Charis Leadership

Board of Directors

President
Dr. Dan Love, DVM

Dr. Dan Love is a retired veterinarian who first came to the Delta/Montrose area in 1992. He had an ambulatory farm animal practice and finished his 41-year veterinary career in regulatory medicine. During this time, he has been active in the Walk to Emmaus and Tres Dias communities. He first joined the Kairos Prison Ministry in the spring of 2002 and has served on multiple Kairos and Charis teams in the last 22 years. He loves to volunteer and teach Life Learning classes at the Delta Correctional Center. He and his wife Delphine are active members of the Trinity Reformed Presbyterian Church in Montrose, and they have a blended family of 6 sons, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. 

Vice President
Gene Jolley

Gene was born a Texan but has lived on the western slope of Colorado for the past 40 years.  After graduating from high school, Gene entered and graduated from technical school, and has since chosen a lifetime career as an industrial electrician.  Gene and his wife are volunteers in the San Juan Chapter of Compassionate Friends, a group dedicated to providing support to bereaved families after the death of a child. Both are members of the Calvary  Baptist Church in Delta where Gene serves on the worship team. Both Gene and Vicky have been involved in prison ministry at DCC for 15 years.

Liaison
Bill Bennett

Bill is a native of western Colorado and lives in Montrose. He received a BS degree in Biology from CSU and an MS degree in Biology from the University of New Mexico. He is a retired U.S. Navy Reserve Captain and also a retiree from the State of NM and City of Albuquerque in Public Health and Environmental Management. After retirement, Bill volunteered as a firefighter for 13 years, including three years as Fire Chief and Training Officer. He has served actively for more than 28 years in Kairos and now Charis Prison Ministry at the Delta Correctional Facility. Most of that time as Liaison to the Chaplain and Staff. Bill was a founding member of All Saints Anglican Church in Montrose, where he currently worships with his wife, Sharyn.

Secretary
Stan Hutchinson

Stan grew up in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. He then served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1978. He started engineering studies at Lincoln Land Community College and finished with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana Illinois. Following his studies he moved to Grand Junction, CO. Stan served as a member of Kairos from 2004 to 2012 and has served as a member of Charis since 2022. He worships at Life Community Church in Grand Junction, Colorado.

​Treasurer
Pat Murphy

Pat was born and raised in the Dallas, Texas area. He graduated with a business degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. He spent his career working for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation where he held a number of positions. He retired from federal service in July 2013. Pat joined the prison ministry team in 2016. Pat and his wife Susan have been married for 43 years and have two grown children and two grandchildren. He and his family are members of Grace Community Church, Montrose, Colorado.

​Voting Member at Large
Bradley Kolman

Brad has been a resident of Delta for the last 42 years. He received his BA degree from Baylor University and his JD degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder.  He then served four years active duty in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps. Upon his return to Colorado, he entered the private practice of law in Delta, later serving as Delta County Attorney for 21 years. Since retirement, Brad serves as part-time municipal judge in Paonia and occasionally in Delta. Brad is active in the Delta community through the Delta Rotary Club, Drug Free Delta County, and the Abraham Connection homeless shelter. Brad and his wife have both been involved in prison ministry at DCC for 15 years and both are active members of Calvary Baptist Church in Delta. 

​Voting Member at Large
Jim Cordova

Jim is a lifetime resident of Colorado. He attended high school in Denver. During the Vietnam War era, he served four years as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force’s Minuteman Missile Defense system. He is a graduate of Metropolitan State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Work, with an emphasis on corrections. While in college, he interned at the National Institute of Corrections in Boulder, Colorado and the Denver Juvenile Court. At the age of 30, Jim was ordained a minister with the Assembly of God Church and later licensed with the Evangelistic Missionary Fellowship. He has served the church in many roles including Deacon, Board Member, and Associate Pastor. He is an active member of Grace Community Church in Montrose, Colorado and enjoys his serving as a small group leader. Jim is a proud father to a son and two daughters, and a proud grandfather to eight grandchildren.

​Non-Voting Member at Large
John Colvin

John has lived in Grand Junction for 53 years, including two years at Mesa Junior College, where he met his wife, Beverly. John served in the US Marine Corps for two years, with one year of that time in combat in Vietnam. After graduating from CSU, he farmed in Grand Junction for 29 years, then 6 years of house construction. John and Beverly have been married for 53 years. His family has been active members of Covenant Presbyterian Church for 38 years, where John served as Deacon, Elder, and Sunday School Teacher. He has been actively involved in Kairos and Charis Prison Ministry since 1998.

​Non-Voting Member at Large
Peter Boomgaard

Peter grew up in Michigan. He earned met his wife of 42 years at Colorado State University and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science. He then worked as a Product Engineer at Rocky Flats with Rockwell International and EG&G. He received a Master of Science from Colorado School of Mines in 1992, earning the degree while working full time. In 1999 he moved to Texas and served seven years as a Radiation Safety Specialist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital. He then moved to Grand Junction, CO and worked as a Reservoir Stimulation Engineer at Halliburton for 12 years. He retired in 2019. He is father to one son, and grandfather to two grandchildren. He worships at Life Community Church in Grand Junction.