Staff Leaders
Dan Knapke
Dan serves as the Director of PFA and has been at Princeton for over 10 years. He is from the great state of Ohio (!?) and earned a business degree from Bowling Green State University. Upon graduation, he joined Campus Crusade for Christ and worked at Princeton with [Cru] and AIA for six years. During that time, Dan took a two year hiatus and moved to Bulgaria to pioneer a new campus ministry at Plovdiv University. In 1998, Dan left Campus Crusade to enter corporate management. He joined the Hershey Foods Corporation where he provided leadership within Hershey’s sales and marketing organizations, ultimately overseeing their $1.5 billion candy bar business. In April 2005 the desire to re-enter the lives and world of university students became strong enough that Dan walked away from his successful business career and he, along with his wife Laurie, returned to Princeton to serve with Christian Union and PFA.
Ali Smith
Ali Smith serves as one of the women’s ministry fellows at Princeton. She is returning to her alma mater after graduating from Princeton with a degree in Religious Studies in 2006. While at Princeton, Ali played Varsity Basketball and was Captain for two years. After graduation, Ali spent four years in Asia as a TV broadcast journalist where she anchored daily news programs for two news networks in the Philippines and Singapore. While in Singapore, Ali published a book on dating, entitled Entrusting the Key: From Serial Dating to Joyful Waiting, which helped ignite her passion for speaking and ministering to young adults. Ali also runs a foundation that provides college scholarships for impoverished children in the Philippines, called NingNing Philippines Education Fund. Ali grew up in Montana with her parents and three sisters—one of them her twin. During her free time, Ali loves exploring the outdoors and is an avid runner. She has run two marathons so far.
Kim Bolden
Kim Bolden serves as a Ministry Fellow at Princeton University. She is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and comes to us by way of Milledgeville, Georgia where she and her husband, Wesley, pastored First Christian Church. While at First Christian Church, Kimberly led small groups, bible studies, and mentored a plethora of students from Georgia College & State University & Georgia Military College. She graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration/Management and a minor Biblical Studies from Atlanta Christian College (now Point University). With a genuine love for Christian Education, Kimberly taught elementary through high school and served as a board member of EBLA Academy. She brings with her more than 10 years of experience in women’s, youth, and most recently college ministry. Kimberly also specializes in liturgical dance/dance choreography and has performed internationally. One of her life’s commitments is to aid in the encouragement, education, and equipping of the holistic Christian woman. In her spare time, she can be found reading, writing, , dancing, travelling, playing with her dogs, or spending time with her husband.
Quincy Watkins
Quincy Watkins serves as a Ministry Fellow with the undergraduate student ministry at Princeton University. He received a B.S. in Economics from Temple University and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Organizational Development from The Wharton School. Quincy brings twelve years of senior-level management experience and 20 years of ministry experience. Quincy joined Christian Union in 2008 to make a strategic impact in the lives of Ivy League students. A native of Chicago, Quincy is happily married to Fay.
Laurie Knapke
Laurie Knapke serves as a full-time volunteer with Christian Union at Princeton. Because of her father's military career, Laurie grew up in many different places, including Germany, Kansas, and Virginia. She graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Psychology, obtained a M.A.Ed. from Wake Forest University in Secondary Math Education, and taught high school math for two years. She has served with Campus Crusade for Christ in eastern Asia and the Middle East. Since 2005, when she and her husband, Dan, joined Christian Union, she has been leading Bible Courses for undergraduate women at Princeton, offering mentorship and discipleship, and providing hospitality to hundreds of grateful students.
Scott Jones
Scott Jones began his role as a Ministry Fellow at Princeton University in August 2008. Scott joined Christian Union after completing both his Master of Divinity (magna cum laude) and Master of Theology (summa cum laude) degrees in four years at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. While at Gordon-Conwell, Scott's ministry experiences ranged from a full-time hospital chaplaincy program to a homeless outreach ministry in the heart of Boston. Scott received a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. While at Cornell, an experience leading a Campus Crusade for Christ small group his senior year transformed his life. Scott is married to Sara, a social worker who has most recently done adolescent-focused family therapy. Scott and Sara, both native Long Islanders, are excited and humbled by the opportunity to serve with and minister to such an amazing group of people.
Chuck Hetzler
Chuck Hetzler joined Christian Union in 2008 to serve as its first Teaching Fellow at Princeton. Chuck earned his PhD in New Testament from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Chuck also completed a ThM at SBTS and was employed as a part-time Instructor of New Testament Interpretation during his time there. Chuck also holds degrees from Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv) and Samford University (BS). In addition to his academic training, Chuck has joyfully served churches in North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky. He hopes to bring both his passions for biblical scholarship and pastoral ministry to campus ministry at Princeton. In his free time, Chuck most enjoys the company of his wife, Karen, who has also caught the vision of Christian Union, and their two young children.
Lorri Bentch
Lorri Bentch serves as a Ministry Fellow with the undergraduate student ministry at Princeton University. Lorri was raised on a farm in Pennsylvania and graduated from Princeton University, magna cum laude, in 1991 with a degree in Politics. She was involved in Campus Crusade for Christ as an undergraduate. After serving in missions in Mexico and Russia, she moved to Hungary in 1994 with her husband Tim to launch a new ministry among fine-arts professionals in Eastern Europe. While in Hungary, she earned a Masters of Law in Constitutional Law from Central European University, started a family, and helped plant a church. The Bentches and their three daughters returned to the United States in 2006, and Lorri joined Christian Union in 2007.