This is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Mars Hill lasted nearly twenty years and had many, many leaders at all levels of organization. Mark Driscoll, obviously, is leading a new-ish church in Arizona. Dave Bruskas stayed in ministry and catching up to what has happened to him is more than I currently feel like doing. Sutton Turner has joined the Vanderbloemen Group, last I recall.
The following list has been culled from results of a list of compiled staff or leaders who had City accounts circa 2014. One of the striking things about Mars Hill page layout design was including hotlinks to accounts on The City. Obviously those accounts have gone defunct since Mars Hill dissolved but it became a snapshot that provided a sense of the scale of Mars Hill circa May 2014.
https://wenatcheethehatchet.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-history-of-publicly-listed-city.html
There is no currently accounting for Mike Gunn or Lief Moi, the co-founders of Mars Hill. As Mark Driscoll has seemed reluctant to mention Mars Hill at all these days the odds that he knows of the whereabouts of his co-founding pastors may be low.
However, having documented more than a few things about the late Mars Hill over the years, I can put together a not-comprehensive list of the range of men who had roles within Mars Hill history, though many names here won't mean anything to people whose understanding of the church was mediated by, literally, media coverage, rather than through direct participation. Even yours truly didn't meet a few of these people.
Bill Clem
https://www.westernseminary.edu/renewal/center-for-pastoral-flourishing/
Bill Clem, director of the Center for Pastoral Flourishing
Bill Clem recently joined Western Seminary as the new director of the CPF. Bill has spent over forty years in various ministry contexts leading college ministries, planting churches, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and leading professional development seminars. Most recently, he served as the associate pastor of Imago Dei Community Church (Portland, OR) for almost six years. “He is a highly respected member of the pastoral community in Portland” said Chuck Conniry, vice president of Academic Affairs. “He is the ideal person to advance the mission of the Center.”
bubba jennings, lead pastor
https://www.resurrectionchurch.com/about-us
joel brown, associate pastor
https://www.resurrectionchurch.com/about-us
brad house, Executive Pastor of Ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-house-b7319b39
mike wilkerson, not currently in any formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilkersonmike
eric stark, no longer in formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-stark-46143a8
phil smidt, not in formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-smidt-9a4b1a27
justin holcomb, canon for vocations (florida), adjunct prof Gordon Conwell
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinholcomb
matt johnson, published book but not observably in formal ministry
https://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-culture/2019/12/god-save-the-punks-mars-hill-tooth-and-nail-and-seattle-s-christian-alternative
elliot grudem
https://www.desiringgod.org/authors/elliot-grudem
adam christiansen, pastor at Cross & Crown
https://crossandcrownchurch.com/our-team
thomas hurst , not observably in formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-hurst-54568443
Gary Shavey, in pastoral ministry at Redeemer Eastside
https://redeemereastside.com/leadership-3/
alex ghioni, pastor at Dox Church Bellevue
https://www.doxa-church.com/servant-leaders
michael van skaik, not able to establish if in any ministerial role at this time
tim zion, not currently in formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-zion
sam delay, not in formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-delay-41a67618
jason skelton (not observably in formal ministry)
https://twitter.com/jasondskelton?lang=en
(former MHC Sammamish merged with MHC Bellevue)
https://www.issaquahreporter.com/news/mars-hill-sammamish-to-merge-with-bellevue/
seth winterhalter (in leadership at Harbor Church, Olympia)
https://www.harborolympia.com/leadership
brian mccormack, lead pastor of Reach Church
https://twitter.com/brianmccormack?lang=en
dustin nickerson, comedian, member & outreach manager at the Salvation Army
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-nickerson-0120397b
tim gaydos, chaplain for Sounders and Mariners, not in other pastoral roles at present
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothygaydos
Will Little, unknown
Caleb Davis, in pastoral ministry
https://pastorcaleb.org/about
cam huxford, worship pastor at Cross & Crown
https://crossandcrownchurch.com/our-team
Colin Day, not in formal ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/imcolin
steven kwan, unknown
Gareth Best, no observable current ministry, though mentions past Acts 29 activity on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gareth-best-51a62210
justin ashurst, not currently in ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-ashurst-3a236122
brandon olsen, unknown
jeff bettger, not in any ministry
willie wilson, not currently known
dave harris, in ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-harris-3112b036
mike davis, unknown
steven mulkey, in ministry
http://www.stevenmulkey.com/about
bruce ensign, unknown
kyle van tine, in ministry
https://rainiervalleychurch.com/leadershipmain
matt jensen, possibly still in ministry but common name
steve tompkins, possibly still in ministry but uncertain at the moment
james harleman, still in ministry, Refuge Church
justin schaeffer, not currently in ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-schaeffer-4b730313
kerry michaelis, unknown
dick mckinley unknown
chad toulouse unknown
joe day, not in ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyjoeday
david fairchild, in ministry (covered over at the following post)
https://wenatcheethehatchet.blogspot.com/2020/02/trinity-west-seattle-looking-for-lead.html
aj hamilton, no longer serving in ministry
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-hamilton
jamie munson, owner of Simply Seattle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiemunson
Doesn't mention any of his 15 some years at Mars Hill in any capacity
Scott Thomas, still is in the ministry scene
There's no sign of James Noriega since he checked into rehab.
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Steve Tompkins (to my knowledge) is a chaplain for Swedish Hospital
Steve Tompkins is at Holy Trinity Edmonds,an Anglican Church.
http://holytrinityedmonds.com/the-team/
hope he's doing okay. I didn't get to know him very well but I did get a chance to meet him over the years.
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