Meet the Resident Directors
Jess Arnds - Smith Hall (Men)
Resident Director
Smith Hall (Men)
B.A., Biblical Studies
The Master's College
M.Div. (In progress)
The Master's Seminary
Joined TMC in 2009
Jess earned his undergraduate degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Biblical Counseling in 2006. After a few years working various jobs he decided to pursue ministry and came back to TMC as a Resident Director in 2009. He currently oversees the dorm known as “C-dub” and is pursuing a Masters of Divinity at The Master’s Seminary. He is joined by his wife, Melissa (also a TMC grad) and their daughter, Felicity.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: Colossians 1:28-29
“Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.”
Some Favorite Things:
Jess enjoys ministry, family, and football (playing it, watching it, talking about it).
Jake Ebner - Slight Hall
Resident Director
Slight Hall
B.A., Biblical Studies
The Master's College
Teaching Credintial
The Master's College
M.Div. (In Progres)
The Master's Seminary
Joined TMC in 2009
Now, in his third year as an RD of Slight Hall, Jake is honored to have the opportunity to speak into the lives of students alongside a great team of faculty and staff. Jake’s wife was an RD from 2007-2009, and he thoroughly enjoyed the ministry position from that vantage point as well. He attends Placerita Baptist Church and enjoys teaching in “Foundation,” the College age ministry of the church. Slight has a tradition every Tuesday night where the men of the dorm flock to eat pancakes and compete in wing challenges including feats of strength, wit, and skill.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: Romans 8:38-39
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Some Favorite Activities:
Jake enjoys spending time with his wife Meredith and their daughter Karis, playing sports, attending The Master’s Seminary, and refurbishing and selling antiques.
Stacey Forbes - Smith Hall (Women)
Resident Director
Smith Hall (Women)
B.M., Vocal Performance
The Master's College
M.A., Biblical Counseling
(In Progress)
The Master's College
Joined TMC in 2011
Stacey is an alumnus of The Master’s College and recent addition to the Deans’ Staff in Student Life, serving as the female Resident Director for Smith Hall Women. Born and raised in Washington, Stacey has a passion for all things that involve students, ministry, and music. She has pursued many opportunities in the local church which include being on staff as the assistant to the worship arts pastor, children’s music director, counseling opportunities, and a youth ministry internship. She is pursuing a Masters of Biblical Counseling from TMC, and considers it a blessing to be on staff at The Master’s College.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: Psalm 27:1
"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
Some Favorite Activities:
Stacey enjoys singing, reading a good book, running, cooking, and spending time with her husband.
Jennifer Kintner - Sweazy Hall
Resident Director
Sweazy Hall
B.A., Biblical Studies
The Master's College
M.A., Biblical Counseling
The Master's College
Joined TMC in 2008
Jenn first joined TMC as the Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Student Life. After serving in that capacity for three years, she transitioned to her current position. She enjoys all the fun that dorm life brings, as well as the opportunity to work so closely to the students in Sweazy Hall, and to see God at work in them growing and developing their love for Jesus more and more. She attends Grace Community Church and is currently working on her Masters in Biblical Counseling at The Master’s College.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: 2 Corinthian 4:17-18
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
Some Favorite Activities:
Some of Jenn's favorite pastimes include traveling, hiking, blogging, creating new recipes, reading, and playing games.
Summer Martin - Hotchkiss Hall (Women)
Resident Director
Hotchkiss Hall (Women)
Women Discipling Women
Conference Coordinator
The Master's College
B.A., Psychology
Univ. of California
at Los Angeles
M.A., Biblical Counseling
The Master's College
Joined TMC in 2005
Summer was born and raised in Southern California. She came to The Master’s College in 2005 to begin work on her Master’s Degree in Biblical Counseling. The Master’s College was her top choice of study because of its commitment to the sufficiency and the authority of God’s Word. Her study of biblical counseling changed her life and, as a result, she desires to bring the encouragement and hope provided through the Scriptures to the students here at the College. Summer currently serves as a Resident Director in Hotchkiss Hall and so enjoys her time living in the “Happiest Place on Earth”! For the last seven years, she has also coordinated the annual Women Discipling Women Conference.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: Psalm 23
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Some Favorite Activities:
In her free time, Summer loves to craft, thrift, travel, rollerblade, visit with family and friends, and can often be found by the pool or at the beach.
Chuck Rush - Waldock Hall
Resident Director
Waldock Hall
B.A., Health Administration
California State Univ.
Northridge
Masters of Divinity
The Master's Seminary
Joined TMC in 2009
Chuck joined the college in 2009 as Resident Director of Waldock dorm. He considers it a blessing to serve and work alongside the Student Life staff, and live life with the young men of Waldock Hall. Chuck is a member of Grace Community Church and has served in various capacities over the past 11 years. His desire is for Waldock to be a dorm that is committed to peer on peer spiritual relationships as they grow in the community of believers at The Master's College. Life in Waldock consists of drinking lots of coffee, eating food, slurpee runs, our annual end of the year celebration, and beach outings!
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: 2 Corinthians 3:18
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Some Favorite Things:
Some of Churck's favorite things to do include watching sports, eating good food, drinking coffee, traveling, reading, and time with friends.
Siona Savini - Hotchkiss Hall (Men)
Resident Director
Hotchkiss Hall (Men)
Chapel Band
Worship Leader
B.A., Music & Christian Education
The Master's College
M.A., Biblical Counseling
The Master's College
Joined TMC in 2004
Siona (Ona) is from Carson, California and has been the Resident Director of Hotchkiss Hall since the fall of 2004. Throughout these years of opportunity, he has enjoyed watching the gospel transform students into the image of Christ. In the fall of 2006, he began to take leadership of the Chapel Band, serving the campus chapels in worship through music. Siona loves his local church, where he serves as the college group worship leader. His favorite part about Hotchkiss Hall is the vibrancy and life it encourages for college life, academically, spiritually and otherwise.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,”
Some Favorite Things:
Siona loves his family and enjoys life, laughing a lot, eating, singing, reading biographies, traveling, music, movies and people.
RaeAnna Seaton - Dixon Hall
Resident Director
Sweazy Hall
B.A., Family Studies & Human Services
Kansas State Univ.
M.A., Biblical Counseling
The Master's College
Joined TMC in 2007
RaeAnna Seaton comes to us from Madison, Kansas. She attended Kansas State University and loves the Wildcats! She moved to California in January of 2007 to begin work on her Masters Degree in Biblical Counseling at The Master’s College. While working on this degree, she served at TMC as an Administrative Assistant to the Summer Graduate Programs. She then moved over to the Student Life department in August of 2010 to serve as the Resident Director of Dixon Hall (which she affectionately calls Dixieland), and she loves the time she gets to spend with the girls.
Fast Facts:
A Favorite Scripture Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
“For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
Some Favorite Things:
RaeAnna loves Diet Coke, criminal justice television, and the color purple.
