Jeff grew up near South Bend, Indiana, and headed to Purdue University as a fresh-faced eighteen-year-old. After college, Jeff made the surprising move to take his engineering degree into a pursuit of acting and music in New York City! It was during his time in New York that he began to experience the Holy Spirit in fresh ways through rhythms of contemplative prayer and his church community.

In 2016, Jeff returned to the midwest to work in full-time ministry and, around the same time, met his now-wife, Teal, at a conference in L.A. Jeff and Teal married and returned to NYC before moving to the North Shore in 2019 for Jeff to attend Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he completed a Masters of Arts in Religion with a Spiritual Formation concentration. Teal is also a Gordon-Conwell graduate and spent her time after seminary working at Gordon-Conwell and then in campus ministry at Harvard. Teal is currently working with the Veritas Forum as the University Engagement Director. Jeff and Teal are excited to cultivate life and steward the mysteries of God at All Saints in partnership with the Spirit and obedience to Christ.