Natalie Aho

Program Manager for the Baptist Commons

Wake Forest University School of Divinity

Katherine Angulo Valenzuela

Program Director, Thriving in Ministry Initiatives

University of Notre Dame du Lac

Sushama Austin-Connor

Chief Program Officer

Faith Matters Network

Veronica Avila

Senior Manager of Mission Programs

Catholic Church Extension Society of the
USA

Tammy Becht

Program Director

Byron Benton

Senior Pastor

Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church

Phillip Blackburn

Director, Thriving in Ministry Program

University of the Ozarks

Anne Brock

Program Manager

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving

Michael Brough

Partner

Leadership Roundtable

Erin Cash

Program Director

Lexington Theological Seminary

Peter Cha

Professor of Church, Culture, and Society

Trinity International University

Elizabeth Coffee

Director of Narrative Change Cohorts

H. E. Butt Foundation

Karla Cooper

Pastor and Dean of the Annual Conference

Fifth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church - Midwest Conference

Ebonie Cooper-Jean

Millennial Diversity Expert, Social Media Strategist, Educator & Motivator

Friends of Ebonie, LLC; The Young, Black & Giving Back Institute

Eliza Cortés Bast

Vice President of Outreach

Stonecroft Ministries

Kate Davis

Director, Center for Transforming Engagement

The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

Elise Erikson Barrett

Coordination Program Director

Center for Congregations

Laura Everett

Executive Director

Massachusetts Council of Churches

Brian Foreman

Coordinator of Congregational Ministries

The Center for Christian Formation, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Natasha Jamison Gadson

Executive Minister

Turner Memorial AME Church

Maria Teresa Gastón

Consultant

Geomon George

Dean

City Seminary of New York

Dominique Gilliard

Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation

Love Mercy Do Justice (LMDJ) initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC)

Ann Marie Glanden

Vice President for Programs

In Trust Center for Theological Schools

Vivian Grubb

Faculty

City Seminary of New York

Ivone Guillen

Consultant

Debra Haggins

University Chaplain

Hampton University

Vincent Howell

Director, Congregational Faith and Learning
Center

Hood Theological Seminary

Geoffrey Hsu

Executive Director

Flourish San Diego

Jose Humphreys

Pastor Emeritus

Metro Hope Church NYC

Octavio Javier Esqueda

Professor of Christian Higher Education, Director of Ph.D. and Ed.D. Programs in Educational Studies

Biola University

David Kresta

Independent Contractor

William Lee

CEO/Owner of Devised Visions, LLC

Ally Ley

Consultant

Denver Seminary

Aqueelah Ligonde

Teaching Elder/Staff Consultant

NYC Presbytery/Ministry Architects

Kyra Limberakis

Chief Operating Officer

Orthodox Volunteer Corps

Nora Lozano

Executive Director

Christian Latina Leadership Institute

Elizabeth Lynn

Project Director, Shifting Ground

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving

Emily McGinley

Lead Pastor

City Church of San Francisco

Kelly Minas

Executive Director for Center Evaluation and
Funded Programs

Center for Congregations

Aimee Moiso

Associate Director

Louisville Institute

Caitlin Morneau

Director of Restorative Justice

Catholic Mobilizing Network

Jacob Mulder

Senior Director of Strategy (Fuller Youth Institute), Executive Director of Leadership Formation (Fuller Theological Seminary)

Fuller Youth Institute, Fuller Theological Seminary

Deborah Mullen

Principal Program Consultant

Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary

Christina Repoley

Vice President - Programs

Forum for Theological Exploration

K. Monet Rice-Jalloh

Associate University Chaplain

Wake Forest University

Prince Rivers

Senior Pastor

Union Baptist Church

Robert Saler

Associate Dean

Christian Theological Seminary

Jeanette Salguero

Executive Vice President

National Latino Evangelical
Coalition (NALEC)

McKenzie Scott Lewis

Director, Congregations With Community

Center for Congregations

Damali Najuma Smith-Pollard

Assistant Director of Community and Public Engagement

Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California

Lymar Sola

National Program Director

Global Impact

Marcus Tabb

Outreach and Advocacy

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference

Luke Tallon

Associate Professor of Theology/Director, Passage Institute for Youth & Theology

LeTourneau University

Jessica Tate

Director

NEXT Church

Christine Tamara

Chief of Networks

Hispanic Access Foundation

Kimberly Valenzuela

Strategy and Assessment Team Lead

Metropolitan District of the Christian and
Missionary Alliance

Kristen Verhulst

Associate Director and Program Manager

Calvin University

Brittany Watts

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Visiting Faculty Associate

Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford International University

Lisa Weaver

Strategy and Assessment Team Lead

The Riverside Church NYC

Felipe Witchger

Co-Founder

Francesco Collaborative Community
Cooperative

Gretchen Ziegenhals

Consultant

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