About the Canvas Team

Here’s where you can meet our team. These are the people that we’re working along-side at Canvas. We are in great company, as you will see. Take a moment to get to know a little bit about these great people. If you would like to learn more about us, check out the ‘About Us’ page.

Robert Braden, Team Leader

Robert Braden

Robert graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004 with a degree in Computer Engineering. From 2004 to 2007, Robert worked as a Campus Minister with the Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship. Robert has been in England working with Canvas since 2007 and is married to Natalie (coincidentally, she also works for Canvas).

Natalie Braden

Natalie Braden

Natalie graduated from Atlanta Christian College in 2004 with a dual degree in Biblical Studies and Humanities. From 2004-2007 Natalie worked as a Campus Minister at Georgia Southern Christian Campus Fellowship and Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship. Natalie has been in England as a part of the Canvas team since fall 07. She and Robert joined forces officially in Marriage, June of 2008 and they had their first child Benjamin in May of 2009.

Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones

Nathan graduated from Atlanta Christian College in 2007 with a dual major in Humanities and Biblical Studies. Shortly after graduating, he joined the Canvas team in 2008 and has been working with them since.

Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Mike graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2007 he married Allison and started working at his family’s business as a manufacturing engineer. Mike has been working with Canvas since the fall of 2009.

Allison Thompson

Allison Thompson

Allison graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006 with a degree in Management. She worked as an intern at the Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship during 2006 to 2007 and married Michael following the internship. During 2008, she worked at Central Christian Church as the children’s minister and recently joined the Canvas team.

Jenn Sigg

Jenn Sigg

Jenn graduated from Georgia Tech in 2006 with a degree in Building Construction. She spent three years working as a campus minister at Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship. Jenn recently moved to England to join the Canvas team.

Jason Tatum

Jason Tatum

Jason Tatum is native to the beautiful city of Atlanta, GA, where we spent his early years traipsing through the woods of the outlying areas and generally getting into a lot of trouble. He graduated from Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in English Literature. While in university and out of university, Jason worked in various sectors of the non-profit industry, along with the church. Jason has served in Young Life, local churches, inner city programs, a socially-conscious business start-up, and more. Jason was a part of the first team of exchange students to work in the Globalscope ministry in Salamanca, Spain, where he performed several skits that were not that funny. He is currently serving with the Canvas team in Birmingham, England. He loves reading and writing and is known by almost all as Tatum. Tatum has never been to Disney World.

Caleb Mallard

Caleb Mallard

Caleb finished a degree in Theology in 2003, since then he has worked for a Church in Solihull, England as a youth worker and a pastor and has just come onto the Canvas staff part-time. He is married to Kate. Caleb loves Birmingham almost as much as he loves life itself.

Andrew Michael

Andrew Michael

Andrew graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in philosophy in 2008. Afterwards he spent a year as a Campus Minister with the Georgia Southern Christian Campus Fellowship. Andrew has just recently joined the Canvas team at the end of May 2010.

Josh Holt

Josh Holt

Josh graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005 with a degree in Psychology. From 2005 – 2007, Josh worked as a Campus Minister with the Georgia Southern Christian Campus Fellowship. Josh arrived in England working with Canvas in 2010 and is married to Rebekah. They have a little girl named Lilla Jane.

Rebekah Holt

Rebekah Holt

Rebekah graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University in 2004 with a degree in Textile Engineering. From 2004-2005 she worked at Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship as an intern. She and Josh married in September of 2007 and welcomed their first child Lilla Jane in April of 2010. From October 2005 until November 2010 she worked for a work apparel company in the US and she has recently joined the Canvas team.