John Booy

Elder [ Vice Chair ]

John has attended Mars Hill since 2004. He is the co-founder, and superintendent of The Potter’s House School, as well as a devoted father to his sons, Josh and Seth, daughter-in-law Kafui, and grandson, Dinesh. He taught at GRPS for 27 years. John has...

Jon Hess

Elder

Jon is a recently retired Law Enforcement Administrator and Executive serving West Michigan for 40 years. The bulk of his career [35 years] was spent with the Kent County Sheriff Department. Jon and his wife Susan live in Grandville and have attended Mars...

Deb Hoover

Elder

Deb and her husband John have been attending Mars Hill Bible Church since 2002 and are inspired by the vision of Mars Hill as a diverse people uniting to be a Jesus people for the sake of the world. Deb has been deeply blessed by being a Torah Club member...

Susan Lukaart

Elder [ Chair ]

A member of Mars Hill since the very beginning, Susan strives to use her gifts and resources to join in God’s work, and centers her life around the mission of loving God and others. She is a "redirected" public school teacher and administrator with a...

Kate Neckers

Elder

Kate has attended Mars Hill for many years. For her, it’s been a place that is constantly surprising her with invitations to seek deeper communion with God. 

She’s been involved with various ministries over the years, and was part of the...

Chris Palmer

Elder [ Treasurer ]

Chris, his wife, Sarah, and their three young children, Olivia, Graham, and Eden have been part of Mars Hill since moving from Colorado. Chris is a social entrepreneur with a professional background in impact-focused startups. He currently works in...

Paul Pearson

Elder

Paul and his wife, Emily, with their three children have been a part of Mars Hill since 2010. Paul has served in various ministry roles at Mars Hill and loves to see the body of Christ follow the leading of the Spirit. Paul works for SpringGR, a business...

Ryan Roff

Elder

Ryan Roff is a social entrepreneur with a passion for using business to create measurable change and social justice. He is the CEO and an owner of boldSOCKS in Grand Rapids, MI. He is also the co-founder of Statement Sockwear, an ethically manufactured...

Bennett Samuel

Elder

Bennett is a Senior Clinical Research Specialist at Medtronic working on post approval clinical surveillance of neurovascular medical devices.

Born and raised in India, Bennett grew up in a region where only 2% of the population is Christian. His...

Jerry VanderLugt

Elder

Jerry and his wife, Diane, have attended Mars Hill for over 20 years. Jerry is the founder of JVL Wealth Strategies, a financial advisory firm. Jerry currently serves on the Finance Committee and Operations Sub Team. Jerry and Diane have six adult...

John Zacharias

Elder

John and Susie have been at Mars Hill for about eight years now. He has two grown children, Spencer [+ Danielle] and Kate. He has spent his career in the industrial automation field, graduating as an engineer from Michigan Tech and working at Rockwell...