Bart Woods - Founder

Bart was born and raised in Cedar Rapids. He attended Polk Elementary, Franklin Middle School, and graduated from Washington High School in 1981.

Bart has been married to his high school sweetheart, Jenny, for over 36 years, and they have four children and two rambunctious dogs.

As the owner of Primus Companies, for the past 17 years, and an Elder at the Cedar Rapids Veritas Church, Bart has been able to see, first hand, the positive affect a community center can have on low income neighborhoods, and he wants to see that type of encouraging change happen in Wellington Heights and Mound View.

Anne Legree - Team Member

Ann graduated from Mount Mercy College and because of the opportunities and community in Cedar Rapids she chose to stay to start her life.

Ann attends Veritas Church and volunteers with City Life Sports, a ministry of Youth for Christ. Ann's desire to be involved in this project has been building for more than a decade when she was a volunteer with the HD Youth Center and Catherine McAuley Center. Ann is most interested in the youth programming that will be offered.

ricky Legree - Team Member

Ricky was born and raised in Oceanside, CA. After obtaining a degree in Computer Science from Cornell College in 2005.

Ricky decided to stay and work in Iowa, and he currently works at Collins Aerospace as a Sr. Engineering Manager, managing a team of Software Engineers. Ricky has been involved in various local sports leagues and even coached college football for 3 years at Coe College several years ago.

Ricky is married to Ann and they have two young kids. His family attends Veritas Church in Downtown Cedar Rapids, and in the Summer, you can find them at Redmond Park, running a sports clinic through Heartland YFC's City Life Sports ministry.

Mark Moyer - Team member

Mark has had the privilege of serving as the Executive Director at Heartland Youth for Christ for the last 9 years.

Mark loves serving teens and is humbled to be serving on the board for the Kingdom Community Center. Mark married his high school sweetheart, Pam. They have been married for 26 years and have two awesome kids, Trevor and Peighton. In his spare time he enjoys music, reading, and hanging with his family.

Adolfo Murillo - Team member

Adolfo is a father of two girl's and two huskies. He is also a car enthusiasts, proud Mexican-Italian and a follower of Jesus!

Though he still has much to learn about God's plan for his life, he feels called to help others develop a relationship with God, and Adolfo knows that the Kingdom Community Center will be a great platform for him to do just that!

Nikki Rowland - Team member

Nikki grew up in Wellington Heights and graduated from Washington High School. After graduating from Coe College, she began teaching and coaching at Washington HS. After seven years of working at Washington HS, Nikki became a middle school administrator and worked at McKinley and Wilson Middle Schools. With a total of 13 years in the school district, Nikki left to become the manager at Farrell's Extreme Bodyshaping. She currently manages the Cedar Rapids C Street location as well as the Bettendorf 53rd Ave location.