Blessed to serve in the city in which he was born, Reverend Dr. Charlie E. Dates is Chicago

through and through. Raised on the southside of Chicago, he came of age having welcomed

Christ into his life early. Heavily influenced by the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, W.E.B.

Dubois, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Mary Mcloud - Bethune, Dr.

Charlie’s orientation and early formation were significantly bent toward the theological reflection

of Black people. This shaped his approach to preaching and his thoughts about the

transformative role the Black church plays in bringing about the flourishing of a people.

Dr. Dates holds a Bachelor's Degree in Speech Communication & Rhetoric from the University

of Illinois - Champaign, Urbana, where he met his wife, Kirstie, who not only changed his life,

but also elevated his approach to living. He continued his education with a Master of Divinity

and a PhD in Historical Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

In 2011, Reverend Dates became the youngest Senior Pastor to serve the historic Progressive

Baptist Church of Chicago, which saw exponential growth under his leadership. As a highly

sought-after speaker, he is widely invited to preach at churches and speak at retreats,

conferences, and universities throughout the United States and abroad. Through his passion for

learning, living, and teaching the Gospel, Dr. Charlie serves as an Affiliate Professor at Baylor

University- George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and

Wheaton College. He is a contributing author to Letters To A Birmingham Jail and Say It:

Celebrating Expository Preaching in the African American Tradition, and is currently working on

his first single-authored book on Christianity and Social Justice.

In January 2023, Reverend Dates became the Senior Pastor of the Salem Baptist Church of

Chicago. He is married to Kirstie Dates and is the proud father of their children, Charlie Edward

Dates II & Claire Dates.

Keith and Kristyn Getty are GRAMMY®-nominated recording artists from Northern Ireland who

have revolutionized the hymn genre with songs such as “In Christ Alone” and “Christ Our Hope

in Life and Death.” According to Christianity Today, their hymns have “changed the way

evangelicals worship” and they have written or co-published 38 out of the top 500 CCLI songs in

the US/UK. They have performed for presidents and prime ministers and on stages such as

Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and Keith was awarded the OBE from Queen Elizabeth

II for services to music and hymn writing. Today they lead a hymn movement involving many

writers through the Getty Music Organization and Global Foundation. Keith & Kristyn live

between Nashville and Northern Ireland with their four daughters.

Esau is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of many works including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance and the Children’s Book Josie Johnson Hair and the Holy Spirit. His book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. His latest project is a memoir entitled: How far to the Promise Land: One Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South.‍

Esau is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. His writings have also appeared in places such as The Atlantic, Washington Post, and Christianity Today. He is married to Mandy, a pediatrician and navy reservist. Together, they have four wonderful children.

Katherine and Jay are survivors, advocates, founders of Hope Heals (nonprofit organization), and authors of the books Hope Heals and Suffer Strong.

Originally from the South, Katherine and Jay met in college, married, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue law school for Jay and the entertainment industry for Katherine. Their son James was born in 2007, and just six months later, Katherine miraculously survived a catastrophic stroke caused by a congenital brain defect she never knew she had. After a sixteen-hour brain surgery, forty days in the ICU, a year in neuro rehab, and eleven operations, she continues her recovery to this day. In 2015 she gave birth to miracle baby John.

Since 2008, Katherine and Jay have been disrupting the myth that joy can only be found in a pain-free life. They live in Atlanta with their two boys.

Sissy is the Executive Director of Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee, where she works alongside her counseling assistant/pet therapist, Lucy the Havanese. Since 1993, she has been helping girls and their parents find confidence in who they are and hope in who God is making them to be, both as individuals and families. Sissy is a sought-after speaker for parenting events across the country and is a frequent guest on media outlets including CNN, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, NBC Nightly News, and Christianity Today. She is the bestselling author of 13 books including her latest, The Worry-Free Parent: Finding the Confidence You Need So Your Kids Can, Too. She co-hosts the chart-topping Raising Boys and Girls podcast and can be found at www.raisingboysandgirls.com, and on Instagram.

David is the Executive Director of Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, TN. He is the co-author of ten books, including the best-selling Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys and Are My Kids on Track? The 12 Emotional, Social & Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach as well as his two latest titles Raising Emotionally Strong Boys and Strong and Smart: A Boy’s Guide to Building Healthy Emotions . He is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts, including his own called Raising Boys and Girls, has been featured in publications like The Washington Post and USA Today, and speaks across the country. He and his wife, Connie, have a daughter, twin sons and a yellow lab named Owen. You can follow him on social media @raisingboysandgirls and find the latest parenting resources at raisingboysandgirls.com.

Tim is the CEO/President of Christianity Today and has been serving in this role since 2019. He was raised in nondenominational evangelical churches in California. A national champion gymnast, he went to Stanford University where he suffered a broken neck his sophomore year. 

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After graduating from Stanford with a double major in philosophy and religious studies, Tim earned an MDiv at Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD in modern western religious thought at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Along the way he also served in youth ministry, prison chaplaincy, and graduate and faculty ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He made suffering a key theme of his research and teaching in modern western religious thought. 

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Tim helped to launch Patheos.com. First he was managing editor of Patheos’s evangelical channel, then director of content and vice-president of business development. In 2013 he founded Polymath, a creative agency that helps clients with branding, design, web, video, marketing and communications, and content development.

Grace Nicolette serves on the executive team at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a national nonprofit that provides assessments, programs, and research on best practices to philanthropic foundations and major donors. She's the co-host of the podcast, Giving Done Right (top 2% of podcast downloads globally). Prior to joining CEP, Grace co-founded Social Venture Group (SVG), a philanthropy advisory firm in Shanghai that helped donors and corporations identify high potential nonprofits and social enterprises to invest in China. In 2011, the World Economic Forum named her a Young Global Leader. Grace has an Executive Education Certificate in Global Leadership and Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania. She serves on the board of the Veritas Forum and resides with her husband Tim and their two children in Cambridge, MA.

Ian V. Rowe is the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies and a Senior Fellow at the

American Enterprise Institute. In addition to serving ten years as CEO of Public Prep, he held

leadership positions at Teach for America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the White

House, and MTV, where he earned two Public Service Emmys. With his recent book “Agency”

(Templeton Press, May 2022), Ian Rowe seeks to inspire young people of all races to build

strong families and become masters of their own destiny. Rowe earned an MBA from Harvard

Business School, a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University’s College of Engineering

and his HS diploma from Brooklyn Tech as part of a K-12 NYC public education.

Having accepted the call to ministry at the age of 17 in May of 1981, and prepared himself
graduating from Morehouse College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary, Bishop Claude Alexander has sought to serve God and community. After
serving as Pastor of Morning Star Baptist Church in West Mifflin, PA from 1987- 1990, Bishop
Alexander answered the call to be the Senior Pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North
Carolina in May of 1990, where it has grown into a global ministry of thousands with weekly
international reach. He has addressed national/international leaders in the United States, the
Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and India.

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He is a Past President of the Hampton University Ministers Conference, the oldest and largest
interdenominational gathering of African-American clergy in the United States. Currently, he
serves on the boards of Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship, BioLogos, Movement.Org, the International African-American Museum, and the
Trinity Forum. He provides leadership as chair of the Board of Christianity Today Board of
Directors, and of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Board of Trustees and as Vice
Presiding Bishop of the Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors.

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He is the author of Required: God’s Call to Justice, Mercy and Humility to Overcome
Racial Division coauthored with Dr. Mac Pier, Necessary Christianity - What Jesus Shows
We Must Be and Do, and the soon to be released Becoming The Church - God’s People in
Purpose and in Power.

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He and his wife Dr. Kimberly Nash Alexander are the proud parents of two daughters, Camryn
Rene and Carsyn Richelle.

Dianne Calvi is President and CEO of Village Enterprise, a non-profit working in rural Africa to end extreme poverty. Since Dianne joined as CEO in 2010, she has led the organization’s expansion across seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, successfully implemented the first development impact bond for poverty alleviation, and completed two randomized control trials with positive results. During her tenure, the organization has been recognized for excellence by Charity Navigator, Guidestar, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Life You Can Save, Founders Pledge,The Drucker Institute, Million Lives Club, and Fast Company (World Changing Idea Award). In June 2023, Dianne was awarded the Stanford President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good.

Dianne is also a member of the board of directors of InterAction and has served on several other nonprofit boards. She has written articles for Fortune, The Hill, Huffington Post, Center for Effective Philanthropy, Next Billion, World Bank, and has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, and in other international publications.

Prior to joining Village Enterprise, Dianne served as the President of Bring Me A Book Foundation, an early literacy nonprofit. She graduated with a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. She lives in Sausalito, CA with her husband, Mauro, of 34 years and has a son, Matthew (32), a daughter-in-law, Melanie (31), a daughter, Michelle (30), and a granddaughter, Virginia (1 month).

Jeremy serves as the Pastor for Preaching & Vision at Reality LA. A reading of C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity in 12th grade sparked a passion in Jeremy to dive deeper into studying theology. This passion led him into pastoral ministry and through various institutions of higher education as he earned a colorful variety of degrees. During that time, Jeremy got married to Tiffany, the daughter of his one-time basketball coach. In 2012, they moved from Illinois to Los Angeles to serve Jesus at Reality LA.

Jeremy’s childhood was spent in the arctic snows of Alaska, forging a rough-hewn living in the frozen wonderland of the North. By age 12 though, he’d had his quota of “icy wilderness” and so he (and his family) moved to Seattle to experience “rainy suburban sprawl.” He grew up in the church, and as a teen, first grasped that Christianity wasn’t about what he could do for God, but about what God did for him in Christ. That good news transformed him on the spot and ever since, his life has involved a constant process of repenting of self-righteousness and growing to rely instead on the grace of God.

While his PhD in Theology has earned him the title “Dr. J,” perhaps the most compelling reason to refer to him as a doctor is the fact that he once helped his wife deliver their second daughter in the front seat of their Honda Civic when they couldn’t make it to the hospital on time.

Jeremy, his wife, and their four daughters reside in Los Feliz, a neighborhood marked by an abundance of Hollywood history and a scarcity of street parking.

Dean is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University, co-Director with Christopher Udry of the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern, and the Founder and President of Innovations for Poverty Action, a nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting solutions to global poverty problems. Dean is also on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the M.I.T. Jameel Poverty Action Lab. In 2015, he also co-founded ImpactMatters, a nonprofit dedicated to estimating and rating impact of nonprofits in order to help donors choose good charities and to promote more transparency in the nonprofit sector.

Dean's research focuses on microeconomic issues of poverty, typically employing experimental methodologies and behavioral economics insights to examine what works, what does not, and why to address social problems. His work spans many geographies and topics, including sustainable income generation for those in abject poverty, credit and savings markets for low income households, agriculture for smallholder farmers, small and medium entrepreneurship and smoking cessation, and charitable giving. He has worked in over twenty countries around the world, including both low income countries and also the United States.

As a social entrepreneur, Dean co-founded stickK.com, a website that uses lessons from behavioral economics to help people reach personal goals, such as weight loss and smoking cessation, through commitment contracts.

In 2011, Dean co-authored More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty; in 2016 he co-authored Failing in the Field; in 2018 he co-authored The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector; and in 2020 he co-authored the third edition of a economics principles textbook, Economics.

Dean received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Previously, he taught at Yale and Princeton. He received a PhD in Economics from M.I.T., an MBA and an MPP from the University of Chicago, and a BA in International Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Walter is the president of the National Association of Evangelicals and also serves as Pastor for Leadership at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has spent nearly three decades preaching, engaging in collaborative leadership, and seeking to connect the Bible to the significant intellectual, cultural, and social issues of the day. Walter has previously served as lead minister at the historic Park Street Church in Boston. His ministry also included a chaplaincy with Cru at Yale University and a pastorate at a Korean-Canadian church in Vancouver, Canada. He has a B.A. from Northwestern University in history and philosophy. After receiving his M.Div. from Regent College (Vancouver), he earned a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations from Harvard University.

David cofounded Axis in 2007 and is the CEO. Axis supports and is the "culture translator" for 270,000 parents and caring adults who disciple 570,000 teens in their home and another 1,350,000 teens in classrooms, churches, and on sport teams.

Josh Good directs the Aspen Institute's Religion & Society Program, an initiative founded in 2009 to help journalists, clerics, policy experts, and civic leaders advance the full promise of religious pluralism. Through two-day forums and a podcast, its Faith Angle Forum supports a network of journalists who strengthen reporting and commentary on how religious believers, religious convictions, and moral arguments affect American politics and public life. A Philanthropy & Religion program helps funders connect with leading religion scholars and public intellectuals, and a Religion Fellows program empowers leaders to tackle abiding challenges--including around racial justice. Josh previously directed the Kern Family Foundation’s Faith, Work, and Economics Program and, prior to that, managed the American Enterprise Institute’s outreach program to faculty and student leaders at Christian colleges. He holds a B.A. in history from Covenant College and a master’s degree in Christianity and Culture from Harvard University, and his work has been published by Routledge Press and in The Hill, National Review, The Weekly Standard, World Magazine, The Federalist, and The American.

David Gibson (Ph.D, University of Aberdeen) is the Minister of Trinity Church, in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he has lived for the last 19 years. He is married to Angela, and they have four children (Archie, Ella, Sam, Lily, plus Nala the cocker spaniel). David's parents are from the UK but he was born in Tennessee where they were training to serve overseas with Mission Aviation Fellowship. He grew up in Tanzania, East Africa, and then also in Belfast, N. Ireland. He has been in Christian ministry for 16 years. Day to day life involves an open home with people coming and going, being a taxi driver to each child, and weekly exposition of the Bible in Trinity's Sunday worship. David is passionate about reaching the city in which he lives with the gospel, and the Trinity congregation are currently preparing to restore Aberdeen's largest church building (built in 1904) after decades of neglect. He has published in academic and more popular contexts, most recently on the beauty of the Wisdom literature in everyday life: Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches us to Live in Light of the End. He has also written on the book of James and on Psalm 23.

Robert is a Managing Director at JLIN, a mission-driven firm established by a professional basketball player Jeremy Lin to impact culture. At JLIN, Robert is incubating an impact investing venture to love on founders taking on meaningful risks for impact in Asia and the U.S. Robert also serves on the Investment Committee of Access Ventures, a U.S. based private operating foundation that has invested 100% of its endowment in impact investments. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Sustainable Finance Initiative, a network of Asia-based family offices pursuing impact investing. Prior to JLIN, Robert managed several family offices and foundation endowments at Caprock, a $8B+ multi-family office and a founding B-Corp member. Robert currently resides in Korea with his wife, Jinsol, and two highly, highly-energetic young boys.

Dave is Co-Founder and CEO of Praxis, a venture-building ecosystem advancing redemptive entrepreneurship, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to work on the major issues of our time. Since 2011, Praxis has supported over 200 business and nonprofit ventures around the world, while facilitating over $100 million in grants and investments to these early-stage organizations. Previously, Dave was a Principal Designer at IDEO and founded two companies in music and technology. He has a BA from Babson College, an MBA & MEM from Northwestern, and lives in Manhattan with his wife and three sons.

David Simms is the Managing Partner and Founder of Talanton, a faith-driven impact

investing firm. Talanton mobilizes generous, mission-minded people who believe the

best way to permanently help people living in desperate poverty is to create jobs, bring

Hope and transform lives. Currently Talanton focuses its work in Kenya, Rwanda,

Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania.

Before founding Talanton, David served as the Executive Chair of Opportunity

International, a global microfinance organization that served 12 million clients and

disbursed $1.2B in loans per year during his tenure. He chaired the U.S., Global, and

MicroEnsure boards over decades of involvement with Opportunity—from when it

served fewer than 1,000 families.

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David’s career spans executive roles in financial services, management consulting,

government, and nonprofits. He has served as a Partner with Bridgespan, S.E.V.P. at

MBNA America, CEO of the American Red Cross Washington/Baltimore Blood Services

Region, and was a White House Fellow. David started his career at Bain & Company.

He holds an MBA with distinction and J.D. from Harvard and earned two bachelor’s

degrees in economics and applied science from the University of Pennsylvania (summa

cum laude).

David and Kim, his wife, will celebrate their 40 th wedding anniversary on October 1.

They live in the United States in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They have two

wonderful adult sons, Stephen and Ryan, and a new daughter-in-law, Amanda.

Melinda Henneberger is the metro columnist for The Kansas City Star. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2022, for persuasive columns demanding justice for alleged victims of a retired Kansas City, Kansas, police detective accused of being a sexual predator. In September of 2022, the former detective, Roger Golubski, was arrested and has since been charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse and civil rights violations. Melinda was also a Pulitzer finalist for commentary in 2021, for editorial writing in 2020 and for commentary in 2019.

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Melinda has also worked for newspapers in Dallas, New York, Washington, Rome and Sacramento. She spent 10 years at The New York Times, as Rome Bureau Chief, a Washington correspondent and a Metro reporter covering New York City hospitals.

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An Illinois native and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Henneberger earned a graduate degree in European Studies from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and at The Catholic University of America's Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies. She and her husband Bill Turque, an editor who began his journalism career at The Kansas City Star, have grown twins, Della and Connor Turque.

Bill McKendry is the founder and chief creative officer at BrandHaven in Grand Haven, Michigan, which he launched in 2018 after heading the breakthrough advertising agency, Hanon McKendry. He has also served as vice chairman and chief creative officer of JDA Worldwide, worked at Tracy-Locke/BBDO | Denver, co-founded Compass College of Film + Media (which just merged with Calvin University), and winning over 1,500 national and international awards in advertising and marketing. 

He is also founder of the nonprofit organization Do More Good® and author of a best selling book by the same name. He was inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Hall of Achievement for his cause work.

Bill has a wealth of corporate brand and faith-based, nonprofit branding experience which includes campaigns created for Target Stores, American Express, Taco Bell and Dodge as well as illumiNations, Young Life, and World Vision.

Earlier this year he spearheaded an effort to bring Jesus to the Super Bowl. He Gets Us is a large, national campaign designed to raise the respect and relevance of Jesus in our culture and it has been hitting TV, billboard and digital airways since March of 2022. He Gets Us became the most talked about advertiser in this year's Super Bowl, which has helped the campaign to reach a 70%+ national awareness level after just one year in the market.

Shirley V. Hoogstra is the President of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, an

educational association representing over 185 colleges and associations around the world.

Shirley sees her role as the chief advocate and storyteller for CCCU institutions, which have

unique missions but all share four distinctives: Christian faculty and staff who teach students

through the lens of faith; rigorous intellectual engagement; Christian formation of students;

and a commitment to the global service for Christ at both the individual and institutional levels.

Shirley speaks on and for Christian higher education and has been quoted in the Washington

Post, the New York Times, World Magazine, Christianity Today, and various podcasts, radio, and

news programs. She is a regular speaker at conferences and campuses across the country.

Shirley has contributed chapters on bridge building and covenantal pluralism, and she writes

regularly for CCCU’s Advance magazine.

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Shirley serves on the boards of the American Council on Education, National Immigration

Forum, National Association of Evangelicals, and Trinity Forum. She received honorary

doctorate degrees from Gordon College, Nyack College now Alliance University, and Dallas

Baptist University. She was the recipient of awards for her distinguished leadership,

impact on education, and desire to love and care for the needs of immigrants.

Anne is the Editor-in-Chief of Comment Magazine and the host of Breaking Ground, a collaborative web commons created in 2020 to inspire a dynamic cross-section of thinkers and practitioners to respond to the major crises of the year with wisdom, hope, and courage. She is the host of The Whole Person Revolution podcast and the author of The Fabric of Character: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Renewing our Social and Moral Landscape, published in 2019. Previously, Anne directed The Philanthropy Roundtable‘s Character Initiative, a program seeking to help American foundations and business leaders strengthen “the middle ring” of morally formative institutions. She is a Fellow with the Urban Reform Institute and a Senior Fellow with The Trinity Forum. Anne also previously worked with Laity Lodge and the H.E. Butt Family Foundation in Texas, and before that she worked at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, World Affairs Journal and The New York Times. She holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and international relations from Wheaton College. Anne serves as a trustee for the Center for Public Justice, Nyack College, the Hyde Park Institute and the Colangelo Carpenter Innovation Center. She has published widely, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, and Philanthropy Magazine.

Dr. Richard L. Pratt, Jr., is president and co-founder of Thirdmill, an evangelical ministry that provides biblical and theological training (currently in 25 languages) for Christian leaders globally. 

Before dedicating himself full-time to Thirdmill, Dr. Pratt served as a professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. He studied at Westminister Theological Seminary, received his M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, and earned his Th.D. in Old Testament Studies from Harvard. He’s authored numerous articles, books, commentaries, along with editing and translation projects. 

Having traveled extensively preaching and teaching worldwide, he has a heart for under-resourced pastors and their churches. God used his passion for preaching and music in street evangelism for decades, which solidified his belief that every Christian deserves a well-taught pastor.

Cherie is the President of the Trinity Forum. She previously served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Policy and Projects for First Lady Laura Bush; as Senior Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, advising the Leader on domestic social issues and serving as liaison and outreach director to outside groups; and as Senior Counselor to the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Cherie holds a BA magna cum laude in government from Harvard University and a post-graduate diploma in literature from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. She serves on the board of Faith and Law and as a Senior Fellow of Cardus.

M.A. Biblical Studies, New College Berkeley

Business and Educational Administration, Colombia

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Prior to retirement, Elizabeth served for 28 years at the Biblical Seminary (FUSBC) as professor (1993-2009), Academic Vice-President (2007-2010 and President (2011-2021).

Previously, she was regional leader of the IFES (International Fellowship of Evangelical Students) Colombian movement.

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She is passionate about theological education that is truly theological, educational, and contextual. She lectures internationally and is an associate of Global Associates for Transformational Education (GATE).

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She authored an introductory grammar of New Testament Greek for Spanish-speaking students (Griego para Sancho), the commentary on the Gospel of John for the Comentario Bíblico Contemporáneo, notes on the same gospel for The Justice Bible, and has contributed to publications on theological education and leadership.

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Currently she serves on the boards of United World Mission, Theological Book Network and reSource Leadership International.

Dr Michael Young-Suk Oh is Executive Director/CEO of the Lausanne Movement

(lausanne.org). Lausanne was founded idn 1974 by Dr. Billy Graham and Rev. John Stott

and has played a unique role in helping to convene the leaders of the global church and

to guide the strategy for global missions.  Lausanne has also helped to introduce and

champion some of the key mission strategies of our day including unreached people

groups and the 10/40 window. 

Michael is of Korean descent, born in America. Michael received his BA, MS, and PhD

degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He also completed an MDiv at Trinity

Evangelical Divinity School as well as an MA in Regional Studies, East Asia, at Harvard

University.

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Michael answered the call to lead the Lausanne Movement because of a passion that he

“wants the world to look different in ten years." Michael, his wife Pearl, and their five

children served as missionaries in Japan for over 10 years and now live near

Philadelphia.

Lisa D. Daniels is an Advocate, Mother and Champion for Restorative Justice and Pain Transformation who helps individuals and families find healing in the aftermath of violence and crime. After the death of her youngest son, Darren, whom she lost to gun violence in 2012, her own journey toward healing inspired her advocacy work. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices (The Center), a nonprofit organization that develops and advances trauma-informed solutions to support communities of color directly impacted by violent crime and mass incarceration.

Endel Liias is the founder and managing principal of Nexus Impact Advisors, an advisory firm that helps institutional investors align the entirety of their investments with their values. Earlier in his career, Endel served at Geneva Global, the John Templeton Foundation, America Abroad Media, and as a missionary in Bolivia. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and currently resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife Kate, where they attend Restoration Anglican Church.

Lindy Cleveland is the Founder and Executive Director of Unless U. Since opening Unless U in 2014, Lindy has been featured in many local and national magazines and publications. Lindy has been a TEDx speaker and received the 2022 Humanitarian Alumni of the Year award from her alma mater, Samford University. Lindy has grown Unless U from her six "founding fathers" meeting in her parent's home to two campuses and an ice cream shop where they serve 150 families and counting in Birmingham, AL. Lindy is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs to create redemptive ventures to serve the disability community with excellence through her consulting. She has successfully helped launch two start-ups and eight existing organizations to expand their programs. Lindy and her husband Mitch have two little boys. Their youngest is named after her brother, Jordan, who is the inspiration for Unless U.

Nicholas Sensley is the Founder and CEO of the Institute for American Policing Reform (IAPR). IAPR is a non-partisan nonprofit organization with a vision for standardized, trustworthy policing services infused with uncompromised regard for human dignity. Nicholas is a former California Police Chief with 25 years of policing experience in three California cities. He has also been a consultant and developer in the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America for nearly three decades. Nicholas has leveraged a lifelong career in public leadership, anti-corruption development, defense of marginalized populations, and human dignity advocacy in facilitating governmental and community development. His expertise in developing strategic responses to humanitarian crises has been recognized across federal departments in the United States, by the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, and other intergovernmental and bilateral organizations. 

Ida is the President of Restore NYC since March 2022, a role she greatly enjoys because of the impact where survivors of human trafficking thrive in greater freedom. Prior to this role, Ida was the first female international director of World Renew for 16 years after serving overseas 15 years in East and Southern Africa in various roles to overcome poverty, injustice and disasters. She has a Master of Management degree and developed a bachelor’s degree program in community leadership. She has volunteered as pastoral elder, church council chair and board member of both local and international charities. Her personal joy is her family of three adult children and one grandchild.

Missy Franklin was raised in Centennial, Colorado, began swimming competitively at the age of 5 and competed in her first international event in 2009 at the age of 14. Her ascent to stardom did not take long, 3 years later she established herself as one of the top swimmers in the world when she won 5 medals – 3 of them Gold – at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai. 

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At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Franklin won 4 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze Medal. Franklin’s performance in the 200-meter backstroke broke the world record in the event and also marked the first time that an American won the event in 40 years. She followed her Olympic success by winning 6 gold medals at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, and, at the time, became the most decorated female swimmer in history at a single World Championships. In 2014, she released a documentary, Touch the Wall, captivating viewers with a behind the scenes look at the intense preparation required to compete at such an elite level. 

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Missy’s dominance at her craft did not end there. She earned 4 individual NCAA titles while studying and competing at Cal, and helped win the 2015 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Team Championship. Missy was awarded the 2015 Collegiate Woman of the Year and the Honda Cup for her collegiate athletic achievements. Franklin has been named “World Swimmer of the Year” and “American Swimmer of the Year” by Swimming World Magazine and earned the ESPY for Best Female Olympian in 2013 and Best Female College Athlete in 2015. Franklin brought home her final Gold Medal from the 2016 Rio Olympics for her performance in the 4 x 200 relay.

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Though she retired in 2018, Missy’s hard work didn’t stop. She completed her degree in psychology and a minor in education at The University of Georgia and shifted her focus to speaking engagements, brand partnerships, and philanthropy. Missy was appointed to the Board of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation where she provides oversight and guidance for the organization’s global work, which includes funding more than 250 Sport for Development programs around the world. A recurring theme in her book, Relentless Spirit, and speaking engagements, Missy advocates for topics such as mental health awareness, female empowerment, and overcoming failure.

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Missy’s career is nothing short of legendary, accomplishing much in and out of the pool. The most rewarding chapter to date began with the birth of her first daughter, Sarah Caitlin, and she and her husband, Hayes, are enjoying every minute of it at their new home in Nashville, TN.

Michael Allen is Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Together Chicago. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his family in 1977.  In 1986 he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Early in his professional career, Michael was called into ministry under the leadership of Dr. O.S. Hawkins, First Baptist Church – Ft. Lauderdale (1989). In 1997, Michael served as Assistant Pastor of Urban Outreach and Evangelism at The Moody Church in Chicago, IL . Michael also served as the Associate Pastor at Sagemont Church in Houston, TX (2002) and most recently as the Senior Pastor at Uptown Baptist Church. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the board of the Pacific Garden Mission.

Michael holds a Masters in Divinity from Trinity International University, a Bachelors of Arts in Biblical Studies from Trinity College – Miami, FL and an Associates in Computer Electronics.

Michael is married to Marilza from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they have 4 children.

Peter is CEO of HOPE International, a global Christ-centered microenterprise development organization serving throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining HOPE, Peter worked internationally in Cambodia, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. He has co-authored 12 books, including Mission Drift and Rooting for Rivals. More important than his occupation is the joy of being married to Laurel and dad to Keith, Liliana, Myles, and London.

Dr. Steve West is the Director of Chaplaincy for the National Association of Evangelicals. His entire career has been dedicated to caregiving through his work as an emergency medical technician, police officer, military chaplain, pastor, and hospital chaplain.

He retired as a chaplain in the United States Air Force in 2015. During that time, he served as the White House Communications Agency chaplain and was chaplain for two Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He has in-depth experience earning a Master of Divinity degree in Psychology and Counseling from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The Air Force sent him to the University of Nebraska for their master’s degree program in Marriage and Family Therapy. His Doctor of Ministry degree is from Alabama Theological Seminary

Dr. West is the author of “The Bronze Scar: Understanding How PTSD Feels to Help Victims and Those Who Support Them.”

He is married to Cherri West. They have two children, Adam and Jennifer.

Dr. Steve West is a highly experienced and distinguished caregiver and a respected leader in the fields of chaplaincy and PTSD. With advanced education and training from prestigious institutions like the United States Air Force, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, University of Nebraska, and Alabama Theological Seminary, he has amassed an impressive amount of expertise in his various roles as an emergency medical technician (EMT), police officer, military chaplain, pastor, hospital chaplain, and author.

Before retiring from his position as USAF chaplain in 2015 - a position that saw him serve as the White House Communications Agency Chaplain - he was privileged to provide spiritual support to two Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In addition to his current role as Director of Chaplaincy for the National Association of Evangelicals, Dr. West is also the author of ‘The Bronze Scar: Understanding How PTSD Feels to Help Victims and Those Who Support Them.’ He is married to Cherri West with two children, Adam and Jennifer.

Andriy has been serving at HOPE since March 2010. Prior to his time on the Ukraine team, he served as a lawyer at his father’s firm. Andriy has earned four university degrees in law, management, marketing, and EU finances. He is also pursuing a master’s degree in marketing. He is passionate about the work of HOPE and loves to see how the Lord uses the team in Ukraine to change the lives of clients and their families. He lives with his wife and their son, Markiian Thor, and enjoys sharing his love of American football with his family.

Barry H. Corey is the eighth president of Biola University. Since assuming the role in 2007, Corey has led Biola into its second century with the launch of an ambitious 10‐year university plan, completing the largest fundraising campaign in Biola’s history by exceeding its $180 million goal, creating four new academic schools and embarking on a major university transformation journey to position Biola to flourish for decades to come. He has done this while honoring the mission of the university and its unique contribution to the landscape of higher education.

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A native of New England, Corey previously served at Gordon‐Conwell Theological Seminary. He received his B.A. in English and biblical studies from Evangel University and his M.A. in American studies and Ph.D. in education from Boston College. Corey is the author of the books Make the Most of It: A Guide to Loving Your College Years (Tyndale, 2020) and Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue (Tyndale, 2016.

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He and his wife, Paula, have three children: Anders — who is married to Ashley — Ella and Samuel.

Eddie Waxer is a leader in the global sports movement. He came to faith at Michigan State, when a fellow tennis player spoke to him about Christ. Having grown up Jewish, it took him three months to read the New Testament and accept Christ as Messiah and Lord.

While at Michigan State, the athletic director asked Eddie to speak one-on-one with members of the football and baseball teams. Over the next couple of years, more than 50 athletes indicated a faith decision and began to be discipled. This birthed a vision for elite sports ministry in the United States and internationally.  

Paul Eshleman, one of the first classmates Eddie tried to disciple, initially showed no interest. Two years later, they both ended up in Miami and Eddie invested a year of his life into discipling Paul. In 1967, Paul, his father, and Eddie created a chaplaincy for the National Football League teams, the first of its kind for professional or Olympic level athletes.  In 1971, the three of them organized a spiritual training conference for players and wives that became Pro Athletes Outreach. Eddie then helped start ministries for Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, while also doing outreach internationally. For the past 60 years, God’s spirit has been at work. Today, the sports movement has a presence in 244 of the 253 targeted countries, islands, territories and over 3,000 cities.

Ruth N. López Turley is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, which brings together data, research, engagement, and action to improve lives. In 2011, she founded the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a research-practice partnership between Rice University and eleven Houston area school districts, representing over 700,000 students. She directed HERC from 2011 to 2022, during which she raised over $30M so that school districts would not have to pay for research. She also founded the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships, which connects and supports over 70 partnerships between research institutions and education agencies throughout the country. In 2022, President Biden appointed her to the National Board for Education Sciences, which advises and approves priorities for the research arm of the US Department of Education. She is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard and is originally from Laredo, Texas.

Jill Anschutz has worked to bring positive change to the communities she has lived in throughout her career. After completing her undergraduate degree at Taylor University, she worked in public issue communications helping her clients increase their impact. She also served as Denver Institute for Faith & Work’s first director of communications after helping found the nonprofit. Since becoming a mom, Jill has used her PR and communications expertise to serve local nonprofits. She sits on the boards of The Anschutz Foundation, Taylor University, Colorado Charter School Institute, Denver Institute for Faith & Work, and Seed Company. She and her husband live in Denver and have a young son.

Michael Lindsay, Ph.D., serves as the President of Taylor University. Since assuming the presidency, the University has enjoyed significant momentum and, thanks to the work of his colleagues, Taylor has experienced its best fundraising and fiscal years, matriculated its largest and most diverse class, and enjoyed widespread excitement and commitment to Taylor Thrives, the University’s strategic plan.He is the author of two dozen scholarly publications and numerous books, including, Faith in the Halls of Power, which was nominated for the nonfiction Pulitzer Prize, and his award-winning View from the Top, which has been translated into Chinese and Japanese. His most recent book, Hinge Moments, was launched globally on the Taylor campus and is published with InterVarsity Press.Lindsay earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University and graduate theological degrees from Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University and Princeton Theological Seminary. He has lectured on six continents and is recognized for his insights on leadership and institutional momentum.Lindsay has been married for over 25 years to his wife Rebecca, an accomplished teacher and speaker who serves as Taylor’s Ambassador for the University. They are the proud parents of three daughters, Elizabeth, Caroline, and Emily.

John Bernard has been president of United World Mission (UWM) since 2001. Previously John and his wife Melinda were missionaries in Spain involved in church planting and leadership training. John also served as a local church pastor in New Hampshire.

John earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia International University in 2005 with a dissertation entitled, “Training Church Planters in Vietnam.” In 1987 he earned the Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

United World Mission was born in 1946 when a group of U.S. churches united with global partners to pursue God’s mission together. Today, UWM stills work arm-in-arm with the Church to equip and foster its leaders, now in more than 50 countries. UWM’s core conviction is that meeting the deepest needs of the world begins with meeting the deepest needs of the Global Church.

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Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Gould is CEO of the United States Air Force Academy Association of Graduates and Foundation.The 18th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy from June 2009 to August 2013, he retired from the United States Air Force in July 2013. He founded his own consulting firm in Colorado Springs after his retirement and served as a director on numerous boards, including Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Goodwill of Colorado and he served as a trustee of the El Pomar Foundation.  In addition, from 2014-2016 he was a member of the inaugural college football playoff selection committee.Gould earned his commission and a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1976. He commanded an operations group, an air refueling wing, an air mobility wing and the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center. He also commanded the 3rd Air Force, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, and the 2nd Air Force, Keesler AFB, Miss. His staff assignments included three tours at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, along with duty as the Air Force aide to the president and senior military assistant to the secretary of the Air Force. Prior to becoming the Air Force Academy superintendent, he was director of operations and plans for U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.A command pilot, Gould has flown more than 3,250 hours in a variety of aircraft.He holds a master’s degree in human resource development from Webster University and has completed graduate courses at the Air Command and Staff College, the National War College, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

William “Willie” Shelton is an independent consultant. He also serves on several corporate boards and advisory boards, and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for a non-profit organization in Colorado.

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General Shelton retired as Commander, Air Force Space Command, in September, 2014. During his career, he commanded space operations units at every level and held staff positions in a wide range of Air Force and Department of Defense organizations. In his final assignment, he led a team of over 40,000 at Air Force Space Command to provide space and cyberspace operational forces, as well as acquisition of space systems. In this role, he was responsible for an annual budget of over $10 billion.

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General Shelton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1976, a Master of Science degree in astronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1980, and a Master of Science degree in national security studies from the National War College in 1995.

Ian co-founded The Network in 2013 after 10 years in the intelligence community. He grew up in Roanoke, VA, earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cedarville University and an MS in Telecommunications from Southern Methodist University. He began his career as an officer in the US Air Force in 1996. Ian resides in Northern Virginia with his wife Laura and three grown children. He spends as much time as possible in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

David is the founder and senior leader of Christ Church London, a church that works for the cultural, social and spiritual renewal of the city. The church meets on four sites and six services across the capital. David has been leading churches for over 25 years and has trained others to start churches in many parts of the world.

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David has also co-founded and leads the Everything Network (Pslm 24:1), a faith based community of senior leaders from different sectors who work together for the renewal of culture. He has also co-founded the Forum network, which draws together senior leaders of good will to work for a better world. David and Philippa have recently started Forum US, with a vision to develop communities in various cultural centres to reinvigorate healthy regional and national life across the USA.

Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Founding Faculty Director for the Harvard Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies.

Professor Okediji is an expert in intellectual property law (IP) whose research and scholarship has influenced national and regional laws and policies affecting access to essential medicines, vaccines and pharmaceutical products, access to educational materials, and the ethical stewardship of innovation. In addition to her work on global IP and regulatory frameworks for new digital technologies, Professor Okediji helps lead University-wide efforts at Harvard exploring the development and dynamics of the global digital economy, focusing on Artificial Intelligence, data protection, and what regulatory structures and ethical standards should govern these subjects.

Professor Okediji was a member of the U.S. National Academies Board on Science, Technology and Policy Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era, and in 2021 she completed service as Co-Chair of the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Committee on Advancing Commercialization from the Federal Laboratories.

Over the course of her distinguished career, Professor Okediji has received many awards and distinctions for teaching, advising, and mentoring. These include “Professor Most Likely to Go Beyond the Call of Duty” and the Student Bar Association’s “Outstanding Professor Award.” She is a two- time recipient of the Harvard Law School Women’s Law Association “Shatter the Ceiling” Award. Professor Okediji has been named one of the 50 most influential figures in the field of intellectual property by Managing IP and she received the 2019 Public Knowledge IP3 Award. She is also a 2023 recipient of the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement awarded by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Professor Okediji teaches Contracts, Law and Technology, Artificial Intelligence in a Just Society, Biblical Law, and Legal Ethics.  She is the immediate past-President of the Order of the Coif, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and an appointed member of the American Bar Association’s Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence and the Law.

Professor Okediji is a graduate of the University of Jos and Harvard Law School.

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Tom is CEO of Love Your Neighbour, an alliance of churches and organizations working together to support individuals and families in need in the UK. He is an ordained minister on the clergy team at Holy Trinity Brompton church in London where he oversees Workplaced to help people discover higher purpose in work. Formerly, Tom was a lawyer, an entrepreneur, founder of Resurgo, an award-winning charity running the Spear program for unemployed young people across the UK, and co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice think tank in London. He was awarded an MBE for services to young people and the community in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2018. Tom is married to Sarah and together they have three daughters.

Baroness Philippa Stroud is the Chief Executive for ARC, having previously been the CEO of the Legatum Institute and the Centre for Social Justice. She was the Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and additionally to the Prime Minister. Philippa was made a member of the House of Lords in October 2015. Philippa also co-founded and leads the Everything Network (Pslm 24:1), a faith based community of senior leaders from different sectors who work together for the renewal of culture. She has also co-founded the Forum network, which draws together senior leaders of good will to work for a better world. Philippa and David have recently started Forum US, with a vision to develop communities in various cultural centres to reinvigorate healthy regional and national life across the USA.

Sarah is the CEO of the Church Revitalisation Trust, which supports the planting of churches across the UK. Prior to this, Sarah was HTB Group Chief of Staff, Director of Operations and Executive Pastor at St Paul’s Hammersmith and was Founding Director of a Property and Design Company working in the UK and Europe. Sarah and her husband Tom lead a campus at HTB Church and are founders of Love Your Neighbour national campaign. Sarah is an ordained minister in the Church of England.

Eddie Bocanegra is currently with the Department of Justice as a Senior Advisor for Community Violence

Intervention in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. He

provides counsel and coordinates outreach on OJP’s Community Violence Intervention and Prevention

Initiative, a centerpiece of the Biden Administration’s public safety and violence reduction strategy.

Prior to joining the DOJ, he held many positions within the city of Chicago. He served on Mayor Rahm

Emanuel’s Commission for a Safer Chicago, and co-chaired Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Public Safety and

Accountability Commission for a Safer Chicago. He was a committee member of the Illinois Juvenile

Justice Leadership Council and a board member of Illinois’ Juvenile Justice Initiative and The Public

Welfare Foundation. He also served as a trustee for the Council of Criminal Justice and a member of the

Fund Peace Coalition.

Mr. Bocanegra was the Executive Director of READI Chicago, where he oversaw the management and

implementation of the evidence-based and trauma-informed program to reduce gun violence and

promote safety and opportunity in the city. As executive director for the YMCA of Chicago’s Youth Safety

and Violence Prevention program, he was responsible for programs that focused on trauma-

informed approaches, such as Urban Warriors and Bridging the Divide.

He has been the congregational organizer for Community Renewal Society, where he led FORCE

(Fighting to Overcome Records and Create Equality), a coalition that advocates for increased

opportunities for the formerly incarcerated and has worked as a violence interrupter for

Chicago’s CeaseFire. His work was featured in the award-winning documentary “The Interrupters,” and

has been highlighted on CBS, NPR, and other local and national media outlets.

Mr. Bocanegra holds master’s and bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago and

Northeastern Illinois University, respectively. He has spoken at the United Nations, the U.S. Centers for

Disease Control, and various academic institutions including Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities.

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Michelle is  a Kenyan national and permanent resident of the United States. Prior to joining Talanton, she worked for Volkswagen at their Wolfsburg, Germany headquarters in the Sales Africa department, and with Hilton Hotels Worldwide in London, UK, and Nairobi, Kenya.

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Her professional expertise is in Sales, Marketing, and Account Management, and having studied and worked both in developed and developing countries, she feels at home in both worlds. She understands the SME business dynamic and has experience working with SMEs in Kenya such as Lattice Consulting and Creative FCB in Sales & Marketing Management and Business Development.

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She is  a Christian whose walk with God started in her early teens and has served with Word of Life Ministries in Kenya as a youth counselor and also briefly as a Bible School Administrator.

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She has an MBA in Finance & Marketing from the USA WASC affiliated Kenyan University (USIU-Africa), is an Alumni Fellow of the GIZ German government Fellowship program 2017-2019 cohort, and is trilingual, speaking English, Swahili & German fluently.

Joanna Ng is an inventor and a technologist whose work has been informed by and integrated with her Christian faith. A former IBMer, she has 49 patents granted to her name, attained the accreditation of an IBM Master Inventor, was on two IBM patent review boards, providing patent education and mentored aspiring inventors. In addition, she has published 20+ peer-reviewed academic papers, held a seven-year tenure as the Head of Research, Director of Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada. Joanna started Devarim Design for the advancement of AI, focusing on applying AI in augmented intelligence.

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As a follower of Jesus, Joanna believes and advocates the democratization of priesthood (Revelations 1:6). To that end, she started www.koe.community (KOE: Kingdom On Earth), to gather the like-minded, to sharpen each other, discipling and building up one another in Christ to function as kingdom-impactful disciples and priests in where God ordained us in specific domains of the world.

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Aside from being a technologist, Joanna is also a frequent speaker: https://joannawng.com/talks-presentations/

and recently started her YouTube Channel KOE Soundbites: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYH36i7Gqypa3bJ6M7XhrtQ

Her recent campaign is to awake the Church not to be fearful of AI, but to arise, realizing DW (Divine Wisdom) > AI (Artificial Intelligence). 

Mandy McCaulley is a Navy reservist and a pediatrician working at Lawndale Christian Health Center,
North Lawndale, IL. Commander McCaulley served on active duty at the Naval Medical Center
Porstsmouth, Virginia, the US Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan and Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida.
She transitioned to the the reserves and has worked in hospitals in the National Health Service in
Scotland, in rural western New York and in the western suburbs of Chicago. She has been on faculty at
the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, the University of Dundee and the University of
Rochester as an assistant professor and clinical instructor. As a reservist she has served as a department
head in a combined unit supporting EUCOM in Stuttgart, Germany, and as the battalion surgeon for 4 th
Marine Division 3/25. She was the Senior Medical Officer for Task Force Commitment, supporting the
Marine Corps Covid-19 quarantine mission at MCRD Parris Island.
As a civilian she is a board-certified general pediatrician and pediatric hospitalist. She earned her BS
from the University of the South, Sewanee TN and her MD from Dartmouth Medical School. She is
married to Esau and has four wonderful children.

James Kelly founded FaithTech in 2016 with 35 people in a coffee shop. Today, FaithTech is a global tech community for Christ with presence in over 30 cities from 11 countries and a waiting list of over 150 cities. The work of FaithTech has been mentioned in The New York Times, Wired Magazine and Christianity Today. James comes with a unique background in church (MDiv & Church Planting) and business (BComm & Startups). James is married with two young children and lives in Waterloo, Canada.