CCYAC 22 Speakers

KIM ZEMBER, keynote speaker

Kim is passionate about sharing the love, freedom and restoration found through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Whether in her hometown of San Diego or her ‘home away from home’, Ethiopia, she is sharing the love and redemption of life through Jesus. Kim shares her testimony of living a homosexual lifestyle and the radical transformation of her life through a relentless pursuit of a relationship with her Bridegroom Jesus. Kim is extremely passionate about seeing all people experience the radical love of Jesus.

She believes that turning her life inside out for all to see shows how the Lord has and continues to set the captives free! She feels deeply that authenticity with one another in God’s love and truth is so needed today more than ever. When Kim is not in the States, she is most likely found in Ethiopia surrounded by her 80+ children through the non-profit, Unforgotten Faces, she started when she was 23 years old.

father michael fulton, keynote speaker

Father Fulton was born in Denver, Colorado and moved to Columbus, Ohio in high school, where he joined the youth group at Saint John Neumann Parish. After graduation, he entered seminary at the Pontifical College Josephinum and was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Columbus in July of 2020. Father Fulton is the parochial vicar of Christ the King Catholic Church and St. Thomas the Apostle Parish on the east side of Columbus. He’s also the chaplain at Bishop Hartley High School.

DREW SNYDER, breakout speaker

Drew Snyder currently serves as the Director of Evangelization at Christ the King Church in Columbus. After experiencing a powerful encounter with Christ in college, Drew went on to serve on the front-lines of the New Evangelization with FOCUS and Saint Paul’s Outreach. As an experienced leader and speaker, Drew is passionately devoted to leading souls to Jesus and raising up vibrant communities within the heart of the Church. Drew holds a master's degree in Theology from Holy Apostles College and currently resides in Columbus with his wife Nicole and five children.

noah gilchrist, breakout speaker

Noah is a ministry leader at Damascus, Home of Catholic Youth Summer Camp: an apostolate in Central Ohio that seeks to awaken, empower, and equip generations of Catholics to live the adventure of their Catholic faith through high adventure activities and an environment of encounter.

Noah was born in Columbus, Ohio and went to Catholic schools K-12. In his junior year, Noah encountered Christ and His Church in a powerful way at the March for Life in 2014 and has never turned back. Since 2014, Noah has spoken to thousands of youth through serving with NET Ministries for one year and now Damascus for five years. Noah’s greatest passions are to see the Church make prayer her number one priority and for cities to be transformed by Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit!

Sr John Paul, breakout speaker

Sr. John Paul, O.P., is the principal of St. Michael’s School. She is grateful to serve in response to the Most Reverend Frederick F. Campbell's 2011 invitation to the Dominican Sisters of Mary to come to the Diocese of Columbus to teach and administer St. Michael School. The Sisters are continuing the tradition of Dominicans educating and witnessing to the vocation of religious life in Ohio.

Sr. John Paul completed her double major in Humanities and Catholic Culture and Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. She obtained her Masters in Sacred Theology from the International Theological Institute in Austria, and subsequently studied at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. After entering the Dominican Sisters of Mary in 2000, Sister completed her teaching certification from Eastern Michigan University and obtained her Masters in Educational Administration.

father Jacob Stinnett, breakout speaker

Father Jacob Stinnett is a priest of the Diocese of Columbus, currently serving as the Parochial Vicar to the three-parish consortium of St. Mary and St. Peter, Chillicothe and Mary, Queen of the Missions, Waverly. Father Stinnett was ordained a priest in May, 2021 after completing his formation for the priesthood at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. After studying St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body, Father Stinnett is convinced that the truth given to the world by this saintly pope holds the key to living a life fully imbued with the joy of the Gospel. Father Stinnett is also very intentional about the celebration of the sacred liturgy. Ask any of his parishioners, and they will tell you: Father Stinnett loves incense!