Joel surrendered to King Jesus in 1990, born and raised in a Christian home. By God’s grace, he has been blessed with godly men who pointed him back to Jesus and nurtured a love for Scripture and for helping others experience God’s love through His Word. Joel’s passion is to create and foster community that is rooted in honesty, compassion, adventure, and preferably involves good coffee.
For the past eighteen years, Joel has been teaching the Bible and serving in pastoral ministry, helping people pursue integrity, discover hope, and remember who they are in Christ. He lives in Katy, Texas, with his wife, Hailee, and their daughter, Laney. When the Texas heat feels like the surface of the sun (so, most of the year), they escape to America’s National Parks to hike, explore, and pretend they’re rugged outdoors people.
Joel holds a degree from Dallas Baptist University and a Master of Divinity from Okanagan Bible College. In his limited free time, you’ll find him running, reading, listening to music, or trying to convince his family that board games are “fun for everyone.”
has been discipling Jim for over 20 years. He has supported TREXO since joining the board of directors in 2013. Mark is a former bi-vocational pastor/lawyer. He handles all TREXO legal issues. He also supports TREXO training by serving as a backup trainer in delivery various TREXO offerings. He also helps to shape TREXO training material, especially in navigating ministry world language.
Mark is an active member of Antioch Houston where he currently serves on the Church Leadership Team.
Mark is married to Dottie and they have 3 married children: Haley, husband Jackson, two daughters, Ella and Gia; Luke, wife Lisa; and Hannah, husband Brian, and two daughters Collins and Sawyer.
Mark was born in Houston, spent some time in East Texas and Dallas, and moved back to Houston for high school and the rest of his life and career.
received a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Houston in 1990. He has been the director of mental health services in the public and private sector in the Houston area for over 30 years. He specializes in services for children and families and system-wide integrated programming. He has international experience in program development and implementation of children’s mental health and educational services.
Dr. Valdes speaks into Trexo’s ongoing commitment to disciple, and build organizations to disciple, in a way that effects inner healing and transformation.
was a leader and affiliate with Young Life in some form for over 40 years and was a deacon at West University Baptist Church, and served on the Houston Gathering of Men Advisory Board. Kenny helps TREXO stay focused on how the ministry impacts individuals, one at a time. He is a former insurance company owner and is currently attending Doxology Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned his BBA at University of Texas – Austin and received his Certified Insurance Counselor designation from the National Alliance/Society of CIC.
Kenny is married to Neva and they have a son and daughter in law, Zach and Jayme, and a daughter, son in law and grandson, Taylor, Tyler, and Emmitt.
He enjoys travel and meeting with various men to counsel and disciple.
has been a YoungLife Area Director for 10 years. He lives on the frontlines of reaching students for Jesus at Bellaire, Lamar, St. Johns, Episcopal, and other schools. Jawaan is uniquely gifted to reach some of the hardest teens in Houston. He has a proven ability to develop relationships, build teams, fundraise, and make disciples.
He is a local Houstonian that graduated from Sam Houston State University. He's married to Kaitlyn and has three boys.
Life verse: Proverbs 3:5-6.
is a powerful Kingdom woman. She joined the Trexo board in 2025. Professionally, Amy is a trial lawyer having earned her JD from the University of Houston. She has served the Lord at all levels at her home church, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church. She brings a high level of excellence and legal expertise to Trexo.
She is married to Clint, founder of FIND. She is a huge Texas A&M fan and loves supporting the Aggies with Clint and their kids.
served as a youth pastor for many years and has also served with Young Life in some form for over 24 years and is currently the committee chair for Prosper Young Life. John is an active member of his church where he volunteers and leads the Young Married's bible study. In his day job, John works with churches and non-profits with their insurance and risk management needs as well as overseeing a team of agents throughout Texas. He brings his knowledge of growth and risk management to the TREXO team. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston and is currently working on his Certified Insurance Counselor designation from the National Alliance/Society of CIC.
John has been married to Lindsey for 14 years and they have two incredible children, Ledger and Lennon.
He has a passion for discipleship and to lead men to walk daily with the Lord.
