Our leadership team, board of directors, and supporting churches
Ron Wolcott
Ron has just been selected as the Chief Executive Officer and Lead Chaplain for ARM as of FEB 2025 and has been ministering to the inmates of the Butte County Jail since 2021. He was born and raised in Oroville and has served on the ARM board since 2022. Ron has been a real estate investor and property manager since 2010. Ron has retired from public school teaching and the CA Army National Guard serving both for over 23 years. Ron is certificated from Wheaton College for Correctional Chaplaincy. Ron and his wife Kristi are members of the First Baptist Church of Gridley. 
Linda Reed is our lead female chaplain overseeing our Women's Ministries. Linda has been reaching out to inmates at the Butte County Jail since 2013. Linda is a member of the Evangelical Free Church of Oroville.
Ruth Ann McKalip
Ruth Ann serves the ARM board as the Secretary. She is retired from Butte College where she spent over twenty years helping students to overcome obstacles in the job search process, writing resumes and preparing for interviews. She now serves the foster youth community as a CASA - a Court-appointed Special Advocate, and is also an active member of Bidwell Presbyterian Church, along with her husband. |
Jonathan Dow
Jonathan Dow is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Oroville and joined the board of ARM in June of 2026. He has done many different jobs from working in a tech company to teaching at a private school. He loves serving the Lord the most and serves with his wife Ashley and their four boys. He tries to focus on the principles laid out in Acts 2:42 where the early church continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 
Earl Nelson
Earl Nelson has been a resident of Butte County at various times since 1975. Earl joined the ARM board in September 2025. Although his entire career has been in secular service as a land use planner and environmental permitting specialist, he comes from a large family with many Christian pastors and missionaries, and he has been a faithful Christian church member since his youth. Earl brings to this position past experience as a former board member of other Christian non-profit organizations. He looks forward to publicizing the opportunity for service in which other Christians can help bring hope and reconciliation to individuals who have been imprisoned by the state and federal legal systems. 
Henry Hansen
Henry is our ARM Board chair and has been on the board since 2022 and also ministers at the jail. He is Senior Pastor of Bidwell Presbyterian Church in Chico. He's the father of three children and married to Jenna, a physician. He moved to Chico in 2016 and loves serving Christ through ARM after serving as a missions pastor in Burlingame. Both he and his wife enjoy the community of Chico and serving Christ through work, volunteering, and especially - parenting. Henry is from Petaluma in Sonoma County. |