Our Team

Rev. Dr. Jason K. Pankau, MDiv, DMin

  • Jason brings a multi-faceted background of leadership and wisdom to people and organizations with whom he works. God currently uses him as a pastor, apostolic leader, life coach and consultant to executives, mentor to pastors and Christian leaders, sought-after speaker, creator of Christian training seminars, and best-selling author. Jason is a former two-sport All-American athlete, serving as captain of the Brown University football team and national qualifier in the discus.

    In addition to being the senior pastor of two church plants in New England, he served on the staff of Stanwich Church in Greenwich, CT for six years. During this time, he developed the Omega Course and his mentoring ministry which Stanwich commissioned him to share with the church at large through the creation of the Life Spring Network in 2006. From 2009-2014, he worked with Trinity Church in Roselle, IL to transform their leadership and congregation into a holistic, transformational disciple-making community. In 2014, he was commissioned to lead the LUKE project which focused on revitalizing five congregations in the city of Chicago. In 2017, his family moved to the inner city of Chicago to plant Chicago Hope Church, a multi-cultural, disciple-making community on the Near West Side of Chicago. This is where they expanded their family and took in students and people from the community in need. In March, 2024, he accepted the call to serve as senior pastor of Living Hope Community Church in Old Greenwich, CT.

    As a life-long learner, Jason has earned a B.A. in Business Economics and in Organizational Behavior and Management from Brown University and a Masters of Divinity from Southern Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of the Arrow Leadership program, completed his course work for his Doctorate in Christian Leadership at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, studied Lutheran doctrine and the Reformation at Concordia Seminary, and received his doctorate in Christian Community Development at Northern Seminary in 2024. Jason and his wife have four biological children and many other spiritual children through the Hope House for Christian Nurture..

President

Michael Lee Stallard, Esq.

  • Mike is a Director on Life Spring Network’s Board. He writes and speaks for Life Spring Network. In addition to the foregoing, Mike is responsible for raising awareness of Life Spring Network as well as developing partnerships with like-minded organizations. He is also the president of E Pluribus Partners, a leadership training and coaching firm.

    Mike speaks, teaches, coaches and writes about virtuous leadership, discipleship, connection and developing Christian character. He speaks and teaches at organizations including GE, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, NASA, the U.S. Treasury Department and Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, Texas Christian University, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the Center for Creative Leadership. Articles Michael has written have appeared in leadership periodicals around the world including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan, India, and Dubai. He is a regular contributor to Crosswalk.com and The Economic Times (India’s largest circulation business periodical). Michael writes for the Life Spring Network blog and his award-winning blog at www.michaelleestallard.com. Mike and Jason are co-authors with Carolyn Dewing-Hommes of the book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity (Thomas Nelson).

Connection Culture Trainer & Coach

  • Rev. Charles Caviola is the founding Senior Pastor of Revive Church in Stamford CT. He is a graduate of Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack New York where he received his M.Div in Church Development. With seventeen years of Pastoral experience Charles is entering a new phase of ministry which he calls "Pastoring Pastors". His desire is to see those who are called by God live a healthy personal and spiritual life that is reflected in a healthy ministry.

    Charles and his wife Carla reside in Stamford CT and have three girls Ciena, Valentina and Lorena. Charles is a retired competitive martial artist who has trained for thirty years and holds two national titles and an invitation to the World Martial Arts Olympic team in 2007. Charles has helped to train military candidates in preparation for their entry into the armed forces and has also been trained by former military operators in crime survival and close quarters combat.

    Spending time with family, a good fire pit, playing guitar and lazy days on the beach are things I enjoy as often as I can.

Julia Pankau

WORSHIP LEADER & CREATIVE ARTS DIRECTOR

  • Julia was born in Connecticut and moved to Chicagoland at the age of 5. She has been around church her whole life, being a pastor’s kid, but she started taking her faith seriously in her 8th-grade year. She trained as a preprofessional competitive ballerina until she suffered a serious injury in the Winter of 2019. God then led her into exploring other creative outlets, namely piano, poetry, songwriting, singing, spoken word, choreographing, and teaching dance. Julia joined Made To Be in 2019 and has published three albums, one self-written. She now attends Grand Canyon University, double-majoring in Dance Performance and Worship Arts. She is a solo recording and performing Christian artist, JULES, combining both dance and music in worship. She coaches churches across the country in both prophetic dance and worship leading.

Rev. Charlie Caviola

SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP & REVIVAL TRAINER & COACH

Liz Bocci

  • Liz is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a degree in electrical engineering. She worked for several engineering companies for 7 years before having her first child with her husband, Danny. She brings her professional technical experience to LSN while being a stay at home mom.

Technical & Media Support

Jen Pankau, MSW, LICSW

  • Born into a missionary family in Indonesia but mostly raised in Virginia, Jen attended Brown University as a student athlete and was one of Brown’s leading scorers, helping her team win three Ivy League championships and placing in the top 13 in the country. After graduating with a Bachelor in Psychology, she played professional soccer and attended Boston University, receiving her Masters in Social Work. While working for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, Jen began to focus on foster care and adoption, before starting a family. As a mom, she focused on ministries to children and families. More recently, she was the Dean of Student and Family Support at an inner-city Christian high school for three years before becoming the Director of the Hope House and rejoining Life Spring Network as administrator. She enjoys spending time with her husband and being an active mother to her four children plus the additional students they’ve taken into their care.

ADMIN & Director of Hope House

David Carter

  • A graduate of Wheaton College (IL), Dave is retired from a 42-year career in public education, spent mostly at the middle school level as a math teacher, computer lab director, and library resource teacher. He and his wife now enjoy being Papa and Mimi to their two grandsons.

Editor & Devotionals