Meet the Staff

Jeff Peterson served on the school board of NCS for many years. Over the years, he has been active in many facets of school operations from fundraising to construction projects. He has an education degree in mathematics from Bob Jones University and received a master's degree from The Ohio State University in mathematics. Jeff's passion is that NCS be a cooperative effort of the parents, students and faculty in pointing kids to Christ and preparing them for a life of service in the church. Jeff has a daughter who is a 2019 graduate of NCS and a son who graduated in 2022. He and his wife, Jane, have a son at NCS.

Jesse began his ministry with Calvary Bible Church and NCS in 2016. He is a graduate of Cedarville University where he studied Elementary Education and Spanish. In 2020, Jesse received his Master's in Educational Leadership from American College of Education and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction. He is married to Emily Stout, our Spanish teacher, and they have 2 beautiful kids, Noah and Eliza. Jesse demonstrates a love for Christ and his people by sacrificially pouring his life into the lives of others with great compassion, boldness for Christ and dedication to excellence in the classroom.

Mary has an Associate degree in Office Administration from Kent State University. She has three children at NCS.

Prior to joining NCS, Ashley owned and managed logistics and administration in multiple small businesses. She began her service at Northside in 2017. She has four children attending Northside. Her favorite verse is Philippians 4:8.

Kathy attended Joliet Jr. College and Columbus State. She began her service at Northside in 2007. Kathy's favorite verses are Isaiah 40:21-26.

Graduate of the Northside class of 2004, Katie is back at NCS after spending 10 years teaching at Harding University, a Christian college in Searcy, Arkansas. There she served as an assistant professor of communications and marketing as well as director of student media. She and her husband, Nate (whom she met in 8th grade at Northside), have one son who will be attending NCS this fall. Katie's favorite Bible verse is James 1:2-3.

Eric began his ministry at Calvary in July 2010. He and his wife, Cindy, have been involved in church planting, missions, music ministry, evangelism, and pastoral work. His greatest love is to make disciples by following the pattern that Christ Himself gave in the Gospels. Preaching God's Word flows from a heart that loves God, loves people, and desires to see them grow in grace and knowledge of Christ. Eric and Cindy have three married children. Carissa is the wife of Todd Davis and mother to their five children. After planting a church and faithfully shepherding there for nine years, they are pursuing a church planting ministry in Marseille, France. Quentin is married to Brittany, and they have three children. He is finishing his seminary work, and he works as a realtor in Columbus, OH. Hunter is married to Nikki, and they have three children. He is currently Pastor of a church plant in Blacklick, OH, Good Shepherd Bible Church.