Layla Van Gerpen

Layla Van Gerpen has spent the last 19 years serving with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. As associate regional director her role is to help reach students in central California and southern Nevada with the gospel and equip them for mission. She is passionate about developing leaders, especially around areas of race and gender. As a Lebanese, Japanese daughter of immigrants, Layla grew up with a deep love for hospitality, cross-cultural relationships, and advocacy work. Together with her husband, Daniel, they find joy raising their two young boys, Everett and Grant. 

Layla is co-host of CBE International’s Mutuality Matters podcast segment, “Women & Men Leading Together: Stories from the Field.”