Jacinta Tegman serves as the Chief Executive Officer for CRISTA, a Seattle-based family of Christian ministries whose mission is to fearlessly declare the Gospel, with Biblical truth and love, to lead generations to follow Jesus through their ministries of education, media, senior living, and international relief/development. Jacinta’s leadership career has spanned 35 years in missions, church leadership, international relief and development, and organizational operations. This includes serving as a missionary for eight years in central Mexico, and four years as the Executive Director of a Washington state pastor’s coalition. She is also an ordained minister with 10 years’ experience as an associate pastor.
Jacinta is a summa cum laude graduate of Northwest University with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management. In addition, she holds a Master’s degree (MA) in Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University. Jacinta and her husband Roger are the proud parents of three adult children, eight grandsons and one granddaughter.
