UVM Chi Alpha Staff Team

Joe Gavin

Joe has served with Chi Alpha for over 20 years. He attended The New England Conservatory of Music, where he received a Bachelor of Music in clarinet performance.

After serving with Chi Alpha at Western Washington University for 6 years, Joe pioneered UVM Chi Alpha with his wife, Rachel, in 2008. He also serves as the Northern New England Chi Alpha District Director. He is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God.

He has three children, and loves running, ice cream, and the New York Yankees (on his best days in that order).

Lisa Marie Thibault

Lisa Marie has been involved with UVM Chi Alpha since 2018. Her primary role is working with student leaders of CrossRoads, our outreach to international students. Her educational background is in Deaf Studies and Human Services. Her other areas of ministry include ministry to the deaf, immigrants, and refugees. She is an ordained minister and serves as the Northern New England District Director of Intercultural Ministries with the Assemblies of God. Lisa Marie loves being on campus at UVM, where her husband attended when they were first married. She and her husband have five children and live close to where they first met in high school.