Meet Our Staff
Christopher Rothoff
Chris Rothoff is the Program Director for the LifeLink CORE operations inside the prison facilities. Chris, having experienced the challenges of addiction and incarceration, and more importantly having successfully overcome those challenges, puts him in a unique position to understand and effectively manage the day-to-day activities inside the prison walls. Chris has a unique gift for communicating and managing the daily interactions with the students, staff and volunteer instructors.
It isn’t often you find a person who commands the respect and trust of those who he once was numbered among, however, the righteous manner in which he conducts himself in their presence has earned him that recognition. Chris and his wife serve relentlessly and with great joy in many areas of outreach for their church and community. Chris’s life experiences, post-secondary education and work ethic serves him well in his staff position and as a role model to all who know him and to those he is assigned to serve.
Nathaniel Brown
Nate Brown is the Program Manager for the LifeLink CORE program at Bibb County Correctional Facility. Nate is a retired US Army Ranger Instructor and a retired US Post Office Post Master. Nate is uniquely qualified for his role due to his extensive experience of building men. Nate’s early life challenges growing up in Brooklyn, NY and being subjected to the overwhelming influences of street and gang life, prepared him for his life journey in the military and now in corrections. Nate has invested his time the past several years engaged in local inner-city community ministry which has provided him yet another perspective of brokenness. Nate and his wife also serve relentlessly in their church outreaches as well as providing veterans assistance and support in many forms.
Anthony Burns
Mike Burns is the Program Manager for the LifeLink CORE program at St. Clair Correctional Facility and the on-site Manager for Breakaway Pointe, LifeLink’s transition facility. Mike serves in a number of roles and may be the most uniquely qualified person on staff. Mike is able to relate to the population at St. Clair at levels no one else can. Mike served time at St. Clair with many of the men serving life sentences at this maximum-security institution. Mike also had a life sentence and they know who he was in his past and are now able to know the man he has become.
Mike prepares parole packets for men in our CORE program who have earned the privilege of CORE representation at their parole hearing. Mike has developed a respected and trusted relationship with the Alabama Bureau of Paroles & Pardons, having been one of the first graduates of CORE in 2016 and has subsequently proven his long-term commitment to living a beautiful life. Mike picks up our CORE graduates when they are released from prison and begins a “First 72-Hour” reentry process with each one. Mike selects graduates who qualify for transition to Breakaway Pointe and manages their employment and activities until they leave the facility.
Staci Leigh Perkins
Staci Self is the CORE Program Manager for our Female Correctional Facilities. Staci also is our social media and website developer/manager as well as our Prayer Covering Leader. Staci previously served on Staff at Church of the Highlands as the Women’s Correctional Facility Director, Letters of Hope Correspondence Coordinator and managed a variety of administrative duties. Over the years Staci cultivated valuable relationships with both staff and inmates at the female prisons in Alabama as well as recruited and managed volunteer teams to serve inside these facilities. Staci’s love for people, prayer and ministry to the broken makes her a vital member of our incredible staff. Her spiritual presence is a breath of fresh air in every situation she engages in. Her insight brings balance to the team and a compass that keeps our values in the forefront of all we undertake to do. She has extensive experiences in business, marketing and promotion and sales. Her education, wisdom and life experiences add critical value to the team.
Joseph Campisi
Joe Campisi is currently retired from CORE but serves in a sub-contractor role to continue to develop programming and training. He periodically instructs specialized classes and leadership training at both LifeLink CORE operations. Joe was one of the first staff members for the CORE program at Bibb County Correctional Facility and was instrumental in the growth and development of the LifeLink CORE Process.
Joe has extensive education, international business experience, entrepreneurial experience and extensive knowledge of program development.
Randy Walker
Randy Walker, Founder and Chairman/President of the LifeLink Board of Directors
Randy is currently the Correctional Ministry Pastor for Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL and is currently serving as CEO of LifeLink operations. He has been engaged in Correctional Ministry as a volunteer minister and instructor for 17 years and currently serves on staff at Church of the Highlands developing the correctional ministry for the past 11 years. Randy and his wife of 51 years have passionately served in various areas of outreach, however, for Randy, serving the incarcerated populations became his assignment and calling in life. His life experiences in law enforcement, his visionary attributes as a business entrepreneur/developer, a creative problem-solver, his post-secondary education, and extensive ministry training have served him well in the creation of unique solutions to one of humanity’s greatest challenges, the redemption of the outcasts. Serving The Lord Jesus with humility and authenticity is the key to Randy’s joy and success in life. Passionate servant-leadership is his relentless pursuit.
Our Values
To provide inmates with a safe community and successful reentry process, our staff and volunteers strive to: