Spark Board of Directors

  • Emily Forman

    • Role: Vice President and Treasurer

    • Emily Forman is a leader in communications and business building. She worked in marketing and communications inside the commercial real estate and engineering industries for several years before entering entrepreneurship in the automobile industry, building and managing operations and growth for eight years. Before joining Spark, she worked at Christ’s Church of the Valley as the Communications Director where she developed the communications, marketing and in-house print shop strategies for four years.

  • Nick Airdo

    • Role: Secretary

    • Nick Airdo is a developer and co-creator of Refresh Cache, an annual conference dedicated to developers of church management systems. He started his career at Motorola where he worked on email systems infrastructure, monitoring systems software and the IT data warehouse. After 12 years with Motorola he became a developer at Central Christian Church in Arizona, dedicating his programming skills to the church and pursuing his dream to collaborate and share software with other Christian developers.

  • Jon Edmiston

    • Role: President

    • Jon Edmiston is a developer, lead architect and vision caster of Spark Development Network. Jon was an E-Commerce Program Manager at Honeywell International where he oversaw corporate e-commerce programs and developed enterprise standards for Internet technologies for 7 years. Jon then joined the staff of Christ’s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona for 13 years where he led the Creative Technologies team and developed a leading custom church management system that was released to a third-party software company and installed at over 100 of the largest churches in the US.

  • John Pitzaferro

    • Role: Director

    • John Pitzaferro is the Founder and Chairman of several privately held companies specializing in payment processing technology, IT hardware and software distribution, managed IT services, and donor management technology. As a proponent of culture-first business leadership, John is dedicated to creating organizations that prioritize people and principles. He founded My Well Ministry, a one-of-a-kind nonprofit providing donor management and advanced giving technology to churches and ministries at cost, saving them over $70 million to date. John also serves on the board of directors for Orphan Network and actively supports a variety of charitable initiatives, demonstrating his commitment to impactful business 

  • Bronson Witting

    • Role: Director

    • Bronson Witting is a developer, manager, and leader with demonstrated history of working in information technology and is passionate about leveraging technology to make people’s lives better. With enthusiasm for all thing cloud, he is currently a Program Manager inside the Azure Engineering organization at Microsoft and a recipient of various Microsoft honors and awards. Before Microsoft, Bronson served as the Director of Information Technology at NewPointe Community Church in northeast Ohio, an early adopter and contributor to Rock RMS.

  • Justin Westrich

    • Role: Director

    • Justin is a Global Account Manager for iT1 and a long time Spark supporter. His career background is in technology sales but his passion is in helping his community. With over 20 years experience in IT, Justin and his team enjoy their role in serving over 120 churches nationwide, to fulfill their IT needs. Justin is a devoted husband and father of two. When not working, he spends time with his family; watching his children’s soccer and football games, attending Phoenix Suns games and traveling. 

  • Michael Mullikin

    • Role: Lead Pastor

    • Michael is the Lead Pastor of Operations at NewSpring Church and oversees the Technology, Construction,  Facilities & Safety, Finance, HR, and Staff Health teams.  He is passionate about using technology, innovative methods, and efficient systems to help people grow in their relationship with Jesus. Michael has been a partner in helping develop and support Rock RMS since 2012. Micheal has been married for 23 years to his wife, Lori, and they have three children. He loves spending time outdoors with his family camping and hiking.

  • Adam Hann

    • Role: Director

    • Adam is the Digital Director at LCBC Church, where he leads digital strategy, systems, and data across a multi-campus organization. With 20 years of experience at LCBC, he partners closely with ministry and operations leaders to leverage technology that supports healthy systems, efficient workflows, and meaningful engagement. Adam has been married to his wife, Amanda, for 18 years, and they have one son. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, growing as a leader, and exploring how technology can be used to better serve the Church.

  • Rick Isaacson

    • Role: Director

    • Rick Isaacson is applying his decades of business experience to the ministry world to empower Christian leaders and save as many souls as possible. After attending Boise State University, Rick began his career as a sales leader for mutual of Omaha. Then, for decades, he served as Executive Vice President of his family’s company, SERVPRO Headquarters—overseeing strategy, marketing, training, and national accounts. Following a majority acquisition of SERVPRO by private equity firm Blackstone, Rick was appointed CEO and subsequently added $2 billion in sales and quadrupled EBITDA in four years. He serves on multiple other for-profit and nonprofit boards. He is married to Kristie Isaacson, and they have four children—three sons in leadership roles for SERVPRO and a daughter leading the foundation.