Tom Lin

After graduating from Harvard, Tom planted new chapters at Harvard and Boston University, worked as HR Director of a Fortune 500 company, and served as Leadership Pastor in San Francisco. Later, Tom served as IFES Director of Mongolia. After moving back to the U.S., Tom served as Regional Director for Central U.S. Currently, Tom serves as InterVarsity’s Vice President of Missions and Director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference. Tom is happily married to Nancy, his wife of 15 years. Together they love going on world adventures with their two daughters, Abby (11) and Olivia (9).

Contributions by Tom Lin

One of the things I love about Urbana is the opportunity to connect with many brothers and sisters serving in IFES student movements around the world. But often I am asked, “Why do we need IFES, and why does InterVarsity need to be part it?”