Staff

Keith Dobbs has been named as the Executive Director of Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (CJAMM).

With a professional career rich in building relationships and growing programs, Dobbs comes to CJAMM from years of corporate leadership, acute care, long-term care, and behavioral health, and working with under served communities. Recently, Dobbs served as the CEO for a medical center on a remote Indian Reservation in California. Previously, he represented the frail, elderly and disabled across Oklahoma in a state-wide educational and advocacy organization for the long-term care profession.

Dobbs is known as a “storyteller” and public speaker. He looks forward to sharing the success stories of CJAMM, being a part of the mission and ministry of breaking the cycle of reincarceration, and helping children and families learn healthy relationships, self-worth, and the power of having Jesus Christ in their lives.

As a native Okie, Dobbs grew up on a farm in Sallisaw. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern Adventist University in Texas and did graduate work at Southern Methodist University.

Dobbs’ wife, Amanda, is a native of Tulsa. They have two children: one in biotech in the Silicon Valley, the other an engineer in Chattanooga.

Kristin Terrell-Wilkes is the New Day Camp Coordinator/Office Assistant. She just started at CJAMM in
March 2020 but has been working with Oklahoma United Methodist churches and organizations for the
last 18 years. Kristin has a BA in Religious Education from OCU and a M. Div. from Emory University,
Candler School of Theology.

Kristin is married to Jack Terrell-Wilkes, an Oklahoma United Methodist pastor currently serving at
Lawton Heights and Wesley Chapel UMCs. They have two children, Fisher (11) and Brooklyn (6).