Staff – OSU Chi Alpha

CHI ALPHA STAFF

Brandon Garrett

Director

Brandon got involved in Chi Alpha as a freshman at Northeastern State University. He played on the worship team, spoke periodically and served in various leadership roles. It was at NSU that he met his future wife, Stacy, a transfer student from East Central University. Stacy graduated with a degree in Finance and works for an accounting firm. The Garretts have a daughter, Aubrey and a son, Elliot.

Brandon served as a Youth Minister for six years prior being drafted to the OSUXA Team in 2010 to help repioneer Chi Alpha at OSU. He served on staff for nine years before becoming the director in 2020.

The Garretts believe in this generation and have a passion to see the OSU campus transformed!

Leo & Rebecca Belovoskey

Men’s Discipleship Coordinator / International Students

Leo has been involved with Chi Alpha as a student and beyond for about 8 years. He first decided to follow Jesus for himself when he was a teenager. In addition to Chi Alpha, Leo has served in children’s ministry and youth ministry. Leo graduated from Texas A&M University with two degrees – in history and political science. In college he met his wife Rebecca who is also on staff with OSU Chi Alpha. While at A&M, they both attended and were in student leadership with Chi Alpha.

In 2018 Leo and Rebecca interned with Chi Alpha through the CMIT track of the Branding Iron Academy at Oklahoma State University Chi Alpha. Leo is now on staff with OSU Chi Alpha and is the Good Times Engineer for the team. Leo works to oversee fellowship events that help to bring all the students together in our Chi Alpha family outside of their individual small groups. In his free time Leo likes to go to museums and on road trips with Rebecca, read books, and watch sports, especially college football.

Finlea Baxter

Women’s Dicipleship Coordinator / Outreach

Finlea Baxter has been involved in Chi Alpha since 2015 first as a student and later on as a missionary starting 2018. She is also a proud Branding Iron Academy alumni and the Kids Director at Center Church in Stillwater.

Finlea first came to Christ on her twelfth birthday and has been following Christ ever since, whether it be through art, social media outreach, on-campus campus evangelism, event hosting, one on one discipleship, small group Bible study, or God only knows what else. In every sphere, Finlea’s job is basically to be a Jack-of-all-trades evangelism and chaos coordinator. When she’s not doing that, you can usually find her drawing or watching international movies.

Jasen & Alyssa Waterson

Men’s Discipleship

Jasen and Alyssa met in 2015 as members of the Housing & Residence Life staff at Northeastern State University. In January of 2017, while at World Missions Summit they both felt the call to give the first year after graduation to missions. They were married in spring of 2018, and following graduation later that spring, Jasen and Alyssa stepped in to lead the Chi Alpha group at Northeastern State for a year. After that school year, Jasen stayed on staff full time with NSU Chi Alpha, and Alyssa started working as a second grade teacher, as well as helping out with Chi Alpha. Early in 2022, Jasen and Alyssa felt God leading them to Stillwater so Jasen could complete a CMIT internship with Branding Iron Academy. During that time Alyssa worked as a middle school teacher in Cushing. Following his graduation from the internship, Jasen joined the staff team at Oklahoma State Chi Alpha, and Alyssa is continuing to teach with Cushing Public Schools.

Mars Ford

CMITe

John & Kathy Deisher

CMIT Administrator & Pastoral Supervisor

John & Kathy provide oversight and direction to the OSUXA CMIT program. Involved with Chi Alpha for 27 years, they are Nationally Appointed AG US Missionaries.

John and Kathy met in church where John served as a part-time youth pastor and Kathy worked in children’s ministry. Prior to their involvement in Chi Alpha, they served as youth pastors in several churches in Texas. In 1990, they became the senior campus pastors with Chi Alpha at Texas A&M University. In 2016, they stepped down from that role to develop and supervise the CMIT program at Oklahoma State University.

John enjoys having early morning coffee, just in time to see the sunrise. He has a strong passion for studying God’s Word with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as a favorite. After earning an A.A. degree (Sociology) and B.S. degree (Pastoral Ministry) from Southwestern Assemblies of God University, John went to the Assemblies of God Graduate School to earn his Master of Divinity. Years later, after rearing four children, John went back to school and earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He feels revived with good conversations and being able to train Christians to live out what they speak.

Kathy became a Christian as a university student and understands the difference knowing Christ can have in a college student’s life. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Houston – Clear Lake. She worked as the Business Office administrator for a local church while also ministering with Chi Alpha at Texas A&M. Being in the presence of the Lord and teaching others to hear God and to follow Him brings her great joy. She loves to practice hospitality, and we often hear that no one will ever go hungry if Kathy is near.

Together, John and Kathy reared four children: 1) Their oldest daughter, Peggy, married a minister, Nolan. They both work at SAGU and have children, Bailey and Micah. 2) Their son, John, graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree studying Computer Engineering. His wife, Sammi, has her degree from A&M in Animal Science and is currently studying Veterinary Medicine in Sydney, Australia.3 & 4) Mollie and Katie are identical twins, but they differ in many ways. Mollie is studying at Blinn College and will transfer to A&M. Katie is in transition of changing majors and plans to attend Oklahoma State University. John and Kathy have found great joy in watching their family grow up to serve God.

405-372-6504

231 S. Duck St

Stillwater, OK 74074