Meet The Staff

Dan Kronstad | Triangle Area Director

Dan has degrees from Wheaton College & Graduate School (B.S.  & M.A.) and is the father of three active boys!
dkronstad@isionline.org

Jordan & Rebekah Lassiter

Jordan has completed degrees at Appalachian State University (B.S & B.A.) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.A.). Rebekah Lassiter completed her B.A. at Appalachian State University, including a teaching certificate. The Lassiters love their two sons.
jlassiter@isionline.org & ​rlassiter@isionline.org

Scott Hawkins

Scott completed degrees from Taylor University (B.A.), Wheaton Graduate School (M.A.), and Trinity Theological Seminary (D.Min.). He and Jenny have five married adult offspring!
shawkins@isionline.org

Ginger Ehmann

Ginger has earned degrees from Westmont College (B.S. Biology) and UNC-Chapel Hill (Ph.D. Genetics and Molecular Biology) and is the mother of two kids in high school. She loves camping, hiking, and kayaking.
gehmann@gmail.com

Ron & Betsy Manila

Ron earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon and a masters in environmental engineering at Duke. Betsy completed an undergraduate degree in English at UNC-Greensboro, and a master’s degree at Gordon Conwell. Together they worked in various community development projects in Central Asia for 25 years before returning to Durham. They have 4 children, 2 now working or studying at university and 2 at home with them who are also eager to meet international students.
rmanila@isionline.org & bmanila@isionline.org