Speakers

Mission Data International provides the web services ShortTermMissions.com and AskaMissionary.com. David currently serves as chairman on the SOE Board. He spent 15 years working with pastors and church leaders in Guatemala and Colombia with OC International.

Support Raising Solutions is a ministry focused on equipping ministries with the tools and training for personal support raising, as well as providing the SRS Boot Camp training to thousands of missionaries every year. He has been support raising since 2003 and is the national trainer for the public SRS Bootcamps. He actively works to equip ministry leaders to survive and thrive. He has been happily married to his wife Marque for more than 22 years, and they have four kids ranging from junior high to college-aged.

Jan Batchelder has been with Raptim Humanitarian Travel for more than 30 years, serving in many roles within the company; leisure travel, corporate and international travel, and office manager; culminating with her joining the Business Development team in 2006. Jan holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and has earned her CTC designation. She resides in Colorado, and works extensively with clients in the West and mid-West USA.

As a certified public accountant and licensed attorney, Ted advises exempt organizations of all sizes on a wide range of issues. This includes consulting on tax and employee benefit related matters, representation before state and federal tax authorities, and assistance with firm audit or advisory engagements to formulate advice and counsel on important operating and tax issues.

Mike Batts has extensive experience serving nonprofit organizations across the United States. He advises numerous Christian ministries on accounting, financial reporting, tax strategy, corporate structure, governance, international activities, and other matters. Mike currently serves on the board of ECFA. He previously served as the ECFA board chair. He chaired the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations, a national commission convened to provide policy advice to Congress, the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and the nonprofit sector related to federal tax policy affecting religious and other nonprofit organizations.

Connie Befus is a psychologist with 30 years of experience in member care in missions. She grew up in Africa, the daughter of missionary parents and has served with her husband in Latin America for 17 years. She has worked in private practice, as a psychological consultant for six missions, and as Director of Member Care for Latin America Mission for 10 years, and for WorldVenture for 7 years. She has two adult Third Culture Kids. Her doctoral research explored effective helps for people in the midst of cross cultural adjustment.

Steve provides leadership in mobilizing the local church to recruit, prepare, send and sustain their members in cross-cultural ministry. Calvary Church has approximately 100 of their members serving cross-culturally. Steve’s commitment to advancing world missions has taken him to over 40 countries. His book “Well Sent: Reimaging the Church’s Missionary-Sending Process”, has recently been translated into Mandarin. He has served on the Board of Directors of The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) for 18 years. He and his wife, Lorraine, have three children and five grandchildren.

Bob oversees GuideStone’s fund manager selection process His duties include ongoing monitoring and due diligence. He also maintains primary responsibility for fund construction, both in equity and fixed income strategies. Before coming to GuideStone in June 2015, Bob served as the chief investment officer for Laird Norton Wealth Management in Seattle, Washington. There he created investment strategies and supervised manager selection. Bob has a Physiology degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and an MBA from Northwestern University. He is also a member of the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth.  

Sam Black is an Internet Safety Consultant, partnerships director at Covenant Eyes Internet Accountability, and the author of “The Porn Circuit: Understand Your Brain and Break Porn Habits in 90 Days.”  He joined the Covenant Eyes team in 2007 after 18 years as a journalist, and has edited 16 books on the impact of pornography, how to protect our families, and how God’s grace brings restoration. He has been married for 21 years and is a father of two.

Barbara Bowman oversees: Advancement Services, Development, Marketing and Communication, Ministry Partnership, and the Advocate Wing. For 30+ years, Barbara has been involved in Young Life, an international youth ministry. She has 20+ years of experience in nonprofit and corporate career management, ten with the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce. Barbara has served on many nonprofit boards and community coalitions in the areas of economic development and human services. Barbara oversees Advancement Services, Development, Marketing and Communication, Ministry Partnership, and the Advocate Wing. She has been involved in Young Life has 20+ years of experience in nonprofit and corporate career management, Barbara has served on many nonprofit boards and community coalitions in the areas of economic development and human services. 

ECFA accredits Christ-centered ministries in the areas of governance, financial management and stewardship/fundraising. Dan has over 40 years of experience serving the Christ-centered church and nonprofit community. He is a prolific writer including a 2015 release, TRUST: The Firm Foundation for Kingdom Fruitfulness. Nonprofit Times named him as one of the 50 Most Powerful Nonprofit Leaders from 2010-2015.

With a background in accounting and philosophy and 20+ years practicing tax law, Mark now serves as the CEO of MDE. Prior to this, Mark and his wife, Charlene spent 12 years establishing a missionary care ministry through their church and 4 years living overseas with SEND International. Experience in both business and cross-cultural ministry has shaped the structure of MDE–a service organization connecting believers with the business, ministry, and personal resources and support they need to share the message and love of Christ through relationships built as a natural part of their authentic participation in the marketplaces of unreached communities. The Canadas now live in Farmington, Michigan, and they enjoy renovating houses, discovering new restaurants, and reading books aloud together. 

Terry Clausen has been with Wycliffe Bible Translators, USA for 17 years, working in various aspects of Personnel/HR roles within Wycliffe USA. Terry now serves as the Senior Director of HR People Services. Terry also serves on the Child Safety and Protection Network Board. Her areas of expertise involve staff management, compliance, coaching, risk mitigation, child safety, difficult issues, and merging member care with HR professional care to name a few. Terry’s heart is to serve others through caring professionalism in the field of human resources.

Doug Birdsall is a Presbyterian minister who has spent most of his thirty-seven-year career in the global mission of the church. In 1980, Doug and his wife Jeanine began their service in Japan where they served for 24 years. In 2004, Doug was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Lausanne Movement. He led the revitalization of the movement culminating in the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, Cape Town 2010. That congress brought together 4200 Christian leaders from 198 nations to consider the challenges and opportunities before the church with respect to global mission in the 21st century. After completing his service with the Lausanne Movement, he was appointed to serve as the 27th President of American Bible Society. In 2015, Doug Birdsall founded the work of Civilitas with a vision to bring “convicted, Christian civility” to our increasingly uncivil society. Much of the work of Civilitas has focused on the work of racial reconciliation through an initiative called, “After Charleston: Overcoming Evil with Good.” Doug is a graduate of Wheaton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard University, and the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. The Birdsalls live in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Their three children live in New York, London and Cambridge.

Leanne Dzubinski served overseas as a church planter, educator, and trainer for missionaries for 17 years with Greater Europe Mission. During that time she also studied mission-related issues such as acculturation and women’s contributions to missions. With a ThM from Dallas Seminary, a DMin from Gordon-Conwell and a PhD from Univ of Georgia in adult education and human resources, she now teaches in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University. Leanne also chairs the Intercultural Studies Graduate Dept and is PhD Program Director for Intercultural Education.

Duane studied at the University of Michigan, Clarks Summit, University, and Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. Twenty-five years ago, Duane and his wife Sue moved to North Carolina to help plant a church. The Lord led them in the 90’s to join ABWE to lead the first team in Ukraine. In 2000, Duane was asked to serve as the Regional Director for Europe and the Middle East. At the end of 2009, Duane was asked to become the Vice President of Global Operations.

Matthew was rescued by Jesus when he was 23 yrs. old. In 1993 he began serving as the Mission Pastor at Calvary of Albuquerque, NM where he graduated from their School of Ministry. He founded an international short-term ministry called “LifeLine Missions” that gave thousands across the country the opportunity to experience the mission field firsthand. Now, he coaches local churches to discover and use their unique gifts to make Christ known among all nations. Matthew is the President and co-founder of Sixteen:Fifteen, and currently lives in Albuquerque, NM with his wife, Renee, and their three children, Matthew, Caleigh and Landin.

Will Lofland serves as the Director of Investment Sales, which includes oversight of institutional and intermediary sales of the GuideStone Funds. He also leads sales of GuideStone Investment Services advisory services to non-profit ministry organizations. Mr. Lofland joined GuideStone in 2014 as Manager of Institutional and Advisory Sales. In this role, he served as the main salesperson for direct institutional sales, and financial advisor outreach for the GuideStone Funds. This included establishing firm level relationships, and expanding awareness of the GuideStone Funds brand in the financial advisor marketplace. After successfully building the infrastructure for this sales group, he was appointed to lead the group in late 2016. Before joining GuideStone, Mr. Lofland was a wholesaler with Fidelity Institutional Asset Management for the Rocky Mountain region. Prior to Fidelity he served as a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch, the wealth management division of Bank of America, and spent time at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in the economic research group. Mr. Lofland earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Baylor University.

Chris spent 11 years as a missionary/church planter in Thailand and has a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of About Face: Rethinking Face for 21stCentury Missions. He directs the ACU Center for Missions and teaches missions and intercultural studies at the graduate and undergraduate level. He is associate editor of Missio Dei Journal (missiodeijournal.com) and founding member of the Honor-Shame Network. His missional passions were initially stoked through short-term mission opportunities on the university campus, so STM is something about which he is especially passionate.

Laura Mae (“Larrie”) Gardner and husband Dick have served in Wycliffe and SIL more than 50 years. These years included completing a NT translation, advanced studies, serving as counselors, developers of member care, and various administrative roles. Laura Mae is a pioneer of Member Care, having recently completed the book, Healthy, Resilient, and Effective in Cross-Cultural Ministry. She continues to serve on boards, consult with mission organizations and teach seminars and workshops around the world. She is a mother of 2 and grandmother of 8. She and Dick recently retired but are busier than ever. They live in Tucson, Arizona.

Brian served as CEO of DELTA Ministries since 1985 and has been on countless short-term missions and partnered with leaders in 27 countries. He helped write the Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission (SOE), is the lead author of The Next Mile, is currently the vice chairman and CEO of the SOE, and Missions Pastor at a church in Portland, OR.

Larry grew up in Thailand as the son of pioneer missionaries in the 1950s and after college, returned to Thailand with his wife for 25 years of service as a missionary. He has a Masters degree in Thai Studies from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) and a second Masters degree in Christian Ministry from Abilene Christian University. He has been teaching undergrad Bible and Missions at ACU for 16 years.

Jennifer Holloran, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, has served with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 2002, and as Chief Human Resources Officer since 2012. She is passionate about transformational and relational human resources and organizational development strategies and practices, particularly within the context of missions and ministry work. Her current focus is in how spiritual formation, diversity, and meaningful relationship impact organizational culture. Jennifer and her husband Tim have been married for 15 years. They have two daughters, Katherine and Penelope, and reside in Orlando, Florida.

Cary provides client services to ministries through the introduction of the BCWI engagement survey and consulting tools, and support in results interpretation and action planning. Helping leaders and their organizations succeed is Cary’s focus.Prior to joining BCWI Cary served as Chief Operating Officer for the Navigators. Prior to joining the Navigators, Cary spent 30 years with Cargill Incorporated.Cary also serves on Board of Directors for The Navigators and Precept Ministries International. Cary and his wife Susan have been married 36 years and have four adult children.

Brian brings over 25 years of nonprofit leadership and consulting experience. He focuses on leadership and organizational development. Brian’s solution-minded experience, programs and processes have impacted over 500 organizations throughout the nation. Throughout his career, in addition to his own client engagements, he has partnered with several national consulting firms including: Pursuant Group, Dunham and Company and Mission Increase Foundation. Brian has also formerly served in development roles at Houston Baptist University, the Greater Dallas Region of the Salvation Army and Dallas Theological Seminary. Brian and his wife of 26 years live in the Dallas area with their three sons.

Don has a BA and MA in Bible from Columbia International University and an MBA from Liberty University. He and his wife, Cherilyn, have been missionaries with SEND International since 1987. Don has served in missionary radio and short-term mission administration, and currently serves as Assistant to the SEND US Director. He also serves as chairman on the board of directors for the Standards of Excellence in Short-term Mission. Don and Cherilyn live in Columbia, SC where Cherilyn provides mentoring and debriefing for missionaries as a licensed Christian counselor.

Andy and his wife, Lori, have served with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1992. For 12 years, they facilitated a Bible translation project among the Teribe people, an Indigenous group living in the jungles in the northwest part of Panama. After that, Andy served on the leadership team of SIL’s Americas Area and later formed and led SIL’s Global Sign Languages Team. For the past two years, he has served as Senior Strategist for Field Programs for Wycliffe USA, as well as Senior Director of Global Partnerships. Andy and Lori have 4 children between the ages of 16 and 23.

A 1980 graduate of University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business, Jim enjoyed 30 successful years in leadership roles working for companies such as NCR, AT&T and IBM Corporation. In 2007, he helped found a non-profit to resource indigenous nationals across Asia. He joined Crossworld’s leadership in 2010 to help recast its vision and transform its business model. Jim travels globally, coaching and training leaders on the principles of transformational business. Married for 36 years, Jim and his wife, Sue, have three grown daughters and live in Kansas City, MO.

For nearly 30 years, Mark served as a CFO in ministries including Every Home for Christ, Hope for the Heart, the Hope Center Foundation, Wellspring of Hope, e3 Partners and I Am Second. He now serves as a CFO advocate with AcctTwo helping CFOs seek the best “return on mission” solutions for their ministries. Mark was named a finalist for Dallas Business Journal’s CFO of the Year in 2011. He received his CPA certification and has a Master’s in Business Administration from Regis University.

Dale has been at DTS since 2009. He is responsible for all financial matters at the school. Previously he spent 13 years at the University of Dallas as associate vice president for finance. Dale has a degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska and has a CMA credential. He is a member of the FASB’s Not-for-Profit Resource Group. He served on NACUBO’s Accounting Principles Council from 2004 to 2010. Dale received NACUBO’s Daniel D. Robinson Award in 2007 for his leadership in university accounting and reporting.

Brent Lindquist is a Psychologist by training and licensure in California, and is a Mission Advisor for Member Health for Missio Nexus. He serves on the Executive Board of the Global Member care Network, and consults and trains in Singapore. He is also the Global Learning Architect for Crosswired.com where he publishes online courses and leads virtual classrooms on member health areas. He co-leads an annual seminar with Theresa Sidebotham and Dr Ric Ascano for missions and churches on the intersection of psychology, law and missions, as well as blogs with her at www.telioslaw.com.

Susie has an MA in Global Leadership from Fuller. She consults with Christian non-profits in collaborative projects, leadership transformation, and strategic programming.  Susie served as Director of Next Gen Mobilization for Wycliffe Bible Translators, Chair of the Board for Synergy Women’s Network, and President of International Impact.  Susie has consulted with boards to create collaborative and strategic partnerships, and engage more women in ministry leadership.  Most recently, Susie led The Generosity Project, engaging 17 international Christian ministries in a syndicated research project focused on the attitudes and motivations in giving across the generations, with special attention to the Millennial generation.

Ten Talents is a Private Equity and Consulting Firm which “Stewards the growth of companies where Biblical values thrive and leaders are equipped”.  Bob is an attorney and CPA and serves on the boards of Christian Leadership Alliance and SIM.  His previous roles include Executive Director and Practice Leader of Lockton Insurance Brokers, Chairman of Stewardship Insurance Ltd., and General Counsel, CFO and Board Member for Wycliffe Bible Translators.  Bob holds degrees from Arizona State University and Texas A&M University School of Law and is a member of the TX and FL Bars and the TX State Board of Public Accountancy.

The Institute provides research-based measurement tools and culture change advisory services with a single vision: to help Christian organizations set the standard as the best, most effective workplaces in the world. At BCWI, Al has conducted the broadest-ever employee opinion survey of Christian workers. The comprehensive survey includes more than 800 Christian organizations in multiple countries.  He also administers a cross-cultural engagement survey of US based missionaries based overseas. Al is a recognized author, speaker, podcast show host and consultant engaged in coaching Christian leaders to build flourishing organizations so that their ministries thrive and grow. Al is married to Kathy Lopus. They have two adult daughters, Lane and Christina.

Rick and his family were church planting missionaries in Latin America for 14 years before returning to the USA to serve as a pastor of missions for the past 15 years in Chicago and San Antonio.  Rick has a passion for mobilizing people to creatively engage in God’s mission here, near and far.  He trained as an architect and has a Master’s degree in Cross-cultural Communications from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He enjoys teaching, strategic planning and helping others achieve their best for the Lord.

Tim is an experienced international ministry leader who rigorously seeks best practices to expand the Kingdom of God. He brings a wealth of understanding to his role as Vice President of Operations, CFO of Multiplication Network Ministries to develop stronger church and plant more churches. Tim comes to this position with more than 20 years of service with English Language Institute/China, Mission Aviation Fellowship, ECFA, and Bible League International.

John McVay is a missions mobilizer who helped coordinate ten Heartland MissionsFests in Tulsa and served for nine years as a missions pastor. He, his wife Nicole and their children lived and served in China for a semester and in France for a year. Since 1998 he has served In His Image International as COO for the Family Medicine Residency and Medical Missions. For prospective missionaries in the USA John launched the Ask A Missionary email newsletter (now also a website and a book) and he co-founded The Journey Deepens weekend retreats.

Morgan looks after TEAM’s legal concerns worldwide, chair’s the organization’s compliance efforts, and oversees policy development. He lives in Idaho and is big into mountain biking, fly-fishing, skiing, and backpacking.

Mark and his family spent 13 years in Russia and Ukraine working in church planting and people development. Following nine years serving as leader of ReachGlobal’s training team, EFCA EQUIP, in 2015 Mark reorganized Grow2Serve and it now functions as a platform for aiding missions organization with online learning support, publicizing of learning resources and instructional design consulting services. Mark also serves as the director of CIT Next, the distance learning branch of Center for Intercultural Training. All that Mark does is driven by his passion for workers being equipped and Christians coming together in partnering relationships for God’s glory and the fulfillment of His work.

Kathy joined DELTA Ministries’ staff in 2007 after retiring from a career in public education. She became involved in short-term missions after graduating from Columbia International University in 1983. Liberia, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Romania, Iceland, Haiti, Pakistan and India are among the countries in which Kathy has served as team leader, adviser, or educational consultant. Kathy loves working with churches and organizations to develop and implement their own training programs to equip their short-term teams. She is an adjunct professor at Gordon College in Wenham, MA and an active member of the missions committee in her home church. 

Dave is dedicated to meeting client needs in the exempt organization tax arena through review of client returns, consulting engagements, training, and the compilation of the annual CapinCrouse Higher Education Tax Reporting Trends Project. He has 29 years of accounting experience and serves several industry committees, including the AICPA Not For Profit Advisory Council. Dave has also served on the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT).

Ron Nelson, graduate of Florida State University, ordained minister, co-founder of Sowing Seeds of Joy Ministries, is passionate about empowering believers to be on mission with God. A former world-class sprinter, police officer, federal agent, and mission’s director under Dr. Tony Evans in Dallas, TX., Ron is a Perspectives Coordinator and world traveler.

Dr. Marv Newell is Senior Vice President and missiologist at Missio Nexus. Previously he served as a missionary in Papua, Indonesia, as Asia-Pacific Regional Director with TEAM, as professor of Missions and Intercultural Studies at the Moody Theological Seminary, and director of a mission’s association.  

DAI is a non-profit organization providing training and consulting in leadership and organizational management to more than 28,000 Christian leaders in 76 countries annually. Prior to joining DAI, Mrs. Overstreet served for many years as the Director of Legal Services for Youth With A Mission International while living in the Middle East and Europe. She serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and was a professor at Eastern University. Mrs. Overstreet received a Bachelor’s degree from Oral Roberts University, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa, College of Law. Mrs. Overstreet has been married for 35 years to Harold, who also works with DAI. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Tim has been with Greater Europe Mission since 2007. He has studied Mandarin and Gaelic and lived in Taiwan (as a student/English teacher) and Ireland (as a writer/evangelist). He was also Youth Minister at a Chinese church in Cary, North Carolina. Tim holds an MDiv from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC and a BA from Mercer University, Macon, GA. Not only is Tim a life-long PK, he and his wife, Melissa, are raising five MK’s. Many Saturdays you can find them at the soccer park or pulling for Liverpool FC. On date nights they like to browse bookshops in Asheville, NC, drink coffee, and listen to live music.

Linda Parker holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College and a M.Ed. in Counseling from Georgia State University. She held a private counseling practice for 30 years in southern California, including trips overseas teaching and counseling missionaries and national Christians for mental health. She was the first director of Trinity Church’s Missionary Care Team and co-author of the recently released book Mind the Gaps: Engaging the Church in Missionary Care. Linda recently moved to Central Asia serving as a Professional Therapist to missionaries in the region through Olive Tree Counseling Center.

Don Parrott joined MissionNext with a background uniquely preparing him for his role. Afterworking as a Missions Pastor in the Pacific Northwest, Don and his family served overseas, primarily in Argentina, then ministered as the mobilization director for a mission agency. From that position he took the leadership of Paraclete Mission Group for several years, moving into the President/CEO role of MissionNext in 2006 where he served until 2014. Don has authored an insightful and helpful book, “I Want to Make a Difference Now.” He currently serves as the Mobilization Strategist for MissionNext.

Micah has served as in-house counsel for Compassion since February 2014. In his role, he advises on HR matters and personnel investigations, contracts, intellectual property, marketing, litigation, and religious freedom issues. Prior to his role with Compassion, Micah served as Assistant Attorney General at the Colorado Department of Law. In that role, Micah represented all state government agencies and most institutions of higher education at personnel hearings and matters before the State Personnel Board. He is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and James Madison University.

Prior to joining ECCU, Mr. Pomar served as SVP, Strategic Initiatives within the Global Compliance organization at Bank of America, where he was responsible for leading regulatory compliance change and transformation initiatives across the enterprise. During his time at Bank of America, Mr. Pomar held various leadership positions, including roles in global marketing and corporate affairs, technology delivery and change management, strategic planning and continuous improvement, and finance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in operations management and a MBA in finance from California State University, Los Angeles.

Ray provides strategic leadership for Mission Aviation Fellowship, Christian Aid Mission, Compassion International and Ignite America. Leveraging insights from analytics has been a key part of his with for-profit and nonprofit organizations. He has nearly 40 years of experience in strategic planning, advertising, fundraising, business intelligence, new product development and integrated communications. He has also served in a strategic planning role for a global mission’s organization that included personal support raising. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he cut his teeth at the Leo Burnett advertising agency on accounts including United Airlines, Samsonite and Keebler.

Agustin Quiles is the National Director for Hispanic Relations, Wycliffe Bible Translators. He mobilized and led forums for the Latino Community to focus on advocacy and domestic missions. He was the National Field Director for the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and the Florida Hispanic Representative for the Evangelical Immigration Table.

Jim became a Christian through the ministry of the Navigators while serving in Germany. He attended seminary at Regent College in Vancouver and obtained his doctorate at Bethel University. Prior to their time at Bethany, Jim and his wife worked with WEC International teaching at WEC’s missionary training college in Tasmania Australia. My wife Judy and I have 7 children-3 older biological children and 4 adopted boys and 7 grandchildren.

Tory mobilized STM teams with DELTA Ministries since 2004. He’s served in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Haiti, Zimbabwe, and Italy and mobilized teams to many other countries. Tory’s Master of Divinity from Western Seminary mixed with practical experience in the STM world as a team leader, mobilizer, trainer, and pastor allows him to bring insight that’s both biblical and practical. Over the years, he has worked with churches from all over the United States, spearheaded organizational partnerships, and coordinated DELTA’s response to the earthquake in Haiti that mobilized hundreds of short-term workers over three years.

David is a pastor and Missiologist from Guatemala. He holds a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Mission Studies from All Nations Christian College. During the last 20 years David had been actively involved in the development of the global mission movement. He was the 4th International President of the Cooperación Misionera Iberoamericana (COMIBAM) . He also was International Coordinator of Great Commission Roundtable (GCR) and now is serving as Executive Director of The Mission Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). He divides his time between his roles in The Mission Commission, Camino Global and Interserve.

Donnell “Ray” Sanford Jr served in management with AT&T Corporation in the 70’s and 80’s and then moved into missions in 1986. He and his family served in France for 12 years before returning to the headquarters of OC to minister through mission leadership. He has formal education as an electrical engineer, in business administration and in missions. He and Diane have four grown children, three married with four grandchildren.

Greg authored When Healthcare Hurts: An Evidence Based Guide for Best Practices in Global Health Initiatives. He holds a Masters in Nursing/Healthcare Leadership and Management from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and serves as adjunct faculty at Indiana Wesleyan University and King University. Greg and his wife designed, monitored and implemented global health for a Miami based mission organization and Mercy Ships International. He is part of the international working group on best practices in short-term healthcare missions and serves on the board for the Center for the Study of Health in Missions.

Dr. Steve Shadrach is the Executive Director of the Center for Mission Mobilization, which is the parent ministry of Support Raising Solutions. He has trained thousands of Christian workers from over 1,200 organizations around the world how to raise their support and authored The God Ask. Steve helped found Student Mobilization, The Traveling Team, and the CMM (formerly The Bodybuilders). He also served as Director of Mobilization for Frontier Ventures (USCWM). Steve also has a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Para-Church Executive Leadership. He and his wife Carol have five grown children and reside in Fayetteville, AR.

In her eighth year of service with East-West, Kristen provides oversight and strategic direction to East-West’s development, marketing and communications initiatives, including campaign strategy, institutional giving, planned giving, events, direct mail, and all marketing/communications collateral. Prior to joining East-West, Kristen served on the mission field across South America with the International Mission Board and other local organizations by engaging evangelism and church planting strategies. She received her undergraduate degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Theresa Sidebotham is an attorney with Telios Law and member of Act Beyond. She was an MK and missionary in Indonesia. She is legal counsel to numerous missions, addressing multiple values of improving organizational/HR policy, supporting religious liberties, investigating effectively, caring for victims and members, and minimizing litigation exposure.

Debbie Stephens is the Founder and President of Equipped To Go, a non-profit organization that serves the local church and other non-profits in equipping sent out ones for cross-cultural ministry. She also serves the Upstream Collective where she is able to use her skills of training and equipping to prepare Jet Set teams. She lives outside of Nashville, TN with her husband Alan.

Lisa uses her more than 30 years of experience to assist organizations in implementing measures to secure data and mange risks efficiently and effectively. She was named to CPA Practice Advisor magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Accounting list in 2012. Lisa founded Traina & Associates in 1999 to provide IS security services to a broad range of industries. Traina & Associates joined CapinCrouse in January 2017.Traina & Associates is an authorized trade name of Capin Technology LLC, a subsidiary of Capin Crouse.

John has a bachelor of arts in accounting, magna cum laude, from Anderson University and a juris doctor from Regent University School of Law. His responsibilities primarily relate to managing the compliance program and writing and speaking on technical nonprofit issues.

Michael has a B.A. from Hope College and a M.A. from Fuller School of Intercultural Studies. He’s served in Ghana and in varying leadership roles with Pioneers.  He has also served as the Missions Pastor for Northland Church, a SVP for OneWay Ministries/Prayercast and joined the Missio Nexus team in 2015 as VP for Strategic Initiatives.  He is married to Laura and has five children.

Sally is a partner at Wagenmaker & Oberly, a law firm serving nonprofit organizations with offices in Chicago and Charleston. She provides legal counsel in corporate, tax, employment, and real estate matters for clients including churches and other religious organizations, social service providers, and schools. Sally speaks regularly on nonprofit legal issues and writes through her law firm’s blog. She has authored numerous articles on tax-exempt topics including religious liberty issues, state exemption, governance, and political advocacy. Sally is actively involved with Christian Legal Society and is a member of the Illinois and Georgia bars. 

An MK raised in Ibero-America, Mark anticipated training cross-cultural communicators of the Gospel in East Asia, where he and his family served for 28 months in Seoul, South Korea.  However, in 2001, Mark accepted a position as a professor of English at Columbia International University.  In 2013, he joined the board of ReachAcross, and in 2016 was helping recruit the next US Director when CIU downsized, cutting nine positions, allowing him to volunteer his services for four months before stepping into the leadership of the US home office. 

Ron Wilcox has served with Samaritan’s Purse since March of 2004. Prior to coming to Samaritan’s Purse, Ron worked as a certified public accountant for twenty-nine years and was a partner with CapinCrouse, LLP for eighteen years. A native of Illinois, he graduated from Eastern Illinois University. Ron and his high school sweetheart Susan, have been married for 42 years. They have 4 grown children and 11 grandchildren.

For the last 20 years, he has served as a Mission Pastor in local churches in North Carolina and Southern California. He is the General Editor for “Mind the Gaps: Engaging the Church in Missionary Care” and the Author of “Transforming Missionaries: A Short-Term Mission Guide”. He has received a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Campbell University. He and his wife Lorene live in Kansas City, MO.

For more than 30 years, John has focused on advising religious nonprofit organizations, as well as other charitable, sports, health care and educational institutions. His experience includes such activities as obtaining private letter rulings from the IRS, structuring mergers, joint ventures and “strategic alliances” between nonprofit organizations as well as between nonprofits and for-profits, providing counsel regarding the international activities of such organizations and negotiating and closing mergers and major asset transactions.  

Joshua Yarbrough is passionate about helping organizations achieve their strategic aspirations. As a strategy consultant Joshua helps organizations gain clarity and develop calculated plans to advance their vision and mission in bolder and better ways. Utilizing over 17 years of non-profit experience, he understands the unique challenges that confront them. Employing his strengths in strategy, planning, and facilitation, he has helped numerous teams accelerate their organizations toward a clear and compelling vision.

Stu concentrates on corporate, tax, constitutional, and transactional matters for nonprofit organizations. He regularly advises clients on tax exemptions, commercial activities, unrelated trade or business tax issues, intellectual property, employment practices, corporate governance and structure, financing, and international activities. Stu works with a wide range of nonprofits, including religious organizations, health care providers, social service organizations, educational institutions, and private foundations.

Prior to joining Wycliffe, Doug owned and managed two technology companies over 26 years. In 1986 he founded the IT managed services company MicroNet, Inc., providing IT services and out-sourced staff to approximately 700 businesses. Doug sold MicroNet in 2002, and then founded ChamberMaster, a vertical market software company which today serves approximately 1900 chambers of commerce across the country. Doug holds a degree in Business Administration and has spoken on technology and innovation at numerous trade conferences across the country.

Shawn joined Seed Company in his present position in February 2016. Before that, he served as executive pastor for Gateway Church in Dallas, leading teams in technology-based ministries. Previously, Shawn served as president and CTO of Assemble Communications, a global group of communications companies partnering with indigenous Christians. In 1996, Shawn co-founded Integrity Online, which grew to become America’s largest filtered Internet service provider.

Christina (M.A. in Intercultural Relations) is passionate about God’s mission and desires to connect and equip believers to serve Him. She spent two years in East Asia evangelizing, discipling and church-planting before God led her to return to the U.S. to prepare others to serve God on His mission, especially cross-culturally. Christina married her husband Ben, pursued a M.A. degree, volunteered with the International Mission Board’s (IMB) church missional strategists, and served on missions committees. While living in Alaska, Christina focused her M.A.’s thesis on missionary training and narrowed it on short-term missions teams engaging Alaska Natives. Christina joined Grow2Serve in 2015, serving in multiple capacities: online learning support, instructional design consulting, church missional strategy consulting, and managing your Great Commission Learning Network (www.grow2serve.com).

Dr.Joshua Bogunjoko was born in Nigeria. He attended an SIM established mission school where he came to faith in Christ. He obtained a Bachelor of Medical Sciences in Pharmacology from the University of Port Harcourt and MBBS in Medicine and Surgery from the same University. He is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians and consultant in Family Medicine. He has a Master of Arts in Leadership and Management (Organizational Leadership) from Briercrest Biblical Seminary in Saskatchewan, Canada; as well as a Certificate in French for Non-French Speakers from Laval University in Quebec, Canada. He was a leader in the evangelical student movement, the Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students throughout his University days and was the National President of the Nigeria Christian Corpers Fellowship during his service year. He felt the Lord’s call to missions in the University and committed his heart to serve the Lord cross-culturally.
Joshua married Dr Joanna Bogunjoko in November 1993. After his residency at Evangel (Now Bingham University Teaching Hospital) Jos, they began their ministry as medical missionaries with EMS of ECWA and SIM at SIM Hospital, Galmi in Niger Republic in 1995.
After further studies in Canada, they returned to Galmi. Joshua took on leadership as Chief Medical Officer and then Director of the hospital. In 2006 he was appointed SIM Deputy International Director for Europe and West Africa. In June 2013, he became the first non-westerner to lead SIM as its International Director.
Joshua and Joanna are blessed with two children, Jochebed and Joel.

International Project is an organization that focuses on church planting among unreached people groups in ethnic communities and on university campuses. Kevin launched Equip, a one-year program focusing on training cross-cultural church planters who will start simple multiplying churches. Kevin’s vision is to see a movement of churches started among unreached people groups starting with diaspora communities, and spreading to least evangelized countries. You can learn more about International Project’s ministry at: www.internationalproject.org

Bill Kynes has served as the senior pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church since 1986. He and his wife Susan have four married sons and ten grandchildren. Bill attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, receiving an M.A. in theology. He received an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in Deerfield, IL, before returning to England for a Ph.D. in New Testament from Cambridge University. His publications include A Christology of Solidarity: Jesus as the Representative of His People in Matthew (1990) and Seven Pressing Questions: Addressing Critical Challenges to Christian Faith (2015). He serves as a Senior Fellow with the C. S. Lewis Institute and has served on a number of boards of the EFCA and other Christian organizations, including Trinity International University and The Gospel Coalition.

Jenny provides oversight for all advocacy initiatives and policy positions at World Relief, representing the organization’s advocacy priorities to the U.S. government and mobilizing churches on advocacy campaigns. She also served as Director of Advocacy and Policy at World Relief focusing on refugee protection, immigration, and human rights, and as a Senior Case Manager, focused on refugee processing and case management for World Relief’s refugee and immigration programs. Prior to World Relief, she worked at one of the largest political fundraising firms in Maryland managing fundraising and campaigning for local politicians. Jenny has researched refugee and asylum law in Madrid, Spain through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and is on an active deployment roster for UNHCR. She is also former chair of the Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) Africa Work Group which brought NGOs and government partners together on the protection of African refugees.

After working as an engineer for 10 years, Daniel Cho and his family moved to NYC to work among the unreached diaspora in New York City. He is now the director of a 10-month missionary training program focusing on reaching the unreached with an emphasis on Church Planting Movements. With over 52 unreached people groups (UPGs) in New York City alone, diaspora ministry here provides strategic opportunities in accomplishing the remaining task of spreading the gospel to all peoples. He and his team also work among international and foreign students to see simple churches planted in NYC and abroad.

Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference, helps missionaries and churches around the world with outreach to unengaged and unreached immigrant people groups. John is a Converge missionary, having served as professor of missions at the Cebu Graduate School of Theology, in Cebu City, Philippines. He is the International Catalyst for the Global Diaspora Network of the Lausanne Movement, and Director of NextMove, a ministry partnership between Converge and Frontier Ventures (formerly US Center for World Mission) which aids mission-sending agencies and denominations in effective engagement with migrating people groups (NextMove.net). He and his wife Jan have planted churches in both the US and the Philippines.

Nate Scholz is the author of Coffee & Orange Blossoms: 7 Years & 15 Days in Tyre, Lebanon. As a leader with the Hub Community Network, NextMove, Refugee Highway Partnership and Vision 5:9 Network, his vision is to see a people movement of workers among both the Muslim Diaspora in North America and Unengaged peoples abroad.

Serving at Camino Global, Voltaire focuses globally on identifying opportunities, developing partnerships, and directing processes for intercultural/multinational teams to serve together with Spanish speakers in missions. He also serves as the Missions Pastor for Biblical Community Church (Richardson, TX) and as the Vice Chair for the Ethnic America Network. Voltaire is a Generation 1.5 Filipino American who was born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is married to Cristina (a 1st Generation Filipina American). They have three 2nd Generation daughters and currently live in Dallas, Texas. Voltaire is a graduate of Dallas Seminary and California Polytechnic University. He has served in many countries around the world and has been involved with training and evangelism. Along with his ministry experience, he has also worked in the Telecommunications Industry in Engineering, Marketing & Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Market Analysis for companies like AT&T (formerly SBC), Alcatel, and RHK.