Executive Director, Form 1 Mentor

Beth has been married to her husband, Mike for 20 plus years. Mike is the lead Pastor of City Church, a church they planted together in 2008. Beth has been apart of homeschool leadership for the last 10 years and has homeschooled her children from the beginning. Before, Beth and her husband had children, they both were on staff at Greentree Community Church in Kirkwood, MO. They have four biological children and two foster children. Beth enjoys hosting friends for dinner, a good cup of coffee and a book, and spending time with her family.

Director of Operations

Before marriage, children & homeschooling, Kim served in campus ministry at Truman State University for ten years. Now she can be frequently found behind the scenes or at the front door of Redwood. When not at school, you are likely to find Kim either at the library, teaching folks about composting with earthworms, or listening to really rad 80s music.

Director of Education, Form 2 Mentor

Melissa is married to Rich Trippeer, a Project Manager at Wash U. They attend a small church in the city called Chai v’Shalom, which is a mission outreach to the Jewish community in St. Louis. They have three daughters, and have homeschooled for about 20 years. She also teach private music lessons, as well as offering tutoring help in math and reading. For fun she like to sing, crochet, read, walk the dog, and garden.

Administrative Assistant

Alex has been married to her husband Phil for 12 years. Together they have three children and are on the 6th year of homeschooling. After spending many years traveling while Phil began his career they were finally able to put down roots on a little piece of property in Barnhart, MO. Since then they have been home renovating, schooling, and steading. In their free time, you can find them going on family 4 wheeler rides, riding dirt bikes, taking care of their chickens, working on the property or latest home project.

Seeds Mentor

Anna grew up as the daughter of missionaries; although her childhood was punctuated by many moves between Indonesia, the Philippines, and rural Minnesota, she and her sisters found grounding in a rich home education. After graduation she studied at Capernwray Bible School in Lancashire, UK, then attended New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, ID. There she fell in love -- with classical Christian education and with a certain classmate, Evan. Anna and Evan have been married for 2.5 years, and have an 8 month old daughter, Onalee Jayne. Anna and her husband are studying at Covenant Theological Seminary. Anna loves taking long walks, reading classic literature and theology, baking sourdough bread, singing chorally, cooking for friends, and spending as much time as possible helping on the family farm in Minnesota, planting, tending, harvesting, and feasting in community.

Form 1 Mentor

Maybelle is a young woman who loves to learn and believes that the Lord has made a beautiful creation that is joy and privilege to study and take dominion over. Being a good stewards of the things God gives us gave Maybelle the desire to become a teacher, along with her love of kids. She seeks to serve the Lord by serving the Redwood community. She is married to Cody and is a homeschool graduate. In Maybelle’s spare time, she loves to hang out with her friends, being with her family and spending time outside.

Form 2 Mentor

Carley came to St. Louis two years ago from Virginia Beach. She lives with her two best friends in a house in Ballwin. She is finishing up her associates’s degree and then she would like to complete her degree in communications. Carley is a busy bee and a super hard worker! In addition to mentoring, she also works part-time for a Christian coffee house in Kirkwood, MO called Teleo. Carley is also an active member of Alive church in St. Louis, where she mentors a group of middle school girls and enjoys playing pick-up game of pickleball.

Form 1 Mentor

Ola originally came to (and fell in love with) this country from Russia as a high school exchange student.  She later returned to the US to attend college.  She holds a BS in Accounting and worked for a CPA firm for three years prior to having children.   Ola and her husband Brent have been married for over 20 years. She has been homeschooling her children (daughters 18 and 15)  from the start.  It has definitely been one of her main chief blessings in life for which she'll be eternally grateful. She teaches languages (English as a foreign language and Russian) in online private lessons.   Her hobbies include reading, hiking, health & nutrition, traveling, and gardening.