Comings and Goings
Kyle Dickinson has joined the university as executive director for development. He brings more than 15 years of leadership-level experience at faith-based nonprofit agencies, working most recently as vice president of Dickinson Development Consulting Inc. of Salem, where he offered capital campaign management, development director coaching, and coaching and strategic planning expertise since 2015. Prior to that, he spent three years as vice president of advancement for Union Gospel Mission in Salem, providing leadership and supervision to the organization’s development department. Previously, he worked for a year and a half (2010-11) as a small group director at Cornerstone Church in San Francisco, and, from 2001 to 2009, was a campus staff and a team leader for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the San Francisco and Sacramento areas. Kyle is currently enrolled in George Fox’s MBA program and holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from California State University (2001). He is active in the community as president of the board of directors of the Salem Leadership Foundation, as a Salem Area Chamber of Commerce member, and as an elder council member, speaker, group leader and worship team member at Salem Alliance Church. Kyle is married to Joy and they have two children: Mia (11) and Nathan (8).