Pattie Shoener
Director of MissionLab Program
Pattie has a heart for missions and ministry in the city of New Orleans. As Director of MissionLab, she oversees all aspects of the program and makes sure our participants have the best possible mission experience in New Orleans. She has served at NOBTS as director of human resources and at Each One Save One as Executive Director. Pattie is a huge New Orleans Hornets fan!

Rob Wilton
Youth Camp Pastor
Rob was born and raised in New Orleans, but spent his high school and college years in South Carolina. After graduating from NGU in South Carolina, Rob and his wife moved to New Orleans to begin an MDiv at NOBTS. Although Hurricane Katrina temporarily removed them from New Orleans, they returned as Rob was called to serve as Camp Pastor of the MissionLab program. Over the last four years, he has spoken to thousands of youth, college, adult, and senior groups in this city and around the country. During this time, God also called Rob and his family to plant Vintage Church in New Orleans in 2008. Rob is married to Annabeth, has a one-year old boy named Bolt, and they are expecting twins this summer. He enjoys exploring New Orleans with his family, playing basketball and golf, reading, traveling, and watching the New Orleans Saints while eating gumbo.

Bob Jackson
Adult and Family Programs
Bob has served with MissionLab since September 2005. He has a passion for missions, having served with the International Mission Board for 10 years working among Muslims in restricted access countries. Bob has a pastor’s heart and desires to lead others to have a passion for missions and reaching the lost for Christ. Bob is a graduate of NOBTS and New Orleans is his hometown.

Sarah Barnett
Ministry Sites
Sarah grew up in New Orleans and has felt called to missions since she was in high school. She has traveled all over the world but always manages to find her way back home. She is passionate about social justice, especially concerning the welfare of children both here and around the world. Sarah is pursuing an MDiv in Urban Missions at NOBTS, and like any New Orleans girl, she loves jazz, crawfish, and cafe au lait.

Stacy Ellis
Administration
Stacy hails from the good ol’ southern state of North Carolina, but her heart was drawn to the people of New Orleans back in 2005 after serving at a shelter for Katrina victims. She had a blast working at MissionLab as a summer missionary for two summers, and she felt the Lord leading her to move to New Orleans full-time after graduating from North Carolina State University in 2009. Stacy is passionate about ministering to youth and sharing with them the love and grace that Christ has graciously shown to her. She also loves playing sports, traveling, laughing, and Bojangles, and she is a zealous fan of the NCSU Wolfpack.

Travis Manint
Communications
Travis is extremely gifted in working with anything that falls under the category of media and marketing communications. His drive and focus is to see the Glory of Christ proclaimed through creativity and technology. Travis is from the New Orleans area and been leading MissionLab’s communication design and production since 2007. He has been working in ministry since he was saved at Northshore Church in Slidell back in 2003. He also serves on staff as the Creative Arts Director at Vintage Church in Uptown New Orleans and is the Production Manager for the Andrew Ogea Band. Travis loves Jesus, Starbucks Green Tea, and anything with an Apple Logo.

Adam Fontana
Marketing
Adam has been working with MissionLab since the summer of 2007 when he worked as a summer missionary leading groups from all over the country into the city of New Orleans to work and minister. The two summers he worked as a summer missionary for MissionLab (2007 & 2008) confirmed his calling into ministry and deepened his desire to see people from New Orleans and ALL nations come into a love relationship with Jesus Christ. Adam leads worship with the Andrew Ogea Band as the drummer/percussionist and is a part of a new church plant in New Orleans, Vintage Church. He currently attends the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s undergraduate college and is a New Orleans native. Adam enjoys traveling, whitewater rafting, the Saints (WHO DAT!!), and cheese.

Mike Porfiris
Video and Media
Mike was born and raised in south Florida. During a youth camp experience in the summer of 2006, the Lord dragged him up from the dirt that was his life. Mike moved to New Orleans in August of 2007 to attend Leavell College after a year break from school. When he came to the city, he fell in love with it, and his heart broke for the people of New Orleans. Mike’s desire in life is to glorify Christ completely in everything he does. He spends way too much money on books, and he loves to learn, eat sushi, and travel.