Jeff Landis – Senior Pastor	Pastor Jeff Landis has been the pastor of Covenant since 1986. Born into a Christian family in Indiana, Jeff moved to California when he was a teenager and met his wife Donna in high school. After graduating from Reformed Bible College with a BRE, Pastor Landis continued his education at Westminster Seminary in California earning both MAR and M-Div degrees. He is currently completing his Doctor of Ministry at Reformed Theological Seminary.   As senior pastor at Covenant, Jeff’s shepherding responsibilities include preaching and teaching, working with the Session to set the direction of the congregation, and working with the church staff on a daily basis. Pastor Landis also serves on the presbytery’s Home Missions Committee and the denomination’s Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension. A former radio announcer and producer, Jeff’s messages can be heard on the weekly radio program Wisdom for Living. Jeff and Donna have two college age sons, Ben and Joel.
Graham Harbman – Associate Pastor	Prior to his current career as pastor, Graham Harbman served twelve years in the Navy as a helicopter pilot and pilot instructor. As Associate Pastor at Covenant, Graham’s responsibilities include leading worship, directing our Youth and Young Adult Ministries and overseeing Covenant’s Christian Education Ministry. Graham is also serving as a chaplain in the Army Reserve and recently completed a year of active duty as chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.   Graham and his wife Carla and their three children enjoy bicycling, hiking and camping in the great outdoors. At home they enjoy making puzzles and experimenting with homemade smoothies (something Graham is famous for!). One of Graham’s favorite passages is 1 Peter 1:3-9 – “because it speaks so well of God’s mercy and how rich we are through Jesus Christ, and how God is using all our sorrow in this life to prepare us for an eternity of rejoicing in His love.”
Randy Franklin – Elder	Randy is employed by Cisco Systems as a financial controller in their service organization. Originally from Seattle, Randy moved to San Jose when he was in grade school and has been a part of the Covenant OPC family since 1968. Randy currently serves as our Sunday School Superintendent. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, working around the house and reading – especially history. Randy’s wife Nancy is a teacher at Valley Christian and they have two adult daughters.
Jim Huizinga - Elder	Golf, financial planning, genealogy, attending family events, and gold dredging with his sons are a few of Jim's favorite activities. He and his wife, Audrey, have two sons, three grandsons and two granddaughters. An aerospace engineer now retired from Lockheed, Jim enjoys classical and American folk music, Civil War history books, and mystery novels (particularly Agatha Christie). One of Jim’s favorite passages is Romans 8:28, 29. "It truly summarizes God’s promises, steps in the process of salvation, and God’s unfathomable love."
Don Jamieson - Elder	A retired school principal, Don is a self-employed handyman, a member of our presbytery’s credentials committee, and performs the duties of clerk of the presbytery. Don and his wife, Beverly, have six children, many grandchildren, and an ever growing number of great-grandchildren. Don enjoys gardening and reading and loves traveling and leading historical tours in the British Isles. One of Don’s favorite passages is Ephesians 2:8, 9. "It demonstrates the necessity of faith, that faith is a gift, and that good works follow."
Rob Starke – Elder	A graduate of Westminster Seminary in California, Covenant’s newest elder, Rob Starke, is a teacher at The King’s Academy in Sunnyvale. In addition to teaching, he coaches their growing football team, leads yearly student trips to England and Mexico and is much loved by his students. Rob and his wife, Jan, have two college-age children. In his spare time he remodels his house and does extreme make-overs on his vehicles.
Glenn Timmons – Elder	Growing up on a farm in Missouri during the Great Depression taught Glenn dependence on God’s grace for living, and he became a committed believer during his teenage years. During his twenty-one years in the US Marine Corps, Glenn met his wife Marilyn, and served faithfully in churches wherever he was stationed. Upon retiring from the Marine Corps, Glenn spent the next twenty-five years in the banking industry. Glenn has been a ruling elder in the PCUSA, the PCA and the OPC. He serves on the Presbytery’s Diaconal Committee and currently leads the Missions Ministry Team at Covenant. Glenn and Marilyn have three adult children and three grandchildren, and visit them in Kansas City as often as they can.
John Bost – Deacon	A Senior Production Planner at PerkinElmer Optoelectronics in Fremont, John enjoys spending time with his family. Many of their family activities revolve around a shared love of baseball and softball. John and his wife Gaye have five children and love names that begin with the letter ‘A’ -especially, Allyssa, Alex, Ashley, Allison and Andrew.
Andrew Buckingham - Deacon	Andrew is currently employed by NETGEAR in their Finance organization, and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.  Snow skiing, strategy board games (Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride, to name a few), and slowly reading a good book rank as some of his favorite pastimes.  Andrew and his wife Heather of five years are blessed with their energetic daughter Ella, born in 2006.  He is excited to contribute and be a part of a dynamic, Bible believing, Christ-centered church.
Dave Hill - Deacon	A middle school teacher since 1991, Dave is currently teaching algebra to eighth graders at Dartmouth Middle School. At Dartmouth, Dave met his wife Kimberly while he was chaperoning a Valentine's Day dance. In addition to his teaching duties, Dave leads a group of over a hundred students every year on a week long study tour of Washington D. C. Dave has been attending Covenant since 1997. In his spare time Dave loves to read and follow his beloved Pittsburg Steelers. His greates passion, however, is spending time with his daughters Kristin and Kenzie.
Dan Sorenson - Deacon	Working nights and early mornings, Dan is a Field Manager and Scheduler with Allied Barton Security Services. He enjoys a variety of interests including reading and studying - history, theology, the Bible, and Latin -- as well as more physical pursuits such as running, cycling, and playing with his children. Dan and his wife Sommer home school their three children, Fiona, Brenna, and Liam. Dan makes time in his busy life for playing classical music on the piano, and admits to enjoying Star Wars!
Steve Trigero – Deacon	When he’s not busy doing diaconal work for Covenant, Steve is employed as a software engineer by Xicom Technology. In his limited spare time he enjoys gardening and playing video games in between reading history, theology and mystery/spy novels. Steve can be found as the “man behind the scenes” at most of Covenant’s functions. Steve and his wife Melissa have been married for 21 years and have attended Covenant since 1998. He is the father of five children.