Meet our Staff

Troy Jackson, Senior Pastor

Troy joined the UCC staff in 1994 after completing his MDiv at Princeton Theological Seminary. Troy received his PhD in American History from the University of Kentucky and is author of Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader. In addition, he is known for his ability to remember the lyrics of every song recorded between 1979 and 1992. Troy and his wife, Amanda, live in the Clifton neighborhood with their three children.

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Marty Campolo, Administrator

In addition to holding all things together at UCC, Marty Campolo also works in neighborhood ministry with her husband, Bart, through The Walnut Hills Fellowship and is a gifted artist. They live in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati with their two children, Miranda and Roman.

Jo Heckinger, Children's Pastor

Jo is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and has previously served as Children's Pastor at two other Cincinnati-area churches. She also teaches English at Western Hills High School.
 

Mandy Smith, Associate Pastor

Originally from Australia, Mandy studied Biblical Studies at Cincinnati Christian University. She is the author of "Making a Mess and Meeting God: Unruly Ideas and Everyday Experiments for Worship" and creator of "The Collect," a city-wide trash-to-art project. She is married to Dr. Jamie Smith, New Testament Professor at Cincinnati Christian University. They, and their two children, live in Price Hill in a little house where the teapot is always warm.

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Tara Foreman, Pastor of Spiritual Development

A native of Grand Rapids, Tara comes to us from her graduate studies at Fuller Seminary. She and her husband, Mark, a resident at local hospitals, live in the Uptown neighborhood with their two sons.

Anthony Jones, Campus Pastor

Anthony was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, and recently graduated from Cincinnati Christian University with a BA in Biblical Studies. Although he was able to master New Testament Greek, he feels his greatest achievement at CCU was finding and marrying the girl of his dreams. Anthony and his wife, Chelsea, live in Price Hill.

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