Bruce Aubrey, Senior Pastor
Pastor Aubrey is a native of New York's north country. He earned a bachelor's degree from Robert's Wesleyan College in 1980 and graduated from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Memphis campus in 1983.

He has served on church staffs since 1977 and came to pastor Northside in July of 1993. His responsibilities include preaching, teaching, leadership development and pastoral care. He and his wife Kathy have 4 children.

Jeff O'Brien, Associate Pastor
Pastor O'Brien earned a bachelor's degree from University of New Hampshire - Durham in 1982 and completed his seminary training at Mid-America, Memphis campus in 1990.

Called to Northside as Assistant to the Pastor in August 1994, he has served here as Associate Pastor since 1995. His duties include education, administration, Awana Club commander and pastoral care. He and his wife Debbie have 2 children.

After serving as Youth Pastor in his home church in Pennsylvania, Pastor Dan was called to Northside as Associate Pastor for Youth and Family Ministry in January 2001. A staff position that began part-time quickly moved to full-time service in April of that same year. He and his wife Jen have 4 children.

Allan Covington, Associate Pastor; Worship and Arts
Pastor Allan graduated from Wayland Baptist College in 1981 with a Bachelor in Music Education. He went on to graduate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1991.

Allan has served churches in Alaska, Texas and Florida and joined the staff of Northside in February of 2005 as Associate Pastor of Worship and Arts. He and his wife Jill have 2 children.

Chuck Klinger, Youth Pastor
Pastor Chuck attended Onondaga Community College and is currently studying through Liberty University.

He has been serving in the youth ministry at Northside since 2002 as the Director of Worship and other capacities. Chuck was called to join the staff as Director of Youth Ministries in January of 2004 helping to run the daily operations of the youth ministry. He was ordained on September 25, 2005 and he now serves as Northside's Youth Pastor. He and his wife Laura have 4 children

Greg Cunningham

Business Operations Manager

Cathy Finniss, Office Administrator
Cathy Finniss is a native of Syracuse and a graduate of Henninger High School. Married in 1974, her husband went to be with the Lord in 1989. Since 1994, she has been married to Glenn Finniss.

The Lord led Cathy to Northside in 1992. She has been on staff since 1998, and now serves as Office Administrator. Together she and her husband Glenn have 8 grown children & 8 grandchildren.

Tammy Frisbie, Administrative Assistant to the Pastors
Tammy was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Moving to Syracuse in January of 2001, Northside quickly became home to the Frisbie family.

Tammy came on staff at Northside in December 2003 as Administrative Assistant to the Pastors. Her experience and organizational skills allow our pastoral staff more time for ministry. She and her husband Jerry have 2 children.

Laurie Hartman, Administrative Assistant to Pastor Dan Studt
Laurie is a native of Central New York.  She is married to Jeff, and they have a teen-aged daughter, Hannah.  Northside Baptist became the Hartman's church home in early 2005. 

In 2006 Laurie came on staff at Northside as Pastor Dan's Administrative Assistant.  She also is Northside's Wedding Coordinator, working with couples who have their weddings at Northside.  While Laurie loves details and enjoys using her planning and organizational abilities, her favorite part of her job is working with people who are new to Northside.

Sue Huber, Worship Coordinator/Director of NAFA
Sue was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, graduated from Cedarville University in Ohio and then taught grade school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Syracuse in 1998.  Sue and her family found a very welcome home at Northside in 2006 and she came on staff in 2007. Sue and her husband Phil have 4 children.

Sue uses her administrative and music skills at Northside as the Worship Coordinator under Pastor Allan Covington and as the Director of the Northside Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). 

Gordon Payne, Custodian
Gordon was raised in the Syracuse area. He served in the US Army on active duty for 3 years and in the Army Reserve for 18 before retiring. A graduate of Liverpool High School, he has been married to Henrietta since Dec. 19, 1980.

By treating our facility as though it were his own, he has managed to keep things looking new while hustling around to make sure that various ministries are set up and ready to go week after week. He and his wife Henrietta have 3 grown children.