Staff

Our staff works to oversee and implement the day-to-day, week-to-week ministry of the church. They would be glad to hear from you and answer any questions you may have!

David Sherwood, Senior Pastor

David grew up in New Jersey. He received his B.A. from Duke University and his M.Div. and D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Ordained to the gospel ministry in 1988, he has served as Trinity’s senior pastor since 2005. David and his wife, Kim, live in Barrington and have four adult children and seven grandchildren. In his spare time David likes to watch documentaries and old sitcoms, listen to Bruce Cockburn and The Derek Trucks Band, and fuss over his old Mercedes diesels…unpersuasively trying to convince Kim that they were wise purchases.

Ryan Reed, Assistant Pastor

Ryan was born in Mountain View, California. Raised in a pastor’s home, Ryan moved with his family to Ottawa, Canada when his father accepted a call to pastor a church there. He was eleven at the time and is now a dual US-Canadian citizen. Ryan first felt called to ministry in his senior year of high school. He received his B.A. from Moody Bible Institute and his M.Div from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He holds a PhD in Theological Studies from the University of Toronto. Ryan’s doctoral research focuses on John Calvin’s thinking on happiness and human purpose. Ryan is married to Jenny, and has three children. In his spare time, he enjoys running and weight training, hiking with family and friends, and he aspires to learn to fly fish.

Michele Herford, Administrative Assistant

Nathaniel Koliyah, Ministry Intern

Nathaniel grew up in Liberia and immigrated into the US in 1994. He graduated from Roger Williams University in 1999 majoring in History and Paralegal Studies. He served in the US Army for eight years. Nathaniel is presently completing his Masters of Divinity with LAMP Theological Seminary and is the coordinator for Love-in-Action Tutorials to immigrants and the Liberian Community. He enjoys watching football/NE Patriots and Everybody Loves Raymond.

Travis Hutchinson, RUF Campus Minister

Travis was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and Charlotte, North Carolina. He went to Covenant College in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he played tennis and graduated with a degree in Economics in 2016. From there, he entered into a management development program at Unum Group, spending time in both Chattanooga and Portland, Maine, where he worked as an underwriter, managed a development team, and led customer research and user experience design sessions. Travis felt the Lord calling him to seminary in the spring of 2019, and he moved back to St. Louis to study at Covenant Theological Seminary. He graduated with a Masters of Divinity in 2022 and is now the RUF Campus Minister at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design.