Faculty and Staff

Anne Peterson has lived in Fargo for five years, and she loves the small-town feel here. For more than 15 years, she has been honored to serve three different churches as an administrative assistant, working behind the scenes to help each church achieve its mission.

Prior to joining Capstone, Anne was the administrative assistant at River City Church in downtown Fargo, where she is a member. She enjoys serving in hospitality and the children’s ministry.

Anne and her husband raised four children and have eleven grandkids, with whom she truly loves spending much of her time. Her other pastimes include reading, enjoying coffee with friends, or being anywhere there’s water.

Anne is excited that the children at Capstone receive a quality, Christ-centered education—a strong foundation upon which they can build lives that enrich their communities and bring glory to God.

Patti has enjoyed working for Capstone since 2022. During the first two years, she served in the south campus office as an administrative assistant where she enjoyed getting to know the lower school students and families. Patti now works as the assistant to the upper school dean, where she supports the academic and extracurricular programs of our older students. She is honored to serve in a school whose mission is to train students on how to think critically within the context of a Christian worldview. She looks forward to serving students and their families and prays that each student experiences God’s love on a daily basis and develops a deeper relationship with Him.

Patti and her husband, Tom, and their two children moved to Fargo from Palm Springs, California. Patti worked as a dental hygienist for nearly 20 years and also served as an instructor at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. She enjoys spending time with her family, attending her son’s sporting events, and baking sourdough.

Beth grew up in rural Colfax, ND, and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from North Dakota State University with a double major in Accounting and Business Administration in 2006. Her career in the accounting world outside the home lasted fifteen months until her son was born, and then she was blessed to work as mom and homemaker as four girls joined the family in the following eight years.

After twelve years of homeschooling, her younger three girls now are part of the Capstone student body. Beth appreciates the focus Capstone places on acknowledging Christ as our Redeemer and Savior, learning to ponder deeply and ask good questions, and reading quality literature. She is excited to be a part of Capstone alongside her daughters, getting to know more intimately the families whom she is serving and the workings of the school.

Beth and her family are both a part of and active in the life of the church body at The Summit in West Fargo. She helps host a weekly Home Group, teaches Sunday School, serves in accounts payable, and mentors younger moms. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, soaking up sunshine, meeting with women, hosting others for a meal, hearing how God is at work with anyone who will share, playing games (still working on not being overly competitive), and being a part of whatever brings her children joy.

Jana and her husband, Troy, live in Horace, ND. They have 7 children, 2 grandchildren and love to travel together and with friends, especially on missions trips. Troy is in full-time ministry through Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The Solhjems are members of Eagle Valley EFC in Christine. Jana enjoys spending time with her kids and grandkids, playing games, listening to podcasts, cooking, and corgis! 

Prior to serving the Capstone community, Jana earned degrees in social work and child development and served as a guardian ad litem for the juvenile courts. She and Troy also facilitate a chapter of While We’re Waiting, a ministry to grieving parents.

Jana is our admissions counselor and North Campus office manager. She serves as our admissions concierge for parents, helping to make the admissions process as smooth as possible. She supports the rest of the administrative team in various roles as needed.

She is most excited about the rich Christian environment that Capstone offers, with a focus on the love of learning and community. Her prayer is that families and students join this community and feel welcomed and loved as they pursue an education that glorifies God in every subject. Her youngest son, Eli, is a student at Capstone.

Faith Duncan graduated from North Central University with a degree in Psychology. Directly after graduation she dove into full-time independent artistry, creating music and an online community via live streaming. She also spent a few years in the newsroom as a producer and news anchor for a Christian broadcasting company.

Faith is thrilled to have such a purposeful place to work, where students are shaped with virtue and eternity in mind.

Originally from the Northeast, Faith loves the small town feel of Fargo. In her free time, she loves reading, traveling, spending time with family, and making music. She attends Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in North Fargo.

Brady is the co-founder and former CEO of BNG Team and ConnectBooster, which provides FinTech products and B2B services to thousands of companies in all 50 states as well as internationally. During this journey, BNG made the Inc 5000 list 7yrs in a row for fastest growing private companies in the Nation, ranking as high as second in North Dakota and 1,769 in the nation. BNG also received Inc’s Best Workplaces Award in 2019 and 2020—the only company in North Dakota to receive this award and one of only 300 companies to receive it nationwide.

Brady’s expertise is in developing high-performing teams that drive consistent execution across multiple businesses with integrity and passion. He is excited for the opportunity to put his faith at the center of his life and serve Capstone in helping build a sports culture that teaches kids how to integrate their Faith into everything they do. Sports should be a platform to create real life experiences that allow us to help guide our kids in how to deal with them, good and bad. How to have passion for something, and learn emotional control when things don’t go the way you want. It’s about teaching them how to show up to practice and compete in a passionate and healthy way. Some places use kids to build their sports program. We want to use our sports program to build our kids.

Outside work, Brady enjoys spending time with his family, including his wife and six kids, coaching sports teams, traveling, and engaging in all of his kids' activities.

Kelsey Jensen has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design, a Master of Architecture, and a Master of Business Administration from North Dakota State University. Kelsey combines creativity with strategic thinking and project management to enhance student activities.

Kelsey coached girls basketball at Oak Grove for six years, girls golf at Davies for three years, and girls basketball at Capstone for the past two years. She strives to make a strong connection with her players, emphasizing mentorship and growth.

As Activities Director, Kelsey is eager to expand Capstone’s extracurricular offerings and create exciting opportunities for students to explore their passions. She looks forward to collaborating with faculty, families, and the community to foster a lively, inclusive environment where every student can thrive.

Kelsey’s love for sports runs deep. Whether it’s playing golf, challenging her husband, Paul, to ping pong, or competing in triathlons, she thrives on the energy and camaraderie of athletic pursuits. Kelsey recently joined Lake Park Lutheran Church. She and her husband and their two Labrador retrievers, Diggity and Rusty, have embraced the tranquility of country living, finding joy in the beauty of surrounding farmland.

Stephanie Bares has a B.S. Degree in Accounting from North Dakota State University. Stephanie has worked in a variety of financial environments, including accounts receivable, sales service, banking, and tax accounting. She considers herself very fortunate to have been able to step away from professional work and stay at home with her young children for six years. A gradual return to full-time employment started in 2007, when Stephanie was hired by the Fargo Park District. She was an accountant there for 17 years prior to coming to Capstone.

Stephanie feels blessed to be able to contribute to the meaningful work and mission of Capstone. She is excited about serving alongside others who share a passion for Christ and are committed to the generous spirit of God’s love and mercy. 

Stephanie and her husband Mark live in West Fargo and are members of Sts. Anne & Joachim Catholic Church. They have been married 32 years and have 3 adult children, Nicholas, Brayden & Makenna. As a family, they enjoy the outdoors, especially lake time in the summer when they can often be found with fishing poles in hand. 

Tom Tucker is the Director of Advancement for Capstone Classical Academy. He has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from California State University Fullerton. He has also completed post-baccalaureate studies in broadcast journalism. His range of professional experience primarily includes serving as an Emmy award-winning television and radio broadcast journalist. He has also served as an international corporate trainer.

Tom is looking forward to using his skills in storytelling and relationship building in his efforts aimed at helping Capstone flourish. He is passionate about Capstone and about classical Christian education, and he loves the people who make up our growing school community. 

The entire Tucker family has been directly involved in Capstone since the school's founding. Tom served for two years on Capstone's Parent Fellowship Board, and his wife Patti serves as an administrative assistant at the school. Their daughter, Sophia, helps provide aftercare service. Their son, Levi, is a Capstone student. The Tuckers attend Salem Church in Moorhead, where Tom serves as a prayer minister.

Sue and her husband, Doug, live in Fargo with their three children, are members of Salem EFC. They enjoy spending time with friends, playing strategy board games, and hanging out. Doug is the director of Child Evangelism Fellowship of North Dakota. Sue served as Capstone's Business and Development Administrator for two years and has now transitioned into the Assistant Director of Advancement role.

About Capstone, Sue shares, “The thing that sold me is that. . .theology is the ‘mother’ of all sciences and is the underpinning and overarching Truth that informs all other areas of learning. I am very excited to see it in action and the effect it will have on our daughter.”

Her prayer is that God will bless our students in their studies with a sound mind, a desire to learn, and a passion to know Him more and for our families to be encouraged in their faith journey and as a result of their experiences with Capstone.