Student Venture Atlanta

Staff Members

Melody Rogers
Area Director - Alpharetta High School

Cell Phone: (407) 758-5039

E-mail: melodee11@hotmail.com

Bio: Melody grew up in Orlando, FL and is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University. In college, she felt God calling her to work full-time with high school students. She was familiar with Student Venture and joined staff after she graduated in 2006. She moved to Atlanta in August of 2007 to start working full-time with the Atlanta team. Since being in Atlanta, she has been working at Alpharetta High School. She has loved getting to see God move on the campus and change students’ lives. She grew up playing soccer and has had the opportunity the last 3 years to help coach at AHS. It has been a great joy of hers to see God use soccer to further His kingdom. Melody has a heart for seeing teenage girls truly understand how loved they are by God and believe in His truth. She is excited to see all that God has in store for Alpharetta High.



Beth Pilgreen
Staff - Centennial/Chattachoochee HS

Cell Phone: (404) 514-2965

E-mail: bpilgreen@gmail.com

Bio: Beth grew up outside of Nashville, TN in a small family of three where she enjoyed coming up with creative ways to have fun as an only child. As a kid, she dreamed big with hopes of being a dancer, actress or a marine biologist (assuming her office would be a beach), but ended up pursuing a career in marketing and sales for 7 years upon graduation from Samford University in 2002. She thrived in the art of persuasion for some time, but later realized her heartbeat was more for setting captives free with the Love of Christ than for pushing products for earthly gain.



Chris Joiner
Staff - Johns Creek High School

Cell Phone: (512) 810-2557

E-mail: cjoiner7@gmail.com

Bio: Chris is a native Texan that loves anything to do with sports or activity. He spent 3 summers serving at Pine Cove Christian Camps where he met his wife, Caitlyn. After working in Corporate America for a year, Chris & Caitlyn felt the Lord leading them into full time ministry. They left their jobs and enrolled in a Discipleship Training School, which gave them the opportunity to serve in Amsterdam, Mongolia & Hong Kong. During their training they felt God calling them to work with youth and specifically Student Venture. They joined Student Venture Staff in January of 2009 and were placed in Atlanta. They will be serving Johns Creek High School.



Caitlyn Joiner
Staff - Johns Creek High School

Cell Phone: (678) 231-8170

E-mail: caitlyn.joiner@gmail.com

Bio: Caitlyn was born and raised in Marietta, GA and attended The University of Georgia. During high school and college God began to make a lasting impression on her heart through oversees mission work. Caitlyn's first exposure to Student Venture was in college when she served in East Asia as a college leader for high school students. At that point Caitlyn told God she was willing to "go" anywhere for Him, but she didn't want to go alone. Soon after she met Chris and the rest is history. Chris and Caitlyn ministered oversees before settling down in Atlanta to serve teenagers at Johns Creek High School.



Heather Ledford
Staff - Roswell High School

Cell Phone: (404) 642-5344

E-mail: heathercledford@yahoo.com

Bio: I was born in New Brunswick, NJ and with my family, we made our way down to Roswell, GA by the age of 10. I graduated Roswell High School in 1994 and attended Georgia State University. I have always enjoyed working with kids of all ages. I always thought teaching would be my avenue to work with them. However, the Lord had different plans for me and they came in a unique God wrapped package called Student Venture! What struck me the most about the opportunity to work with SV was getting to teach the word of God, encouraging students in their faith, and guilding them up to influence their friends for Christ.



Jared Dawson
Staff - City of Atlanta High Schools

E-mail: jared.dawson@studentventure.com

Bio: Jared was born and raised in Merrillville, IN. Since November 18, 2006, his life has been dominated by a passion to exalt Jesus Christ as Lord over all. After graduating from Indiana University in May of 2007, he moved to Atlanta to teach inner city high school students through the teaching corps, Teach for America. During his two year commitment he was called into the ministry. His heart's passion is to revitalize communities through the living word of God. He joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ in the summer of 2009 and returned to Indianapolis to raise support. Jared and his wife Dominque will be working together in the inner city of Atlanta.



Lee Robbins
Staff - Mountainview High School

Office Phone: (678) 810-0950

Cell Phone: (678) 231-1221

E-mail: lee.robbins@studentventure.com

Bio: Lee was born and raised in Houston, TX. After a hard life at an early age in the ghettos of Houston, Lee gave his heart to Jesus Christ at the tender age of 15. He jumped into his walk with the Lord with both feet, including teaching his own peers right from the start. After graduation from the University of Houston, Lee served numerous roles in the local church from Youth Pastor to Choir member and everything in between. He sensed he wanted more and received a scholarship to Oral Roberts University where he accomplished two great things....a master of Divinity, and meeting his wife Kim. They have 3 beautiful children and will be working with SV at Mountainview High School in Gwinnett County.



Donna Steeves
Office Manager

Cell Phone: (404) 502-3297

E-mail: steeves4@bellsouth.net

Bio: Donna joined the staff of Student Venture in October 2005 and considers her time with SV a true gift from God. She has been married for 17 years to Mark and has two children, Marissa and Kendall. Donna enjoys running, movies and spending time with her family.