Meet the team

Ted Evert

Director of Operations

Fun fact: Has spent no less than 1,135 days at YD Camps and YD Experience trips.

Most likely to ask: "How can we make this more efficient"?

Tony Evert

Executive Director

Fun fact: Has written 20 theme songs (and counting) for youth events including AYM Northwest, GYC National, and YD Camp.

Job perk: From rescuing canoers stuck in endless circles to fighting forest fires to designing circuit boards or chasing off crazed birds—no two days are ever the same!

Janet Evert

Editor

Fun fact: Once proofread an entire issue of lorem ipsum dolor

Secret Talent:

Hannah Evert

Assistant Editor

Fun fact: She wants to be a missionary wherever she is, and right now that's working at Young Disciple Ministries

Least likely to: Get stressed when there's a deadline at work

Harmony Muehlhauser

Camp Coordinator

Fun fact: Has only missed 1 year of camp since 2011

Personal motto: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot

Sarah Waymire

Bookkeeper

Fun fact: Will do bookkeeping and spreadsheets in her free time for fun!

Personal motto: "Something worth doing is worth doing right away!"

Belinda Lowry

Office Manager

Fun fact: Can create as many systems of organization as there are problems to solve.

Job perk: Getting to see the new upcoming material before it can be ordered.

Genesis Evert

Administrative Assistant

Fun fact: In her free time, you'll probably find her practicing piano or whipping up delicious plant-based macarons.

Job perk: Gets to read all of the new stories long before they are published in the YD magazine

Heidi Reinecke

Designer

Fun fact: Has been known to create entire art pieces for stories in the magazine because it's genuinely faster than trying to find specific stock photos

Job perk: Gets paid to draw pictures—and some other stuff, of course