David Zilka, MSW, PCHA

As the CEO at Paxton Ministries, I've spent the last six years focusing on leadership and development, evolving from Director of Operations to my current role. Beyond Paxton, I have served in an adjunct faculty position at Messiah University since 2013 and actively participate in various committee and board roles, including with AHCA/NCAL and the Pennsylvania Health Care Association. Outside of work, I am husband to my wife Amy, father to Levi and Naomi, and one of my favorite places to be is on a kayak paddling down the Yellow Breeches.  

• MSW, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 
• BA, Central Bible College, Springfield, MO 

• Current: SOWK 372 Social Work Practice with Groups 
• Previous years: SOWK 385 Introduction to Research in Social Work; SOWK 356 Engaging Diversity and Inequality; SOWK 420 Social Welfare Policy and Social Change