BEN & DAWN ROBERTSON

RUF @ College of William & Mary

Ben Robertson is a native of Tuscaloosa, AL, and graduate of both Covenant College and Covenant Theological Seminary. Dawn is a native of Virginia and an alum of Virginia Commonwealth University where she majored in Art Education. Ben and Dawn moved to Williamsburg in the summer of 2006, for Ben to become RUF Campus Minister at College of William & Mary. Ben & Dawn have four children, and the Robertson family is an integral part of Grace Covenant’s church family. 


email: brobertson@ruf.org

web: RUF @ William & Mary

Chelsea Kelly

RUF @ college of william & mary,

Chelsea grew up in Iowa City, IA and is a graduate of Northwestern University. Following college, Chelsea served as an RUF Intern at the University of Nebraska, and earned a Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary. After a season as RUF campus staff at Mary Baldwin University, Chelsea moved to Williamsburg in June 2020 to join the RUF Ministry team at College of William & Mary.

 

Chelsea is a member of our Grace Covenant family. She loves cooking and baking for people, reading any and every good book, watching college football, and going to art museums.


email: chelsea.kelly@ruf.org

web: RUF @ William & Mary

jeff & Alisha lee

RUF @ christopher newport university

Jeff grew up in Loudoun County, Virginia and is 2008 of Christopher Newport University. After college, Jeff attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) in Louisville, KY, and then, after a year, transferred to Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Washington D.C. where he earned his Masters of Divinity (M.Div).  While I was at RTS D.C. I joined the pastoral staff of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Arlington, VA as a pastoral intern. Two years later Jeff joined the staff of Potomac Hills Presbyterian Church in Leesburg, VA, first a pastoral intern, and later as an Assistant Pastor, working as a Youth & Young Adults Pastor.

 

Jeff and his wife, Alisha, were married in 2012, and have two children. Jeff and Alisha, and family, moved to Newport News in 2015 for Jeff to become RUF Campus Minister at his alma mater, Christopher Newport University. 


email. jeff.lee-cnu@ruf.org

web: RUF @ Christopher Newport

Connor clark

IV @ College of William & Mary

Connor is a native of Virginia Beach, and graduate of College of William & Mary. After serving an internship with InterVarsity, Connor returned to Williamsburg in 2017 to serve as an IV staff member, eventually assuming the reigns as IV Campus Minister, taking over for long-time InterVarsity Campus Ministry Director Marty Purks. 


In 2021 Connor also accepted the role of Coastal Virginia Area Ministry Director. In addition to serving as Campus Minister at William & Mary through the 2021-2022 school year, Connor will be supervising the ministry of  InterVarsity at William & Mary, Christopher Newport University, Old Dominion University, Tidewater Community College, and Thomas Nelson Community College; and working to plant new ministries at Hampton University, Norfolk State University, and Virginia Wesleyan University.


email: connor.clark@intervarsity.org

web: InterVarsity @ Wiiliam & Mary

cayla sherrell Ball

ruf @ James madison university

Cayla, born and raised in Northern Virginia, was an active with both RUF and the Grace Covenant family during her days as a student at College of William & Mary. Cayla graduated from the William & Mary with a B.S. in Physics and Sustainability, and minored in Process Management and Consulting,

 

It was through RUF that Cayla experienced an outpouring of love through a community centered around the Gospel. Through the relationships with her own interns, and the hunger to continue growing in God's word, Cayla decided to pursue an internship with RUF after graduating in 2016. After serving as an intern for two years, Cayla has continued ministering to students at JMU as Campus Staff. Caylahas also recently married, to Michael Paul Ball, in December 2020


email: cayla.sherrell@ruf.org

web: RUF @ James Madison University

catherine cook

Ruf @ Harvard university

Catherine, a graduate of Harvard University, served a season as RUF Intern at College of William & Mary. During her time in Williamsburg, Catherine was a much loved and active member of our Grace Covenant family. Subsequent to her time at William & Mary, Catherine returned to New England to study at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and to join the RUF ministry team at her alma mater, Harvard University. 


email: catherine.cook@ruf.org

web: RUF @ Harvard