Board of Directors

Board Member

Olin Hoover

Olin Hoover is a senior professional with broad management experience. After completing his M.B.A., he spent nearly four decades in domestic and international leadership roles at several multi-national companies. When Olin retired from corporate life, his wife, Eileen, and he moved to Colorado where they are part owners (with their son) of a property management company. Olin has been on the board of VitalChurch Ministry since 2018.

Olin is a past member of Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Trumbull, CT, and Discovery Christian Church in Broomfield, Colorado. Olin and Eileen currently live in Fairplay, Colorado and are active members of South Park Community Church. Olin and Eileen have been married since 1976. They have one son, a wonderful daughter-in-law, and two adorable granddaughters!

Board Member

Kristen Maloney

Kristen Maloney is a retired mediator and attorney based in Oakland, California. She is a Certified Christian Conciliator and Relational Wisdom Instructor. As a conciliator, Kristen has helped churches, individuals, and Christian organizations apply relational wisdom and biblical peacemaking principles to resolve conflict and reconcile relationships. She has taught relational wisdom and peacemaking seminars and has trained others to serve as coaches and mediators using a biblical peacemaking model. Kristen recently retired from her mediation practice. She has been married to Graham for 40+ years, has adult twins, and is a grandmother!

Board Member

James Matsuda

James Matsuda was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently the CFO of Numi Tea, one of the largest distributors of premium organic tea in North America. He has served as an Elder at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church (MVPC) in Moraga, California. He has also served as chair of the Global Missions Team Committee and Diversity Co-Op at MVPC, as well as serving on the Focus Team when MVPC retained VitalChurch Ministry to help them through a transitional period.

James met his wife, Laurie, when they were teenagers while attending the Japanese Evangelical Missions Society Conference in Mt. Hermon, California. They were married in 1988 and have 2 adult sons, Kevin and Jonathan. In his spare time, James likes to golf and is an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the San Francisco Giants.

Executive Director

Tom Wilkens

Tom Wilkens has enjoyed serving as a pastor, medical/counseling clinic director, and university professor. Tom now serves as Executive Director of VitalChurch Ministry. He earned a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Pastoral Ministries and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver. Tom’s passion is to see marriages, teams, churches, and organizations develop and grow well—with a special interest in leadership. Tom has been married to his best friend, Jan, since 1982. They have two married daughters.