Our TEAM
Rick Cole
Founder/Executive Director
Do what is right, not what is easy. If anybody has taken this message to heart, it’s Rick Cole. Over his 25 years as Senior Pastor at Capital Christian Center in Sacramento, Rev. Rick Cole has been an active ally for social justice, taking a hands-on approach to issues of racial reconciliation and homelessness in his community as well as serving countries all around the world by leading teams through global missions work. Cole retired as the Senior Pastor at Capital Christian Center in September of 2023 to expand the Capital Christian Outreach ministry in the city of Sacramento. He is the author of Incarnate: Jesus Among the Broken. Rev. Rick Cole lives in California with his wife Cathy. They have three children and five beautiful grandchildren.



Board Members

Joe Alves
CEO/Founder, CA Home Loans

Shadi Barfjani, MD, MSC
Senior Deputy Director, San Joaquin County Public Health Services

Dr. Samuel Gordon
Pastor of City Connect Ministries, Trinity Life Center

Lou Vismara, MD
Founding member of the UC Davis MIND Institute, the State of California’s First Five Commission, and the California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission