About Us
The Pour Over exists to be a trustworthy news resource guiding people toward eternal hope.
We imagine a world where people will display love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control when responding to current events.
Our Staff
Jason Woodruff
If you’re upset… This is who you’re upset with. Jason is a PK who thought he’d be a pastor but ended up writing emails for a living. He’s not very athletic. Runs the place… but isn’t above making everyone’s morning coffee… every day. He and his wife, Hannah, have two daughters.
Kathleen Wadkins
If you like our news… this is who you like. She coordinates the mayhem and gets the newsletters out on time. She is quite funny (but less funny than she thinks she is). Keeps telling Nate to give away more money. She and her husband, Todd, have three kids.
Nate Wells
We don’t let him write anything, but he’s good with numbers and business-y things. He’s annoyingly athletic and is the only one who takes notes during meetings (which is, admittedly, quite helpful). He and his wife, Ari, have too many kids.
Matt Whipple
You’ve probably heard of TPO because of Whipple. We assumed growing newsletters was easy because he grew us to 250,000+ subscribers while in dental school, but he proved hard to replace. He finally ditched his first love (teeth) for his true love (newsletters), and TPO hasn’t been the same since. He and his wife, Madison, have two kids.
Xan Sibley
You don’t put a task on Xan’s plate… you put it on her platter. Just hint at a task and it’ll get done—in addition to writing TPO’s news, recording TPO’s podcast, recording her own podcast, and launching online courses. She and her husband, Nathaniel, have three kids (whom she homeschools… because, of course, she has time for that too).
Elly Hamby
Elly loves long walks… anytime, anywhere. She also loves giving sponsors an excellent experience and is planting a church in California with her husband, Ryan, and their son. They say it’s to reach Cali college kids with Jesus, but getting to move closer to Shohei Ohtani definitely played a role. She bakes a mean sourdough and her homemade pasta is *chef’s kiss*.
Emily Hansen
Emily is like The Pour Over’s fairy godmother. Sometimes, we hand her a pumpkin of a spreadsheet and bippity boppity boom, she turns it into a resource we couldn’t function without. And go ahead, try to get a minor error past her. You won’t. She and her husband, Ben, have three sons.
Nicole Pothitakis
We will all probably work for Nicole one day… and by “we,” we mean everyone on the planet, including you. She knows how to get things done and helps bring everyone’s wild ideas to life (the wilder, the better). Loves a good, long run and knows more español than everyone else at TPO combined.
Sam Pothitakis
We're pretty sure Sam sleeps, but she also manages to do things that shouldn't be possible in 16-18 waking hours… like building our entire app. She takes games very intensely (you've been warned), bakes excellent caramel-pretzel cookies, and has a lot of cousins.
Steph Juliot
Steph is one of those rare, “actually qualified” people at TPO. She’s increasingly funny, loves writing Decaf, and loves painting her nails. She deeply dislikes competitive social deduction games, but will play to make Courtney happy. She and her husband, Andrew, have three kids.
Bailey Parmley
You want Bailey on your trivia team. She wanted to be a marine biologist growing up and could probably pass the final exams today; she’s also knowledgeable on history, pop culture, fantasy, and Kentucky. If a Lord of the Rings reference ever slips into a newsletter… you know who did it.
Peter Nittler
Having a rough day? Call up Peter. He is the ultimate encourager and will turn that frown upside down. Fortunately, even though he is a former pastor, he does not send Slack messages as seven-point-sermons, full of alliterations from recent backpacking trips. He and his wife, Kaitlin, have three kids.
KA Thierfelder
Katherine Anne (AKA Kat, AKA KA) is TPO’s newest writer. Though she’s the greenest in the Google doc, she’s no stranger to a keyboard. She loves church planting and writing fantasy novels in her spare time. She hates cruises. Her catchphrase is “Blessed are the flexible,” and we’ve loved helping her stay blessed by tagging her into a variety of tasks.
Joe Kim
If you don’t like Joe… you’re the problem. He remembers the names and life stories of everyone he’s ever bumped into, and uses this superpower to make everyone feel famous. Always has a new health obsession. He’s that smooth voice you love on TPO’s podcast. He and his wife, Emily, have three kids.
Sassy
I love Sassy. You love Sassy. We all love Sassy. Sassy is the least sassy person at TPO, and she is the reason that we don’t get booed out of inboxes by catching our (many) mistakes. She has the unique...privilege... that her daughter, Kathleen, is also her boss.
Courtney Davis
What doesn’t Courtney do? She handles HR, accounting, and staff retreats, and generally makes us seem more organized than we are. She’s extremely kind… unless you are playing competitive social deduction games—then the gloves come off. She and her husband, Tyler, have three kids.
Michala Cox
Michala is the real human who actually reads the replies from every reader and patiently solves the problems she didn’t create. Michala is deeply kind, impressively organized, and quietly distressed when meetings start late. When she is not working or confiscating Nerf guns, she spends her lavish free time working on her dissertation. She and her husband, Taylor, have three boys (and chickens!).
Miranda Colley
If you’ve ever laughed at how bad a TPO video was… that was before Miranda. She’s an award-winning cinematographer and upgraded us from shot-on-your-mom’s-flip-phone to shot-on-an-iPhone-25. After years living in the south, she is mildly confused why Iowa doesn’t shut down when there’s a dusting of snow.
Shadrach
We found Shadrach outside the TPO office and lured him inside with chocolate-covered espresso beans. Now, he lives in a drawer in Jason’s desk, eats all our snacks, and helps us solve just as many problems as he causes.
Matt DeLange
Will Bruno
Editorial Advisory Board
Matt and Will are our editors from across the aisle. One is an Ivy League-educated medical provider and the other is a lawyer—so they're stubborn. Despite their political differences, they work excellently together at reviewing our stories. Take notes, Congress.
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