Jessica Liles – Trustee

Jessica joined Kibo’s board in 2024 and is the Director of Youth Ministry and the ELCA Youth Gathering for the Evangelical Lutheran in America (ELCA). She lives in Bentonville, Arkansas where she and her husband Joe, a pastor, planted The Neighborhood Church (TNC) in 2012. They have two children. Among her favorite hobbies are reading, gardening, traveling and hiking. Fun fact about Jessica: she grew just a quarter mile from the Canadian border in the Northeast corner of North Dakota.

What Jessica loves about Kibo: “Fellow board member Chad Smith introduced our church to Kibo in 2018 when we did an exploratory mission trip to Uganda. Ever since, I’ve been hooked and engaged in the mission and ministry of Kibo. In 2023, Chad and I brought eleven TNC members to Uganda for our first official mission trip. I am ever amazed by the work of Kibo and wonder how the Kibo Way can be shared far and wide.”