Karissa Corpeny

Team Coach

karissa@take-the-city.com

Karissa provides servant leadership to the Take the City staff, dedicated to seeing them grow as leaders and be effective in their respective roles. After spending 10 years at Ford Motor Co. as a mechanical engineer, 4 years in Jamaica as a missionary with Teen Challenge, 7 years in Columbus, GA helping to develop and facilitate the Emerging Leaders Program with Teen Challenge Southeast – she launched out in 2015 to start Redwoods Consulting. Karissa is a life-long learner and is passionate about seeing organizations create healthy cultures, effective servant leaders and empowered people resulting in the best possible service to the mission and those they serve. She now resides in the Kansas City area with her husband Pete, an engineering project manager at Herzog Corporation.

Donna

My first encounter with Take the City was going to Wilson Apartments in Columbus GA. We were met by a man from that neighborhood who prayed with us before we began the outreach. We set up an area for the kids to play and others went door to door witnessing and praying for people. It truly was a humbling experience. Another time I got to pray at an abortion clinic which was another humbling experience. The worship services the night before are always dynamic and spirit led. However I will conclude with the best part for me was being an eight week participant of Take the City boot camp. All of the leaders were simply AWESOME and I learned so much during those eight weeks. I thank God for all these wonderful opportunities!