Staff

Dave Ainsworth - Lead Pastor

Dave has pastored Citizens since 2017, serving as Lead Pastor since 2022. His primary responsibility is to prayerfully lead, teach, and shepherd Citizens members toward faithfulness, maturity, unity, and a brave gospel witness in San Francisco. He also joyfully serves the wider San Francisco church through TBC and Stratum.

Dave met his wife Maggie at the University of Florida in 2002. After both attending seminary and helping plant a church in Houston, they moved to San Francisco in 2014. They have three teenage children: Shepherd, Trinity, and Lucy.

Although Dave grew up in rural Florida, he feels more at home in San Francisco than anywhere else. He loves the city’s density, diverse culture, beauty and weather. In his spare time, he loves running and reading print newspapers and magazines.

Georgia Lee - Director of justice & operations

Georgia leads our church in three realms:

Operations: overseeing hospitality, equipping lay volunteers, and discerning vision for all of our gathering spaces
Justice and Mercy Ministries: helping our church embody God’s heart for justice & mercy, and facilitating spaces for transformational & mutually-beneficial relationships between our church, friends on the margins, and local organizations
Community Development: identifying and supporting the giftings within our community, and empowering everyone at Citizens to steward their time, energy, skills, knowledge, and experience for the sake of our city & God’s Kingdom.

Georgia grew up in North Carolina, graduated from Elon University with a BA in Human Service Studies, and moved to San Francisco in 2015. She enjoys cycling & walking through the city, reading about sociology, and making leather goods.

Jen Ning Quan Bozich – Operations Coordinator

Jen Ning manages the logistics that make Sundays and other events happen, including coordinating volunteers, gathering supplies, and providing day-of oversight. She also works with staff and lay leaders to provide administrative support through helping maintain communication channels and reporting systems. Jen Ning keeps Sundays running smoothly and makes sure the practical details of church life are executed with care.

Jen Ning was born in Singapore, but is a TCK (“third culture kid”), having grown up in different countries. She has a B.A. in Cinema and Media Arts from Biola University and an M.A. in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Talbot School of Theology, and she is a trained spiritual director. She moved to San Francisco from SoCal in 2026 with her husband, Jesiah, & their baby boy. Jen Ning loves savouring good coffee and pastries (especially in the SF fog), reading, and talking with others about theology and culture.

ELDERS + deaconS

Citizens Church is led by Elders and Deacons. Our elders are Dave Ainsworth (staff) and Alec Glass (lay). Elders are the spiritual shepherds and overseers of the local church, under Jesus, the Great Shepherd. Together, the elders are responsible for the spiritual safety, health, and maturity of our community. They also oversee the church’s vision and direction through wisdom, prayer, and discernment.

Our deacons are Georgia Lee (staff), Mike Leong (lay), Avery Glass (lay), Mel Romero (lay), John Stiefel (lay), and Tim Villanueva (lay). These women and men have taken responsibility over a certain area of Citizens’ ministry, furthering the mission of the church by sacrificially providing organizational leadership, support, skill, and encouragement to the body of Christ under the direction of the elders.

NETWORK Partner

Harbor Network

Citizens is part of Harbor Network (formerly the Sojourn Network), a church planting organization committed to helping pastors launch, lead, and multiply thriving churches.

Harbor Network is theologically-robust, relationally-driven, and rich with experience in planting healthy churches in creative urban contexts like San Francisco.

Citizens has been significantly shaped and encouraged by their influence, especially their emphasis on pastoral health and renewal-driven mission.

EXTERNAL PARTNERS

In addition to our internal ministry efforts, Citizens also supports individuals and churches carrying out God’s mission around the world. We do this in obedience to the biblical call to generosity and to the Great Commission, which tells us make disciples locally, regionally, nationally, and globally.