Staff
Dean Owens
deano@live.unc.edu
Campus Minister
Dean spent his early years in Charleston, SC but grew up in the great state of Virginia. He started going to church when he was 16 and decided to follow Jesus shortly after. He went on to Mid-Atlantic University and later to Hope International University for grad school. He’s been serving students at UNC since 2004 because Jesus called us to be a force for good and restoration to change the world and college students are crazy enough to believe they can do it. He loves seeing students lives changed by the Spirit and how they share that with their friends and community around them. He’s married and has two amazing kids. There’s been a number of hobbies over the years. Playing music, building guitar amps, riding motorcycles, and most recently, getting really interested in cooking. He likes just about anything that involves hands-on creating/fixing and learning. Favorite bassist - Victor Wooten. Favorite book - The Hiding Place. Favorite color - Green (like there’s any other choice).
Brittany Bergman
brittany.bergman92@gmail.com
Campus Minister
Brittany grew up in West Plains, Missouri, a small town in south central MO. She attended college at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Religious Studies with a Minor in Communications. She was involved in Christian Campus House (CCH) while in college and learned more about God and growing deeper in her faith. One year after college, Brittany spent a semester in Santiago, Chile joining the Globalscope team El Oasis for an internship in international Campus Ministry. It was in Chile, where Brittany felt the call to go into full time campus ministry. She did a year long internship with CCH in Springfield, MO focusing on Women’s and international ministry. She joined the Campus Christian Fellowship (CCF) staff in 2018, moving from MO to NC was following God’s call to pursue ministry. Brittany has a heart for missions and serving others and loves to encourage others in their walk with Christ. She is a big fan of her cat Mr. Phoebs, TV and Movies, all things blue, the beach and getting coffee/ lunch with students on campus.
Melanie Irizarry
melanie22445@gmail.com
Campus Minister Intern
Melanie was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and moved to Mayberry (Dobson), North Carolina when she was a young girl. She went to an early college and decided to continue her education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GO HEELS!). She worked all over campus from the library, to Carolina Performing Arts, to working for a local church, Trailhead, as a youth director. While in college, she was a leader in CCF's ministry and exponentially grew her faith and became passionate about missions, learning the Word, and helping others in their faith journey. She graduated UNC in 2022 with a bachelor's in Human Development and Family Studies & English with a concentration of American and British Literature. Being a UNC alumna she has decided to come back to UNC to spread the gospel to college students, so she is interning on staff with CCF and is excited for this upcoming semester! In her free time she loves reading, hiking, binging Netflix shows, and playing board games with friends! She also loves to answer any first year questions about UNC and how they can prepare to be successful at Carolina!
Joshua Clark
clarkjoshua2202@gmail.com
Campus Minister Volunteer
Joshua was born and raised in Southern California where he attended California State University Fullerton. He moved to North Carolina in order to be closer to his sister while she was working on getting a PhD in analytical chemistry. Joshua was able to attended CCF connect groups via zoom during the quarantine period of Covid, he immediately fell in love with the community and devotion to growing closer to Christ that CCF shared. He began to help leading a connect group and now serves as a men's minister with CCF. He is a big sports fan and loves going to Hurricanes games.
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