Crosswinds Leadership
Our leadership team provides support and guidance to all of our staff members working with clients both in the United States and in the Dominican Republic.
Mark Terrell—Chief Executive Officer
Mark Terrell graduated from Taylor University in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Systems. Mark started his career with Northwestern Mutual as a retirement and estate planning specialist. In 1994, he left his chosen career to serve as the CEO of Lifeline Youth & Family Services and has since founded two other nonprofits. He serves as the as the CEO of Lifeline Youth & Family Services, Crosswinds, and Lasting Change. When Mark started, Lifeline had 17 employees, a budget of $600,000 and served around 200 people a year. Now, it is one of Indiana’s largest and fastest growing nonprofits with nearly 700 employees, a budget of $54 million, and is on track to serve 40,000 people. Mark has testified before Congress on two occasions, received the distinguished Alumnus for Personal Achievement award, The Vitality Award for prevention, is the 2018 Ambassador Enterprises SEED Challenge winner, and is a governor appointee to serve on the Allen Superior Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Mark’s favorite roles are those of husband of 34 years, father to three sons and one daughter, and grandfather to four grandchildren.
Brian Roth—Chief Operations Officer
Brian Roth graduated from Taylor University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in Physics and later earned a Master of Science degree in Engineering Acoustics from the Naval Postgraduate School. Brian joined the United States Navy after college and served for 22 years—12 years on active duty in the submarine force and 10 years in the Navy Reserves, retiring in 2011. After leaving active duty, Brian worked in the power industry for 17 years, first managing a plant in Michigan and then overseeing a portfolio of plants as the Vice President of Operations. In 2018, Brian left the power industry to start Employment 2 Deployment (E2D) with his wife, Sharice. E2D is a leadership training and development company where his passion for leadership is on display every day. Sharice has been an amazing blessing in Brian’s life and together they raised three children. They now get to enjoy the additional blessing of three grandchildren.
Todd Jacobs—Chief Financial Officer
Todd joined Lifeline and Crosswinds from Equity Investment Group where he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Todd has a B.S. in Finance with Distinction in Business from Indiana University. He is married with three sons and enjoys biking and other outdoor activities. He serves on the board of Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne and chairs its investment committee. In addition, he is a board member and vice chair of the AWS Foundation.
Kent Castleman—Chief Development Officer
Kent joined the organization in 2019 after 19 years of nonprofit leadership as an executive director and training in nonprofit governance. His last directorship was with Fort Wayne Trails where he helped develop the trail system and worked to have private and public dollars dedicated to growing trails. Kent helped found the Cornerstone Youth Center in Monroeville, IN, which continues to operate today. He serves as the President of the NewAllen Alliance, a community and economic development organization, where he helped lead seven communities in the East Allen region to earn the coveted Regional Stellar Designation in 2018 from the Office of Rural and Community Affairs under Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch. He is appointed by the Allen County Commissioners as a trustee for the Allen County Public Library. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Indiana University and is a Certified Fund Raising Manager by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. He is also a certified Dream Manager® with Floyd Consulting and a Renewal Guide with The Journey, a Lilly Endowment funded renewal organization for Indiana Youth Workers. Kent’s family includes his wife Heather, daughter Ellie, and their dog Coco. His hobbies include singing, gardening, volunteering, and DIY home improvement projects.
Kevin Hedrick—Executive Vice President
Kevin has been a staff member of Lifeline Youth & Family Services since September 2003 and began in his current role with Crosswinds shortly after its founding. He holds a degree in Education from Ball State University. Kevin loves being able to serve the families and youth of Crosswinds before their struggles reach the point where the court system becomes involved. In his spare time, if you can’t find Kevin spending time with his wife and three children or coaching his sons’ youth sports teams, you can probably find him golfing, fishing or playing basketball.
Gregg Albacete—Vice President of Technology
Gregg Albacete came to Lifeline and Crosswinds with more than 30 years of experience in innovative technology, operations, marketing, and business growth development. Most recently, Gregg has worked with small and mid-sized businesses in Indiana and Canada to help them build growth-oriented technology strategies. Prior to embarking on a season of consulting, Gregg served as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chief Information Officer at Defenders, an Indianapolis-based provider of ADT Residential Home Services. Currently, Gregg serves as Vice President/Treasurer for Youth with a Mission of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. He has served as a mission home-builder throughout Mexico and the Dominican Republic, having personally contributed to building more than 50 homes. He is a past board member of Junior Achievement of Central Indiana and Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity. Gregg also formally mentors and coaches young aspiring business leaders. Gregg and his wife Deb have five children and all share his passion for mission work and serving others.
Nancy Steigmeyer—Vice President of Human Resources
Nancy joined Lifeline and Crosswinds in 2018. She brings a diverse business background with a combination of organizational development, talent management, academics, and community leadership. She spent much of her career in academic curriculum development, instruction at several universities, and as Senior Director of Graduate Programming at Trine University. She has developed and trained many participants in various leadership and human resource-related fields. With more than 16 years in staffing, recruiting, and human resource management, Nancy has managed regional offices for employment/staffing firms and consulted with hundreds of companies and organizations to provide solutions for their HR needs throughout Northeast Indiana. Her undergraduate degree is from Central Michigan University, and she holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Tech. With a passion for community engagement, Nancy serves on the board for the Women’s Bureau and Northeast Indiana Human Resource Association. Nancy’s passion is family, faith, health, and helping others. She resides in Fort Wayne with her husband of 15 years, Steve.
Jon Leyse—Crosswinds Chaplain
Jon grew up in northeast Indiana and graduated from Taylor University with a degree in Pastoral Ministries. Throughout the last 20 years, he helped launch three different church plants in and around Fort Wayne as a youth, worship, and creative arts pastor. Jon also helped launch Crash 31, a digital media company based in Fort Wayne. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Angie, and together they have four daughters. As a family, they have served overseas in India (1 year), and most recently, spent two years at Caribbean Mountain Academy in the Dominican Republic where Jon was the campus chaplain. He now serves as the Crosswinds chaplain and loves investing in others to equip them to make a difference.
Board of Directors
Fred Geyer—Chairman
Manager of Real Estate Appraisals for Schrader Real Estate & Auction
Max Mock—Treasurer
Investment Representative at Edward Jones Investments
Dr. Ed McKaig—Secretary
Owner/General Practitioner at New Haven Pet Hospital
Ed Gillig
Owner of Premier Auto Sales, Inc.
Kolby Rutherford
Audit Staff at Crowe Horwath LLP
Ron Wise
Owner of Wise Insurance Company, Inc.