Executive Staff

Joel Woodruff

Joel Woodruff, President, C.S. Lewis Institute, has worked in higher education, “tent-making,” nonprofit administration, and pastoral ministries in Alaska, Israel, Hungary, France, and Northern Virginia. He served as Dean…

Joseph A. Kohm

Joseph A. Kohm, C.S. Lewis Institute Vice President for Development and City Director for Virginia Beach. Joe is an attorney and formerly worked as a Certified Major League Baseball…

Thomas A. Tarrants

Thomas A. Tarrants is President Emeritus of the C.S. Lewis Institute. After serving twelve years as president and nine years as vice President, he retired from his position as…

Thomas W. Simmons

Thomas W. Simmons, CSLI Executive Vice President, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with degrees in chemistry and English literature. He has also undertaken graduate…

Senior Fellow Staff

Arthur W. Lindsley

Arthur W. Lindsley is the Vice President of Theological Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Works, & Economics. He has served at the C.S. Lewis Institute since 1987 both…

William L. Kynes

Pastor William L. “Bill” Kynes is the Senior Fellow for Pastoral Theology at the C.S. Lewis Institute, and retired Senior Pastor of Cornerstone, an Evangelical Free Church, in Annandale,…

James M. Houston

James M. Houston is a co-founder of the C.S. Lewis Institute.  From its beginning, Jim has served as a Senior Fellow of the Institute, lecturing at CSLI events over…

Jerry Root

Jerry Root is the Christopher W. Mitchell Senior Fellow for C.S. Lewis Studies at the C.S. Lewis Institute; Emeritus Professor of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and a visiting Professor…

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is the Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Systematic Theology and the…

Lyle Dorsett

Lyle Dorsett, Professor, holds the Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism at Beeson Divinity School in Samford University. He taught courses in evangelism, spiritual formation and church history. He also…

Randy Newman

Randy Newman is the Senior Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism at the C.S. Lewis Institute. He has taught at several evangelical seminaries. After serving for over 30 years with Campus…

Stuart McAlpine

Stuart McAlpine, is a teaching fellow at the C.S. Lewis Institute and the founding pastor of Christ our Shepherd Church located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. He speaks…

Tom Schwanda

Tom Schwanda is associate professor of Christian Formation and Ministry emeritus at Wheaton College and adjunct associate professor of Christian Spirituality at Fuller Theological Seminary. Tom earned a Ph.D….

Administrative Staff

Semy Godo

Semy Godo, Senior Administrative Manager, Semy joined the C.S. Lewis Institute in September 2016 and serves as the Senior Administrative Manager. Her professional experience in budget, project management, event coordinator,…

Dave Chaves

Dave Chaves, Technology and Product Development Manager, has worked in nonprofit, Christian communications for over 10 years, including most recently with Five Talents USA. He holds a…

Barry Bradshaw

Barry Bradshaw, Bookkeeper, Barry was born and raised in Japan.  He received his college education in Kentucky and then spent seven years in the U.S. Army before settling down…

Barbara Ramey

Barbara Ramey, Fellows Program , Washington DC. Barbara seeks to live her life devoted to faithfully following Christ as described in God’s word. Her husband Rob’s career…

Cameron McAllister

Cameron McAllister is the Director of Content and a Teaching Fellow for the C.S. Lewis Institute. He is also the co-founder of Thinking Out Loud where he’s a speaker,…

Volunteers

Randy Bridges, Ph.D. – Randy serves as a Chaplain and Coach for CSLI City Directors. Randy was the founding City Director for CSLI Seattle. He received his Ph.D. in Christian Education from Biola University. He has over 35 years of ministry experience including Hope Now Ministries, Vision House, and Good Soil. He is a national speaker in the areas of leadership, teen sexuality and ministry partnership.

Michael Cauldwell – Mike serves as the Fellows Alumni Network Coordinator for the C.S. Lewis Institute.

Ed Glancy, J.D. – Ed was a member of the C.S. Lewis Institute Fellows Class of 2002-2003 and completed the Year Two program the following year. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1977 and received a J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1980. He served as an attorney with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 32 years, most of that time as Senior Attorney. He currently serves the C.S. Lewis Institute part-time as a volunteer.

Mary Pope – Mary entered the world of voiceover with a desire to use her voice for Kingdom Work. She feels blessed to be doing just that for the C.S. Lewis Institute. Her husband of almost 40 years feels blessed she has found an outlet for all those words (smile!). Mary and Ken are empty-nesters living in Arlington, VA.

Aimee Riegert – Aimee earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and foreign language studies from Southern Methodist University. In addition to supporting various national security efforts in Northern Virginia, she has worked as an itinerant high school math teacher and drama coach, and has served in women’s ministries, praise teams, on the adult support team for Young Life and as a “mentor mom” for MOPS International ministries, as well as English instructor in several ESL programs in Japan. She is a graduate of the C.S. Lewis Institute Year One Fellows Program.

Michael Unger – An avid student of C.S. Lewis, Mike has completed both year one and two of CSLI’s Fellows program, as well as the Life, Faith, and Writings of C.S. Lewis program. He also mentors year one and year two fellows in the Fellows program. Mike is a member of National Presbyterian Church. He received his BS degree from The Ohio State University, MA from Washington University, and PhD degree from Penn State University. Upon retirement from the government he became a professor of international business and globalization at Loyola University Maryland. Unger is an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategy and International Studies (CSIS) as well as Senior Institute Associate at Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.

The programs and ministry of the C.S. Lewis Institute are indebted to the numerous volunteers who graciously offer their time and talents throughout the year. Their generosity enables the Institute to maintain lower overhead expenses and to provide higher quality conferences, publications, and Fellows programs than would be possible through the staff alone.

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