Executive Board

Deb grew up in the Puget Sound region of Washington state.  She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and later earned her Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Northwest University where she currently teaches graduate psychology.  Deb developed a heart for missions during a mission trip to Mexico in high school.  Her passion for missions, specifically in Jamaica, began in 1995 when she and her then fiance helped build a church in Jamaica with other students from The Inn at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA.  Three months later, she and Joe married and returned to Jamaica for 10 days.  Deb's involvement with WSL began in 1992 and has impacted her development into a leader.  Deb brings a combination of experiences and passion for her faith into Apex Ministries to help keep the ministry growing.  Her favorite part of working with Apex Ministries is developing and implementing the mission trips!  In her spare time Deb loves being a mom and wife as well as camping, hiking, and playing with her dogs.  To reach Deb, email her at deb@apexministries.org or call (206) 683-1887.

Joe Culver

Joe grew up in a small suburb of Seattle where he met his wife Deb during his freshman year in high school.  He graduated with a degree in business from the University of Washington.  After graduation, Joe continued his career with Costco Wholesale.  He worked his way up to Director in the Executive Membership Department where he was key in developing several major services.  Joe later spent 2 years working as Vice President of Business Development at TeamOn Systems, a wireless software company which was purchased by Research In Motion (makers of Blackberry).  In 2001 Joe felt God leading him to start his own business.  Through a strong trust in God, Thrive Community Fitness was born.  He leads the company as President and CEO.  Joe loves "living his faith out loud" and is able to be a visionary for Apex Ministries as well as a leadership and Mission Team Leader.  In his spare time, Joe loves to adventure race, work out, and spend time with his family.  Joe can be reached by email at joe@thrivecf.com or phone at (206) 769-5787.

Aaron Culver

Aaron grew up on Mercer Island just outside of Seattle, WA.  He graduated from Mercer Island High School in the mid 90’s and went on to attend the University of Washington.  In college Aaron was very active in his fraternity, Theta Chi, and served as House Manager during his Junior and Senior years.  He graduated with a BA in Business Management and obtained his real estate license to pursue a profession in commercial real estate.  He began his career at The Staubach Company, working for a seasoned team of professionals in the Seattle office.  Born with an entrepreneurial spirit he was quickly drawn to the excitement and opportunity of starting and building a new company.  He spent the year of 2000 as the Director of Business Development for a small start-up in the Tacoma, WA area.  Later he moved on to work with his brother Joe in starting and building Thrive Community Fitness, where he serves as the Operations Officer for the company.  Aaron’s main passion is in leadership training and development and serves Apex Ministries as board member and mission trip advisor.  In his spare time Aaron enjoys mountain climbing, hiking, and competing in triathlons.  Aaron can be contacted at aaron@thrivecf.com or (206) 890-4788.

Jeff Wolf

Jeff grew up in suburb of Seattle, WA known as Bothell.  After graduating from Bothell High School, he received his 4 year BS degree in Human Resource Management with an emphasis in Business Communications and Industrial Organizational Psychology at Western Washington University.  After graduation, he worked in the banking industry for over 17 years, primarily in Commercial Lending and now serves as the CFO at Thrive Community Fitness and is the Treasurer of Apex Ministries.  Jeff is married to his beautiful bride, Michelle for 20 years and enjoys sharing he and Michelle’s many adventures with their three children Renee, Julia and Marcus.  Jeff can be reached at jeff@thrivecf.com or (206) 940-3120.