Our Staff
Rev. Dr. John Leedy (he/him)
Baylee Davis, M.Div (she/her)
Rev. Dr. John Leedy (he/him)
Executive Director
John is a Presbyterian pastor and has a bi-vocational calling, serving as both the Executive Director of kin•dom community and the Associate Pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX. He holds a B.A. in Youth & Family Ministry from Abilene Christian University, an MDiv. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminar
Executive Director
John is a Presbyterian pastor and has a bi-vocational calling, serving as both the Executive Director of kin•dom community and the Associate Pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX. He holds a B.A. in Youth & Family Ministry from Abilene Christian University, an MDiv. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Christian Formation and Liturgical Theology also from APTS. He is a Benedictine Oblate of St. Meinrad Archabbey, has a long history of camp & conference work, and lives in Austin with his wife and pastoral colleague, Rev. Dr. Krystal Leedy, along with their two daughters.
John came on staff as a camp counselor at the first ever kin•dom camp in Texas and knew immediately that this work would not only change his life, but would change the lives of countless other LGBTQIA+ young people who are in need of brave spaces marked by love, inclusion, care, and celebration.
John enjoys camping and hiking, working out and gardening, collecting rocks and camp stickers, crafting and travel, playing the bagpipes, and generally whatever else his enneagram 7 leads him to explore.
Andy Hackett (he/him)
Baylee Davis, M.Div (she/her)
Rev. Dr. John Leedy (he/him)
Program Director
Andy is a senior at Texas Woman's University majoring in Child Development and minoring in Political Science. He is a Presidential Scholar and a member of the Jane Nelson Institute Legacy Leaders at TWU. He is also a certified lifeguard and is a level 1 challenge course practitioner.
Andy grew up attending a specialty camp
Program Director
Andy is a senior at Texas Woman's University majoring in Child Development and minoring in Political Science. He is a Presidential Scholar and a member of the Jane Nelson Institute Legacy Leaders at TWU. He is also a certified lifeguard and is a level 1 challenge course practitioner.
Andy grew up attending a specialty camp for children with celiac disease, and after coming out as transgender, he thought "We need a camp like this for LGBTQ+ kids"- and kin•dom camp was born!
Andy develops programs and activities that happen at camp, including Young Adult Leadership Training. He also helps us find and train the amazing individuals that join our summer staff to make camp possible.
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Baylee Davis, M.Div (she/her)
Baylee Davis, M.Div (she/her)
Baylee Davis, M.Div (she/her)
Creative Director
Baylee is a graduate of Iliff School of Theology and holds a Masters of Divinity with a concentration in gender and sexuality. Prior to seminary, she earned her BA in Psychology with a social sciences minor from the University of North Texas. In addition to her work with kin•dom, she is also the Director of Communications
Creative Director
Baylee is a graduate of Iliff School of Theology and holds a Masters of Divinity with a concentration in gender and sexuality. Prior to seminary, she earned her BA in Psychology with a social sciences minor from the University of North Texas. In addition to her work with kin•dom, she is also the Director of Communications at Faith UMC in Denton.
Baylee's role at kin•dom community encompasses social media, development of camp theme, curriculum, and music, and curating space for folks to find community and do their own meaning-making.
Baylee is passionate about queer theology, being an enneagram 4, queso and Dr. Pepper, game nights, Untamed by Glennon Doyle, and being in the mountains. She lives with her fiancée and their two puppies in North Texas.