Board of Trustees

A message from the Chairman,

This year, Trinity Christian School opened its doors with a record number of students and a new building that includes a gym, a performing arts center, and additional classrooms and labs. It enables us to offer a richer and more varied education, centered on Christ and pursuing excellence for the mind and heart.

Looking back over the past 22 years at Trinity, it is thrilling to see all that God has done in our midst. From 41 students and three faculty members located in Truro Episcopal Church, we have progressed to a school on a beautiful campus with over 600 students and a varied and gifted faculty and administration.

As we look ahead, we are excited about the even greater impact that our school will have on the lives of our students and their world in the years ahead. As Trinity expands and matures, it will not only continue to have an eternal impact on the lives of its students; it will also equip them to engage and change the culture around us.

Arne Christenson
Chairman 

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Arne Christenson, Chairman

Mr. Christenson is the Senior Vice President for Federal Government Affairs with the American Express Company. He has served on Trinity's board of trustees previously as board chairman and chairman of the advancement committee during the Phase I Capital Campaign. Mr. Christenson has three sons attending Trinity.  

John Colston III, Vice-Chairman

Mr. Colston is the President of Virginia Imports, Ltd. 

Alan Lee, Treasurer

Mr. Lee is a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He attends The King's Chapel and currently serves as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. He has five children; all are currently attending Trinity.

Patricia Eller, Secretary

Mrs. Eller serves as Secretary of the Trinity Board of Trustees and is a member of the Advancement Committee.  She served three of her five years on the PTO Executive Board as President of the Trinity Parent-Teacher Organization.  Mrs. Eller also served on the most recent Headmaster Search Committee.  She has three children, including a daughter and a son attending Trinity.

Kimberlee Colby

Mrs. Colby is a Senior Counsel for the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom.  She also served on the Grant Review Committee for the Alliance Defense Fund from 1994-2004. She has been a member of the Church of the Apostles (Anglican) in Fairfax since 1981, sometimes serving as a Sunday school teacher or youth group volunteer.  She is the mother of two sons, Douglas, a 2008 Trinity graduate who attended Trinity from first through twelfth grades (except fifth), and Robby, who attended Trinity from 1993-2001.

J. Robert Flores

Mr. Flores is President of Hampton Road Strategies, LLC, and teaches Sunday School at Fourth Presbyterian Church.  He is currently leading the Risk Management Task Force for the board of trustees.  He has three children attending Trinity.

Thomas Freiling

Mr. Freiling joined the board in 2009. He is the President and CEO of Samaritan Fundraising. He has one son who graduated from Trinity and another son who is a current student.

Andrew Kuniholm

Mr. Kuniholm joined the board in 2009. He is President of SMS Direct. Two of his children have graduated from Trinity and one is currently a student there.

William Moss

Mark Troutman

Colonel Troutman serves in the U.S. Army as the Deputy Chair of the Department of Economics at the National Defense University. He has two students currently attending Trinity.

David Vanderpoel, Ph.D.

Dr. Vanderpoel is Headmaster and CEO of Trinity Christian School and holds a B.A. in history from Wheaton College, an M.A. in European history from Adelphi University, an M.A.R. in theological studies from Westminster Seminary, and a Ph.D. in the history of early modern Europe from New York University. Immediately prior to his service at Trinity, he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of American Medical Diagnostics Incorporated. From 1997-2001, Dr. Vanderpoel was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers as the National Human Resources Leader for insurance services. He served from 1984-1996 in the pastoral ministry as Senior Pastor of the New Hyde Park Baptist Church in Long Island, New York.  Dr. Vanderpoel has been an adjunct faculty member of Adelphi University and Patrick Henry College. The Vanderpoels have one son attending Trinity and two sons who are Trinity graduates studying at Wheaton College.

Graham Walker, Ph.D.

Dr. Walker joined the board in 2009. He is currently the President of Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia.