Brad Turnage
Director of Youth Ministries
Brad has been working with teenagers since 1998. While attending Elon University he was a volunteer Young Life leader for three years. Upon graduating in 2001, Brad started working with Young Life full time in Pittsboro, NC. Later he became the Area Director for Young Life in Asheboro, NC and worked there until 2008. Brad then spent a year as the Director of Youth Ministries at Grace Fellowship Church in Asheboro before moving to Durham with his wife Jamie.
Tanya Kronstad
Associate Director for Middle School Ministries
Tanya began working with youth through Young Life and her church while an undergraduate student at UNC-Charlotte. After graduation, she continued working in youth ministry for a year before moving to Illinois to earn her M.A. in Educational Ministries from Wheaton College. Tanya and her husband, Dan, have lived in Seattle and Wheaton and moved to Durham last June for Dan to continue his work with International Students Inc. (ISI) alongside Scott Hawkins. They have been married for 10 years and have 3 energetic boys, Erik, Caleb, and James.