Steven P. Carpenter is a retired Coast Guard officer, now the Director of Development and Church Relations for MennoMedia. He and his wife Chris Carpenter in Harrisonburg, VA. They recently became grandparents and use the names Opa and Oma. Steven graduated from the CG Academy, B.S., in 1977, Tulane University, MBA, in 1986 and Eastern Mennonite Seminary, MAR, in 2011. He was raised Presbyterian and is a first generation Mennonite.