I Am Wilshire

I Am Wilshire: Rob Roden

Tell us about your family. My wife, Michelle, is a retired CPA. Our son, Henry, 27, graduated from Auburn and works as a cybersecurity consultant at PwC. Our daughter, Emma, 24, graduated from Baylor and is a CPA working in tax for PwC. Both kids attend Wilshire and...

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I Am Wilshire: Kelly Akins

Hometown: Fort Worth Present City: Dallas Education: BA, Oklahoma Baptist University; Master of Education, University of North Texas Profession: Minister to Preschoolers Tell us about your family. My husband, Allan, is a photographer. Brian, 27, works at a bike shop...

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I Am Wilshire: Pedro Oliveira

Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil Present City: Dallas Education: B.S., Computer Sciences, São Paulo Univ.; B.A., Journalism, Portland State Univ. Profession: I’m a print and film director. If you ever saw a shiny automobile and felt like you needed it (although you...

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I Am Wilshire: Jeff Hampton

Hometown: Richardson Present City: Garland Education: B.A., Journalism, Baylor University Profession: Journalism, communications, writing Tell us about your family. My wife, LeAnn, and I have been married 14 years. We met at Wilshire, primarily through Wilshire Winds...

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I Am Wilshire: Grant Stewart

Hometown: Dallas Present City: Dallas Education: BFA Wood from Tennessee Tech Profession: Fine Furniture Maker Tell us about your family. My parents, Chris and Al Stewart, are both members at Wilshire. My twin brother Curtis works the cameras for the church’s...

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I Am Wilshire: Mark McKenzie

Hometown: Fort Worth Present City: Dallas — for a couple more days Education: UT Austin, bachelor’s in advertising Profession: Advertising/Communications Tell us about your family. Geri and I met in high school and married in 1992 after college. Our daughter, Harper,...

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I Am Wilshire: Sean Henry

Hometown: Richardson Present City: Dallas Education: Bachelor in film production, 
University of Texas Profession: Hospitality Tell us about your family. Melissa and I met and married in Austin. We’ll celebrate 20 years on Jan. 1. Our daughter Ananda is sneaky funny...

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I Am Wilshire: LeAnn Hampton

Hometown: Garland Present City: Garland Education: B.S. in education and M.S. in speech-language pathology, Baylor University Profession: Speech-language pathologist first and then administrator for preschool programs. After early retirement in 2014, my second career...

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I Am Wilshire: Gene Rice

Hometown: Yoakum, Texas Present City: Dallas Education: Doctorate of Ministry from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary by way of Victoria College, TAMU, Baylor (BA, Religion) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv). Tell us about your family. In...

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I Am Wilshire: Chris Barker

Hometown: Dallas Present City: Dallas Profession: Director of Environmental 
Services at Juliette Fowler Communities Tell us about your family. I am the father of three beautiful girls, Randi Dao, 32, Alison, 15, and Charlotte, 11. I’ve been the husband of Rachel...

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