Founder and Executive Director

Rev. Kinsie Tate is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 15 years experience working with hundreds of clients through the local church, community mental health settings, psychiatric settings, and private practice. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002, her Master of Divinity from Phillips Theological Seminary in 2007, and a Master of Education in Applied Behavioral Studies from Oklahoma City University in 2010. She was ordained in 2007 and maintains endorsement with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Pacific Southwest Region. She maintains a private therapy practice in Newport Beach, CA where she lives with her spouse, Kris, a United Methodist minister serving a local congregation, their 3 school aged children, Patrick, Henry, and E.V., and their therapy dog, Daisy.

Board Chair

Rev. Geoffrey Brewster currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Development, where he works with his colleagues to assist in the fundraising efforts that support the more than a dozen programs of Ministerial Relief and Assistance. “Working to serve those who have given their lives to in ministry is the honor of my ministerial career. ‘For the Support of Ministry,’ is PFCC’s Mission Statement. It is simple, and yet, so very profound. I truly love what I do.” Prior to beginning his ministry with PFCC in April of 2019, Geoff worked in development for Phillips Seminary for nine and a half years.
Geoff began his ministry as youth intern at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Shawnee, OK, in 1997. Over the course of the next decade, he served multiple churches in the Oklahoma Region. In 2003 Geoff earned his BA in Psychology from the University of Central Oklahoma and earned his M.Div. from Phillips Seminary in May 2010. Geoff was ordained at Southern Hills Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Edmond, OK, in May of that same year.
In his free time, he enjoys volunteering with local nonprofit organizations, going to the gym, cooking and gardening, and spending time with his partner, Travis, and their two dogs, Ernie and Pickles Marie.

Board Vice Chair

The Rev. Rebecca L. Highfield serves as the Director of Pastoral Care at Mary Washington Healthcare. She is a Certified Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). Prior to joining Mary Washington in early 2019, Rebecca was a congregational pastor and then a chaplain and educator at Virginia Commonwealth University.


Rebecca received her Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas and her Master of Divinity from Philips Theological Seminary. She earned her Master of Science in Patient Counseling and Master of Science in Patient Counseling-Supervisory Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was ordained in and maintains endorsement with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Treasurer

Lindsey M. Trousdale is proud to serve as Restore’s Treasurer. She oversees all aspects of the foundation’s finances, including the development and management of budgets, preparation of financial statements, and reporting.
Trousdale has over fifteen years of management experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. She is a collaborative innovator that excels in designing and facilitating process improvements that are aligned with company goals.
Trousdale holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Dallas, TX with her husband, Devin, and daughters, Zoe and Charlie.

Kurt Gwartney is the senior director of communications and instructor in the Center for Ministry and Lay Training at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Okla. A 1999 alumnus of the seminary, Kurt has served in a variety of journalism and communications roles throughout most of his life.

He started working in radio at the age of 16 at his hometown radio station, kicking off his journalism and media career. Kurt and departments he led have won numerous state and national journalism awards. His reporting was frequently heard on NPR national newscasts and programs.

He currently serves as the executive director of Freedom of Information Oklahoma and board president of Family Promise of Tulsa County. Kurt is the former president of the Oklahoma chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, past treasurer for the national board of governors of the Religion Communicators Council, and former board member of Public Radio News Directors Inc. (now the Public Media Journalists Association). He is the past chair of the Tulsa Regional Chamber's business diversity, equity, and inclusion organization, Mosaic, and served two years on the chamber’s executive committee and board of directors.

Kurt is a certified United Methodist Communicator, with Accreditation in Public Relations (APR), and certificates in Advanced Crisis Communication, Nonprofit Management (Professional), Adult Mental Health First Aid, and Health Minister from Wesley Theological Seminary.

 He has a Master of Divinity degree (with honors) from Phillips and a bachelor’s degree in organizational management from Colorado Christian University. He also studied theology at The Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo. and journalism and political science at Oklahoma State University.