first nurtured her call to mission leadership. She has an MDiv from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and continued to serve there as Associate Director of World Mission Initiative in her first 10 years of ordained ministry. She recently received her Doctor of Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. Jen loves helping churches get moving into deeper mission engagement. She and her husband, Mike, also pastor an ECO church and live in Western PA, with their two active boys and a hyper black lab. When she isn't traveling or leading mission meetings, she loves gardening and being a mom.

Rev. Lisa Johnson grew up in Orange County, CA and received her BA in Communication Studies at Westmont College. She received her MDiv at Princeton Seminary and was ordained in 1999. She has ministered at five different churches in New Jersey, Santa Barbara, Orange County, and San Diego as an Associate Pastor. She now serves as the Executive Director of Leadership Formation for ECO and the Director of Mentored Ministry for FIT. Lisa has a passion for teaching, discipleship, leadership development, and spiritual formation, and loves serving ECO churches in this capacity. She lives in San Diego (Coronado), CA with her husband and has two children (18 and 20) who are launching into adulthood.

Taylor Woods was born and raised in Glendora, CA. She attended Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA where she graduated in 2018 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Communication Studies and a minor in Economics & Business. She assists the ministry departments with design, processes development, and records. She also manages the many ECO email accounts and helps our churches and pastors with their application processes. Taylor enjoys spending time with her family & friends, traveling, and going to concerts.

Rev. Kendra Norton received her BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Hope College and her MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She spent her first two years in vocational ministry serving in an inner-city church in Athens, Greece. There she had the opportunity to walk alongside the marginalized and learn how the church stands as a light in dark places. Through that season, she discerned a call to ordained ministry, and next served as the Pastoral Resident at First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, NC. Kendra is passionate about replicating disciples and loves lacing up her sneakers for a run and enjoying a cup coffee with a friend. She and her husband (Tim), and their son live in Fort Pierce, FL where Tim serves as the pastor of Indian River Presbyterian Church.

Rev. Bertram Wang grew up in Upstate New York and relocated to Southern California in 1988 to serve in Campus Ministry focusing on Asian-American students at U.C. Irvine (now called Epic with Cru). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art from the State University of New York at Buffalo, then an M.Div. in Pastoral and General Ministries in 1995. Bertram served for 13 years in a non-ordained pastoral role in a congregation now part of ECO (South Bay Presbyterian in Torrance, CA) and received a call to serve as pastor of Cornerstone South Bay, then Cornerstone Orange County in 2014. Since his retirement in 2018, Bertram has served as the Ministry Partnership Team (MPT) Chair for the ECO Presbytery of Southern California and was invited to participate in ECO’s new national ordination process. He volunteered to serve at every Ordination Retreat and took a part-time position in the Synod Ordination Office in June of 2021. He now serves as the Ordination Advisor (for the Western U.S) and Coordinator. He is married with no children and lives in Torrance, CA.

Rev. Dr. Mark Patterson was born in Boulder, CO but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He became a Christian through the ministry of Younglife (which was founded by his grandfather, Jim Rayburn). He attended Whitworth University where he studied theology. It was there he met his wife Linda and they were married in 1982 following graduation. After two years in youth ministry, he and Linda moved to Princeton Theological Seminary. Upon graduation he served as associate pastor in the Seattle area for eight years during which time two daughters were born. In 1995, the family moved to Britain where Mark began PhD studies in theology at King’s College in London. In 1999 the family moved to Ventura, CA where Mark served as lead pastor for twenty-two years. Mark and Linda enjoy hiking, art and drawing, woodworking, and when time allows Mark loves to fly his paraglider. They continue to live in Ventura with their yellow Labrador Mosley.