Staff Team
Rev. Blane Young
Executive Director of DC Chi Alpha
Provides leadership, teaching and vision to both Chi Alpha at American University and Chi Alpha at Georgetown University.
Blane has served on staff at with DC Chi Alpha for over a decade and became the director at American University in the Fall of 2014. He’s also an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God.
This New Mexico native is a graduate of the University of Alabama but has fallen in love with the big city. He and his wife (Hannah) moved to DC to complete the DC Chi Alpha CMIT Program in the fall of 2011. They are parents to a wonderful kiddo: Jeremiah Joel Young.
You'll find him around DC in search of good coffee by day and hanging with his cat, Whiskers, at night.
Rev. Natalie Hill
Associate Director of Chi Alpha at American University
Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Natalie came to Washington, DC in 2009 and studied anthropology and creative writing at American University. During her time as a student in Chi Alpha, she felt a call to missions and completed the DC Chi Alpha CMIT program after graduation in 2013. As a worship leader, mentor, and teacher, she is passionate about reaching college students, specifically in urban hubs in the northeast, with the transforming love of Christ and fostering depth in relationship with Jesus, in worship, and in community.
In her downtime, Natalie enjoys writing and exploring music, reading classic fiction (Steinbeck specifically), and eating anything pickled.
Rev. Toby Amodeo
Director for Chi Alpha at Georgetown University
Toby originally hails from Middlebury, Connecticut before he moved to DC to study film and media and public health for undergrad at American University. After graduating, he served with Chi Alpha at NC State where he got the chance to hone his love for talking about Scripture with students. He’s now back in the District as the director for GU because, “I dream of seeing disciple-making communities in the nation’s capital”.
In his downtime he loves cooking, reading, photography, and hiking with his wife Stacey.
Rev. Nicole Henry
Staff (Campus Missionary) at Chi Alpha at Georgetown University
Nicole was born and raised in Lawrence, MA, and while this North-Eastern native attended The College of William and Mary for undergrad, she graduated with her MS in health and kinesiology from Purdue University in Indiana. She came to know Jesus as a grad student at Purdue and joined Chi Alpha for a give-a-year, which turned into a lifetime. After 13 years in Indiana, her desire to continue investing her life into students (and also marrying her husband Hank) led her to move to the DMV and join us here at DC Chi Alpha.
You can find her staying active by golfing, kayaking, and walking her and Hank’s dogs (Oliver and Lucy) in her downtime.