Todd Pickthorn

Area Director

God has called me to FCA and I am committed to serving the Lord in the Miami Valley through this ministry. 

We have identified over 5,400 athletes and 2,500 coaches in the Miami Valley. 

With your prayer and financial support, you can partner with our mission to 
Engage, Equip, and Empower coaches and athletes in the Miami Valley. 

We are excited to create 
new opportunities to grow FCA locally
and beyond the Miami Valley.
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Jim Brown

Area Representative (Clark & Champaign Counties)

Jim and Monica, his wife of 30 years, are lifelong Ohioans who reside in
Springfield Ohio. Jim was a two sport high school and NCAA division III
varsity athlete. Following graduation from The College of Wooster, Jim spent
more than 25 years working within, developing, and administrating youth
programs impacting teens, young adults, and families around the Miami
Valley.
Jim Brown has dedicated much of the last fifteen years to working with
athletes and coaches. Jim believes we do athletes a disservice when we
focus solely on their physical development. When most think about “athlete
development” they almost always solely think about where the athlete
currently is physically and what can be done physically to help them improve.
We evaluate their strength, flexibility, speed, agility, etc. We evaluate the sport
and position-specific skills or tools they need to perfect to maximize their
potential for success. All of this is necessary. But, this is where most of us
stop when we plan how to assist athletes with their development.
Jim advocates an integrated approach to athlete development helping the
athlete understand the interconnectedness between the heart, the mind, the
soul, and the body. Jim teaches four integrated pillars of success or what he
calls FITness areas (Spiritual FITness, Mental FITness, Emotional FITness,
and Physical FITness. In his work with coaches and athletes, Jim began using
FCA resources to aid in developing and/or strengthening Spiritual FITness. In
2001 Jim joined FCA as an Area Representative focused on Clark and
Champaign Counties in the Miami Valley.
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Andy Amlin

Prospective Staff

Andy and his wife Erin are residents of Vandalia, Ohio and have spent
most of their lives teaching and working in the Miami Valley. They met when Andy returned to the area to teach communication Arts at his alma mater, Butler High School, and have been married for 16 years with three children, Henry (14), Lucy (12) and Eleanor (10). FCA has played a major role in Andy’s life as his father accepted Christ at an FCA camp while he was in high school. It is this singular move that set the tone for him being raised in a Christian home and wanting to carry those values on to his own family.  

Andy graduated from Taylor University with a bachelor’s degree in communication arts education. He later received a master’s degree from Xavier University in Sports Administration and his intervention specialist license from Indiana Wesleyan University. He has taught a variety of subjects and coached a variety of sports over a 25-year career in education that has spanned two states and four different school systems.  

Andy has worked to install FCA huddles at the various schools in which he has worked. It is through this work that Andy has seen the impact that FCA can have on the student athletes and coaches at the
high school level. Andy hopes to continue to spread the gospel throughout the Miami Valley as an Area Representative  that will focus on high schools in the Northern Miami Valley Region.  

Favorite Verse: Matthew 6:19-20
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