Urbana 06 Speakers
Lisa Espineli Chinn
Director,
International Student Ministries
InterVarsity/USA
Madison, WI
Lisa Espineli Chinn was born in Quezon City, Philippines. After completing a B.S. in Foreign Service from the University of the Philippines, she joined Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Philippines as a campus staff worker. Three years later, she took a study leave to do graduate work at Wheaton Graduate School in Illinois. After finishing her M.A. in Communications at Wheaton, she worked with international students for InterVarsity in Philadelphia for a year. Lisa returned to work with Inter-Varsity in the Philippines, where she pioneered the Literature Department and Grad Teams throughout the country. She later returned to the United States, where she served for 18 years as a campus staff worker with InterVarsity, along with her husband, Leiton Chinn, in the greater Washington D.C. area. Lisa is known for her pioneering work in international student re-entry.
She currently serves as the Director of International Student Ministries for InterVarsity/USA. She and her husband, Leiton, have three children, Lani, Eric and Lea. In her spare time, she enjoys watercolor painting, scrapbooking, and reading.

