Meet Our Staff
Haddon Anderson
Executive Director handerson@statelineyfc.org
Haddon serves as the Executive Director. His role centers on organizational leadership including coaching staff, fundraising, community partnerships, board development, and more. Haddon previously worked at Lydia Learning Academy and a local church. He graduated from Cedarville University in 2010 (B.A. in Sociology) before earning a Master of Divinity from Moody Theological Seminary in 2014 with an emphasis in Urban & Intercultural Studies. Haddon and his wife, Julie, have been married since 2010 and have three children.
Zabrina Ramirez
Development Director zramirez@statelineyfc.org
Zabrina serves as the Development Director. Her role focuses on donor stewardship, communications, and organizational events. Zabrina graduated from Calvin College with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology with an emphasis on Urban Studies. Prior to YFC, she finished a year of AmeriCorps service with City Year in Boston. Zabrina and her husband, Phil, have been married since 2020.
Joey Clapp
Campus Life Ministry Director jclapp@statelineyfc.org
Joey serves as the Campus Life Ministry Director. He not only oversees all Campus Life locations, but also is a catalyst for spreading Campus Life to new schools in the Stateline area. Joey graduated from Maranatha Baptist University with a B.A. in Church Ministries and is currently attending seminary at Reformed Theological Seminary pursuing a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies. He also has a background working in churches, and currently enjoys being a non-staff elder at his church in Rockford. Joey and his wife Leah have two beautiful girls who have joined their family through adoption.
Alyssa Newton
City Life Ministry Director anewton@statelineyfc.org
Alyssa serves as the City Life Ministry Director and oversees our City Life team. She also focuses on building Christ-centered relationships with youth in local schools. She is a graduate of Concordia University, Nebraska (B.A. in Behavioral Sciences and Music). Previously, Alyssa taught at St. Paul Lutheran School in Rockford and worked at Rosecrance.
D’Lisa Flannigan
City Life Director dflannigan@statelineyfc.org
D’Lisa serves as a City Life Director. Her role includes contacting youth in middle schools and local high schools and building Christ-centered relationships with them in schools and in the community. Her prayer is that these mentoring relationships would lead to discipleship. D’Lisa and her husband J.R. have two daughters.
Logan Ervin
City Life Program Staff lervin@statelineyfc.org
Logan serves on our City Life team. His role focuses on relational outreach to young people, providing leadership at the City Life Center, and helping develop programming to address the needs of youth in City Life. Logan has a degree in Ministry and Leadership and is pursuing an MDIV. He is also currently serving as the Youth Director at a local church. Him and his wife Alyssa have been married since 2024.
Olle Larson
Director of Ministry olarson@statelineyfc.org
Olle serves as the Director of Ministry. His role focuses on working with ministry staff and overseeing our three ministry models in addition to ensuring that ministry is well supported and running smoothly. Olle graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Psychology before earning his MDIV from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2021. Olle and his wife, Kelley, have been married since 2013, having met at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at Rock Valley College, and have a son.
Celine Newman
Young Leader Pathway Director cnewman@statelineyfc.org
Celine serves as the Young Leader Pathway Director. Her role focuses on designing and developing a program for young leaders in our ministries. In this program, she’ll be empowering and equipping them in their discipleship journey. Celine also has an extensive background in camp ministry and will play a role in implementing our summer camp. Celine graduated from Concordia Irvine with a degree in Nonprofit Leadership and is looking forward to investing in the future of high-quality Christian leaders at YFC!
Cory Whitford
Harlem Campus Life Director cwhitford@statelineyfc.org
Cory serves as the Harlem Campus Life Director. He oversees programming and building Christ-centered relationships with youth at Harlem Middle School and Harlem High School. He graduated from Hope International University with a Bachelors of Arts (Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Eschatology). Cory is is a Board Certified Trauma Crisis First Response Chaplain locally. Cory and his wife, Xavier, have been married since 2003 and have two children, and one grandchild.
Connor LaBorde
City Life Operations Director claborde@statelineyfc.org
Connor serves as the City Life Operations Director overseeing operations and logistics of the City Life Center. He grew up in Rockford and came to faith at the age of 19, living to serve the Lord since then. He has a background in full-time ministry, specializing in youth outreach, as well as homeless and neighborhood outreach initiatives. Connor and his wife Sally have been married since 2014 and have four children.
Courtney Hardmon
City Life Director chardmon@statelineyfc.org
Courtney serves as a City Life Director on our City Life team. Her role focuses on building Christ-centered relationships with youth in the community and in local schools. She studied youth ministry at Colorado Christian University and was previously a youth pastor in a local church.
Lauren Pazdra
Director of Operations lpazdra@statelineyfc.org
Lauren serves as the Director of Operations. Her role focuses on maintaining ministry sites and assisting with the volunteer onboarding process as well as performing administrative tasks, financial management, and event planning support. Lauren graduated Trinity Christian College with a BA in Psychology and Theology and earned a MA in Ministry Leadership from Calvin Theological Seminary. Her and her husband have been married since 2022.
Adam Palmer
Juvenile Justice Ministry Director apalmer@statelineyfc.org
Adam serves as the Juvenile Justice Ministry Director at Youth For Christ. His role focuses on engaging youth through various outreach efforts within the local detention center, Roosevelt High School, and the community. He is a graduate of Grand Canyon University with a Bachelor’s degree in Christian Studies with an emphasis on Youth Ministry. Adam is also an Army combat veteran who served three tours in Iraq and received the Purple Heart. He also has experience in fitness training, coaching, missions, and management. Adam and his wife, Ellenie, have been married since 2008 and have three children.
Beth Fontana
Campus Life Support bfontana@statelineyfc.org
Beth’s role focuses on outreach to youth through our Campus Life ministry. Beth is a graduate of Illinois State University (B.A. in Social Work) and previously served on the Youth For Christ staff as the Youth Guidance Director. Beth’s past experience also includes children’s ministry. Beth and her husband, Kevin, have three children and four grandchildren.
Tiffany Mariani-
McDevitt
City Life Programming Director tmariani@statelineyfc.org
Tiffany, working in conjunction with the City Life Team, will oversee and coordinate programming for the City Life Center. Tiffany graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a degree in Bible and Evangelism and Discipleship. She also has a combined 20+ years of experience in youth ministry, teaching middle school and high school students, and working with at-risk youth. Tiffany is married with two children.
J.R. Flannigan
City Life Support jflannigan@statelineyfc.org
J.R. serves as a City Life Support staff member. His role focuses on outreach to youth through our City Life ministries. He has previously ministered in a variety of settings in Rockford and Chicago, including church ministry and through an organization reaching young men called Project Hood. J.R. and his wife D’Lisa are honored to parent two daughters.
Board of Directors
Tim Ancona, Chairman
Bruce Haugen, Treasurer
Mindy Stadel, Secretary
Tyler Crosby
Cristina Frederick
Brent Hayes
John Hranka
Dave Odling
Kelly Stern