Since becoming SLM’s director in 2007, David has expanded the reach of the ministry to bringing a hot meal and the Word of God four nights a week in two different urban centers, as well as personally connecting hundreds of people to drug and alcohol treatment centers and shelters. Dave’s wife Shawn works alongside him, leading the women’s outreach. They are blessed with Isaiah, their son.

Vicky came to Street Life Ministries in 2012. After a 2 year absence, she returned again in 2016. She was walking through her church entry one day and stopped to look at a Street Life Ministries postcard, picked it up, prayed, and made a call..

Nicholas was born and raised here in the Bay Area and is glad to be back here giving back to the community that gave him so much. He has been the resident young person at Street Life Ministries for over a year now, where he is responsible for grant writing, donor and project management and a variety of other tasks. Nicholas graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2020 with a double major in Political Science and Theatre. He is passionate about working to end the cycles of addiction and poverty and is thrilled to be working with an organization like Street Life that is out in the streets directly changing and saving lives.

Lori began volunteering in 2023 and officially joined Street Life Ministries in June 2025. She was deeply moved by the compassion and support the organization offers to unhoused neighbors and wanted to become a permanent part of that community.
As kitchen manager, Lori expresses her care through food, turning meals into a way to nourish and connect. In her free time she volunteers across the Bay Area, supporting unhoused people in many ways—from providing rides to essential appointments to helping them locate resources.

God has led me to exactly where I’m at and the path I chose was his. As the Outreach Coordinator for Street Life Ministries, it is my responsibility to bring services to our un-housed. With a loving and compassionate approach, Danny takes to the streets. Danny was an un-housed Veteran with substance abuse issues and PTSD. My bottom was pushing a shopping cart with no shoes on and strung out. Thanks to God and a twelve-step program I have been clean and sober since August 30th, 2019.

Ethan Bates is a driven teen and the youngest member of the Street Life Ministries team who attends high school in Mountain View. Ethan’s journey at Street Life started in 2021 when he helped wash dishes at Peninsula Covenant Church, however it was in 2025 that he started work on the grant team and found that Street Life was the best hands on organization to do real good. When he is not working on development for Street Life, he spends his time interning at a human rights law firm, coaching his mock trial team, spending time with his loved ones, boxing, surfing, and at the site in Redwood City. Ethan is forever grateful for the opportunities that Street Life has given him and can’t wait to get more work done!

Jeremy is a media and communications specialist in the Bay Area. He came to Street Life in 2022 and is happy to be involved in content writing, photography, and video production for the Ministry. He feels moved to help those in need and uplift those in our community who most need it. When not at Street Life, Jeremy is an avid outdoorsman and wilderness trip leader in the many National Parks of the West. He looks forward to supporting SLM’s mission in years to come.

Craig and his family have been part of the Half Moon Bay community for over 23 years. Craig made the transition into full-time ministry from executive management in high technology business. He has taken skills developed in starting and growing companies and used those in the local church. He has experienced addiction and God’s grace in his life and desires to share that hope with everyone. He currently runs a construction business and is an elder at Redeeming Grace Church.

Affiliation: Elder, Redeeming Grace Church

Jesus drew me to him when I was in my twenties. I grew in a loving family. However, I didn’t have much exposure to the church. For me it was a radical change because I was real good at doing my own thing and whatever I wanted to do. When I put my faith in Jesus, I was so happy that I was forgiven that I couldn’t help but want to live for Him.

I started volunteering in Sunday school and then in the Youth Ministry and was having a lot of fun growing and helping other students grow. Then one day as I was working in sales for a software company, I woke up and realized that I want to work with youth full time and wanted to be a pastor. It was an awesome feeling knowing that God had a plan and calling for my life. God was preparing me along the way and eventually I was hired as a Youth Pastor and I worked with youth for 20 years. Currently I am the Missions Pastor at Trinity Church of Sunnyvale overseeing the Gateway Neighborhood Center and all local and global missions. We partner with different organizations to serve the City of Sunnyvale including the homeless.

Affiliation: Trinity Church of Sunnyvale

Rick, originally from Southern California, came to the San Francisco Bay Area to pastor Berean Bible Church in 1998. In rediscovering the gospel’s centrality over all of life and ministry as well as a deeper love for Jesus and His mission in the world, he led the church in a new to replant for this mission of God’s redemption in the Bay Area. He holds degrees from UCLA and The Master’s Seminary. Rick’s goal is to help plant missional churches as well as to unite like-minded churches for this purpose. Life is full of loving his wife, building relationships in the community through coaching High School Football and mentoring former homeless and addicts. He and his wife, LaRayne, built their own home and have four children.

Affiliation: Lead Pastor, Redeeming Grace Church