Dear Senior Leadership Council,

After a long and careful process involving several strong candidates, much prayer, and discernment, I couldn’t be more grateful for how the Lord has guided us. I’m thrilled to share that we have found our new chief technology officer! Paulina Mwangi will begin in this new role on January 5.

As you’ll see, Paulina’s life experience is exceptional. Born and raised on a farm and ranch in Kenya, she learned early how to solve problems with limited resources, creativity, and collaboration. She later moved to the U.S. for college and earned a BS in chemical engineering and an MS/PhD in petroleum engineering. Her career has stretched from refineries and drilling fields, to last-mile logistics, to cloud infrastructure, to building data products, and scaling AI readiness.

For the past 18 years, she’s worked as a technology and operations executive building secure, scalable systems and leading global transformation in organizations like Amazon, AWS, Salesforce, and across the oil and gas industry. She’s spent much of her career helping complex global organizations unify systems, strengthen data and cloud ecosystems, build mission-critical products, and design operating models that support millions of users worldwide.

From Paulina:

“I am deeply humbled and grateful to step into this role. I sense God inviting me to bring the skills and experiences he has shaped in me through the marketplace into a season of pure Kingdom service. What excites me most is the opportunity to come alongside this mission and help build a global technology foundation that multiplies the work of our staff, volunteers, and donors. My hope is every system we design will quietly remove friction, strengthen connection, and free our people to do what Young Life has always done best: show up in the lives of kids, listen to their stories, and introduce them to Jesus. My prayer is technology would never be the center, but a strategic partner that helps the gospel travel farther and deeper in every place God has planted Young Life.”

The Mwangis live in Sammamish, Washington, just outside Seattle. Her husband, Chukwudi Chukwudozie, is a senior applied scientist at Amazon. They have two sons, Ikem (11) and Kamto (4). She will continue to work from Sammamish in this critical position for the mission.

Please join me in welcoming Paulina to Young Life. 

Gratefully,

Billy Boyle

Chief Operating Officer

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