JESS STAINBROOK
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As Founder and Creative Director for 1615, Jess brings his 20+ years of broadcast production experience to this ministry, along with 8 Emmy Awards! www.pacificeastcreativeservices.com “Since I gave my life to Christ in 1989, I have felt called to utilize my skills in media to have a greater impact in the world.” It is with that mindset that the vision for 1615 was brought to fruition. Jess has been using his media and creative skills on a voluntary basis for various ministries since he and his wife, Keena, moved to Colorado in 1996.

The ministry beneficiaries of his skills are numerous and the impact of his work is inspirational and motivating to the variety of audiences these videos and programs have reached. Some of the projects he has produced and directed programs for include: The Homeless Initiative for John Hickenlooper, the Mayor of Denver and his program to eliminate homelessness, Sold Out on Super Sunday, the nationally broadcast story of athletes committed to Christ at the 2006 Superbowl, 24 hours of Moab – Recruiting promo for Team Ironclad, the Professional Christian Mountain Biking team, Turk 7 Christian Satellite Broadcasting in Istanbul, Turkey – Partnering with this existing ministry to provide quality Christian children’s programming (Babyfaith, Veggie Tales, etc.) in the country’s host language to 26 million Muslim viewers. Jess and Keena are also co-creators of the Babyfaith series of videos and book, reaching babies and families throughout the world with “baby-sized” bible stories. For more information, visit www.babyfaith.com.

FRANK BOKOSKI, JR.
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With almost 20 years of professional broadcast and television production experience, Frank is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of 1615. Frank moved to Colorado in July 2004, being felt called to work together with his friend Jess toward a “much higher goal” of providing media with a message to the masses. Frank is the wizard behind the curtain, handling a lot of the technical aspects of the ministry as it grows and mentoring our growing team of videographers, editors and creative staff. “People say managing creative people is like herding cats,” says Frank. “I see it as a way to disciple people in a powerful field virtually void of Christians.” Frank also serves as a music worship leader at “The Rock,” playing guitar and singing.

PATRICK CATANACH

With a passion for Christ and a desire to serve with his production skills, Patrick provides his technical and creative expertise to 1615 as part of our production team. After starting his own wedding video business with his wife Monica four years ago, Patrick’s skills have grown to encompass a wide variety of programming from producing, shooting and editing high-energy vignettes for church youth to handling all the production on a news/magazine program broadcast on a local television station. Patrick continues to add to the 1615 arsenal of production tools with his extensive DVD authoring experience and self-taught skills in 3D animation, Photoshop and compositing programs.

THE BOARD

1615 is run by a board of directors with a wide range of business and professional skills.