Our Team

Derric Bakker comes from a family with a tradition of service. Beginning his career in banking and real estate, Derric…

With 40 years of experience in fund raising and 31 years as a fund-raising consultant for Christian organizations, Clark Dickerson has personally…

Paul's desire is to help ministries flourish in vision and funding in order that they might take the Gospel to more people. It is for the sake of the Kingdom that Paul strives to make Dickerson, Bakker even better than it was the day before. He specializes in Business Development Consulting and his decades of experience give him great knowledge to impart to dynamic, nonprofit leaders. With a degree in Radio/TV Management from Oral Roberts University, Paul’s initial goal was to engage people for the Gospel with contemporary Christian music. From this goal sprung his experiences in helping start KLTY-FM (twice) and running the Radio Sales Division for Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). Paul’s vision is ultimately that more homeless people are fed, more young men and women are receiving Christian education and becoming leaders for the Kingdom, and more listeners are hearing the Gospel on their local radio station. He has recently been awarded the The Scott Campbell Industry Achievement Award and The National Center for Stewardship and Generosity's (NCSG) Lifetime Stewardship Achievement Award for his long time pursuit of growing Christian ministry impact. Paul is married to Paula and is amazed by her strength and determination daily. They have three daughters and Paul loves watching them move through different phases of life. He also enjoys playing the bass and appreciates music of all kinds—contemporary Christian, jazz, big band, classical, symphonic, etc.

Since Mindy was a child she has been involved in fund raising and sharing the gospel for Christ in one…

Jolene has become the cornerstone of our team since her beginnings with Dickerson, Bakker & Associates. Jolene has over 15…

Christina has more than 30 years of experience serving to advance the missions of local, national and international nonprofits. Her…

Early in his career as an executive director and a development director, Brent experienced first-hand the demands of providing effective…

David is a certified grant professional through the Grant Professionals Certification Institute and has worked in the non-profit development field…

Jeff loves getting the opportunity each day to help ministries, whose work revolves around making much of Christ, grow their mission and vision through improved funding. “My passion is helping ministry executive and development leadership identify areas of great opportunity, formulate the plan to make it a reality, and then bring it to fruition.”, he says. Jeff has been on the boards of several nonprofits, ministries and churches. He has also held several corporate company management and leadership positions, becoming successful within each. Jeff’s professional experiences come together to help leaders of Christian ministries and organizations do more than they could have done otherwise. Over the past twenty-five years, Jeff has worked with hundreds of Christ-centered ministries and organizations to plan and enact the courses of action that will grow both their leadership skills and financial support. His client list has included everything from smaller market ministries to some of the largest international relief and development organizations. With Dickerson, Bakker & Associates he comes along brothers and sisters in Christ to encourage and motivate them in the areas of development and leadership. Jeff married Carol, literally “the girl next door”. They have been married for forty years, have four children and nine grandkids. He loves to scuba dive any time he gets a chance.

Shawn began his career in the commercial for-profit sector, working successfully in sales and sales management roles. His life was…

Randy helps leaders of Christian organizations rise to the next level through focused vision and fundraising. He says, “Only the Gospel is going to change culture.” Randy coaches today’s nonprofit leaders to be better and smarter about what they do, in confidence that they will impact more people with the Gospel, ultimately bringing our culture closer to a saving knowledge of Jesus. Randy holds a rich and extensive background in fundraising and development. Over the past 30+ years, he honed skill sets from JC Penney as a Merchandise Manager, Amway Corporations as a Catalog Buyer, and Cornerstone University (his alma mater) as Director of Alumni Relations and Vice President for Advancement. He now uses all of his knowledge to walk alongside ministry leaders. From leading the charge for multi-million dollar capital campaigns to initiating relationships with major supporters of organizations, Randy’s depth of knowledge is far-reaching. After decades of innovation and leadership in fundraising and developing support for organizations he worked for, Randy decided that passing on his knowledge to others sounded exciting! The idea of mentoring other Christian leaders with the skill sets accumulated over his years would extend his reach and multiply his vision to see our culture change. A couple of Randy’s personal goals include playing golf in all fifty states (thirty two down so far) and taking every Disney cruise available! Randy married his mentor and best friend, Beth, thirty-eight years ago. Their daughter, Stefanie, married Keith and they have a two-year old son, David. Their son, Scott, married Brianna and they have three little boys, Blake, Logan and Miles. David, Blake and Logan drive Randy’s desire to change our culture in hopes that their generation will live to their fullest potential.

Greg has more than thirteen years’ experience in philanthropy and nonprofit leadership serving to advance the missions of local, national,…

Linda finds great joy in taking Christian ministries and nonprofits to a place where they can really fulfill God’s mission. Her breadth and depth of experience in strategic planning, development, program and systems development, outcomes management and accountability allows her to provide clarity and direction to leaders in ministry settings.

Todd Nichols brings over 25 years experience to the Dickerson, Bakker & Associates Grant Services team. His career spans across…

In the past ten years, Dr. Keith Wright has led capital campaigns and development initiatives that resulted in over $75…

Brie is an award-winning fundraising and communications professional with over fifteen years of experience. She has formerly served as a…

With keen insight into marketing strategy, Carolyn has a particular talent for finding the key emotional element that drives action…