Past Speakers

Emily Liggett is the CEO of NovaTorque, a venture-backed company in Fremont, CA, commercializing high-efficiency electric motors. An engineer by training, Emily’s career has been in technology, both in established and startup companies. Emily joined DuPont after receiving a chemical engineering degree from Purdue University where she enjoyed research, manufacturing, strategic planning, and customer technical support. She then attended Stanford University, earning an MSMSE and MBA. After graduate school, Emily joined Raychem, a high-growth materials science company, completing assignments in sales and marketing, operations, and general management, including GM of Raychem Telecommunications in North Carolina, CEO of Elo TouchSystems, and Managing Director of Tyco Ventures (after Raychem was acquired by Tyco). Emily served as CEO of Capstone Turbine in Chatsworth, CA, (NASDAQ: CPST) and CEO of Apexon, a supply chain analytics software company, before joining NovaTorque in 2009. Emily has traveled extensively, living in Switzerland, Australia, and Belgium. She has served on the board of directors of TouchPanel Systems in Tokyo, Textronics Corporation in Wilmington, DE, Immersion Corporation in San Jose, CA, (NASDAQ: IMMR), MTS Systems in Minneapolis, MN, (NASDAQ: MTSI), and UCT (NASDAQ:UCTT), as well as Today’s Youth Matters, a non profit. She has served as a deacon, an elder, and as Director of Family Ministries at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. She married her college sweetheart David, another Indiana farm kid. Trained as a veterinarian, Dave now teaches science in under-resourced schools, and both Dave and Emily are deeply involved with youth. They have four adult children.

Bob Doll is Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager at Nuveen Asset Management. Bob manages the Large Cap Equity Series, consisting of nine strategies. Prior to joining Nuveen Asset Management in 2012, Bob held similar roles at other large asset management firms, including serving as Chief Equity Strategist at Blackrock, President and Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) and Chief Investment Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. He has 35 years of portfolio management experience, received a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Economics from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Bob appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business News discussing the economy and markets. Bob and his wife Leslie live in Princeton, New Jersey and have three children. He is also choir director at his local church. Bob serves on a number of boards including the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Word of Life Fellowship, New Canaan Society, Kingdom Advisors, National Christian Foundation, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, The Lausanne Movement, The New York City Leadership Center, Cairn University and the Princeton.

President of Northern Trust Asset Management, Author of Discover Joy in Work: Transforming Your Occupation into Your Vocation, MBA from Booth Shundrawn A. Thomas serves as President of Northern Trust Asset Management, a trillion-dollar global investment management business, and a member of the management group of Northern Trust Corporation. During his tenure at Northern Trust he has held several executive positions including Head of Exchange Traded Funds, President of Northern Trust Securities, Inc. and Head of Corporate Strategy. Prior to joining Northern Trust, he served as a vice president in the equities division for Goldman Sachs and held positions in sales, trading, and research in the fixed income division of Morgan Stanley. Highly respected for his authentic servant-leadership style, Shundrawn has earned numerous industry accolades over the years. In 2007, he made the “40 Under 40” list by Crain’s Chicago Business. Then, in 2011, Black Enterprise Magazine identified him as one of “75 Most Powerful Blacks Under 50 on Wall Street” and again in 2017 as among the “300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.” In 2020, Shundrawn was identified by Savoy Magazine as one of the “Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.” Shundrawn is a sought-after speaker and the author of four books, including his recent release, Discover Joy in Work: Transforming Your Vocation into Your Occupation. Shundrawn speaks and lectures nationally on subjects including vocation, leadership, values, strategy and faith. Shundrawn is an engaged civic leader serving as a trustee for the Financial Accounting Foundation, Wheaton College, Rush University Medical Center and the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago. He also serves as a board member of his local church. He holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Florida A&M University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Shundrawn is happily married, and he and his wife, Latania, have two sons. During his personal time, he enjoys reading, writing, running and traveling.

Co-Founder, Electronic Arts; Stanford adjunct lecturer Dave Evans is a lecturer in Stanford’s design program, the author of Designing Your Life, and co-founder of and VP of talent at Electronic Arts. Formerly, he worked at Apple and many other Silicon Valley firms. At Apple, he led the mouse-design team and introduced laser printing to consumers. He earned a B.S. & M.S.M.E. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1976 and a graduate diploma in Contemplative Christian Spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. He lives with his wife Claudia and their dogs, Jack and Daisy, on the coast in Santa Cruz, California.

Timothy Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and three young sons. For over twenty years he has led a diverse congregation of young professionals that has grown to a weekly attendance of over 5,000. He is also Chairman of Redeemer City to City, which starts new churches in New York and other global cities, and publishes books and resources for faith in an urban culture. In over ten years they have helped to launch over 250 churches in 48 cities. More recently, Dr. Keller’s books, including the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God and The Prodigal God, have sold over 1 million copies and been translated into 15 languages. Christianity Today has said, “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” Dr. Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. He previously served as the pastor of West Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Hopewell, Virginia, Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and Director of Mercy Ministries for the Presbyterian Church in America. Tim passed away in 2023, but his ministry impact lives on.

Vice President of Marketing, Chick-fil-A, Inc. David Salyers has been vice president for marketing at Chick-fil-A, Inc. for 31 years. David has also served on the board of directors of ExecuTrain Corporation, a founding member and on the board of directors of Peachtree Partners, Inc., is a member of the American Marketing Association, and has served on many other boards. David was selected by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games to serve as the Envoy to the New Zealand Olympic Team. This involved a two-year commitment to an extensive training program as well as a six-week, full-time commitment during the Games. Additionally, he has been very involved in the development of Eagle Ranch, Inc., a home for needy children in North Georgia. Serving on the board of directors since its inception, he served a term as chairman of the board. As a former member of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, he served a term on the executive committee. He is currently a member of Northpoint Community Church and served on the stewardship team and as an elder. He is also involved in many other community-based boards and ministries. David attended Chamblee High School in Atlanta. While a senior in high school, he attended DeKalb College on joint enrollment. He then attended Wake Forest University, the Universidad de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), and graduated from the University of Georgia. As a senior, he was awarded the Thomas Arkle Clark Award from Alpha Tau Omega fraternity as the most outstanding graduating senior in the nation, the first ever from Georgia. He is an alumni of the Harvard Business School (AMP166). David recently accomplished a personal goal of writing a book. He and co-author, Dr. Randy Ross, released Remarkable! in May of 2013. In his spare time, David enjoys spending time with his wife and children. They enjoy traveling and have traveled extensively both domestically and internationally.

Dean, School of Business & Economics at Seattle Pacific University

Founder and Principal at Wisefellows Consulting Marc Belton is a former executive with General Mills, where he served most recently as Executive Vice President for Global Strategy, Growth and Marketing Innovation. In his 32-year career at General Mills he became known as a champion for growth, innovation and people. More recently, Marc founded Wisefellows Consulting, serving clients in the areas of marketing, strategy and new business development. Marc earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Dartmouth College and his MBA from The Wharton School of Business. He has 16 years of Fortune 500 Corporate Board Experience having served at Navistar International and US Bancorp, plus serving his community as a Board Member with the Salvation Army (National), the Guthrie Theater, Northwestern College, Urban Ventures and Minnehaha Academy. Belton is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and received numerous awards and recognition, including being named one of corporate America’s most powerful African-American executives by Fortune and Black Enterprise as well as one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company magazine. Marc lives in Minneapolis with his wife Alicia and children Alexander and Gabrielle.

Former CEO of Pepsico and Former Dean at Wake Forest Business School Steve Reinemund was the dean of business at Wake Forest University, and professor of leadership and strategy. He assumed his responsibilities on July 1, 2008. Steve retired as chairman of the board of PepsiCo, Inc. in May, 2007 and as CEO in October, 2006. He is a 23-year PepsiCo veteran who led the corporation as Chairman and Chief Executive from 2001 to 2006. During that period, PepsiCo’s revenues increased by more than $9 billion, net income increased by 70%, earnings per share increased by 80%, its annual dividend doubled, and the company’s market capitalization surpassed $100 billion. In addition to the growth of the company, Steve’s legacy includes a commitment to health and wellness, diversity and inclusion, and values-based leadership. Steve is currently a member of the board of directors of American Express, ExxonMobil, Walmart and Marriott. From 2005 to 2007, Steve was chairman of the National Minority Supplier Development Council. He served on the National Advisory Board of the Salvation Army from 1990 to 1999, and he was chairman of this board from 1996 to 1999. Steve also served on the board of The National Council of La Raza from 1992 to 2001 and was chairman of its Corporate Board of Advisors from 1992 to 1996. Steve served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Captain. He later earned his MBA from Darden Business School at the University of Virginia in 1978. He is married with four adult children and resides in Winston-Salem, NC.

Founder & President, Wallace Global Impact Charity Wallace, founder and president of Wallace Global Impact, is a strategic, mission-driven, and pioneering executive leader with expertise in social impact, foreign policy, global development and women’s empowerment. She most recently served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, overseeing the team working to cultivate private sector investment in projects across strategic regions and sectors and projects that empower women and applied a gender lens across DFC’s investment portfolio. Wallace was the founding Vice President of the Global Women’s Initiatives at the Bush Institute and served as Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to Laura Bush. Wallace served in Bush Administration for all eight years, most notably as Director of Advance for the First Lady and Deputy Chief of Protocol of the United States. She earned her master’s degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Board of USA for UNHCR, Akola Academy, and the Advisory Boards of the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University, Strong Women, Strong World, All in Together, and 4Word.

Former Vice President of Enron Corporation and Enron Whistleblower Sherron Watkins is the former Vice President of Enron Corporation who alerted then-CEO Ken Lay in August 2001 to accounting irregularities within the company, warning him that Enron ‘might implode in a wave of accounting scandals.’ She has testified before Congressional Committees from the House and Senate investigating Enron’s demise. In recognition of her outstanding demonstration of ethics in the workplace, Ms. Watkins has received numerous honors, including the Court TV Scales of Justice Award and its Everyday Hero’s Award, the Women Mean Business Award from the Business and Professional Women/USA Organization, and the 2003 Woman of the Year Award by Houston Baptist University. Glamour Magazine named her one of its 2002 Women of the Year, and Barbara Walters included her as one of the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2002. In 2003, the National Academy of Management presented Ms. Watkins with its Distinguished Executive Award, and the Women’s Economic Round Table honored her with the Rolfe Award for Educating the Public about Business and Finance. Ms. Watkins is co-author, along with prize-winning journalist, Mimi Swartz, of Power Failure, the Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron, published by Doubleday in March 2003. Currently Ms. Watkins is lecturing around the globe on the leadership lessons from Enron’s failure. Ms. Watkins joined Enron in late 1993, initially working for Andrew Fastow, managing Enron’s $1 billion-plus portfolio of energy related investments held in Enron’s various investment vehicles. She held the portfolio management position for just over three years, transferring at the start of 1997 to Enron’s international group focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions of energy assets around the world. In early 2000, Ms. Watkins transferred into Enron’s broadband unit where she worked on various projects until late June of 2001 when she went back to work for Mr. Fastow in his new area of responsibility over the mergers and acquisitions group of Enron Corp. Ms. Watkins resigned from Enron in November 2002. Prior to joining Enron, Ms. Watkins worked for three years as the portfolio manager of MG Trade Finance Corp’s commodity-backed finance assets in New York City and for eight years in the auditing group of both the New York and Houston offices of Arthur Andersen. Ms. Watkins is a Certified Public Accountant. She holds a Masters in Professional Accounting as well as a B.B.A. in accounting and business honors from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Watkins is married with one child and resides in Houston, Texas.

Pioneer of Faith-Driven Investment & Entrepreneurship Movements Henry Kaestner is a Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Sovereign’s Capital, an investment fund that invests in faith driven entrepreneurs in the United States and Southeast Asia. Previously, Henry was the Co-Founder and previous CEO, and then Chairman of Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND), along with Republic Wireless he grew with his best friend and business partner, David Morken. The values of Bandwidth have always been: Faith, Family, Work and Fitness (in that order). Bandwidth was the 4th fastest growing privately held company in the country from 2003 through 2007, a position it achieved without acquisition or institutional funding. Prior to co-founding Bandwidth, Mr. Kaestner founded Chapel Hill Brokers (a predecessor to ICAP Energy), an institutional energy derivatives broker that became the top ranked electricity broker in the country. Mr. Kaestner has also been involved in a number of ministry and philanthropic activities. He co-founded Faith Driven Entrepreneur, Faith Driven Investor, and DurhamCares. Additionally, Henry serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America, serves on various ministry in business boards along with the board of Valley Christian Schools in San Jose.

Co-Founder and CEO, Radial Analytics Thaddeus Fulford-Jones is Co-Founder and CEO of Radial Analytics, an early-stage healthcare analytics startup in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Previously, he served as Founder and CEO of Locately, leading the company through its acquisition by Service Management Group in 2012. Thaddeus received his BA and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Harvard University, and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thaddeus hopes to share his experiences in the areas of risk and creativity.

Co-Founder and former CEO, Sonation Ann Chao was the cofounder and CEO of Sonation, an immersive media company that transformed recorded music into “live” responsive experiences. Sonation’s main app Cadenza enabled musicians to play with a full orchestra synced to their tempo in real time, and was featured by Apple as a “Best New App” internationally. Sonation shut down in mid-2016 after running out of funding, and remains a source of many entrepreneurial and life lessons. Ann is now a product consultant at Toast, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for restaurants. She holds a bachelor’s degree and a MBA from Harvard. Prior to her MBA, she was a strategy consultant at Roland Berger in China.

Andy Ku is a Director of Product Marketing at LinkedIn, leading marketing for LinkedIn’s job seeker business. He’s spent his entire career in consumer internet, starting his own company, and working for Google and Sears.com. He has an engineering degree in product design from Stanford and a MBA from Harvard Business School. Andy hopes to share his experiences in the areas of the integration of faith and work, identity in success and failure, and discerning and acting in response to one’s calling.

Consultant Mats Tunehag is a speaker, writer, and consultant from Sweden and has worked in multiple countries around the world. For the last 20 years he has focused on developing the Business as Mission (BAM) concept as well as national, regional, and global strategic alliances of people and BAM initiatives. Mats is a senior leader on BAM in both the Lausanne Movement and World Evangelical Alliance, and he lectures globally on Business as Mission. He also serves part-time with a global investment fund based on Christian values that helps small and medium-sized enterprises grow in size and holistic impact in Asia and the Arab world. This is done by providing financial, intellectual, and human capital. Mats also served on the Global Council of Advocates International, a network of 30,000 lawyers in over 120 countries.

Founder and President at VOCA Center Managing Partner at RKE Partners Dr. Chip Roper is the Founder and President of the VOCA Center, a faith-based organization driven to equip Christians to approach their daily work with God’s wisdom and power. Chip is also the Managing Partner of RKE Partners, a training consultancy that brings leadership and team alignment for business growth. With an Executive Coaching Certification from Columbia University and a Doctorate of Ministry from Missio Seminary, Chip tackles client challenges from 30+ years of P/L leadership responsibility as a small businessman, a pastor, a career coach, and a business consultant. Chip’s clients are found at Blackstone, Sunrise Brokers, JP Morgan, ZRG Partners, Randall Reilly, Holt Lunsford Commercial, Goldman Sachs, Neilson, Knopman Marks, and CNBC. Visit vocacenter.org for more. Learn more about Dr. Roper through his LinkedIn!

Partner in McKinsey & Company Jason Wright is Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Washington DC office, where he helps companies enact operations strategy in both the private and public sector. Jason is part of the McKinsey Service Operations practice and a core leader in the North American Defense and Security practice. He also leads diversity and inclusion efforts in the DC office and spearheads North American outreach to executives of color. Jason recently joined the Board of Trustees at Union Theological Seminary. He is also a former teaching pastor who leads addiction recovery groups. Prior to joining McKinsey, he was a running back in the National Football League, finishing his athletic career as a team captain and labor union leader during the 2011 NFL Lockout. He has a B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. in Operations and Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Tiffany, and two young children.

Pastor CEO of Transforming the Bay with Christ Nancy Ortberg is serving as the CEO of Transforming the Bay with Christ. She is also a founding partner of Teamworx2, a business and leadership consulting firm that provides fast-paced, practical, and compelling sessions to leaders and their teams. Teamworx2 works with businesses, schools, nonprofits, and churches to address issues of organizational effectiveness and teamwork. Prior to Transforming the Bay with Christ and Teaworx2, Nancy served as teaching pastor for eight years at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. During that time she led Network, a ministry that helps people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church, and Axis, a weekly gathering for the eighteen- to twenty-something generation. Nancy is a gifted communicator who is passionate about helping people connect what they believe with their everyday lives. She and her husband, John, live in the Bay Area and have three children: Laura, Mallory, and Johnny.

Founder of Praxis, Previously at IDEO, MBA from Kellogg Dave is passionate about encouraging Christian-led entrepreneurship that has a positive impact on society. To this end, he co-founded and leads Praxis, which works to motivate, educate, and resource Christians to pursue redemptive entrepreneurship, to renew the spirit of the age. Each year, Praxis, runs its flagship accelerator programs, equipping leaders from 24 early-stage businesses and nonprofits, as well as Praxis Academy, an undergraduate initiative that works with over 50 schools. Previously, Dave was a Principal Designer at Innovation firm IDEO and founded two companies in music and technology. The co-author of From Concept to Scale, he’s had the privilege of speaking at varied venues including The White House, Harvard, Q, and The Gathering. He has a BA from Babson College, an MBA & MEM from Northwestern, and lives in Manhattan, where he is part of Church of the City.

Director at US Foods Holding Corp. and Chick-fil-A, Inc. Former CEO, Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. Author, Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others Cheryl Bachelder is a passionate, purpose-led business leader — the former CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. From 2007 to 2017, she led the transformation of a tired brand and discouraged organization into a top-performing quick service restaurant chain. The story of the Popeyes success is chronicled in her book Dare to Serve: How to drive superior results by serving others. Cheryl’s earlier career included brand leadership roles at Yum Brands, Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, The Gillette Company and Procter & Gamble. Today Cheryl’s aim is to encourage and invest in senior leaders, helping them to understand and implement Dare to Serve leadership in for-profit and non-profit workplaces. Cheryl serves as a director and chair of the compensation committee at US Foods Holding Corp (USFD). She is currently the lead independent director at Chick-fil-A, Inc. She is a board member at Workmatters, a ministry that equips Christian leaders to integrate their faith with work. She is a member of CEO Forum, an organization of Christian CEOs that mentor senior executives as they live out their faith in the marketplace. She advises several ministries that develop future Christian leaders: Spring Hill Camps, Crossroad Farms, and Intervarsity’s Believers in Business. Cheryl holds Bachelor and Masters of Business Administration degrees from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She is married 42 years to Chris Bachelder and they have three grown daughters, two terrific son-in-laws, and five handsome grandsons. Cheryl and Chris reside in Pinehurst, NC and attend Christ Community Church. They are avid learners, fans of the classical education movement, and can always be found reading a good book! Website: Serving Performs at www.cherylbachelder.com Learn more about Cheryl through her LinkedIn!

Executive Director of Fuller’s Max De Pree Center for Leadership Mark Roberts is Executive Director of Fuller’s Max De Pree Center for Leadership(link is external). Previously, he served as Executive Director of Laity Lodge in Texas and Senior Pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church in California. Mark received both his A.B., magna cum laude, and Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from Harvard. Mark is hoping to share how in response to the Gospel, followers of Jesus are inspired to create workplaces in which all people are treated with dignity and sexism is rejected as men and women work together in respectful and fruitful partnership.

Co-founder of Saturn Five, author of The MBA Oath Max is an entrepreneur and author. He is co-founder of Saturn Five(link is external), a holding company that launches new companies with great entrepreneurs and buys quality businesses and operates them with high-capacity CEOs. He is also author of the The Weekend Reader and founder of The Lift Seminar(link is external). Max co-founded The MBA Oath(link is external) upon graduating with honors from Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School in 2009. He co-authored a book of the same title, The MBA Oath (Penguin Portfolio) with Peter Escher in 2010. He began his career at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. He now lives in Denver with his wife, Jess, and three children.

Director of Omnichannel Strategy and Analytics at CVS Health Shang Saavedra is a Director of Omnichannel Strategy and Analytics at CVS Health. Shang’s career spans management consulting and retail. She was most recently an Enagagement Manager at L.E.K. Consulting. Prior, she has held roles at Victoria’s Secret and an e-commerce startup. Shang has started two solo businesses and blogs about personal finance at @savemycents(link is external) on Instagram. Shang received her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a B.A. in economics from Harvard College. She lives with her husband, son, and two cats in New York City.

Director, Scale Growth at Microsoft Tech for Social Impact, Microsoft Philanthropies Jeremy is responsible for global programs for Microsoft Philanthropies Technology for Social Impact Group and recently served as the Microsoft Vietnam COO/CMO. Jeremy previously held roles in marketing, sales, product management, and corporate finance. He started traveling around the world as a child and has had short- and long-term experiences in India, Ecuador, Canada, Costa Rica, and Ireland before earning degrees in business from the University of Chicago, science and technology public policy from George Washington University, and engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Chair, Opportunity Transformation Investments, Inc. Beth Johnston Stephenson is currently the chair of Opportunity Transformation Investments, Inc., and a board member of: Opportunity, Inc.(link is external), Eleazar Wheelock Society, and Central Presbyterian Church (New York City). Previously, Ms. Stephenson was a founding partner of Chicago-based private equity firm Willis Stein & Partners. She holds an AB in History from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Ms. Stephenson looks forward to brainstorming with the panel on ways to continue to be effective in business in light of behaviors in certain areas of the marketplace and given the reality that effectiveness in business requires strong personal relationships.

Executive Director, Global Marketing at The Estee Lauder Companies Annie Moon is Executive Director, Global Skincare Marketing at The Estee Lauder Companies. Annie previously served as an Asia-Pacific regional marketer in Singapore and held progressive brand marketing roles at various CPG companies (Estee Lauder, Coty, and Johnson & Johnson). In 2014, Annie started AMP Consulting(link is external) that provides strategy and branding thought leadership to early stage start-ups and nonprofits. She holds degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Annie and her husband, Jason, serve as Community Group leaders at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University and LIM College Nicole Mussenden is an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University and LIM College. Prior to her career in higher education, Nicole served as Director of Affiliate Sales and Marketing at ESPN and Fox Networks and as an industrial account manager at National Grid. Nicole holds degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology and Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is the recipient of numerous national awards and fellowships. She is very involved in her community and is a member of Greater Zion Deliverance Tabernacle in Queens, NY.

Director of the Mockler Center for Faith & Ethics in the Workplace at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Barnes is the Mockler-Phillips Professor of Workplace Theology and Business Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Barnes spent many years as a senior international executive for several multi-billion dollar companies doing business on six continents. He has also served as a bi-vocational pastor in both the United States and the United Kingdom where he holds dual-citizenship. Professor Barnes’ main areas of research and teaching are: the intersections of theology and economics and faith at work. He has published numerous papers in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. His recent book projects include: Light From the Dreaming Spires: Reflections on Ministry to Gen Y (Resource Publishing) 2017; Redeeming Capitalism(link is external) (Eerdmans) 2018; and “Religion and Business Ethics: Religious Perspectives on Business,” in Routledge Companion to Business Ethics (Routledge) 2018.

Purpose-Driven Leader & Board Director Senior Advisor, Eventide Asset Management Former CEO, Akola Jewelry Sheeba Philip is a catalytic leader who equips founders, CEOs, and organizations that make the world a better place. She draws on 25 years of building purpose-driven startup, mid-size, and Fortune 50 brands spanning multiple industries and sectors. As a senior executive with Mondelez International, Sheeba led multi-million dollar businesses including stewarding the World’s #1 Cookie, Oreo, across 100 countries. Sheeba also served as an executive member of the turnaround team for JCPenney. As the head of brand marketing and communications, she led the reinvention of JCPenney’s digital platforms, helping modernize one of America’s most iconic retailers. Sheeba leveraged her corporate experience to impact non-profits and social ventures. She led the marketing and communications efforts for International Justice Mission, the largest anti-human trafficking NGO in the world. Sheeba was recently the CEO of Akola, a luxury jewelry brand and retail start-up that provides living wage employment for marginalized women in Eastern Africa. She shepherded the business in the US and Uganda during the height of the pandemic, helping keep 200 women in Uganda employed. Under her leadership, Akola was named a top sustainable jewelry brand by Vogue in 2020. She led the restructuring of the company to drive long-term sustainability and local empowerment, with the company and operations now fully based in Uganda. Sheeba is currently leading a strategic advisory practice that supports founders and CEOs in developing the growth and transformational agenda for purpose-driven brands, social-impact ventures, and non-profit organizations. Her clients have cut across numerous industries and sectors including financial services, impact investing, retail, consumer, education, and international development. She is a board member for Redeemer City to City, a global faith-based organization founded by Tim Keller and Lion’s Den DFW, an organization bringing together faith-driven investors and entrepreneurs. She is an advisor for the Praxis Redemptive Venture Accelerator and a mentor for entrepreneurs. She regularly speaks on the principles of Christ-centered leadership. Sheeba’s work has been recognized by outlets such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Vogue. She was featured on InStyle Magazine’s 2021 list of “50 Women Making The World A Better Place”. Sheeba holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Learn more about Sheeba through her LinkedIn!

Managing Director, AllianceBernstein Kim Mustin is a Managing Director at Bernstein Private Wealth Management, a passionate thought leader on retirement security, advocate for financial literacy, avid supporter of at-risk youth, entrepreneurial investor, philanthropist, mom and wife of a Navy Admiral who has dedicated her passions and expertise to helping like-minded individuals manage and grow their wealth. Kim focuses on holistic planning, working closely with clients to identify investments that match their beliefs and goals. Her expertise in serving complex clients coupled with her desire to enable clients to feel secure in their wealth benefits high-net-worth individuals and families over multi-generations. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, she held progressively senior roles as the Global Head of Distribution for BNY Mellon and Global Head of Strategic Accounts at OppenheimerFunds providing bespoke investment solutions to large complex institutions globally. Prior to her global roles, Kim was the Co-Head of Distribution for Legg Mason and the Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Deutsche Bank working with large asset owners across endowments and foundations, pensions, private banks and wealth advisors. She began her career at the Treasury Department where she developed her passion for retirement planning and security. Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in accounting and finance from the University of West Florida. Kim is also a proud board member of Sheltering Arms NY, and serves as the head of the Development Committee. Sheltering Arms’ unwavering commitment since 1831 has been to strengthen the education, wellbeing, and development of vulnerable children, youth and families across the New York metro area. The organization’s mission is enabled with a broad but focused portfolio across education, mental health, early intervention, juvenile justice and foster care.

Managing Partner & Director of Impact, TriLinc Global Joan Trant is a Managing Partner and Director of Impact at TriLinc Global. She is also a member of the Investment Committee and of the Sustainability and Impact Committee. Her primary responsibilities include helping build the TriLinc brand and leading the Company’s efforts to support the continued development of the impact investing industry. Prior to joining TriLinc, Joan launched and was Executive Director of the International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI). IAMFI’s Limited Partner members’ microfinance commitments/investments totaled $780 million, and General Partner members managed an aggregate portfolio of $1.84 billion. Prior to IAMFI, Joan was Deputy Executive Director of The Resource Foundation, supporting community-building programs in 20 Latin American countries, benefiting annually 4.6 million underserved people. Previously, Joan spent 15 years in the financial services industry, holding international sales, financial advisory and operations management positions at Bankers Trust and Citibank, with direct experience in the Spanish, Mexican and Argentine markets. Joan is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business Executive Level Nonprofit Management Certification Program. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. from Georgetown University.

Managing Director at BlackRock Obie McKenzie is a Managing Director at BlackRock, the largest institutional asset management firm in the United States. Mr. McKenzie graduated from Tennessee State University in 1967 and received his MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1972. Mr. McKenzie is responsible for managing relationships with some of the largest pension funds in the United States including the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, New York City Employees’ Retirement System, and the Federal Reserve Employee Benefits System. In 2010 Mr. McKenzie received the AIMSE Richard A. Lothrop Outstanding Achievement Award as recognition for his outstanding achievements in the investment management industry and his community. In 2011 he was named by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the 75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street. In 2013 he was named Public Fund Marketer of the Year by Money Management Intelligence. During his career, he has held positions as Managing Director at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Executive Director at UBS Asset Management and Managing Director at Chase Investors. Mr. McKenzie was President and founder of McKenzie & Company, an NASD registered broker-dealer.

Partner, Cassia Capital Partners; Board Member, New Canaan Society Jay Helvey joined Cassia Capital Partners LLC as the founding Managing Partner in 2011 after a successful career at CMT Asset Management, Ltd., an international asset management firm with offices in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong, which he helped establish in 2005. As principal partner, he was responsible for Risk Management and Portfolio Construction which included allocating to hedge funds. Jay is recognized as a leader in financial risk management with extensive experience in trading cash, futures, and derivatives instruments, as well as 12 years of experience overseeing large investment portfolios. As a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, Jay served as the Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan’s Risk Committee and Global Head of Derivative Counterparty and Hedge Fund Risk Management. Jay earned a master’s degree in International Affairs, Banking and Finance in 1984 from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York, where he was an International Fellow. He also attended the University of Cologne, West Germany in 1982 as a Fulbright Scholar. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University where he earned a double-major in Political Science and German in 1981. He graduated Magna Cum Laude, with Honors, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Jay serves on the Coca Cola Consolidated Bottling Co. (COKE), Computer Task Group (CTG), and Piedmont Federal Savings Bank Board of Directors. In addition, Jay served on the Pike Electric Board (PIKE) from 2005 – 2014. Jay also served as a Wake Forest University trustee from 1997 – 2017 and as a Wake Forest Medical Center Director from 2015 – 2017. In addition to his corporate board roles, Jay serves on the investment committees of Verger Capital Management, the Wake Forest University Health Sciences, and the Winston Salem Foundation. Jay co-founded the Winston-Salem, N.C. chapter of the New Canaan Society, a Christian men’s fellowship organization. Married for 30 years, Jay and his wife have five children.

Manager, Deloitte Bret Peterson is a Manager with Deloitte Consulting’s Federal Strategy and Operations practice in Washington D.C. where his teams focus on federal performance and risk analytics. Bret received his MBA from Georgetown McDonough in 2015 where he was also the President of Georgetown Christians in Business (GCIB). Before his MBA, Bret lived in China for almost five years working for both the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service and Daimler Mercedes-Benz. Bret is most excited about engagement and authentic vulnerability in workplace leadership.

Partner, Innosight Anna Veatch is a Partner at Innosight where she helps companies think expansively about overall strategic direction and tactically about how to get there. Prior to Innosight, Anna worked for S.C. Johnson on their Manufacturing Strategy and Supply Chain teams. There is not a day where Anna is not learning through project work, from her team, or from her clients. She is constantly gaining a greater glimpse into how God calls us to impact others through our lives and careers. She is happy to share her evolving reflections. Anna received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Senior Director Content & Communication at Salesforce, President of Faithforce San Francisco Sue Warnke has 20 years of experience in the technology industry and is currently the Senior Director of Content & Communications Experience at Salesforce, the world leader in Customer Relationship Management software. Other roles include Director of Innovation and Leadership, where she worked with Microsoft, Uber, Nike, SAP, Intuit, Sony, GAP, and Warner Bros. She has a Masters in English and was profiled in Liz Wiseman’s best-selling leadership book, Rookie Smarts. After a lifetime as an agnostic, Sue became a Christian in 2017 and now leads Christians@Salesforce as well as Faithforce San Francisco, Salesforce’s Interfaith Employee Resource Group that is sparking conversation on Faith Diversity in the Marketplace. Sue lives in Pacifica, California with her husband, Chris, and three teenagers. She shares best practices for integrating faith and work in her blog, Leanership, which you can subscribe to.

Managing Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University Nate Wong specializes in creating lasting social change by both mobilizing talent to defy prevailing orthodoxies, while also helping shape the very systems that impede a prosperous and equitable world for all. He has experience in the private, social, and public sectors, working in over 10 different countries, helping clients maximize their social impact. Nate serves as the Managing Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, an experiential hub to incubate emergent ideas in the social impact space, housed at Georgetown University. In his role, he manages the day-to-day operations of the Center helping to mobilize talent for social impact at scale, connecting students at all ages with leading-edge thought leaders. Nate is also a Fellow at the Centre for Public Impact (CPI), a not-for-profit foundation funded by The Boston Consulting Group. CPI is dedicated to improving the positive impact of governments and partners around the world.

Co-Founder & Principal, Dayspring Technologies Chi-Ming is President and Co-Founder of Dayspring Technologies(link is external), a San Francisco digital consultancy offering people-centered design and software engineering services since 1997. He was also the initial product manager for Dayspring’s Goodbudget app, a household budgeting platform, and is part of the founding team for Verso Biosciences, which builds beautiful software tools for the life sciences. With two decades of experience in consulting and software development, Chi-Ming has brought his insight and expertise to clients ranging from the largest corporations to midsize firms to community-based nonprofits. Chi-Ming’s passion is exploring how Christian conviction takes concrete form in a business and especially imagining how businesses can live out God’s redeeming work in the workplace, marketplace and community. He lives, works and worships in San Francisco’s ethnically and socioeconomically diverse Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood and is a member of Redeemer Community Church(link is external) where he serves on the music team and has served as an elder. Chi-Ming has also served on the boards of the Ekklesia Project(link is external), an ecumenical gathering of scholars, pastors and laity with a common love for the church and Open Door Legal(link is external), a nonprofit pioneering universal access to legal help. Chi-Ming holds a BS in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Computer Architecture and an MS in Electrical Engineering, focusing on Network Systems, both from Stanford University. He graduated with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and as a David Starr Jordan Scholar, President’s Scholar, and Terman Scholar.

EVP & CFO, Gogo Barry Rowan has over thirty years of senior leadership experience building significant technology and communications companies. He currently serves as the CFO for Gogo, the inflight internet company with annual revenues of nearly $900 million. He was previously CFO for Cool Planet Energy Systems, a renewable energy company located in Denver, Colorado. From 2010-13, Barry served as EVP, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer for Vonage Corporation in Holmdel, New Jersey where he was part of the leadership team that successfully turned around this $900 million internet communications company. From 2003-2006, Barry was with Nextel Partners, serving as its EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. From its founding in 1999 in Kirkland, Washington, Nextel Partners grew into a Fortune 1000 company providing Nextel-branded services to over 2 million customers in mid-sized and rural markets in 31 states. The company was consistently ranked among the fastest growing wireless companies in the U.S., reaching $1 billion in revenues in its first five years. Fueled by this rapid growth, the equity value of the company grew from $2 billion to over $9 billion during Rowan’s tenure, culminating in its sale to Sprint for $10 billion in June of 2006. After starting his career in the finance department for a division of Hewlett-Packard, Barry joined Comlinear Corporation after graduating from the Harvard Business School. Comlinear was a venture-backed technology company that would become the 110th fastest growing company in the U.S. He began as its Chief Financial Officer and was later promoted to President at age 32. In 1992 he joined Fluke Corporation (NYSE) as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 1995, he became Vice President and General Manager of the verification tools division, and in 1996, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Manager of the newly-created networks division, a business that grew from start-up to $100 million in six years. Fluke’s stock price more than tripled during Rowan’s six years with the company. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Rowan served as Chief Financial Officer at Velocom Inc., a large-scale telecommunications start-up doing business in South America, and subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of Vesper, the company’s Brazilian subsidiary. Mr. Rowan earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1983, and his B.S. summa cum laude in Business Administration and Chemical Biology from The College of Idaho in 1979. Mr. Rowan has served as a director for multiple public and privately-held companies, publicly-traded companies, including ICO Global Communications and ARIS Corporation, has served on the boards of multiple privately held companies. Motivated by his belief in giving back to the community and investing in the next generation of leaders, he has also served as a trustee for Seattle Pacific University, Gordon College, the board of advisors for the Honors Program in Entrepreneurial Leadership at Gonzaga University, and as President of Bellevue Christian School. He has served on the InterVarsity board of directors and chairs the board of a Harvard Business School alumni organization. He has taught university courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is a frequently requested speaker at a wide-variety of forums. He is married to Linda, his best friend and wife of thirty-seven years, and they have two sons, Mark and David, both in their late twenties and now married to wonderful young women. An avid reader and lover of the outdoors, Barry enjoys skiing, hiking, golf, and most sports.

Director of Economic Empowerment at Restore NYC; Former AVP, L’Oreal Sandra Diaz is a marketing leader and career coach. She excels at leveraging data and systems to launch new products and services that meet the needs of culturally-diverse individuals. As Director of Economic Empowerment at Restore NYC, she leads the creation and delivery of work readiness, placement and retention initiatives for female foreign-national survivors of sex trafficking. She also helps bicultural professionals land great marketing jobs through her private coaching practice at sparkcareercatalysts.com. Sandra drives innovation by drawing on her 20-year experience in multicultural, brand, customer and global marketing at L’Oreal, Sears, Sara Lee, Citicards and Colgate Palmolive, and her own consulting firm DIAZ&CO. She holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javieriana in Colombia and a MBA from Kellogg. She has been a member of Trinity Baptist Church in New York City for over 10 years, where she has served as a Trustee, and on the prayer and children’s ministries. Sandra co-founded the Trinity Career Network job search ministry to serve her church family, discovering her passion and effectiveness as a career coach in the process. Learn more about Sandra through her LinkedIn!

VP Strategic Relationships, Christian Employers Alliance; Strategic Catalyst, The Institute for Faith, Work & Economics Eric Welch is VP of Strategic Relationships with Christian Employers Alliance, a network of businesses engaging collective impact opportunities for the well-being of companies and communities. Eric also serves in volunteer roles with the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, the National Faith & Work Association, and the Christian Employee Resource Group Network. Prior to non-profit work, Eric worked for Boston Scientific. In addition, he serves in multiple roles of local church ministry. Eric and his family live in Florida.

CEO, National Society of Black Engineers Janeen Uzzell is the Chief Executive Officer of NSBE, the National Society of Black Engineers. NSBE is the largest student-run organization in the United States focused on improving the advancement of Black engineers in academia and industry with more than 30,000 members worldwide. Prior to joining NSBE, Uzzell was the Chief Operating Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that operates Wikipedia, one of the world’s top 5 websites. Under her leadership, she launched the Office of the COO and introduced organizational rigor and process improvement while leading a staff of more than 500 and an operating budget of $140M. During the heightened racial trauma towards Black people being broadcasted throughout the world in 2020, Janeen helped launch the Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund, a $4.5 million fund created to provide grants to external organizations that support knowledge equity by addressing the racial inequities preventing access and participation in free knowledge. Janeen has nearly two decades of experience implementing the design and use of technology to drive impact on global outcomes. During her tenure at GE, she led multiple company-wide initiatives including the company’s emerging market healthcare strategy across Africa where she lived for several years as an Ex-Pat in Accra, Ghana. She was also the head of Women in Technology, where she worked to accelerate the number of women in technical roles across the 300,000-employee workforce. Uzzell has merged her leadership as a global technology executive, and her passion for social justice to forge diversity, equity, and inclusion in technology through product development, leadership advancement, and by shining a light on the inequality in tech spaces as a thought leader and voice of influence. Janeen has a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She serves on the board of Mercy Ships International, the dFree Global Foundation and holds a seat as an Advisor for NCA&T’s College of Engineering. She is a venture capital investor and Chairwoman of the Greybridge SPAC, focused on fintech and legacy endowments within HBCU’s. Janeen uses her keyboard for good. She is a warrior in her faith and love for God. She comes in peace, but she means business. And that is evident in all the work she prioritizes and commits herself to. In her spare time, Janeen enjoys playing tennis, and spending time with her family and friends. She is based in Washington, D.C.

Vice President and Executive Director, Redeemer City to City Global Faith & Work Initiative Missy Wallace is Vice President and Executive Director of the Global Faith and Work Initiative (GFWI), a ministry of Redeemer City to City. Before moving to GFWI, Missy Wallace was the founder and Executive Director of the Nashville Institute for Faith and Work (NIFW). She became inspired to study faith and work after working in Corporate America and then the nonprofit sector for over 10 years each and realizing that work can be a part of God’s unfolding story if we allow him to guide it rather than our false idols. Prior to launching NIFW, Missy worked at Bank of America in Charlotte, NC; The Boston Consulting Group in Chicago, Singapore, Bangkok, and New York; Time Warner in New York; and most recently on the team that launched a new independent high school where she worked in various roles over a decade in marketing, admissions, and college counseling. Ms. Wallace holds a BA in economics from Vanderbilt, graduating on the Dean’s Honor List, and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern.

National Ministry Director of Women Scholars and Professionals Karen Hice Guzmán is the National Ministry Director of Women Scholars and Professionals, a focused ministry of InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries. Except for some years taken off to raise children, Karen has spent her adult life and career in and around InterVarsity — originally as a student and campus staff member in Michigan and currently in Georgia. An entrepreneur at heart, she started the graduate student fellowship at Michigan State and the MBA fellowship at Georgia Tech. She loves to use her gifts of hospitality and teaching to create a welcome place for people to connect with God and with one another. Currently, she is bringing together women in graduate school and beyond to encourage, support, and mentor one another to live fully into the call of God on their lives as they navigate the challenges of academia and the professional world. Karen lives in Marietta, Georgia. She and her husband have three adult sons and one daughter-in-law. She loves dark chocolate, good coffee, and British crime drama. Learn more about Karen through her LinkedIn!

Marketing Strategy and Operations Manager at Facebook, Hip Hop Artist During the day, Ace Patterson works in Consumer Marketing at Facebook, working closely with the marketing directors for both the WhatsApp and Messenger apps to provide operational, planning, and financial support. He was recognized for his work when he was chosen to be part of the 2019 class of ADCOLOR FUTURES, a nationally selective program that celebrates diverse influencers that excel in their careers and also give back to the community. At night, he is hip-hop recording/performing artist, Call Me Ace, who delivers positive, heartfelt messages on hope, empowerment, and perseverance. His last album, Airplane Mode, debuted at #3 on the iTunes Top 40 Hip Hop Album Chart as well as #50 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales Chart. His upcoming project, Working From Home, will cover an array of themes, including: the definition of true success (money vs. mission), the pressure to compromise calling for comfort, the self-doubt amidst future uncertainty, and the never-ending quest for self-expression within a restrictive environment. Ace is a 1st-generation Jamaican-American and 1st-generation college student, graduating with his BA from Columbia University and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley-Haas. Ace also is a Believers In Business alum, having served on the Operations Committee in 2015 and as Co-Director in 2016. Ace has a diverse slate of marketing, strategy, operations, and consulting experience across various industries, including technology, media, entertainment (music and film), automotive, and education. Originally from the New York Metro Area, Ace currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, who is 25x better a person than Ace could ever be.

Retired Co-head of US Leveraged Finance, Citigroup Global Markets Tom Cole joined Citigroup in July 2010 as Co­Head of US Leveraged Finance, Citigroup Global Markets. Retired now, Tom was responsible for the non­investment grade loan and bond financing for US Corporate Clients and leveraged buyouts. He joined Citigroup from HSBC where he was Co­Head of Global Banking, Americas. His responsibilities included Client Coverage for Corporate and Investment Banking, Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, Private Equity, M&A, and Project Finance for the region. Prior to joining HSBC, Tom was the head of Deutsche Bank’s North American leveraged finance practice, which he started in 2001. IFR Magazine recognized the group as U.S. Leveraged Finance House of the Year in 2006. Prior to 2001, he ran the chemical industry group practice within Investment Banking. He joined the firm in 1987 in Corporate Finance in the Chicago office, and moved to London in 1992 where he oversaw the risk management associated with the firm’s distressed debt trading, derivatives, and corporate finance activities. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he spent three years at Continental Bank and two years at General Electric. Tom Cole is on the Management Committee for The New Canaan Society nationally and is a leader of NCS Manhattan. Tom received a BS in finance from Indiana University, where he currently serves on the Dean’s Council, and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. He is married to Kim, and they have three children, Jenna, Tara, and Jonathon.

Director, Global Macro & Asset Allocation Team, KKR & Co. Paula Campbell Roberts (New York) joined KKR & Co. in 2017 as a member of the Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk team. As the Head of Alternative Data & Analytics, Ms. Campbell Roberts leads the firm’s efforts to incorporate big data and machine learning into many of our investing and value creation efforts. In addition, Paula helps the Firm assess consumer and real estate investment opportunities. Prior to joining KKR in 2017, Paula Campbell Roberts was an executive director of Morgan Stanley and the company’s U.S. Consumer Economist, where she managed coverage of the U.S. consumer sector and developed fundamental trading signals using big data. Before Morgan Stanley, Paula was a management consultant leading case teams and advising Fortune 500 companies at Bain & Co. Paula Campell Roberts earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University. Currently, Paula serves on the boards of The Brearley School, the Northside Center for Childhood Development, and the American Friends of Jamaica. She is also a Compass Charter School Advisory Board member.

Principal Team Leader – Customer Digital Experience, Chick-fil-A, Inc. Jesse Ferlianto is a Principal Team Leader in the Customer Digital Experience division at Chick-fil-A (an $11 billion restaurant business), which stewards all of the brand’s tech-powered customer experiences such as the Chick-fil-A App, Chick-fil-A One membership program, Chick-fil-A.com, digital discovery, digital ordering & fulfillment and on-demand delivery. Prior to this role, Jesse served as a Sales & Brand Growth Consultant, advising Chick-fil-A franchisees in the development and implementation of business plans and marketing strategies at the local, DMA, and regional levels. Jesse graduated #1 in his class with degrees in Business & Economics from Emory University, and earned his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Prior to business school, Jesse worked in distressed investment banking for Alvarez & Marsal and Morgan Joseph, with a focus on middle-market M&A, creditor advisory and financial restructuring. Outside of the office and when not delighting in the company of his wife and daughter, Jesse enjoys playing the piano and continues to be an avid tennis player after earning All-American honors as a part of a 2-time NCAA championship-winning squad during his undergrad years. He is a member of Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, and enjoys getting equipped on various apologetics topics as well as being put in his place by the expository preaching of the likes of Paul Washer and John MacArthur. Jesse is married to his wife Susan and is privileged to be called “dad” by his 15-month old daughter, Naomi.

Executive Coach and Global Leadership Strategist Jane’s expertise comes from 20+ years of direct business experience in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. She has worked with sales teams, guided leadership through a merger integration and divestiture, led organizational change initiatives with new leadership, and designed several innovative programs for top talent. Prior to consulting, she has held a variety of management roles, including Operations, Vice President of HR/Talent at JPMorgan, and Director of Recruiting at Deloitte and Resources Global. A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Economics/International Studies, she is an advisor to the Taskforce for Talent Innovation and a member of the Toigo Foundation’s President Circle. Her insights have been featured on CNN, CNBC, NPR, Harvard Business Review (HBR) Working Knowledge, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Leader to Leader, Fortune and Forbes. Jane is the author of the groundbreaking book, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling and works with organizations to develop strategies for breaking through. Recently, she co-authored Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences. She is the research director for the Conference Board Cultural Fluency: How Culture Shapes Talent and Leadership Styles in Asia study. She serves on the board of Operation Exodus, an organization which provides tutoring and mentoring to Latino youth in Washington Heights and the Bronx. Jane is passionate about helping individuals flourish in their workplaces and in their communities.

Greg Baumer is coauthor of God and Money – How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Business School and True Riches: What Jesus Really Said About Money and Your Heart. Greg and his coauthor, John Cortines, have contributed to national media outlets including Moody Radio, NY Daily News, and RELEVANT Magazine, and speaks regularly at large churches and conferences around the country. A native of Indianapolis, IN, Greg grew up attending Indiana Hoosier basketball games and working with his dad every Saturday in the family business. Greg began his career with management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Chicago, IL and later worked as an investment professional for private equity firm Advent International in Boston, MA. He currently serves as Chief Growth Officer for naviHealth, Inc., a healthcare startup in Nashville, TN. It was while taking a course at Harvard Divinity School called God & Money that Greg began to think deeply about the intersection of faith and finance. Through a deep study of Scripture on the subject of money, Greg began to understand that when it comes to generosity, God wants something for us, not from us. Since that time, Greg has become convinced that God offers a unique joy to those who choose to live generously, and has become passionate about spreading the message that generosity is best thought of as a unique opportunity given to us by God to step alongside Him in the fulfillment of His Kingdom. Greg resides in Nashville, TN and is blessed to be married to his beautiful, loving, and gracious wife of eleven years, Alison. Greg and Alison are parents to three young children. Greg holds degrees from Indiana University (BS, 2008) and Harvard Business School (2015). He also serves on the Board of Generous Giving and The Signatry, two nonprofit ministries focused on spreading the message of biblical generosity.

CEO, Barnhart Crane & Rigging Alan Barnhart came to Christ in high school at a Young Life camp in Colorado. He has an amazing wife, Katherine, and six adult children, three daughters-in-law, one son-in-law and six grandkids. Alan has a boring resume—he has worked for the same company since he was 10 years old and has had the same position since 1986. Barnhart Crane and Rigging Company is a Heavy Lifting and Heavy Transport company based in Memphis, TN with offices in 40 cities across the US. By God’s grace, the company has grown an average of 19% per year for 33 years. Barnhart provides services to heavy industry and construction, focusing on power plants (wind, nuclear, and fossil fuel) and the petrochemical industry. Alan’s fear of affluence caused him to cap his lifestyle. His passion for missions has taken him to over 60 countries. Barnhart Cranew and Rigging invests 50% of its profits into strategic missions. Barnhart team members and spouses take part in the decision-making process. Over 50 team members have traveled internationally in that effort. Alan and Katherine Barnhart placed 100% of the equity of the company into a charitable trust. Alan attends First Evangelical Church and is involved with C12. Katherine Barnhart is the daughter of the Most High, the wife of Alan, and the mother of Nicholas and Missy, Nathan and Suzanna, Janie and Alex, Kepler and Gabby, Marah, and Noah. Katherine is a servant catalyst who loves God and lives intentionally. She serves several Kingdom initiatives including The GROVE Group, Every Tribe Every Nation, National Christian Foundation and American Bible Society. Her passion for missional impact has taken her all over the world. Katherine knows how to pack light – for trips and for life.

Director of Generosity, Maclellan Foundation John Cortines oversees the Maclellan Foundation’s investments and strategies to grow a global movement of generosity among all believers. He began his career as a Petroleum Engineer with Chevron. While at Harvard Business School, he encountered a radical call from God to reframe his perspective on generosity and ultimately shift his career into the nonprofit sector. He previously served for five years at Generous Giving, most recently as COO. John is the coauthor of two books on biblical generosity (God and Money, and True Riches) which together have over 50,000 copies in circulation. John lives in Florida with his lovely and gracious wife Megan. They have three biological children, in addition to twin foster babies. They also manage a flock of egg-laying hens (14, as of their most recent poultry census). They worship at Northland Church where John serves as a governing elder. John holds a MBA, MS in Geophysics, and BS in Chemical Engineering

Co-Chair, World Vision Innovation Fund April worked in the tech industry for 20 years including a tenure at Microsoft, managing teams responsible for consumer Internet sites and orchestrating key partnerships. Prior to Microsoft, she developed groundbreaking software products in areas such as remotely piloted aircraft and manufacturing control systems and taught nationally on software technologies. April left Microsoft to start a consulting firm to advise non-profits on Internet strategy. She now works with and invests in Christian-led organizations locally, nationally, and internationally to help maximize their economic, social, and spiritual impact. April serves on several non-profit boards including Praxis, Impact Foundation, Generous Giving, and National Christian Foundation Northwest as well as several small/medium business boards. She was also previously the Co-Chair of the World Vision Innovation Fund. She will gladly engage on the topics of innovation, the power of generosity, the importance of influence or happy marriages! April and her husband, Craig, have boy/girl twins and love the challenge of balancing home life with the call to serve. April holds an Oxford Diploma in Strategy & Innovation and a BS in Computer Science from UC, Irvine.

President and CEO, Ideos Institute Christy Vines is the president and CEO of Ideos Institute, and is known for her unique perspective on faith, society, and culture, as well as her ability to help people bridge differences and connect more authentically. In 2015, Christy left the field of religious conflict and extremism to focus on the advancement of the burgeoning field of empathic intelligence and to find answers to the disconnections, biases, and misperceptions that often underlie conflict in the first place. She now leads the organization’s research and its application to the fields of conflict transformation, social cohesion, communal resiliency, and servant leadership. Christy is also a published writer, speaker, and the executive producer of the 2022 documentary film, “Dialogue Lab: America,” a moving take on the current state of division and polarization in the U.S. Christy has appeared on podcasts like How Do We Fix It and Bob Goff’s Dream Big Podcast, with articles and op-eds published in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and Capital Commentary. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and is currently working on her first book on empathy, culture, and the fight for the soul of the evangelical church in America.

Vice President, Facebook Marketplace Deb Liu is a senior executive at Facebook where she has built and led a number of product and engineering initiatives. She created and runs Facebook’s popular Marketplace, where millions of people buy and sell from one another. She also led the development of Facebook’s first mobile ad product for apps and its mobile ad network, in addition to building the company’s games business and its payments platform, including Facebook Pay. Deb will join Ancestry.com Inc March 1, 2021 as Chief Executive Officer. Named by PaymentsSource as one of the most influential women in payments and one of Business Insider’s most powerful female engineers, Deb has worked in the tech industry for over 18 years. Prior to Facebook, she spent several years in product roles at PayPal and eBay, including leading the integration between the two products. Actively involved with promoting diversity and women in tech, she is the founder of Women in Product, a nonprofit to connect and support women in the product management field. She is also the executive sponsor of Facebook’s Asian & Pacific Islanders employee resource group. Deb serves on the board of Intuit, and she’s a seed investor and advisor to several startups. She also holds several payments and commerce-related patents. Deb received a BS in Civil Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. She lives in California with her husband and three children, and she enjoys chronicling their family adventures in her Mommy School comic.

Co-Founder and COO of Scaleup Cliff Goins IV has been fascinated with the “big idea” of creating generational wealth via entrepreneurship since his early thirties. He is known for his insights, execution, and innovation. 1517 Media will release Minding the Wealth Gap, his book on closing the U.S. racial wealth gap, in early 2025. Today, Cliff is co-founder and COO of Scaleup, a startup that came out of Amazon, which helps small- and medium-sized businesses scale into large enterprises. Passionate about entrepreneurship, Cliff knows growing a business is hard and takes heart, smarts, luck, and lots of supporting mechanisms. Before Amazon, Cliff held several roles at Northern Trust Asset Management including COO of an early stage fintech acquisition, head of strategy for the $1 billion business unit, and CAO of a $300 million division. Before Northern, he was an executive in finance and operations for VSA Partners, a rapidly growing private equity backed marketing services firm. Prior to VSA, as an investment professional, he reviewed over 200 privately-held business opportunities and sat on the board as an observer of companies ranging from $20 million to $100 million in revenues. Cliff serves as vice chair of the investment committee for FAMU Foundation, Inc. and is former elder board chair of Soul City Church, a fast-growing church in the West Loop of Chicago. He holds an MBA in finance and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in accounting from Florida A&M University. When he’s not working you can find him feeding his tennis obsession—playing it, watching it, captaining it—or spending time and traveling with his wife and two beautiful, smart, and sporty daughters. Learn more about Cliff through his LinkedIn!

Mark Washington supports over a dozen MBA staff and multiple national and international projects, including the Believers in Business Conference as advisor. Additionally, he has served as campus staff for nine years at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Formerly, he was an Associate Dean at North Park Theological Seminary. At North Park, Mark earned a special dual degree: MA in Theological Studies and MBA. Prior to graduate studies, Mark was a counselor to severely emotionally disturbed teenage gang boys. During graduate school, he founded a microenterprise organization in Gary, IN, before he knew that the term “microenterprise” existed. He is a founding member of the National Faith and Work Association. He enjoys travel, cultures, ping pong, and board games (and doesn’t mind losing Settlers of Catan to his children). Mark is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry in Faith, Work, Economics and Vocation at Fuller Theological Seminary with a capstone project of being a spiritual advisor to entrepreneurs.

Director of Product Management, Health Technology, Johnson & Johnson Lisa specializes in creating new digital products ranging from platforms that help people learn about their genetics to online programs that help chronic pain sufferers. She currently is Director of Product Management at Johnson & Johnson, where she brings her deep healthcare knowledge to bear on their pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product divisions. Prior to J&J, Lisa worked as a product lead at 23andMe. There, she built the first app store for genetics, created new features on the research and ancestry verticals of the website, and shaped, developed, and implemented all the business development deals for research collaborations with external partners. She’s also worked in product at Omada Health, a startup focused on delivering a digital version of the Diabetes Prevention Program to help prevent type 2 diabetes as well as at Microsoft within Bing & MSN focused on search. Before she found her passion in product management, she worked at a wide variety of organizations: as a venture capital analyst looking at the healthcare and digital media investment verticals, and as a writer at the Onion. Lisa graduated from Stanford with a BS in biology as well as an MBA from the Graduate School of Business. In her free time, she enjoys salsa dancing, tennis, and finding unique jewelry online.

World Vision National Leadership Council Linda earned her CPA and worked first in public accounting and then with Hewlett-Packard, spending ten years in financial management roles before retiring to become a “tennis shoe mom.” As a “community entrepreneur,” she has started and led prayer groups, co-chaired capital campaigns, started the Parent Advisory Council at Seattle Pacific University, and invests her time in event planning for many non-profit organizations. Linda currently serves on the board of Amigos de Jesus, a home for homeless children in Honduras, and is a member of the World Vision National Leadership Council. Linda and Barry combined their heart for the poor and investing in the next generation of Christ-following leaders as they led six trips to Central America with their family and Harvard graduate students. Based on a desire to continue the intergenerational friendships formed on these trips, they designed a three-year experience called “An Adventure with God” based on living a surrendered life: As God transforms us he transforms the world through us. Linda is passionate about breaking the poverty cycle through sustainable programs and her current focus is on bringing clean water and education to the “least of these” in remote areas of Central America. Linda makes time in her calendar for skiing, golfing, biking, and traveling (she has visited all 50 states with her sons and visited 22 countries). She welcomed two beautiful daughters-in-law into the family and a darling granddaughter recently.

Senior Advisor – Global Faith and Work Initiative, Redeemer City to City Katherine served as founding director of Redeemer’s Center for Faith & Work (CFW) from 2002 to 2012. She established the Center’s core programs to equip, connect and mobilize the congregation to fully apply the gospel to their work lives and seek gospel renewal within their institutions and professions. These programs included an intensive discipleship program called Gotham Fellows, an Entrepreneurship Initiative to start new gospel-centered ventures, Arts Ministries, and numerous vocation groups. Since 2013, Katherine has worked with a variety of churches to establish faith and work ministries and led the New City Fellows program in Raleigh, NC for its first two years. She is also adjunct faculty in Regent College’s Masters of Arts program in Leadership, Theology and Society (MALTS). Prior to 2002, Katherine led a number of startup high tech product and services companies in California, New York, and Luxembourg. She was CEO of Pensare, an online management education company, CEO of One Touch Systems, a hardware/software products company, and President of Private Satellite Network, a satellite services company. She also worked in various consulting, sales and marketing roles, primarily in the technology sector. Katherine received her BA from Wittenberg University, her MBA from the University of Virginia, and has taken seminary classes from Regent College. She has served on the boards of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Fellowship of the Performing Arts, the Theology of Work Project, International Arts Movement and the Carver Project. Katherine co-authored Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work with Tim Keller. She and her husband, John, reside in New York City.

Author, “24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life” Matthew Sleeth, MD, a former emergency room physician and chief of the hospital medical staff, resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith and health. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral. Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation’s most influential Christian leaders, Dr. Sleeth is the executive director of Blessed Earth and author of numerous articles and books, including Reforesting Faith and 24/6. His upcoming book, Hope Always: How to be a force for life in a culture of suicide will be released in May 2021. Dr. Sleeth lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with Nancy, his wife of forty years. Their grown children serve with their families in full-time ministry and as medical missionaries in Africa.

Founder, Supra Solem David Park is a founder of Supra Solem, a family investment vehicle that partners with companies and organizations that are led by faith-driven sponsors who are working to make all things new. Two primary projects for Supra Solem are helping to launch City Chapel and the Abide Gathering. City Chapel is a church community in New York City that is committed to simplicity in worship, deep transformation, pratical equipping, local community connection, and generational impact. The Abide Gathering will be a national community of Asian Americans who gather annually for deep friendship, emotional rejuvenation, and spiritual renewal. Before Supra Solem, David worked for a variety of ventures focused on real estate investing and development, and also spent a number of years in international microfinance and investment banking. He is active in work and faith communities including the Christian Economic Forum, Praxis, and Marketplace One. He also serves on the boards of several ministries, including Women Doing Well and Telemachus. David received his BA in Economics from Harvard and his MBA from Stanford. He and his wife Jean have three boys and live in New York City. Learn more about David through his LinkedIn!

Founder, Supra Solem Jean Park is a founder of Supra Solem, a family investment vehicle that partners with leaders, companies, and organizations who are working to make all things new. Supra Solem invests in organizations that are led by faith-driven sponsors who have an alternative imagination for the integration of faith and work, with an emphasis on increasing access and awareness to tools and resources around emotional and spiritual health. Jean is also the founder of Meristem, a coaching practice where she integrates her counseling background with coaching tools to help her clients on their healing and growth journey. Prior to Supra Solem and Meristem, Jean was a child therapist practicing in South Central Los Angeles and then stayed at home to raise he three boys. She began her career in economic consulting for a litigation firm in Los Angeles. Jean serves on the board of the Young Life Global Cities Initiative and is on the leadership team for City Chapel, a new church community in New York City. She has her BS in Economics from Caltech and her MFT from Fuller Seminary. Jean lives in New York City with her husband, three boys, and puppy.

CEO, Habitat for Humanity Jonathan T.M. Reckford is chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International, a global Christian housing organization that has helped more than 39 million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve their homes. Since 2005, when he took the top leadership position, local Habitat organizations in all 50 states and in more than 70 countries have grown from serving 125,000 individuals each year to helping more than 4.2 million people last year build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. A graduate of UNC, Jonathan worked briefly at Goldman Sachs before coaching the Korean national rowing team. He earned his MBA from Stanford and worked in the for-profit sector, including positions at Marriott, The Walt Disney Co., and Best Buy. He served as executive pastor of his church near Minneapolis when he was recruited by Habitat in 2005. Jonathan is chair of Leadership 18 and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Urban Steering Committee for the World Economic Forum. Named the most influential leader in America in 2017 by the NonProfit Times, Jonathan is the author of Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World. He and his wife, Ashley, have three children and live in Atlanta.

COO, BibleProject Rudy Bellani is the Chief Operating Officer of BibleProject, an ed-tech nonprofit whose mission is to help people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. BibleProject’s resources are used by more than 30 million people a year, one of them being Rudy. Indeed, it was the personally transformative impact of these free resources that led him to leave the private sector to serve BibleProject as it seeks to reach the world. Prior to BibleProject, Rudy was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, founded and was the CEO of a venture-backed tech startup, and worked as an operator at EY and ServiceMaster (now Terminix), leading strategy and innovation across their businesses. He received his PhD in Neuroscience, which comes in handy only at dinner parties. He is married to his best friend Lindsay, a PhD in machine learning, and they are the parents of five little wonders that thankfully look more like their mom.

Author, Consultant, Former VP of Meals at ConAgra Foods Janice Munmitsu’s corporate and ministry career is focused on creating strategic opportunities in driving growth and new initiatives. As VP of Meals at ConAgra Foods in the 1990’s, Janice led a team that managed brands of $250M in annual sales, including Hunt’s Tomato Products, Healthy Choice, Pedigree Dog Food, and Hidden Valley. She went on to lead ConAgra’s change management efforts through major culture shifts. Janice has led capital-raising efforts of $150M for several Southern California churches – including her home church (Mariners Church) in Irvine. She was on the Generous Giving team from 2011-2021, inspiring believers to trust God as a generous giver and to respond as He leads. Janice has a BS and MBA from USC. She also completed an MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care at Talbot Seminary (Biola University). She has a private practice as a spiritual director and serves on the board for National Christian Foundation California, Malachi 3 Foundation, The Bible Project, and Asian Access ministries. A new author, Janice recently wrote and published a non-fiction book, The Kindness of Color. It is based on the true story of her family during WWII, the Japanese American Incarceration in America, and school desegregation in California

Entrepreneur An entrepreneur, Gary Ginter has been involved in starting, growing, selling, or closing over 25 businesses in the past 40 years. Among these ventures, Gary helped to build two options trading firms that became world leaders in significant market niches. One firm sold to NationsBank for more than $300M, and the other to Goldman Sachs for around $500M. Gary and his wife have been married for 52 years. Together they have four kids and 14 grandchildren. For the last 43 years, Gary and his family have been living in an economically marginal part of Chicago’s Westside, where they are actively learning about and participating in racial reconciliation through their church, Rock of Our Salvation Evangelical Free Church.

Former VP, Head of HR at Warner Bros. Ada Yeh recently retired after a 31 year career in Human Resources at Warner Bros. Her most recent role, was Vice President, Head of Human Resources the Television Groups, including WB Television, Warner Horizon Scripted & Unscripted, WB Animation, Telepictures, Shed Media and Alloy Entertainment and Blue Ribbon Content. While based at the Studio in Burbank, California, she was responsible for overseeing multiple aspects of HR, including employee relations and investigations, training and development, compensation and benefits and talent acquisition. In her role, she closely collaborated with both divisional presidents, department heads and production executives to address priorities and objectives with a focus on human capital management. Ada graduated from the University of Southern California in 1989 from the Annenberg School of Communications and a minor from the Marshall School of Business. She joined Warner Bros. shortly after graduation and spent her entire working career at the Studio. Currently, she actively serves on multiple boards: USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association (current President), the USC Board of Governors, the Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society, and on the Board of Trustees at Maranatha High School.

Partner, Praxis Jon Hart, Partner at Praxis, loves working with builders and entrepreneurs to connect their heart & purpose. In his role at Praxis, he works on strategic partnerships, ecosystems, and programs to bring vocational training on redemptive action to more people. Previously, he spent seven years at a Fortune 100 Company, where he helped launch a new venture and revive another as part of a turnaround strategy. Jon was also an Executive Producer of a successful independent film. In addition to his work at Praxis, Jon is a founding board member of 100cameras, a nonprofit that empowers youth to create change in their communities through photography. He has also served as an advisor and mentor for the Quarter Zero and Catapult Incubators, and taught entrepreneurship as an adjunct at The King’s College NYC. John holds a BS from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and lives in New York City.

Senior Director at Cognizant Kunle is a Senior Director in the Corporate Strategy team at Cognizant, an enterprise IT services company, where he supports the executive committee and the board in making key organizational and strategic decisions. Prior to Cognizant, Kunle worked at Bain & Company, a global management consultancy, serving clients across industries and geographies. Kunle received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT, where he was active in the Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, and in his spare time loves reading, cooking, and watching “Jeopardy!”

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Eventide Asset Management Finny Kuruvilla, MD, PhD, serves as a Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager for Eventide’s mid-cap growth and healthcare & life sciences strategies, including the Eventide Gilead Fund and the Eventide Healthcare and Life Sciences Fund, a Managing Director for Eventide’s private fund, as well as Founding Member of Eventide. Dr. Kuruvilla has a background in healthcare, statistics, and investing. Concurrent with his early years at Eventide, he was a Principal at Clarus Ventures, a healthcare and life sciences venture capital firm subsequently acquired by Blackstone. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kuruvilla was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, where he led the development of a new microarray between the Broad Institute and a publicly-traded company Affymetrix. Prior to his investing career, Dr. Kuruvilla was resident, chief resident, and fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Kuruvilla holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, a PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University, a SM in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and a BS in Chemistry from Caltech.

Managing Director, Investment Management April Tam Smith is a Managing Director at a top tier investment firm on the Equity Derivatives team in Sales and Trading, based in New York. Her focus area is volatility products and light exotic products. April has been with the Firm for the last 15 years. In her life outside of the office, April spends time in Haiti and South Africa serving at orphanages and social businesses. She also works locally with the vulnerable in New York City including victims of trafficking and those previously incarcerated. April’s goal is to connect her two lives to organically create a ripple effect allowing more people to be involved in creating jobs for the poor. She strongly believes in giving people a hand up over a hand out and has experienced the joy of seeing those benefiting from meaningful work. This led her to opening P.S. Kitchen in Time Square, a social enterprise that uses 100 percent of its net profit to fund justice work while hiriing those in need of a second chance. April is the recipient of the 2018 Social Enterprise Leadership award from Columbia’s Tamer Center and has been featured on ABC, CBS news and Christianity Today. April received her bachelor’s in Engineering at MIT and her MBA at Columbia Business School and resides in Central Harlem in NYC with her husband, Graham, and their pup, Mochi.

Partner at Major Consulting Firm Katherine’s passion is to protect and expand patient access to high quality healthcare. She is driven by the conviction that circumstance of birth should not dictate quality of care available to individuals. With an understanding of the need for innovative solutions to address quality, access, and cost challenges, Katherine has focused her professional energy on innovating better strategies and solutions to align healthcare prices with value. Katherine currently serves as a Partner of a global management consulting firm and leads the firm’s managed care service line within the healthcare practice. In her role, she counsels entities across markets – US and globally – on innovative strategies that foster entity growth and protect patient access. Katherine founded the firm’s Managed Care Center of Excellence to foster innovative solutions. Since then, the cell has developed the industry’s foremost solutions in managed care on strategic pricing and competitive intel. Katherine continues to spearhead new capability development at the forefront of innovation in price transparency and payment innovation.

Founder at Minority Christian Women Entrepreneurs Network (MCWEN) President at P.E.R.K. Consulting Andrena Sawyer is the Founder of the Minority Christian Women Entrepreneurs Network (MCWEN) and the President of P.E.R.K. Consulting—a consulting firm for nonprofits and small businesses. Originally from Freetown, Sierra Leone, she and her family moved to the United States when she was nine years old due to a civil war that left thousands dead and untold numbers maimed and displaced. She credits her immigration journey for her interest in human triumph and perseverance. She has since actively worked to mobilize and empower others in the same way that Christ’s love has redeemed and restored her. For her work in ministry and business, she has received numerous awards including The Black Business Review’s 40 Under 40 award, and the Hope for Africa Leadership in Community Development Award. In addition to her work with MCWEN and P.E.R.K. Consulting, she has authored several books, including The Misadventures of a New Entrepreneur: 5 Things They Won’t Teach You In Business School. Of all her interests, she is most passionate about seeing people restored by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Her message is one of redemption that seeks to encourage people to reach their full potential based on an understanding of who God says they are. Learn more about Andrena through her LinkedIn!

Partner at Bain & Company Dave Crabbe is a Partner at Bain & Company. He focuses on the industrial sector and supports corporate clients on a range of topics spanning strategy, M&A, performance improvement, and organization design and effectiveness. Dave is also the global solution leader for Bain’s suite of Leadership products, focused on helping senior executives and top teams learn to operate at full potential. He has been with the firm for 15 years. Prior to joining Bain, Dave served on active duty in the Marines for 6 years. He completed two combat deployments to Iraq between 2005 and 2007 before exiting the service to go to business school. In the Marines, Dave learned to love and care for his Marines completely. To put his Marines first and care deeply about the whole person. This is the essence of what is expected of leaders in the Marines. His passion today is bringing that same form of leadership to his teams and mentees at Bain – striving to reflect the love of the Father on all around him and pour his life into theirs. Dave received his B.S. from the United States Naval Academy and his MBA from Harvard. Dave and his wife Molly (a former Navy helicopter pilot) have been married for 20 years. Together they have 4 children ranging in age from 14 to 5. Learn more about Dave through his LinkedIn!

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer American Express International Ashok is the Head of Compliance for American Express – International. He is responsible for the company’s Compliance strategy and program in over 140 countries. He and his team are responsible for expert advice, oversight and governance to ensure that American Express is adhering to all applicable laws and regulations and is maintaining positive relationships with country regulators. He is a member of the American Express Global Compliance and Ethics leadership team and the American Express Compliance Risk Management committee. Ashok has been working for American Express for the last thirty years, based out of New Delhi, Hong Kong and Singapore before moving to the US. In his career with the company, he has held roles as diverse as Marketing, Business Transformation, Business Planning & Strategy, Operational Risk and Compliance. In 2016, he took on the role of Head of International Compliance before being promoted to Senior Vice President. Prior to American Express, he worked in the advertising industry with companies such as Lintas and J Walter Thompson. He is an active member of SALT, the Christian employee network in American Express. In the last two years, he played a leadership role in expanding the SALT network to American Express Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Mexico and the UK. He also serves as an Elder in his home church – The First Baptist Church of Metuchen, New Jersey. Ashok has a Masters Degree in Management from Boston University. He and his family live in New Jersey. His personal interests include reading, movies, composing Christian music, playing the guitar, and traveling extensively with his family. Learn more about Ashok through his LinkedIn!

Research Analyst at Eventide Asset Management Reginald Smith serves as a Research Analyst for Eventide. He is primarily responsible for evaluating and monitoring new and existing investment opportunities, with a focus on clean energy. Mr. Smith spent five years at Johnson Controls, where he developed large energy conservation and solar projects and, most recently, led the development engineering for an energy storage start-up business within the firm. He spent the Summer of 2019 at Marathon Capital, an investment bank in clean energy, and at Eventide evaluating renewable energy investments. Mr. Smith has spent over 15 years serving children, young adults, and the homeless in some of the most challenging areas of the country and world. Internationally, he has worked at an orphanage in Haiti, served people in Malawi, and helped develop clean water technologies for remote villagers in Thailand. Mr. Smith studies the impact of the changing U.S. economy on urban and rural working class communities and how to create jobs in these communities. He has also been a meteorologist for a local newspaper in Philadelphia. Mr. Smith is passionate about applying the good news of the Gospel and God’s redemptive work to every area of life. Mr. Smith holds an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University. Learn more about Reggie through his LinkedIn!

Startup Product & Analytics Consultant William Poon is a native New Yorker who currently lives in Queens with his wife. He attends Astoria Community Church, where he serves as a deacon and small group leader. He is currently a freelance product and analytics consultant for startups. He completed his MBA at Cornell Tech in NYC and his BA in Biology at Cornell University. He grew up in a non Christian home and came to faith in high school after his mom became a believer and introduced him to Jesus. He seeks to be salt and light wherever he can and point others to Christ with his life. After graduating from his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, he interned with Cru, a campus ministry, at Cornell for one year. Afterwards, he worked for his family’s wholesale business in sales and marketing. During this time he started a commercial and residential window tinting business, with clients like JFK Airport. After 3 years, he helped to start a social impact focused startup accelerator in NYC called Communitas America. Having loved working with founders and startups, he went back to get his MBA at Cornell Tech to get a stronger business and technology foundation. After getting his MBA, he started as the 25th employee at Wheel Health, a B2B2C healthtech startup, building telehealth solutions for millions of patients in the midst of the COVID pandemic. He then became a senior product manager at Mission Lane, a B2C fintech credit card startup building access to credit for subprime customers. Most recently he was a product manager at Ampla, a B2B fintech startup focused on CPG brands, leading the corporate card product. Learn more about Will through his LinkedIn!

Senior Finance Manager at Amazon Kendra Ruth Mathias is a Senior Finance Manager at Amazon in Seattle, Washington. As a Senior Finance Manager on the Alexa Finance team she is responsible for short and long-term financial planning of the Echo/Alexa business. She maintains operating and business metrics related to Alexa while developing efficient and scalable financial processes. Kendra has over 18 years of corporate finance experience ranging from credit advisory roles to traditional financial planning and analysis roles. Kendra was born and raised in New York City and has been in the Pacific Northwest for over 5 years. She spends her time traveling (45 countries so far), reading and involving herself in volunteer matters related to STEM initiatives and Economic Empowerment. Her goal is to influence others to hold themselves to the highest bar possible and to reach all of their financial goals. Kendra graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA in Finance & Accounting where she was an active member of AAMBAA and InterVarsity. She received her Bachelors in Science in Mathematics from the University of Albany – SUNY. Learn more about Kendra through her LinkedIn!

Co-Founder of ChurchSpace Meet Emmanuel Brown, the co-founder of ChurchSpace, a NYC native, and first-gen entrepreneur on a mission. ChurchSpace, known as the “Airbnb for churches,” transforms underutilized church spaces into vibrant hubs for events, work, and gatherings. Emmanuel’s impact is recognized in Black Enterprise 40 Under 40 2023 and the 2024 Black Tech Effect Report’s top 100 black-led startups. Alongside his co-founder, he has been featured in the Washington Post, Houston Business Journal, Religion News and the 700 Club for the impact that ChurchSpace is creating nationally. Beyond accolades, Emmanuel mentors first-time underrepresented founders and founders of faith, contributing to the next wave of entrepreneurs. His superpowers? Untangling complex problems, providing clarity that empowers, and leaving indelible marks in the lives of people. From scaling a business in his high school bathroom to catalyzing startup growth since 2015, Emmanuel continues to push the envelope in the faith-tech category. As a pastor’s kid, husband and minister of the Gospel at Living Water Church, he’s doing more than transforming spaces; he’s reshaping industries and systems for God’s glory. Learn more about Emmanuel through his LinkedIn!

Founder at Nuos Formation Julie Barrios is the founder of Nuos Formation, a consultancy that specializes in the convergence of spiritual development and leadership development through the pilgrimages taken through entrepreneurship and business stewardship. Julie and her team have worked with business leaders and teams from start-ups, small businesses, and large companies. She also trains spiritual directors who specialize in working with business leaders. Julie has been featured on Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast and Propel Women. She can be found working on her many art projects and enjoying her San Francisco Mission neighborhood with her dog Monk. Learn more about Julie through her LinkedIn!

Co-Founder and CEO at Forte Vineet is the CEO and Co-Founder of Forte – the mental well-being platform that connects every employee to certified Guides so they can process whatever they want however often they want, helping them be present, find focus, and live a more fulfilled life. Prior to Forte, Vineet founded another startup and served as a venture capitalist at Acumen America and as a consultant with The Skoll Foundation. Additionally, Vineet served as a Marine intelligence officer for 10+ years leading in Iraq, and Afghanistan, as an exchange officer in the UK Ministry of Defense, as a Congressional Fellow on Capitol Hill, and in the Pentagon. Vineet holds an MBA from Stanford, a Master in International Relations from the University of Cambridge (w/ Distinction), and a BS in Business from Drexel University. Most importantly, Vineet is married to his best friend Sandhia for over 16 years and has two amazing children, Nehemiah and Neylah. In his spare time, Vineet likes to drink lots of espresso, partially read numerous books at a time, and workout like he is still in his 20s. Learn more about Vineet through his LinkedIn!

Co-Founder and CTO at Continuum Greg, originally from Portland, Oregon, began his academic journey at Lehigh University, focusing on energy engineering and international politics. Opting for a more hands-on approach to technology, he left university to attend a coding bootcamp, equipping himself with the practical skills needed to build and innovate. In his professional career, Greg has worked extensively as a programmer doing web development, DevOps, Cybersecurity, and Privacy work. Greg co-founded Continuum, a marketplace for part-time executive work. Continuum brings technology to the executive recruiting market which has long been plagued by high prices and difficulty coordinating meritocratic hiring. Following this, he established FairComp, a company dedicated to putting the tools and power back into the hands of employees while they work to negotiate better pay. This venture aligns with Greg’s commitment to developing technology that positively impacts society and addresses real-world challenges. Greg’s goals professionally are to add fairness and abundance to the world through business via entrepreneurship. Learn more about Greg through his LinkedIn!

Founder / CEO at FUTURE NOW Media Foundation Peabody and multi-award winning executive producer with a proven track record in producing critically acclaimed, high quality programs and ratings results. Seasoned programming and production executive in the media industry highly regarded as a strategic thinker, visionary, and team builder. Peggy is the Founder and President of iSTAND Media, LLC and iSTANDtv, a global multi-platform network, content studio and community hub for young people (ages 18-34), who believe in the power of media and want to use that power for good. iSTANDtv’s goal is to promote compelling stories that come from a perspective of hope and authenticity. In 2017, Peggy created and produced the FUTURE NOW Media & Entertainment Conference as an initiative of iSTANDtv. The annual conference is the first of its kind, providing high potential college and graduate students from around the country unprecedented access and opportunity to connect with, learn from and be mentored by today’s top industry executives, leaders and professionals. Inspired by the overwhelming response and impact, Ms. Kim established the FUTURE NOW Media Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit leadership incubator, whose mission is to raise up and equip the best and brightest future leaders in media. Prior to establishing iSTAND and FUTURE NOW, Peggy was VP of Programming & Production at Alloy Media & Marketing, where she built AlloyTV, a multi-platform distribution network and content studio producing original fashion, music and pop culture entertainment for Millennial audiences. In her previous position as Director of Programming and Executive Producer at The History Channel, she developed and oversaw 300+ hours of programming, managing multi-million dollar budgets and delivering hit series like Digging for the Truth, which attracted a younger audience, hailed unprecedented press coverage and defined a new era at the network. Her instinct and passion for great story-telling were honed in her prior production roles at MSNBC, Court TV, CBS New Productions, NBC Sports, NBC Olympic Unit, ABC Sports and ABC News. Peggy’s work has been recognized with the industry’s top awards and honors, including the Peabody, Emmy, IDA, Cine Golden Eagle, Telly, Imagen, Gabriel, New York Festivals, Parents’ Choice, and Prism awards for programs like Blood Diamonds, Rwanda – Do Scars Ever Fade?, Beyond the Da Vinci Code, Secrets of the Aegean Apocalypse, Conquest of America, LBJ vs. The Kennedys: Chasing Demons, Inside Pol Pot’s Secret Prison, and more. In 2005, she was named to CableFAX 100’s Also Influential list (‘Nobody embodies the youth movement at The History Channel more than Kim….’), and Cablevision Magazine called her a ‘Woman to Watch.’ Peggy currently serves on the boards of Asbury University and OM USA, and is a founding member of Asian Americans in Media. She has served on the board of Women in Cable Telecommunications, and is a member of the Academy of Arts & Sciences, New York Women in Film & Television (NY), National Association of Multiethnicity in Communications, International Documentary Association, and Asian American Journalists Association. Peggy earned her Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Williams College. For “Distinguished Achievement in the Arts & Entertainment Field,” Williams College honored her with the 2007 Bicentennial Medal, one of the most significant honors bestowed by the College. Learn more about Peggy through her LinkedIn!

Sarah Page is an Executive Director at an industry leading firm in financial services, where she has worked for nearly 17 years. Prior to moving to New York City and starting her career, Sarah received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Miami. She is an active member of Trinity Baptist Church in Manhattan; since 2011, Sarah has led the church’s Rwanda Missions ministry and has been to Rwanda nine times. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and four young sons

President & CEO at Leavell Investment Management Andrew is the CEO of Leavell Investment Management, a $2.4B (as of December 2023) Registered Investment Advisory firm based in Mobile, Alabama. Leavell was recently ranked the #4 independent wealth management firm in the country by CNBC. Before joining Leavell in 2010, Andrew served as an investment consultant to the New York-based hedge fund Southpoint Capital Advisors, LP. Andrew’s previous work experience includes private equity and investment banking roles with Raymond James, Equity Group Investments, IPC Industries, and Chestnut Partners. Andrew graduated magna cum laude with a degree in economics from Harvard College, and received his MBA, with distinction, from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he was chosen by faculty as the top finance student in his graduating class. Andrew taught courses in Advanced Financial Management and Money and Capital Markets as an Adjunct Lecturer at Spring Hill College. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for the McCallie School, the Board Treasurer at the Women’s Resource Center, and an active alumni volunteer for both Harvard and Northwestern. He enjoys keeping up with his four children’s extracurricular endeavors and traveling with his family. Learn more about Andrew through his LinkedIn!

Partner for Theology and Culture, Praxis Andy Crouch is partner at Praxis, a venture-building ecosystem advancing redemptive entrepreneurship. His writing explores faith, culture, and the image of God in the domains of technology, power, leadership, and the arts. He is the author of five books (plus another with his daughter, Amy Crouch): The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World, The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, and Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. Andy serves on the governing board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. For more than ten years he was an editor and producer at Christianity Today, including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. He served the John Templeton Foundation in 2017 as senior strategist for communication. His work and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing—and, most importantly, received a shout-out in Lecrae’s 2014 single “Non-Fiction.” From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000. He and his wife, Catherine, raised two children and live in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Learn more about Andy through his LinkedIn!