Stan Kiste is co-founder and Executive Director of 3 Mile Project, a Christian youth center located in Walker, Michigan. Stan grew up on an apple orchard in West Michigan and earned a bachelor's degree in Biology from Calvin University and a master's degree in Resource Development from Michigan State University. He spent his youth dreaming about a career in youth ministry . not at all. God, however, had other plans and, as a result, Stan has invested the past 30+ years in church and parachurch ministries both as a volunteer and professional. As director of 3 Mile Project Stan leads Michigan's largest youth center and manages an organization that includes 36 paid staff and more than 2,400 registered volunteers. 3 Mile Project has welcomed more than 30,000 individual young people through its doors since its inception in 2010. Stan lives with his wife, Luanne, in Walker, Michigan in a neighborhood known as, believe it or not, Standale.