LETS Kona Staff

Bringing decades of experience as a conservation biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vernon has given lead to the UofN Life Empowering Technology and Science group since 2011.

He both teaches on Sustainability, Farming and Aquaculture both at the Kona Campus and in many other nations. He works with teams in over 8 nations in SE Asia and has ongoing research interests in sustainable agriculture and particularly aquaponics.

Bringing decades of experience as an educator, Cyndi helps direct the multifaceted work and training at the UofN Natural Farm since 2010. She has worked in Mexico over the past 5 years has been involved in training on sustainable agriculture in Nepal and Bangladesh. She is working with ongoing research comparing the efficacy and sustainability of numerous family-level farming and food security approaches, but thrives at helping students and new staff catch a vision for natural farming in the context of missions and discipleship.

Allan brings a depth of experience from 36 years missions work in Community Health in some 45 nations. He is a founding member and active trainer with the University of the Nations Water For Life Institute and Global Health Network. As a UofN Int’l. Assoc. Dean for 15 years, he helped train and multiply local faculty teams in Primary Health Care in North, Central and South America, East & West Africa, SE Asia and the Indian Sub Continent.

His ongoing interests have been in sustainable community-based access to health care, with a focus on clean water and sanitation, infectious disease, food security, participative community assessment and improving community resiliency. 

Jeff comes with a background in electrical engineering and has helped give lead to the energy sector of our campus’s Sustainability Working Group, helping us focus on renewable energy sources and more efficient energy use. 

Bio to come. 

Tony & Christine joined the LETS staff in 2016, but have worked on staff on and off since 1980s. Tony has a deep background in IT and web development and both Tony and Christine’s work is often in facilitating our LETS staff in helping them be more effective in their work and calling and in excellence in communication. They often see a need and jump in to help out: from technology to record-keeping, sewing to building stuff. They fit in where they can serve.

We joined the farm four years ago, and have been in and out of YWAM since the early 80’s.
Our focus is on collaborating with people so they get to do their job better. From technology to record-keeping, sewing to building stuff. We like to fit in where we can.
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With a background in medicine, Jennifer has been a part of our LETS staff since 2014. Besides a gift of encouragement, she has worked in the area of Holistic health, nutrition and natural farming and has a vision for developing a demonstration farm.