Meet our staff team
The Penn State Navigators staff team is passionate about helping Penn State students discover and grow in a relationship with Jesus. Whether you're a student who is exploring a relationship with Jesus for the first time, or someone who is looking to grow in your faith in college, our goal is to help you in that journey. Get to know more about our staff by reading their bios.
Brad & Robin Jones
Campus Director & Associate Director
Brad has been serving with The Navigators since 2007, including 6 years at the University of Alabama. Since 2013, Brad has served as the assistant director and staff trainer at Penn State, and in 2019 Brad became the campus director. Brad loves helping students and staff experience the power of God's grace bring greater freedom and joy in their relationship with God. Brad is a 2005 graduate of Penn State, and loves all things outdoors and spends far too much time following Penn State football.
Robin met the Navigators as a student at Penn State in 2003. She was thrilled to join Navigator staff in 2007 and spent her first two years at the University of Arizona. After those two years, Robin choose to go off of staff and worked in a hospital in Pittsburgh for four years. Those years were instrumental in teaching her what it looks like to walk with Jesus for a lifetime. In 2013 she rejoined Navigator staff, excited to help students see the power of Jesus' transformation in their lives. She then spent 6 years at University of California at Davis. As a lover of ice cream, the Penn State Creamery provided all the incentive she needed for her return to her alma mater in 2019!
James & Maggie McKee
Staff in Training
James and Maggie joined Navigators staff in 2021, right after graduating from the University of Connecticut! During their student years, they both experienced life transformation through the gospel, discipleship, and their relationship with one another.
James met the Lord during his sophomore year of college, after being invited to a men’s Bible study by a fraternity brother. The love of Jesus overwhelmed him, which ultimately led him to begin a relationship with Christ. He loves spending time alone with God, discipling young men, and playing chess!
Maggie began her walk with the Lord during her freshman year at UConn in 2018! Reading the Bible with the Navigators, practicing scripture memory, and learning her role in the Great Commission deeply changed her. She then decided to pass along these joys by joining full time staff! When she’s not on campus, she’s probably training their one-year-old golden retriever Po, baking, or photographing friends.
Savannah Swartz
EDGE Corps
Savannah graduated from Penn State in 2025. She was involved with Navigators all four years of college and growing in community with other believers is what made her realize her love for discipleship and sharing the gospel. Her junior year, she became a student leader in Navs and realized how much she loved college students and getting to share her life and faith with them.
We as a campus ministry and individual staff are fully supported by the generosity and partnership of others. If you would like to donate and partner with our staff in advancing the Gospel of Jesus and His kingdom into the nations through disciples, click on their photo. You may also give to the campus group of the Penn State Navigators by clicking the button below or going to our Donate page!