2024 Speaker
Michael Goodlin
RUF Pastor
Lehigh University
Born in Japan, the son of a Navy family, Michael spent his childhood in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. After coming to faith in his senior year of high school, Michael went to Nyack College in New York where he and his wife Natasha met. After marrying and moving to Natasha's hometown of Lancaster, PA,
Michael attended Westminster Theological Seminary. He graduated in 2015 and received the call to become the RUF Campus Minister at Lehigh University in 2017.
Michael enjoys being active, reading, and cooking. Michael and Natasha have four awesome kids who are filled with more energy than they sometimes know what to do with. As a family they enjoy walks, reading, riding bikes, going to the park, and traveling to see family and friends.
Previous Speakers
2023 Speaker
Chris Peter
RUF Campus Pastor
Millersville University
Chris received his Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, from 2017-21. While in seminary, he met Kelsey at RUF training, and after she finished her RUF internship at the University of Vermont, they got married in 2019. And they welcomed their daughter Elliana into the world in January 2022. He started working at Millersville University in 2021.​ Chris is passionate about pouring the truth of the Gospel into college students' lives.
2022 Speaker
Nick Perrine
Pastoral Counselor
Blue Ridge Christian Counseling
Nick grew up in Northwestern Pennsylvania. He received a Master of Divinity with a Counseling Emphasis from Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. After seminary, he interned at CCEF New England, and has most recently been a Biblical Counselor for Heart Song Counseling in Northern Virginia. Nick and his wife Sandy have been married since 2013. Nick’s passion is that people would experience the peace and strength of God being with us and for us. His overarching goal in counseling is to help people grow in knowledge of self and knowledge of God.
2019 Speaker
Derek Bates
RUF Campus Pastor
University of Pittsburgh
Derek has been the campus pastor for RUF at PITT since 2008. Born and raised in VA, he graduated from James Madison University, lived briefly in Ukraine, CO, and then St. Louis, MO where he graduated (again) from Covenant Theological Seminary. Derek enjoys reading, sports, lifting weights, fixing up broken things, good music, concerts, and drinking coffee with students. Derek is married and has 4 awesome kids.