Background
Kurtz, Robert Walden was born in 1962 in Sacramento.
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Kurtz, Robert Walden was born in 1962 in Sacramento.
Bachelor in Theology, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, 1984. Master of Divinity, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, 1990.
Patrolman department public safety Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, 1980—1984, dispatch director & communications supervisor department public safety, 1980—1984, emergency services dispatcher department public safety, 1980—1984, retail detective, 1981—1982, professor assistant theology department, 1981—1982, associate director development, 2000—2002, adjunct professor theology, philosophy, ethics, mathematics, since 2004, dean. Youth pastor Cloverdale Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1981. Firefighter & Emergency Medical Technician Napa County Fire Department, Angwin, 1983—1984.
Outside sales representative Prometheus Computers & Humanized Information Processing, Napa, 1983. Emergency Medical Technician Angwin Ambulance Company, 1984—1984. Associate pastor Camelback Seventh-day Adventist Church, Phoenix, 1984—1985, Desert Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church, Tucson, 1985—1986.
With department corrections chaplain Pima County Sheriff's Department, 1985—1986. Pastor Lake Havasu & Parker Seventh-day Adventist Churches, 1986—1987. Police chaplain, auxiliary research police officer, police chaplaincy association secretary Lake Havasu City Police Department, 1986—1987.
Hospital chaplain Havasu Regional Hospital, 1986—1987. Patrolman & officer Department Campus Safety, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, 1987—1989. Chaplain Andrews University Women's Residence Hall, 1987—1989.
Director academic affairs Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Graduate Student Forum, 1988—1989. Student wellness program coordinator Andrews University, 1988—1989, assistant to director employee wellness, 1988—1989, research assistant conducting employee health care cost containment study, 1988—1989. Pastor Payson & Phoenix Seventh-day Adventist Churches, 1989—1994.
Deputy sheriff research Gila County Sheriff's Department, Payson, 1990—2004. State department education Arizona State University, Phoenix, 1992—1993. Pastor Apache Junction & Globe Seventh-day Adventist Churches, 1994.
Associate pastor Pacific Union College Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1994—1999. Chaplain, fire academy lecturer, firefighter Angwin Fire Department, Napa County Fire Department, since 1995. Mathematics teacher Vallejo High School, 1999—2000.
Finance services representative Northwestern Mutual / Guardian, Santa Rosa / Marin, 1999—2000. Deputy sheriff & corporal Contra Costa County Sheriff' General’ s Office, Martinez, 2002—2005.
Member of Adventist Student Personnel Association, American Judo & Jujitsu Federation.
Son of Bruce Arlas Kurtz and Margarett Anne Paxton, Donna Bell-Kurtz (Stepmother). Married Erin Elisabeth Kurtz. Children: Esther Noelle Freitas children: Robert Patrick.