Pastor Renée Crump-Dedmon serves as Associate Pastor at Foundation Church in Jamaica, NY, where she oversees clergy, leads the small cell-group ministry, C.A.R.E. (Christ-like Approach to Reaching Everyone), and teaches in the church’s Bible school. She is also a conference speaker with a passion for ministering to women of all ages, encouraging them to live in spiritual, emotional, relational, and financial wholeness. 

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Pastor Crump-Dedmon earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from Syracuse University and post-graduate degrees in Reading Education and School Supervision and Administration from Queens College, CUNY. Her nearly four-decade career in education includes 30 years in the Freeport School District, where she retired as principal of New Visions Elementary School, a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School.

Guided by Ephesians 3:7, she continues to teach and mentor others in the faith. She enjoys gardening and cooking and lives in Dix Hills, NY, with her husband, Deacon Kenneth Dedmon.