Our Staff

We have several full-time staff members (below) as well as a number of interns who work with us to see every student on our campus have an opportunity to respond to the gospel. Want to get in contact with someone on staff? Fill out our contact form.

Matt and Leslie Sfura

Matt and Leslie have served with Cru at Northwestern, in Berlin and now in Central Illinois. They have 4 kids: Maddie, David, Joshua, and Samuel. Leslie enjoys reading biographies and homeschooling. Matt enjoys watchingmovies and has recently discovered he likes coffee!

T.J. and Emily Lemons

T.J. and Emily graduated from Western Illinois University and now work at both WIU and ISU with Cru. They live in Bloomington with their daughters, Charis and Eden.

Bryan and Jen Hepp

Jen graduated from Eureka College. Bryan from University of Missouri – Kansas City. On staff since 2004. Both came to Christ in college and love helping Christians grow during their college years and helping students to find Christ! 3 Kids, Olivia, William and Madelynn

Matt and Tayler Adachi

Matt graduated from Illinois State University. Tayler graduated from University of Illinois. They grew a heart for people on their campus in college and decided to served overseas in East Asia with Cru for two year before returning to ISU. They have a daughter named Analeigh.

Kevin Kamm

Kevin graduated from Western Illinois University and now works with both WIU and ISU Cru. He lives in Bloomington.

Isaac Ruiz

Isaac was born and raised in Southern California and completed his bachelor’s degree in English at UC Berkeley. He found his way up to Central IL when he attended ISU for his master’s degree in Communication. After coming to know Jesus his senior year of college, he felt gradually led to serve in full-time ministry with Cru and joined our team in 2019. He loves getting to do life with students and having a front row seat to see Jesus transform people’s hearts. In his free time, he enjoys reading, movies, sports, working out, and playing strategy board games.