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Chris Joseph

Hi. My name is Chris Joseph from right outside of Columbus, Ohio. I was born in 1958, so as you can see from my picture, I am a lot older than I look (and not as dumb as I look).

I was introduced to Christ and accepted Him as my personal Savior as an East Carolina University freshman during an Athletes in Action basketball presentation. I left the frat party life as I was learning more about my relationship with God through the Navigators campus ministry.

I later transferred and graduated from to Cedarville University. Afterwards, joined the staff of Athletes in Action (the athletic ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ) for 5 years. I was on the campus of Virginia Tech then became the National Outreach Director for AIA Basketball.

For 20 years I was a Christian School teacher, administrator and basketball coach. I have also spent time working in a church as an assistant pastor.

My resume includes a horrible 4 year existence as an owner of my own printing company (no offense to printers, I was just clueless!)

I am currently the Executive Director of a non-profit organization that uses basketball to help players and coaches, called Court U. (www.courtU.org)

I have been married to my lovely wife (brownie points for saying ‘lovely’) for 526 years (brownie points cancelled out). She’s an amazingly talented high school math teacher.

I have 4 great kids- Tyler 27- Lead singer/song writer of the band “Twenty One Pilots”, as talented a basketball player as musician; Zack 26- All-state hoopster, and now outstanding fundraiser for schools; Madison 21- 3 point shooting specialist, is curently the best nail saloon expert; Jay 18- Also All-State hoopster (our one tall child; basically, the family’s only chance for a dunk). All have fantastic spouses, except Jay who’s still single but taking applications.

Dustin Hartzler

Hi, my name is Dustin Hartzler and I’m the young, hip, techie guy who runs this site. My bio’s a lot shorter than Chris’s because I am quite a bit younger.

God gave Chris this vision to do great things through creating this ministry and he asked me to be a part of it to help him with the technology. I love the technology and I am always learning to find new ways where we can reach new people.

I am a Happiness Engineer at Automattic and help eCommerce customers set up their online store. My wife and I have a 2.5 year old girl and we currently reside in Dayton, OH

You can also follow me on my personal blog at DustinHartzler.com