Meet the Staff

 Meet the Student Enlistment Staff

   
Craig Garrett

Craig Garrett
Director of Enlistment/Dean of Students
504.282.4455 ext. 3283
cgarrett@nobts.edu

Craig serves as Dean of Students and Director of Student Enlistment, and teaches in the seminary's  Psychology and Counseling program.  He and his wife, Phyllis, and their five children are from Texas, where Craig served as a counselor, chaplain, and university instructor.  They followed God's call to NOBTS in the summer of 2006 and have fallen in love with the city and with seminary students.

Michael Reed

Michael Reed
Associate Director of Enlistment
504.282.4455 ext. 3333
mreed@nobts.edu

Michael has been in New Orleans since 2006 when he began the Masters of Divinity in Christian Education.  Having completed that degree, Michael is currently working on his Masters of Church Music in Composition while serving as Children's Minister at Parkview Baptist Church in Metairie.  He and his wife Melody are both from Southeast Arkansas and are proud new parents to their son Samuel.

Debi Sharkey

Debi Sharkey, D.Ed.Min.
Assistant Director of Enlistment
504.282.4455 ext. 3222
dsharkey@nobts.edu

Debi has earned two degrees from NOBTS and teaches Women’s Ministry Courses as Adjunct Faculty in Leavell College. Though originally from South Florida, New Orleans has been home for her family for about twenty years. Debi and her husband Rick have three daughters and they minister at Celebration Church in Metairie.

Lesli Pitts

Lesli Pitts
Administrative Recruiter
504.282.4455 ext. 3303
lpitts@nobts.edu

Lesli came to New Orleans in August 2010 after serving 2 years with the IMB as a Journeyman. She is pursuing an M.A. in Missiology and volunteers with Inward Ministry, which reaches out to women in the adult entertainment industry on Bourbon Street. She and her husband Byron plan to do international missions after finishing seminary.

Tyler Moore

Tyler Moore
BCM Recruiter
504.282.4455 ext. 3232
tmoore@nobts.edu

Tyler is a graduate of East Texas Baptist University who came to New Orleans in 2011 to work on a Masters of Divinity Standard. He has served on church and campus ministry staffs in Louisiana and Texas.  A native of north Louisiana, Tyler is excited about his seminary journey and absolutely loves the city of New Orleans.

Matthew Stevens

Matthew Stevens 
Baptist College Recruiter
504.282.4455 ext. 3341
mstevens@nobts.edu

A Mississippi native, Matthew has been in New Orleans since 2010 when he began the Masters of Divinity in Collegiate Ministry. His is currently serving at First Baptist Church in Kenner, and has served as Associate Youth Minister in both Mississippi and South Carolina. 

Laura Dingley Laura Dingley
Recruitment Counselor
504.282.4455 ext. 3343
ldingley@nobts.edu

Laura is from Middle Georgia, where she worked at the Macon Rescue Mission and also served as a youth leader.   She moved to New Orleans in August 2011 to start her Master’s in Marriage and Family Counseling at NOBTS.  She already loves the seminary and the city.

 


Contact the Office of Student Enlistment: Monday-Friday, 8:00-5:00 CST

1-800-NOBTS-01 (1-800-662-8701) ext. 3303 

enlistment@nobts.edu

 

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