Otis Hall is the Executive Pastor of Community and Church Engagement at Autumn Ridge Church where he oversees the deployment of reentries, resources, and people to engage both the local and global communities. Prior to coming to Autumn Ridge, Otis, was the missions pastor at Bon Air Baptist Church where he led development of major initiatives focusing on homelessness in Richmond, creation of a platform to address immediate needs of community partners, and helping coordinate a long term Church planting and social development in Yendi, Ghana.

Prior to becoming a pastor Otis spent 15 years building and working in large scale high-throughput molecular Genetics labs at Baylor College of medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas.

Otis is married to Anna Hall and they have a 5 year old daughter Madeline

Denise Frey grew up in the Detroit area and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She spent 28 years with IBM at its Boulder, Colorado, and Endicott, New York, sites before relocating to Rochester in 1990, where she retired in 2011 as a Senior Technical Staff Member.

Denise and her husband have been married for 42 years and are proud parents and grandparents. Their son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons live in Rochester, while their daughter, son-in-law, and grandson live in Issaquah, Washington.

Community service has been central to Denise's life in Rochester. She served three years on the Rochester Central Lutheran School board, including time on their finance committee, and three years on the Executive Council at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, where she also served as treasurer and then chair of the Outreach Committee. Her experiences include a decade of youth ministry involvement, including eight mission trips, which deepened her commitment to serving young people and families.

She was the Olmsted County Ambassador for CarePortal for 2 years, working with families served by both the Next Chapter Reentry Project and Olmsted County Family Services. In 2023, she founded 4 Youth, a social enterprise dedicated to helping parents talk with their kids about drugs early, before middle school. As a drug prevention educator, she has built strong relationships with Olmsted County Public Health, the Sheriff's Office, Doc's Recovery House, Recovery is Happening, and Community Pathways to Family Health and Recovery.

Denise brings her financial expertise and passion for supporting individuals and families in transition to her role as Treasurer for Next Chapter Reentry Project.

Rev. Kendall Hughes, D. Min., began in the 80s and 90s as a nonprofit staff person walking alongside leaders from minoritized communities as they built affordable housing, places of worship and schools. Then he spent two decades as a Chaplain in federal prisons where, together with resilient incarcerated men, they developed an 18-month residential relationship and skill building program that offered transformative dialogues to survivors of violent crimes and men who had caused deep harm. Many of those men are now leaders in youth, recovery and reentry programs, others are entrepreneurs and civil servants. In 2019 Kendall co-founded Three Rivers Restorative Justice in SE MN, focusing on both pre-charge restorative conferences and training facilitators. Kendall also served as the first Director of the MN Office of Restorative Practices.

When not involved with restorative practices Kendall enjoys being with those resilient men, writing, hiking with his wife, and travelling to see their grandchildren in Thailand.

Rick Henderson serves as the lead pastor of Autumn Ridge Church in Rochester, Minnesota, a non-denominational church committed to helping people become fully devoted followers of Jesus. His heart is to engage both skeptics and lifelong Christians, connecting deep scriptural truth to everyday life. Rick is the son of a police officer who became a pastor, then an inmate. Personally impacted by the cycle of incarceration, he’s passionate about helping those affected by it as well.  He began at Autumn Ridge in 2020 and now leads a diverse team of pastors, staff, and elders as they guide the church’s mission in the Rochester community and beyond. He and his wife, Heather, are thankful to be part of the Autumn Ridge family and Rochester community.

Andre Crockett Sr., a graduate of Winona State University with a degree in Social Work, brings 22 years of experience to his role as Executive Director of the Sports Mentorship Academy and Barbershop & Social Services. A licensed social worker and ordained pastor, Andre has spent the past two decades lecturing, training, and leading comprehensive workshops throughout Olmsted County.

He also co-curated Rochester’s Black traveling exhibit and developed Minnesota’s first Black History Interactive Kiosk. In recognition of his impact and leadership, Andre has received the Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor and the Mayor’s Medal of Honor Legacy Award.