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.

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.

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!

For over two decades, Dr. Mark Washington has developed the next generation of faith-driven business leaders. He serves as the National Director of MBA Ministry, supporting over a dozen MBA staff, 30 MBA fellowships, and multiple national and international projects, including the Believers in Business Conference as advisor. He is a founding board member of the National Faith and Work Association and has collaborated with numerous other organizations, including New Canaan Society, Generous Giving, Christian Economic Forum, Faith Driven Investor/Entrepreneur, Faith and Work Movement, VOCA, Praxis, and others. Additionally, he coaches entrepreneurs to enable them to flourish and their ventures to have Kingdom impact. Mark earned a dual degree, MA in Theological Studies and MBA, as well as a Doctor of Ministry in Faith, Work, Economics, and Vocation at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives with his wife in Colorado Springs and enjoys hiking, biking, and pickleball.

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.

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!

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!

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!

CEO & President, Cohesity As Chief Executive Officer and President, Sanjay Poonen leads Cohesity in its mission to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value. Sanjay is a proven business executive with over 25 years of experience in scaling multi-billion-dollar businesses and building strong teams. Most recently, Sanjay was COO at VMware, where he oversaw sales, marketing, services and alliances, doubling VMware from approximately $6B to $12B in revenue. Poonen played a vital role in architecting multiple successful cloud partnerships, including AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle. He also led the company’s security and end-user computing businesses, including the acquisition of AirWatch and Carbon Black. Prior to VMware, Poonen served as President of SAP where he led SAP’s Applications, Industries and Platform teams, serving in engineering and sales roles that helped double SAP from approximately $10B to $20B in revenue. He began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft and Apple. Sanjay has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated a Baker Scholar which designates his position in the top 5% of his graduating class, a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, math and engineering from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Sanjay holds two patents. Poonen serves on the Supervisory Board of Philips, and Board of Snyk.

Co-Founder and Executive Chairwoman of ianacare Jessica Nam Kim is the Co-founder and now Executive Chairwoman of ianacare after serving as the CEO for the first six years. ianacare is on a mission to encourage, empower, and equip family caregivers as they navigate the complex journey of caring for a loved one at home. Her dedication to caregiving comes from her own experience of being her mom’s primary caregiver who fought a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer and shortly after for her father who had congestive heart failure. ianacare’s solution effectively engages patients and caregivers to mobilize the right people and right resources at the right time – leveraging deep AI technology with an anthropological and human-centered approach. Prior to ianacare, Jessica built brands and consumer-focused solutions as a serial entrepreneur. At the age of 19, she started a baked good company called Jessica’s Wonders out of her college dorm room. She raised $1M in funding her senior year (with braces) and grew it to national distribution. She then went to work at Kraft Foods in brand management where she led a cross-functional team for top performing brands. In 2008, Jessica was the founder/CEO of BabbaCo, a parenting solution that aggregated resources through subscription activity boxes and multi-media content. BabbaCo was acquired in 2014 by Barefoot Books, a global multi-cultural children’s publishing company, where she served as President for two years before becoming an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at a venture capital firm, CRV (Charles River Ventures). Jessica was honored as Crain’s Top 40 under 40, Women in HealthTech, Inc’s Female Founders list, and was the inaugural EIR at Brown University Nelson Center of Entrepreneurship. She currently serves as a Venture Partner at Praxis Labs, Presidential Council advisor at Brown University, a board member of Be the Bridge (racial reconciliation), and an angel investor/advisor to several startups. Jessica graduated from Brown University and received her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She lives in Boston with her husband and three children.

Founder of Faith and Work Movement Roy Tinklenberg is a flawed follower of Jesus, a husband, father, pastor, and the founder of Faith and Work Movement Global (F&WM), a nonprofit supporting employee-led corporate Christian fellowships and ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) at Fortune 500 companies. F&WM Global’s vision is to positively impact companies that impact the world. Roy began F&WM in 2014 by inspiring and equipping Christian employees to start workplace fellowship groups at several Silicon Valley companies so they would have a psychologically safe space where they could encourage and empower one another to bring their full selves to work. Realizing a need for a collective of workplace fellowships that would cross-pollinate and share best practices, Roy envisioned creating an employee-led network of F&WM Global chapters with hubs in several cities worldwide. F&WM Global now supports a growing global alliance of Christian workplace fellowships hosting workplace worship nights in 19 city networks. F&WM equips leaders at and more than 150 companies via leadership retreats and training seminars in North America, Europe and Asia, and virtual coaching calls. F&WM’s goal is to connect Christians working in the Forbes Global 2000 so they can strengthen and support one another. Prior to his ministry with F&WM Global, Roy served in pastoral ministry in multicultural churches in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. He received an InterCultural Studies MA from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA and completed requirements for a Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He and his wife Esther have been married for 30 years and have three kids!

Senior Manager at Accenture Tawfik Jarjour ’12 is the North America lead for Accenture’s Consumer Technology Group, bringing over 13 years of strategy consulting experience across multiple industries. A proud Rice University alumnus, Tawfik earned dual bachelor’s degrees in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Cognitive Sciences. During his time at Rice, he led the Centennial House project, served in student government, and was actively involved with Cru and Navigators—experiences that deepened his Christian faith and shaped his passion for service. Tawfik’s commitment to Rice continued well beyond graduation. He has contributed pro-bono consulting to the university, served on the Center for Career Development board, participated on the Faculty Senate Committee on Teaching, and provided guidance on special initiatives—work recognized by both the Sallyport Award and the Rice Builders Award. He also currently serves on the Association of Rice Alumni Board of Directors. At Accenture, Tawfik focuses on driving growth strategies powered by emerging technology—including Artificial Intelligence and advanced analytics—for global clients seeking to outmaneuver uncertainty. He holds certificates in Business Strategy and Dynamics in the C-Suite from INSEAD, as well as a Certificate in Large Language Models from Stanford, underscoring his deep expertise in the AI and innovation space. Tawfik’s faith continues to guide his work and leadership. He passionately believes that servant leadership principles, combined with data-driven insights and AI solutions, can help organizations flourish. Beyond his corporate role, Tawfik supports anti-human trafficking initiatives and community-focused endeavors, embodying his commitment to compassion and stewardship in every sphere. At the Believers in Business Conference, he looks forward to sharing how his Christian faith informs his approach to leveraging technology for transformative, purpose-driven growth.

Professional Development Manager with Accenture Peju Akintorin, SPHR, PMP is a talent development leader, speaker, author and podcast host. With a career spanning over 15 years, she has extensive experience in corporate environments and has spent over a decade coaching hundreds of (future) leaders across 3 prestigious consulting firms. She currently works as a People leader at McKinsey & Company As a former Oprah employee, turned people development leader, Peju has a deep passion for teaching Corporate Christians to be all God has called them to be. She is an award winning mentor and coach, the host of the ground-breaking podcast Christians In Corporate® and author of the best selling book, The Quintessential Colleague®. Through her platform Christians In Corporate®, Peju has helped build and equip professionals across the globe with the right tools to get promoted, earn more money, find purpose in their role and make a difference in the workplace—all without compromising their Faith. Peju’s work has been featured on well known career platforms including Forbes. Peju holds undergraduate and master degrees from University of London and University of Leicester respectively and is a certified coach. Peju has been married for almost 15 years, and resides in Chicago with her husband and 2 children. She is a British-born Nigerian, who loves to learn, watch documentaries and travel around the world!

Former Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company Monica S. Rex is a values-driven leader who is passionate about building workplaces of excellence where people thrive, driving outsized business results. She was at McKinsey & Company for 5 years, in the Denver and Washington, DC offices, most recently as an Engagement Manager. At McKinsey, she led teams and advised Fortune 500 executives on strategy (including M&A), operations, and people & organizational performance across many industries, including Healthcare and Travel. As a Business Analyst, she co-founded the Christians @ McKinsey group, which now has 1,000+ colleagues. In between stints at McKinsey, Monica joined the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Geneva, founding a team to accelerate high-priority initiatives, which now has 40+ alumni and team members from MBB backgrounds. ​ She is passionate about the intersection of faith and work, helping plan the 2021 Believers in Business Conference and serving as a 2x panelist for the Harvard graduate course “The Spiritual Lives of Leaders.” Monica earned her MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and received a BS with honors in biomedical engineering and Spanish from Johns Hopkins University. Monica is close with her family, and she lives in Washington, DC with her fraternal twin sister; their personal journey with her sister’s rare neurodegenerative condition, Friedreich’s Ataxia, has been shared on outlets like ABC and Fox News. In her free time, Monica loves spending time outside (hiking, cycling, skiing), hosting friends, and traveling. Monica recently left McKinsey and is taking time to discern her next professional endeavor!

Vice President of the New Voices Fund Chisom A’Marie is a Vice President of the New Voices Fund. She has over ten years of experience in the sustainability space ranging from research, advisory, and finance. At New Voices, Chisom’s main responsibilities are in origination, due diligence, financial modeling, transaction execution, and monitoring. Prior to New Voices, Chisom was a Senior Associate at Citigroup in their Power and Renewables investment banking group. At Citigroup, Chisom gained experience M&A, shareholder activism, and equity and debt financings. She primarily covered renewable energy companies and startups at the intersection of technology and electricity. Prior to Citigroup, Chisom gained business development experience in Guatemala, at a startup, Kingo Energy, helping to run the fundraising process for two rounds of financings. The company became one of the first startups in Central America to raise over $20M by Series B. She conducted data analytics on raw data from the field to help drive operational decisions in terms of which markets to enter and pricing strategy. Chisom also measured the King’s environmental and social impact in line with the Impact Reporting & Investing Standards (IRIS). Prior to Kingo, Chisom was a Project Engineer / Sustainability Consultant at Environmental Resources Management (E.R.M.) where she helped Fortune 100 companies adhere to the Clean Air Act through regulatory compliance. She also advised on corporate strategy and measured progress on greenhouse gas mitigation strategies through company-wide carbon footprinting, for example. Chisom started her career as a researcher at the University of Delaware, where she obtained her Master of Chemical Engineering and conducted research on a novel organic photovoltaic. Chisom also holds an MBA from Yale and a dual BS in Chemical Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy (EPP) from Carnegie Mellon University.

Senior Managing Director at Arsenal Capital Partners Ms. Hayes is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Responsible Investing of Arsenal where she leads and oversees the execution of Arsenal’s responsible investing program and new ESG initiatives. Prior to joining Arsenal in 2022, Ms. Hayes was a Senior Vice President, ESG Management at Brookfield Asset Management. Before joining Brookfield’s ESG team, she was part of Brookfield’s branding and communications, private funds, and investor relations teams. Ms. Hayes started her career as a Marketing Associate at Allianz Global Investors.

Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer of Eventide Robin John serves as a Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer of Eventide. He is responsible for the overall leadership of the organization, and under his leadership, the firm has grown into a leader within values-based investing. Prior to Eventide, Mr. John held leadership roles for Bank of New York Mellon. He has also served as a business consultant for Grant Thornton. He has a degree in Economics from Tufts University.

Director, Business Engagement at Google David Dilworth is the Director of Business Engagement in Google's Real Estate function, where he leads a cross-functional team defining the future of the workplace. David is passionate about creating and nurturing great work experiences, which he has done across roles in People Operations and Real Estate over the past 8 years at Google. Prior to Google, David explored a variety of roles and experiences. He led North America Forums at The Veritas Forum; he was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company; he was a finance analyst at a nonprofit incubator; he interned at both a Japanese start-up and at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. David has an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Politics from Pomona College, where he became a Christian through the ministry of Intervarsity. He lives in Sierra Madre, California with his wife and three young kids.

Marketing Director, Innovation and Partnership Colgate-Palmolive Jamila Aubain is a people-centric marketer with a decade of experience growing, elevating, and refining great brands such as Nicorette and Irish Spring. Driven by her interest in healthcare, she spent her foundational years at GSK Consumer Healthcare prior to joining Colgate-Palmolive where she currently serves as a Marketing Director leading partnership and innovation for the North America Home and Personal Care categories. Jamila enjoys mentoring greener marketers both formally and informally. In her free time, she invests in her local immigrant community by helping them job search and navigate different systems in the US. Additionally, her desire to grow as an intercessor regularly leads her to frequent prayer meetings at the International House of Prayer in Cranford, NJ and Iglesia de Dios Ministerial de Jesucristo Internacional in Elizabeth, NJ. Jamila holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and French as well as an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the University of Rochester. She lives in Union, NJ and attends church at Trinity Christian Center in Elizabeth, NJ.

Director, Faith & Work Initiative, Senior Professional Specialist, and Lecturer at Princeton University David brings an unusual “bilingual” perspective to the classroom and the boardroom. Before receiving his Ph.D. in ethics and joining the faculty at Princeton University, he spent 16 years in senior executive positions in international business and finance, including eight years in London. David is the Director of the Princeton Faith & Work Initiative, a Senior Professional Specialist in ethics, and a Lecturer. In addition to his oversubscribed classes, groundbreaking research, and public outreach, he also serves as an advisor to corporate CEOs and senior executives on ethics, values-based leadership, culture, and the role of faith at work. As a thought leader, many C-suite executives seek his counsel, and scholars, NGOs, and the media seek his views. He has presented on “A Restoration of Trust?” in Davos and is a regular participant at the Yale CEO Summit. An article in the Wall Street Journal featured his work with one global client referring to him as the “on-call ethicist.” Prior to academia, David lived and worked in London, England for eight years, where he was a partner in a private equity firm that specialized in international investment management, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Before that he was a senior executive and director of the securities services and global custody division of HSBC Group. He moved to London as the managing director of the European operations of State Street Bank & Trust. He started his management career in the U.S., working for IBM for eight years in a variety of sales and marketing management positions. David speaks German, having lived and worked in Germany. He is a graduate of Bucknell University. After his corporate experience, he entered academia, receiving his M.Div. and a Ph.D. in ethics from Princeton Theological Seminary. He came to Princeton University in 2008 to launch the Faith & Work Initiative, after teaching for five years at Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Management, where he was also the executive director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. At Princeton, the nickname of his signature course is, “Business Ethics: Succeeding without Selling Your Soul.” Harvard Business Review called David’s book, God at Work, (Oxford University Press), "most thoughtful." His forthcoming book is The 5 Questions for Ethical Decisions: How to Succeed without Selling Your Soul (Princeton University Press). ​ David also helped found Believers in Business back in 2006 with MBA students from Yale School of Management!

Managing Partner at Sahel Capital Mezuo Nwuneli is a business leader and impact investor with over 28 years of experience. He is Managing Partner of Sahel Capital, which backs primarily family-owned agribusiness SMEs in Africa with growth equity and private credit capital. Since 2010, he has focused on transforming Africa’s food and agribusiness sector to address food security and to ensure a resilient food ecosystem. Mezuo serves as an independent director on diverse boards including MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, Hygeia HMO, and the African Private Capital Association (AVCA). He is also a Co-Founder and non-executive Chair of the board of two companies within the food and agricultural sector – AACE Foods and Sahel Consulting. He previously worked at AFIG Funds, Ocean & Oil Holdings, and J.P. Morgan & Co. Mezuo holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, and received a B.Sc. in Industrial Management, with a minor in Information Systems, from Carnegie Mellon University. He was recognized by his alma-mater in 2021 when he received the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. He is also an Eisenhower Fellow and an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow.

President/CEO at ONE Campaign Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is the President/CEO of the ONE Campaign. She has over 25 years of international development experience and has been deeply involved in fostering impactful solutions in the global social innovation landscape, with a focus on Africa. Ndidi started her career at McKinsey & Company’s Chicago office and returned to Nigeria in 2000 to serve as the pioneer Executive Director of the FATE Foundation. She is the founder of LEAP Africa, a non-profit committed to developing dynamic, innovative and principled African leaders and African Food Changemakers, which provides support for African entrepreneurs to start and scale resilient and sustainable agribusinesses. She is also the co-founder of Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd. and AACE Foods Processing & Distribution Ltd. Ndidi serves on the boards of the Rockefeller Foundation, Chanel Foundation, Stanbic IBTC Group, the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, the Bridgespan Group, and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. She has also joined the International Finance Corporation’s Women LEAD Africa Alliance. Ndidi holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, a visiting Scholar at Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University, an Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, and an Eisenhower Fellow. Ndidi is a TED speaker, and has been recognized internationally for her contributions, including as a Schwab Fellow and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and receiving a National Honor by the Nigerian Government and the Harvard Business School Distinguished Alumni Award. She is also a published author on topics related to entrepreneurship, social innovation, and resilient agriculture businesses in Africa, including “Social Innovation in Africa: A Practical Guide for Scaling Impact,” and “Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses,” and “Walking for God in the Marketplace.”

President & Chief Executive Officer at Goodwill Industries International Steven C. Preston is the president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International whose affiliates include 150 local organizations in the U.S. and Canada, and which provides education, job training and support services to over two million people annually. Preston has served in numerous operational and financial leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. He served as Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and as Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); led successful turnarounds as the CEO of two private corporations, Oakleaf Global Holdings and Livingston International; and served as the CFO of two Fortune 500 companies, Waste Management and ServiceMaster. Preston graduated with the highest distinction from Northwestern University and holds an MBA from The University of Chicago. Preston also serves on the board of the National Retail Federation (NRF) and is chair of the NRF Foundation. He also serves on the Wheaton College Board of Trustees and on the Leadership 18 Executive Committee.

Chief Executive Officer at Habitat for Humanity International Jonathan T.M. Reckford is chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International, a global Christian housing organization that has helped more than 62 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 3 million people last year build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. After graduating from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill where he was a Morehead Scholar, Jonathan worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. He was also the recipient of a Henry Luce Scholarship, which enabled him to do marketing work for the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee and coach the Korean rowing team in preparation for the 1988 Olympics. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business before spending the first part of his career in the for-profit sector, including executive and managerial positions at Marriott, The Walt Disney Co., and Best Buy. While serving as executive pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church near Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was recruited for the CEO position at Habitat. Jonathan is the chair of Leadership 18, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Global Future Council on the Future of Cities for the World Economic Forum, and a board member of the Barron Collier Companies. Named the most influential nonprofit 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.

Toni Townes-Whitley is a global technology executive and seasoned Corporate Director. She has a distinguished and proven track record of rapid, profitable and sustainable growth through strategic pivots, portfolio differentiation and operating model innovation. As Chief Executive Officer of SAIC, she managed annual revenues of $7.4 billion with over 24,000 employees, providing digital engineering, artificial intelligence and mission solutions across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets. Townes-Whitley became the first African American female Fortune 500 CEO in the defense sector and led SAIC to its highest stock price in a decade. Her thought leadership on mission integration as a national security imperative is referenced by national security executives as well as Congressional leaders in Defense policy and acquisition reform legislation. In her past role as Microsoft President of U.S. regulated industries, Townes-Whitley managed a $16B portfolio across banking, insurance, private equity, health care, pharmaceuticals, federal, state, and local government and education. During her tenure she established an industry vertical model globally which accelerated market share across regulated sectors, and catalyzed Microsoft’s Azure cloud business by positioning multi billion dollar programs across the US Department of Defense, Blackrock, and other financial and healthcare organizations. Prior to joining Microsoft, Townes-Whitley was president of CGI Federal, where she was responsible for a portfolio of more than $1 billion, leading 6,600 employees delivering application migration and integration to U.S. government civilian, defense and intelligence sectors. Previously, Townes-Whitley held several management roles at Unisys Corp., leading global, commercial and federal government systems integration businesses. Townes-Whitley launched her career with Arthur Andersen as a management consultant in the Office of Government Services in Washington D.C. Townes-Whitley leverages her expertise in emerging technology for highly regulated industries as an independent director. She has served on Audit, Risk, Technology and Compensation committees for: PNC Bank, Marathon Petroleum, Johns Hopkins Medical, Vista (Granicus); and is currently serving as a Director on Nasdaq Board and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. She is a guest lecturer on technology ethics and entrepreneurism in the public sector at Stanford and Princeton universities. Townes-Whitley earned her bachelor's degree in public policy and economics from Princeton University’s School of Public & International Affairs and has received certifications from Wharton Executive Education, New York University and the Performance Management Institute. Townes-Whitley’s work has been recognized across many industries, making her the recipient of numerous awards that include a 2025 Fortune Most Powerful Women: Ones to Watch, 2025 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Honorary Recipient, 2024 USA Today Women of the Year Honoree, 2024 Women in Technology Lifetime Achievement Award, Ideagen Global Leadership Award, Black Enterprise Top Executive, FedScoop 50 for Industry Leadership, NVTC Tech 100 Executive, Federal 100 Industry Eagle Award and STEM for Her Woman of the Year, and IES Lifetime Achievement Award. ​ In addition to her current board service, Townes-Whitley has been a long-time advisor to and fundraiser for the Women’s Center of Northern Virginia and a past president and board chair of Women in Technology. She continues to support the U.S. Peace Corps, for which she volunteered for three years as a village teacher in Gabon (Central Africa). ​ Townes-Whitley leads a multi-generational military family – caring for her father, retired US Army Lt. General James “Cash” McCall, children, and grandchildren. She is a competitive athlete, global traveler, and novice screenwriter; and an active member of the faith community at Mclean Bible Church, in Mclean, Virginia.

Senior Product and GTM Manager at Meta John Hui is a mission-driven leader with 10 years of experience in technology and business, focused on advancing God’s Kingdom in the workplace and creating economic opportunity. He currently works as a Senior Product and GTM Manager at Meta, where he helps design and scale tools for small businesses across emerging markets, including Southeast Asia and Brazil. John also leads as one of the Directors of the Christian community at Meta. Prior to Meta, John worked in management consulting at Deloitte. John’s heart during BiB 2026 is to share testimonies of God moving in tech, applying your tech and corporate skills to your passions, and the importance of journeying in community. Having been to 70 countries across all habitable continents, John brings a deeply global perspective to business and ministry. During his international business and ministry trips he’s been involved with groups like Faith Driven Investor, Sinapis, and Partners Worldwide focused on economic growth and driving innovation. He holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University’s Dyson School and a Master’s in Information Science also from Cornell. John is also rescue scuba diving certified, enjoys climbing tall mountains, and speaks conversational French, Spanish, and Mandarin.

Senior Product Manager at Amazon Marisa Li is a senior product manager at Amazon, where she builds AI solutions to transform enterprise productivity. She leads the strategy for a zero-to-one data personalization product and oversees data integrations for an internal GenAI application serving 140,000 weekly active users. Previously, Marisa launched AI/ML forecasting models for Amazon's delivery network, generating over $17 million in annual cost savings. She began her career at Goldman Sachs, focusing on digital transformation and M&A integration. Marisa holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA in Economics and Psychology from UC Berkeley. Originally from San Francisco and now based in Seattle, she enjoys traveling (29 countries and counting!), playing mahjong, and writing. At this year's conference, Marisa hopes to discuss the tension of "Seeking First" the Kingdom while operating within the "Day 1" intensity of Big Tech. She hopes to share her experiences with separating identity from professional metrics and discerning a calling that survives the pressure of fast-paced work environments.

Marketing Team at Google Tim Sun is on Google's Cloud AI Go-to-Market team. He has spent the past 10 years of his career in various Tech Go-To-Market capacities, working with customers to accelerate their AI journeys through technology and marketing transformation. He has a BA Economics from Stanford and a MBA from MIT Sloan. Tim 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. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two kids.

Rosie is a strategy and finance leader with extensive experience driving growth across Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud, and device businesses. At Microsoft, she has shaped high-impact initiatives across Surface, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Azure, leading strategy development, business planning, and execution for multi-billion-dollar product portfolios. In her current role, she leads strategic planning and portfolio prioritization for the Surface business. Before joining Microsoft, Rosie managed investments across the United States and Latin America for Peppertree Capital, a private equity firm specializing in telecom assets, partnering with C-level executives on valuation, deal structuring, and portfolio strategy. She received her MBA in Finance and Strategy from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Outside of work, Rosie serves actively in church-based evangelism and prayer ministries, supporting outreach events and community programs.

Kelly Hopping is a five-time Chief Marketing Officer and seasoned B2B technology leader who has spent more than two decades building brands, scaling growth, and leading high-performing teams across the full spectrum of the technology landscape. Currently, she serves as CMO at 6sense, where she leads product differentiation, brand perception, and revenue acceleration for one of the most innovative Revenue AI platforms in the market. Prior to that, Kelly was CMO at Demandbase, where she helped revolutionize go-to-market strategies through AI-powered pipeline growth. Kelly has held senior marketing and operations leadership roles at companies including Gartner (Digital Markets), Rackspace, AMD, Dell, and Kraft Foods, as well as serving as the first CMO at venture-backed startup HYCU. Her career spans Fortune 500 enterprises, high-growth startups, and category-defining technology companies. At the core of Kelly’s leadership is a deep belief that work is a calling, not just a career. She believes strong performance and deep faith are not in conflict—and that integrity, humility, courage, and faith are essential to sustainable success. Kelly is passionate about developing leaders, being a steward of God’s resources, and helping others pursue excellence without losing themselves along the way. Kelly holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. She is the author of Rising: How to Thrive as a Corporate Executive While Staying True to Yourself and a frequent speaker on leadership, faith, and purpose. Kelly lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Jim, their three children, and their Boston terrier, Big Time. She is a die-hard sports mom!

Erik Wolfe is the Director of Product Marketing at Sound Agriculture, where he supports the commercialization of biological crop solutions that help farmers improve nutrient efficiency, profitability, and long-term soil and environmental health. Erik studied Materials Science Engineering and began his career as a technology consultant at Accenture, spending six years working in the steel industry. He transitioned into agriculture after earning an MBA and a Master of Science in Environment from the University of Michigan. Erik enjoys thinking about how business can contribute to the flourishing of people, communities, and creation. He lives in Cleveland with his wife, Karis, and their son.

Jeff is responsible for Digital Commerce, Marketing and Media on P&G’s Walmart US business. Prior to this role, Jeff held numerous roles across the company, most recently as the OTC Health Care Walmart team leader. Other assignments have included leading the North America Vicks brand and expanding Always Infinity into Europe and China. In his time at P&G, Jeff has held assignments in OTC Health Care, Oral Care, Beauty, Feminine Care, Pharmaceuticals and Pet Care. Prior to P&G, Jeff built homes as a project manager for a large homebuilder in the Northeastern US. Jeff is passionate about values-based leadership and investing in those around him to build their own personal and business leadership skills. Jeff has taught Communication Effectiveness both inside and outside P&G and enjoys guest lecturing on effective brand building as well as personal purpose and values. Jeff has guest lectured at University of Arkansas since 2019 and guest lectured at Cornell University from 2019 to 2024. Jeff is on the University of Arkansas Retail Advisory Board. Jeff is a native of Ohio and enjoys spending time with his family outdoors. Jeff and his wife Katy have six children and live in Northwest Arkansas.

As Chief Executive Officer at Lighthouse, Ron Markezich brings more than 30 years of experience in building technology solutions and serving the largest enterprises in the world. As Lighthouse CEO, Ron’s focus is on providing exceptional service to our clients, building innovative eDiscovery, compliance, and governance solutions, as well as developing a strong and diverse team. Ron joins Lighthouse from Microsoft where he spent the last 24 years in leadership roles across nearly every functional area. His mission was to grow Microsoft’s commercial cloud services which he did as the Office 365 incubation leader, which led to leadership roles responsible for U.S. Enterprise Sales, Microsoft 365 Marketing, and Global Pricing & Licensing. While Ron was Microsoft’s Chief Information Officer, he started Microsoft’s commercial cloud services in 2007. During this time, Ron’s incubation team sold, migrated, and supported Microsoft’s first cloud customers, which included many of the top brands in the world. Ron started his career at Accenture, then Andersen Consulting, where he worked for almost 10 years serving clients across the U.S. and helping build Accenture’s offshore development office in Manila, Philippines. He began his Accenture career as a software developer and advanced to a leadership position on some of the biggest, most complex consulting projects and programs conducted by Accenture at the time. ​ Ron received a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems at the University of Notre Dame, where he was also a cross country All-American and track & field school record holder in the 10,000M. He and his wife, Debbie, have four children and reside in the Seattle area.

Brad is passionate about displaying and encouraging KPMG's value of "Together". His favorite part of what they do is partnering with clients to help them solve complicated problems. Brad brings 30 years of experience delivering results on complex projects for finance function leaders in the energy and utility industry. He also has the privilege of leading KPMG’s Energy and Chemicals Sector Consulting business. His focus is on helping Energy & Chemicals industry executives to run their businesses more efficiently and effectively. This includes a focus on defining organizational and functional strategy and objectives, improving processes, deploying enabling technologies, enhancing talent and skills and being a better business partner. Brad attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia where he received a BBA in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant in both Texas and New York. After living in Dallas, Texas for nearly 20 years, Brad has called New York City home for more than the last decade. Brad is married with four kids and is involved with YoungLife, at both a local and national level.

Hubert Shen leads the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices in our Los Angeles offices. He advises clients across a range of industries with particular expertise in utilities and alternative energy, healthcare, retail, and financial services. Hubert's work at Bain includes extensive private equity and corporate due diligence, multiple cases to support the value creation plan and financial realization of private equity portfolio companies, and corporate strategy. ​ He joined Bain in 2007 after working in corporate finance for The Walt Disney Company and Johnson & Johnson. Hubert received a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with concentrations in Finance and Health Care Management. Hubert has won multiple awards for excellence in coaching and mentoring.

Steven Strott is a Managing Director & Partner in the Denver office of Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At BCG Steven works with Consumer clients on transformative growth initiatives, with a focus on Marketing & Sales, Pricing, Strategy, and Corporate Development topics. He has particular expertise in the Retail and Restaurant sectors and has partnered extensively with private equity funds on value creation programs for portfolio companies. Beyond his work with clients, Steven has led the BCG Denver office on a range of core people processes, serving as the head of recruiting, professional development, and performance management. Prior to BCG Steven earned his A.B. from Harvard College with a degree in History and Literature. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, graduating with high distinction as a Baker Scholar. Outside of work, Steven sits on the vestry of his Denver-based Anglican church. He makes good use of Denver’s central location to regularly visit family and friends across the country. When not traveling, he enjoys hosting, cooking, reading, hiking, and exploring the wines of his home region of the Pacific Northwest.

Ben is Heather’s husband, and father to Abigail (18), Annarose (16), Rachel (14), and Caleb (12). He is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where he has worked in institutional trading for more than 20 years in both New York City and London. He leads distribution – sales, marketing, client coverage – for Marquee, the digital platform of Goldman Sachs’ institutional clients. Outside work, he serves on the board of Church of the City NYC (church.nyc); the board of Covenant House NYC (ny.covenanthouse.org), the largest organization serving homeless youth in the Americas; the founding Scoutmaster of Troop 55 NYC; and co-founder of Living Stones Leadership Lab. ​ Since meeting as students at Harvard College (B.A. American History & Literature magna cum laude 2003), Ben and Heather have been passionate about the renewal of Western culture through the local church and community, investment in youth, and collaboration amongst like-minded network leaders in diverse industries.

Susan Spitalnik is a strategic advisor and board director with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations improve performance, navigate complex change, and strengthen execution. A former leader at McKinsey & Company, she has guided major transformations across industries, including a $6B consumer products merger, the restructuring of a $2B retail company, and a performance turnaround at a $5B retail bank. ​ Beyond strategy, Susan focuses on making execution stick—aligning priorities, strengthening leadership capability, and translating vision into practical action. She helped scale McKinsey Academy to reach more than one million professionals worldwide and co-created the Black Leadership Academy, which has served over 450 organizations. ​ Known for her clarity, candor, and ability to navigate high-stakes decisions, Susan works with leadership teams and investors to accelerate performance while strengthening organizational effectiveness. Her work is grounded in the belief that well-run organizations create better outcomes for the people they serve and the people who power them. Susan serves on the Board of Directors of Bennett Day School in Chicago.

Idara Otu is an Olympian, senior finance executive, entrepreneur, author, and social impact leader whose career spans pro athletics, global finance, and social impact. Ms. Otu was a standout track and field athlete before she began her career as a research analyst and commodities trader at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan respectively. Driven by a renewed commitment to sport, she returned to competitive running and, went on to represent Nigeria in the 4×400m relay at the 2012 London Olympic Games. ​ Ms. Otu is currently Chief Operating Officer of Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and Strategy at Apollo Global Management, where she plays a senior leadership role overseeing strategic, operational, and growth initiatives within one of the firm’s core investment platforms. Outside of work, Idara has focused her broader life on empowering the next generation of girls through education, athletics, and entrepreneurship. In 2017, she founded Let Girls Read, Run, Grow (LGRRG), a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing educational access and leadership development for girls across Africa. Under her leadership, the organization has delivered academic resources, sport and STEAM programming to over 700 students in Africa and is actively developing a girls’ primary school in Nigeria. ​ In addition to her nonprofit work, she is the founder of NŌK CHOC, a premium vegan hot cocoa brand rooted in Nigerian culture and committed to reinvesting in education initiatives. She is also the author of The Miraculous Masquerade, a children’s book celebrating cultural identity and imagination. ​ Ms. Otu earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree from Stanford University and continues to serve as a speaker and advisor on women’s leadership, global empowerment, and social impact initiatives.

Paula Campbell Roberts (New York) joined KKR & Co. in 2017 and is the Chief Investment Strategist for the firm’s Global Wealth business and a Managing Director on KKR’s Global Macro and Asset Allocation (GMAA) team. Building on nearly three decades of experience as a management consultant, economist and investor, including prior roles at Morgan Stanley and Bain & Co., Ms. Roberts has most recently worked to help scale KKR's wealth business. As Chief Investment Strategist, Paula advises CIOs, wealth management partners and FAs on macroeconomics, private markets and asset allocation for individuals. In conjunction with the Global Macro & Asset Allocation team, Paula also performs macroeconomic, thematic investing, and asset allocation research. Paula chairs KKR’s Global Wealth Investment Committee comprising CIOs from leading wealth management firms around the world. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Roberts was an economist at Morgan Stanley, providing views on the economy and the consumer sector to asset management clients, using big data to predict inflections in key sectors of the economy, and advising Fortune 500 CEOs on their consumer strategy. Before Morgan Stanley, Ms. Roberts was a management consultant leading case teams and advising Fortune 500 companies at Bain & Co. She is currently one of fifteen members of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Economic Advisory Panel and a member of the Economic Club of New York. ​ Ms. Roberts earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University. Currently, Ms. Roberts is a Lincoln Center Leadership Fellow, and she also serves on the boards of the New York City Ballet, Prep for Prep and the American Friends of Jamaica. ​ Ms. Otu is currently Chief Operating Officer of Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and Strategy at Apollo Global Management, where she plays a senior leadership role overseeing strategic, operational, and growth initiatives within one of the firm’s core investment platforms. Outside of work, Idara has focused her broader life on empowering the next generation of girls through education, athletics, and entrepreneurship. In 2017, she founded Let Girls Read, Run, Grow (LGRRG), a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing educational access and leadership development for girls across Africa. Under her leadership, the organization has delivered academic resources, sport and STEAM programming to over 700 students in Africa and is actively developing a girls’ primary school in Nigeria. ​ In addition to her nonprofit work, she is the founder of NŌK CHOC, a premium vegan hot cocoa brand rooted in Nigerian culture and committed to reinvesting in education initiatives. She is also the author of The Miraculous Masquerade, a children’s book celebrating cultural identity and imagination. ​ Ms. Otu earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree from Stanford University and continues to serve as a speaker and advisor on women’s leadership, global empowerment, and social impact initiatives.

Yao Hua Ooi is a Portfolio Manager at Capula Investment Management LLP where he does systematic investing. Prior to Capula, he was a Principal at AQR Capital Management, where he served as Co-Head of the Macro Strategies Group, leading research and portfolio management across a broad suite of systematic strategies that included macro, multi-strategy, and managed futures products. ​ Yao Hua’s research has appeared in leading academic and industry journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Investment Management. He was named 2013 Alternatives Fund Manager of the Year by Morningstar for his work on managed futures and shared the 2013 Whitebox Prize for his research on time series momentum, highlighting his impact on both practitioners and academic communities. ​ Yao Hua earned dual B.S. degrees in Economics and Engineering from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude.