OUR STAFF - Partner135

MATT
PRESIDENT / CEO

Matt began serving as a mission volunteer with Partner 135 in 2009. In 2019, the Board of Directors selected him as President & CEO. Matt is passionate about disciple making and spreading the supremacy of Christ among the nations.

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KAY COX
VP / LOGISTICS COORDINATOR

Kay has been leading teams to the field for decades. Her chief aim is to glorify God by mobilizing people to the ends of the Earth to make disciples.

SALLY WILLARD
TREASURER / SECRETARY

Sally joined the Partner 135 team in 2011. She has worked as a bookkeeper for over 30 years, 15 of those years for non-profits. She has had a lifelong interest in missions and felt blessed when God gave her the opportunity to serve in this capacity.

EMILY GLOSUP
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

At 19 years of age, Emily joined the team to Uganda in 2008 for the first time and fell in love with the people and mission of TCWM (now Partner 135). Emily said, "I knew that I found what I had been praying for since I was in middle school—a way to be a part of international missions." In the Spring of 2022, Emily left her previous profession of 11 years as a registered nurse and was given the opportunity to join the staff of Partner 135 as the Director of Development. She is excited to help the organization grow!

ROBERT (BOB) BAUR, D. MGMT
AMBASSADOR FOR MOBILIZATION

Bob heard the call at age 8 to serve in missions. While working as an engineer for Boeing, Bob worked in many ministries, served as Missions Director for his church, and joined many short-term missions teams. Upon leaving Boeing, Bob followed God’s call into full-time missions. “Dr. Bob” is actively seeking relationships with churches and individuals through presentation to any size group to equip others in how they can be actively involved in reaching the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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KIM & TARA K
MISSIONAL CONSULTANTS & SPEAKERS

The K's have been making disciples among Middle Eastern People Groups and stirring up the church to love the "sojourner" in our midst by welcoming refugees with love in the name of Christ.

Sponsor Kim & Tara

KARI & NILTON VALVERDE
President and Director of Missions/Partner 135 Peru

Kari moved to Peru as a missionary in 2015 to serve in teaching at the Tom Cox Baptist Theological Seminary of Trujillo. Nilton was among the first graduating class of the Seminary’s missions school in 2016. In 2018, Nilton and Kari got married and now serve the Lord together in teaching, training, church-planting and discipleship. Both have a heart to see their Peruvian brothers and sisters trained and sent out as missionaries and to see the Peruvian local church raise up to be a supportive and active part of mission work. In July of 2019, Kari stepped in as President of the Board of Partner 135's Peruvian branch and Nilton as the new Director of Missions for Partner 135 Peru. They both continue to serve in various ways with the Seminary and to partner with their state's Peruvian Baptist Association.

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