David joined the staff of River Road in April 2019 as the Minister of Pastoral Care. He is a graduate of Mississippi College (BA), the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv), Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University (DMin), and the College of William and Mary (MEd). David is also a Resident in Counseling with Westhampton Family Psychologists.

Cumulatively David has more than 30 years in ministry, serving churches as senior pastor and youth minister in Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, and Mississippi, as wells serving as a hospital chaplain in Kentucky. Most recently David served as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Memphis for 10 years. Through the years David has served in a variety of leadership roles with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. He is a member of the Alliance of Baptists.

David is married to Leigh Ann, who is nurse practitioner and a professor of nursing at VCU. They have three children. Hannah, a LCSW, lives with her husband, Anson, and daughter, Nelda, in Rockville, Maryland. Seth is a sales associate at Cabellas in Short Pump, Virginia. Micah is an athletic director and coach in Memphis, Tennessee. David enjoys hiking, biking, live music, gardening, touring museums, attending sporting events, and most any adventure. He enjoys these all the more when doing so with family and friends.

Bob Gallagher came to River Road Church as Minister of Music in August 2011. He oversees the vibrant Music Ministry for children, youth, and adults.

A native of New York, Bob received a Bachelor of Music in Organ from Manhattan School of Music, Master of Music in Organ from The Juilliard School, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Catholic University of America. He also holds diplomas and prizes in Organ, Harpsichord, and Improvisation from his year of study in Paris.

Bob came to love solo and choral singing starting as a boy soprano, and he has conducted choirs of all ages throughout his career. A great source of inspiration was singing in choirs at Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church, New York’s Riverside Church, and Chautauqua Institution in Upstate New York. He sang and conducted in numerous choral workshops under the direction of Paul Christiansen at Chautauqua, and he has sung in over ten Royal School of Church music choir camps under conductors such as Barry Rose, Richard Tanner, and Bruce Neswick. His voice teachers have included Charlene Chadwick and Sharon Christman. His conducting teachers include Gilbert Levine, Walter Hendl, and Patricia Handy.

Bob served as Associate Director of Music at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania, for 10 years and as Minister of Music at Wayne United Methodist Church for 5 years. In Washington, D.C. he served for 8 years as Organist at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle and also taught in the departments of Organ, Conducting, and Liturgical Music at The Catholic University of America. He served as Assistant Organist at Columbia University during his student years in New York.

In addition to serving in church music ministry, Bob has performed as organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and accompanist throughout the United States and Europe. A founding member of the Liturgical Organists Consortium (a group of five organists committed to the renewal of esteem for the organ in the Catholic Church), Bob has [recorded] performed on several CDs and has been broadcast [heard] on Pipedreams and With Heart and Voice.

Bob and his wife, Louise, enjoy living near Stony Point, just across the James River from the church. Louise currently works as Music Coordinator and Cantor at St. Bridget Church in Richmond. She is also landscape and portrait artist, using primarily oil paints.

Daniel was called as Minister of Administration in January 2018. He came to River Road following eleven years of service with PASSPORT Camps in Birmingham, Alabama. PASSPORT is a CBF partner organization with which River Road has a long and rich history. Daniel has also served congregations and non-profit organizations in Virginia and North Carolina.

A native of Fredericksburg, Daniel holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a M.Div. from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He was ordained in 2006 by College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Daniel enjoys building, running, cooking, strumming a guitar, and cheering for the Hokies. Daniel is married to Marnie and they have a daughter, Mollie.

Sandy was called as Minister to Children and Their Families in January 2019. She is a graduate from University of Virginia with a Masters in Education, and received her undergraduate degree from University of Richmond in Early Childhood Education. Sandy joined the staff of River Road after teaching at the preschool for 15 years.

She and her family are longtime members of the church. Sandy is married to Scott, who is a Surety Account Executive at Marsh & McLennan Agency. They have four children: Beth, Meg, Matt, and Amanda. Beth is married to Colin Bailey, and is in her last year at seminary here in Richmond. Meg is in her second year of divinity school in Atlanta, Georgia. Matt is a senior in college, and Amanda is a junior in high school. In addition, the family has a dog named Indy. Sandy enjoys the beach, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Cassandra came to River Road Church in September 2011 as the Communications Specialist. She has a B.S. in Communication, with concentrations in Professional Writing and Advertising from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She graduated from Monacan High School in Chesterfield County.

Cassandra is from the East Coast, having lived in New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and is lucky enough to have family in southwest Florida to visit for warm vacations any time of the year. In addition to her work at RRCB, some may know about her homemade cupcakes, which have made appearances at the church on a number of occasions.

Prior to working at RRCB, Cassandra worked in gourmet food stores, a university office, an art gallery, as well as an educational non-profit organization, all in Philadelphia. She has a soft spot for good coffee, Italian food, art, music, and pop culture. Cassandra has two cats, Java and Kona, and very much misses her cats, Teddy and Poppy, whose pictures you can find in her office.

Laura Monfalcone Kuipers joined the RRCB staff in April of 2022. She is a Richmond native, having grown up in Mechanicsville and currently residing in Glen Allen. Laura is married to her husband, Ken, and she has a daughter, Becca, who attends Virginia Wesleyan University.

Laura loves spending time with family and friends. In her time off she loves to go camping, cooking/grilling, and laying outside in the hammock. Laura loves Christian music, being crafty, chocolate, Italian food, and coordinating special events such as weddings. She believes a bad day at the beach is always better than a good day at work. But is there really ever a bad beach day?

Prior to joining River Road Church Laura worked at Feed More as a coordinator with their Meals on Wheels Program.