Board Members
Board of Advisors
Mitch Black
Mitch is a very successful financial planner for Ameriprise Financial. Mitch started and owned various businesses in the Kansas City area and achieved business and financial “success” in his early thirties. During his most prosperous season, he found himself wanting to live for more than just temporal success and now he and his wife serve selflessly in different faith based entities. Mitch enjoys advising for profit and non-profit entities with solid financial counsel.
Clint Hall
Clint is the owner and founder of Hall Quality Builders and Denali
Homes. At one time, one of the largest builders in the Northwest,
building over 2,500 homes on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska alone. He
previously owned an airplane and fishing operation. Clint is a gifted
businessman and has traveled extensively around the world for
marketplace ventures and humanitarian/faith based work.
Aaron Kampman
Aaron, a multi-year pro bowler, is in his 9th season of his NFL career. Currently with the Jacksonville Jaguars, he spent eight seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He is among the NFL sack leaders and has amassed a long list of athletic accomplishments. However, his truest passion is found in being used by God to advance Christ's kingdom, particularly in the developing and unreached world. Through the influence God has entrusted to him, he desires to utilize the platform of his profession to this end. He and his wife, Linde, are committed to seeing their lives count for eternal purposes. Together, they are raising three young boys in their home.
Rocky McElveen
Rocky McElveen with his wife, Sharon, are owners of Alaskan-Adventures. Rocky authored “Wild Men, Wild Alaska” and is the son of an Alaskan missionary and a seminary graduate. He was raised in Alaska and for over twenty years has been a professional guide in that state. His knowledge of the primitive frontier along with his warm, hospitable manner adds an unprecedented dimension to his credentials as a master fishing and registered hunting guide.
Jeff Murphy
Jeff Murphy is the Senior Pastor at MY Church in Columbus, Georgia. At the age of 19, Jeff lost his mom unexpectedly. He collided with the reality that "life is short" and wanted his time on earth to matter for something. Jeff spent several years influencing teenagers in the Columbus Valley region before getting involved in church planting. He started a church in Atlanta before pioneering MY Church in Columbus.
Steve Visser
After
attending Michigan State University, Steve began a career in law
enforcement, eventually becoming a highly-decorated bomb dog handler
and trainer. Several years later he struck out on his own pursuing
business. He has started several companies including Quality Stone
Works, Inc., a successful granite fabrication company where he
currently serves as the CEO. As committed Christians, Steve and his
wife, Cheri, responded to the passion and leadership of Micah and
Audrey McElveen and were compelled to become involved with the
life-changing ministries of Vapor Sports.
Board of Directors
Bill Boycott
Bill is married to his lovely wife Sue and served as President of Agrium Advanced Technologies, a branch of Agrium, a Fortune 500 company. He joined Agrium in June of 2003 as General Manager for Kenai Nitrogen Operations (KNO). Bill held positions of increasing responsibility throughout his 19 years in the oil industry.
John Kirkland
John spent 18 years in Kenya and Tanzania East Africa as a missionary. He is presently serving on the pastoral staff of Midway Church, the church that sent he and his family to the field. His ministry travels have also included training national church leaders in India. He has a great desire to help leaders grow and thrive in ministry. His wife and three children all share a common passion for ministry and discipleship. They love to see men and women of all ages growing in their relationship with God and their service to others.
Jesse May
Kenneth H. Polk, CPA, CFP®
Ken is a Partner and the Founder of Arlington Family OfficesSM. He attended David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., where he received his degree in accounting and finance. Ken began his career as a tax consultant with Deloitte. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial PlannerTM and also serves as Chief Compliance Officer for Arlington Partners®.
David Pursell
David studied commercial art at Auburn University where he met his wife Ellen. Using his creative skills and commercial art training, he started an in-house advertising agency at the family fertilizer business. Later David advanced to become vice president of sales and marketing at Pursell Industries. In 1997 David assumed the top job as president and CEO of Pursell Technologies and is now the CEO of Pursell Farms.
Dr. David Stampfl
Dr. David Stampfl graduated from Boston University School of Medicine, completed his residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He currently works for Gastroenterology Associates in Green Bay, WI. He is married to Connie, who practiced as an emergency physician prior to raising their children. He maintains a multimedia resource center at his church and participates in home based youth ministry. He is excited about how God is using Vapor in the lives of children and families around the world.
