CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP
FORUM JUNE 3 - 6 | DALLAS, TEXAS
ACTIVE
FAITH MATTERS #FTEforum15
TABLE OF CONTENTS
YOUNG ADULTS
Agenda .......................................................... 1 Idea Lab Descriptions ................................... 6
COHORT
Featured Leadership ...................................... 8 Idea Lab Leadership ..................................... 9
Peer Group Leadership .............................. 11
“An ACTIVE FAITH not only moves out to engage and
Doctoral Students Cohort Leadership ..... 12 Institutional Doctoral Network Partners .... 13 and Additional Leadership Church & Church-Related Partners ........... 14 Cohort Participants
care for the world beyond oneself, but also has the vision to
Young Adults Cohort Participants .............. 16 Social Media Information .......................... 23 Doctoral Students Cohort Participants ...... 24 Institutional Doctoral Network Partners .... 28
imagine and the capacity to move the world towards
Cohort Participants Blogging Information ................................... 29 Venue Map and Information ...................... 30
greater justice and mercy. ” - Tat-Siong Benny Liew
Emergency Information .............................. 32 Travel Reimbursement Information ............ 33 FTE Team ........................................................ 34
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CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP FORUM AGENDA TUESDAY, JUNE 2 - NURTURING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE 2:00 – 5:00 pm 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Grantees Arrival & Registration .................................................... Lodge Lobby Dinner ....................................................................................... Royal Coachman
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 - SETTING THE TABLE 7:00 – 8:30 am 8:30 am – 12:00 pm 12:00 – 1:00 pm 1:00 – 3:00 pm 1:00 – 4:00 pm 2:00 – 3:00 pm 4:00 – 5:00 pm 5:15 – 6:15 pm
Breakfast ................................................................................. Royal Coachman Pre-Forum Grantees Meeting ...................................................... Americana II Lunch ..................................................................................... Royal Coachman Pre-Forum Grantees Meeting ........................................................ Americana II Doctoral Faculty Orientation ............................................................. Lonestar Forum Registration .......................................................................... Lodge Lobby Forum Leadership Team Meeting ..................................... 3E24A (Eagle Wing) Christian Leadership Forum Opening .............................................. Black Hawk Peer Group Reflections ........................................................... Breakout Rooms YOUNG ADULTS EAGLE WING Group 1 – Jennifer Bailey ............................................................................... 3E27 Group 2 – Jeremy Battle ................................................................................. 3E13 Group 3 – Kenny Clewett .............................................................................. 3E14 Group 4 – Edwin Estevez ................................................................................ 3E15 Group 5 – Linda Jiménez ............................................................................... 3E16 Group 6 – Kit Novotny .................................................................................... 3E22 Group 7 – Tuhina Rasche .............................................................................. 3E23 Group 8 – Tyler Sit .......................................................................................... 3E26 CHURCH & CHURCH-RELATED PARTNERS EAGLE WING Group 9 – Midwestern Regional Peer Group ............................................ 3E24A Group 10 – Mid-Atlantic Regional Peer Group ....................................... 3E24B Group 11 – Southern Regional Peer Group ........................................... 3E25A Group 12 – Western Regional Peer Group ........................................... 3E25B DOCTORAL STUDENTS st nd Group 13 – 1 & 2 Year Doctoral Students .................................... Americana I Group 14 – ABD & Doctoral Dissertation Fellows .......................... Americana II INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK Group 15 ............................................................................................... Lonestar
2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 - SETTING THE TABLE (CONTINUED) 6:15 – 6:30 pm 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Break ....................................................................................................................... Dinner ...................................................................................... Royal Coachman
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - EXPLORING IDEAS & THEMES 7:00 – 8:00 am 8:15 – 8:45 am
Breakfast ................................................................................ Royal Coachman Community Worship ........................................................................ Black Hawk
9:00 – 10:30 am
Morning Session WHY AN ACTIVE FAITH MATTERS .................................................... Black Hawk Featured Leaders: Bishop Minerva Carcaño, California-Pacific Conference & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Founder, Rutba House; Associate Minister, St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church All Participants 10:30 – 11:00 am
Break .......................................................................................................................
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Morning Sessions WHY LEADERSHIP MATTERS AND HOW THE CHURCH .................... Black Hawk AND ACADEMY CAN MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE WORLD Young Adults, Church & Church-Related Partners, and Institutional Doctoral Network DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING st 1 Year Students ........................................................................................... M103 2nd Year Students ...................................................................................... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows ............................................................................. M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows .......................................................................... M105 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch ..................................................................................... Royal Coachman
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Afternoon Sessions EMBODYING WHAT MATTERS ......................................................... Black Hawk Leader: Patrick Reyes Young Adults, Church & Church-Related Partners, and Institutional Doctoral Network
DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING 1st Year Students ........................................................................................... M103 2nd Year Students ...................................................................................... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows ............................................................................. M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows .......................................................................... M105 3:00 – 3:30 pm
Break .......................................................................................................................
3 THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - EXPLORING IDEAS & THEMES (CONTINUED) 3:30 – 5:00 pm IDEA LABS EAGLE WING Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners Lab 1 – To Serve This Present Age: ............................................................... 3E12 Mobilizing and Organizing for Transformative Justice Lab 2 – God is Hungry: Building a Faithful Food System ............................. 3E13 Lab 3 – Liturgy on the Streets ........................................................................ 3E14 Lab 4 – Faith and Formation: A Lifelong Journey ....................................... 3E15 Lab 5 – Planting New Ministry ..................................................................... 3E16 Lab 6 – As Some of Your Own Poets Have Said: ..................................... 3E23 Faith, Hip Hop, and Proclamation Lab 7 – Faithful Resistance: The Radical Mandate of Micah 6:8 .......... 3E26 Lab 8 – Authenticity in Beloved Community ............................................ 3E27 Lab 9 – Building Up Beloved Community: .............................................. 3E25A Social Knitting in a Fragmented World DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING st 1 Year Students ........................................................................................ M103 2nd Year Students .................................................................................... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows .......................................................................... M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows ....................................................................... M105
INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK CONVERSATIONS .................. Lonestar 5:15 – 6:15 pm
Peer Group Reflections ......................................................... Breakout Rooms YOUNG ADULTS EAGLE WING Group 1 – Jennifer Bailey ............................................................................ 3E27 Group 2 – Jeremy Battle .............................................................................. 3E13 Group 3 – Kenny Clewett .......................................................................... 3E14 Group 4 – Edwin Estevez ............................................................................. 3E15 Group 5 – Linda Jiménez ............................................................................ 3E16 Group 6 – Kit Novotny ................................................................................. 3E22 Group 7 – Tuhina Rasche ............................................................................. 3E23 Group 8 – Tyler Sit ........................................................................................ 3E26 CHURCH & CHURCH-RELATED PARTNERS EAGLE WING Group 9 – Midwestern Regional Peer Group ....................................... 3E24A Group 10 – Mid-Atlantic Regional Peer Group ...................................... 3E24B Group 11 – Southern Regional Peer Group ......................................... 3E25A Group 12 – Western Regional Peer Group ........................................... 3E25B
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4 THURSDAY, JUNE 4 - EXPLORING IDEAS & THEMES (CONTINUED) 5:15 – 6:15 pm
Peer Group Reflections ......................................................... Breakout Rooms DOCTORAL STUDENTS st nd Group 13 – 1 & 2 Year Doctoral Students .................................. Americana I Group 14 – ABD & Doctoral Dissertation Fellows ....................... Americana II INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK Group 15 ............................................................................................... Lonestar
6:30 – 7:00 pm 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Evening Prayers ............................................................................... Black Hawk Dinner ................................................................................... Royal Coachman
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 - REFLECTING AND IMAGINING NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS 7:00 – 8:00 am 8:15 – 8:45 am
Breakfast ................................................................................ Royal Coachman Community Worship ........................................................................ Black Hawk
9:00 – 10:30 am
Morning Session SENSING WHAT’S EMERGING NOW Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners .............. Black Hawk Doctoral Students and Institutional Doctoral Network .............. Americana II
10:30 – 11:00 am
Break .....................................................................................................................
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Morning Sessions INTEGRATION FORUMS: IDEAS + PRACTICES ................................ Black Hawk Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners DISCERNING OUR NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS ...................................... Americana II Doctoral Students and Institutional Doctoral Network 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch ..................................................................................... Royal Coachman
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Afternoon Sessions DISCERNING OUR NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS ........................................ Black Hawk Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners
DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOPS MERCURY WING 1st Year Students ......................................................................................... M103 2nd Year Students .................................................................................... M104A Pre-Dissertation Fellows .......................................................................... M104B ABD & Dissertation Fellows ...................................................................... M105
INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK CONVERSATIONS .................. Lonestar
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Break ....................................................................................................................
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Afternoon Sessions Continue ..............................................................................
5:15 – 6:15 pm
Peer Group Reflections ............................................................ Breakout Rooms YOUNG ADULTS EAGLE WING Group 1 – Jennifer Bailey ............................................................................. 3E27 Group 2 – Jeremy Battle ............................................................................... 3E13 Group 3 – Kenny Clewett ........................................................................... 3E14 Group 4 – Edwin Estevez ............................................................................... 3E15 Group 5 – Linda Jiménez ............................................................................... 3E16 Group 6 – Kit Novotny .................................................................................... 3E22 Group 7 – Tuhina Rasche .............................................................................. 3E23 Group 8 – Tyler Sit .......................................................................................... 3E26 CHURCH & CHURCH-RELATED PARTNERS EAGLE WING Group 9 – Midwestern Regional Peer Group ........................................... 3E24A Group 10 – Mid-Atlantic Regional Peer Group ....................................... 3E24B Group 11 – Southern Regional Peer Group ........................................... 3E25A Group 12 – Western Regional Peer Group ............................................. 3E25B DOCTORAL STUDENTS Group 13 – 1st & 2nd Year Doctoral Students .................................... Americana I Group 14 – ABD & Doctoral Dissertation Fellows .......................... Americana II INSTITUTIONAL DOCTORAL NETWORK Group 15 ............................................................................................... Lonestar
6:30 – 7:00 pm 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Evening Prayers ............................................................................... Black Hawk Dinner & Entertainment ......................................................... CR Smith Museum
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 - BEARING WITNESS TO OUR INTENTIONS FOR THE FUTURE 7:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast and Checkout .................................................... Royal Coachman
9:00 – 10:30 am
Morning Session NEXT FAITHFUL STEPS, REFLECTIONS AND EVALUATION Young Adults and Church & Church-Related Partners .............. Black Hawk Doctoral Students and Institutional Doctoral Network .............. Americana II
10:30 – 11:00 am
Break .....................................................................................................................
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Closing Worship ............................................................................... Black Hawk Rev. Dionne Boissière, Chaplain of the Church Center for the United Nations 12:00 pm
Lunch and Departure
Royal Coachman
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IDEA LAB DESCRIPTIONS CHURCH-BASED JUSTICE ADVOCACY
FAITH AND FORMATION
To Serve This Present Age: Mobilizing and
Faith and Formation: A Lifelong Journey
Organizing for Transformative Justice
GERI MCKENZIE
DANIELLE AYERS
After reflecting on one’s own call journey,
The 21st century has brought on many challenges
participants will engage in conversation around the
for local and global communities such as
importance of balance between actively living out
mass incarceration, human and sex trafficking,
their faith and being still in order to listen to God’s
immigration reform, police brutality, social inequity,
call and direction in their lives. Sources and ways to
failing public schools, globalization and lack of
connect, encourage and support young leaders
economic upward mobility just to name a few.
will be offered.
What can be done to mobilize and organize for permanent change? How can we craft narratives and ideas that will spark movements with local,
MISSIONAL INNOVATION
national and international implications? What is the role of faith communities in envisioning a new
Planting New Ministry
America? This Idea Lab will focus on how to build
EDWIN ESTEVEZ & TYLER SIT
and sustain transformative justice movements that
Do you love your community and want to seed
lead to restored relationships, positive change,
a new ministry for unreached people? For
new frameworks and a rich togetherness that are
whom does your heart break? Where are your
spiritual, social and political. Idea Lab participants
gifts leading you? What are new ways for us to
will also spend time creatively thinking and
be the church in our changing times? Church
planning on how they will serve this present age.
planters Edwin Estevez and Tyler Sit will explore the character and competencies of a “planter” and how to step into the outward frontier of ministry.
FOOD AND FAITH
Participants will leave with deeper discernment around their own planter identity and the next
God is Hungry: Building a Faithful Food System
growing edges for ministry.
JENNIFER BAILEY This idea lab examines the faith-rooted movements
Authenticity in Beloved Community
that are changing our food system. Who are
EMILY MCGINLEY
the people fighting the injustices of our food
In a world of segmentation and increasing division,
system? How do we build a food system where
how do we faithfully bear witness to God’s vision
everyone has access to good food regardless of
of beloved community? As leaders of the next, our
income? Storytelling activities will engage you in
capacity to call out and call into being this vision
understanding social movements and envisioning
demands wisdom, courage, and deep authenticity
a new way we can grow and eat our food. See
rooted in a faith that seeks understanding. We’ll
examples of faith-rooted food justice and food
explore what our traditions offer as tools for
sovereignty movements and find out more about
understanding and building spaces that lead to
how you can get involved to support local and
greater authenticity in beloved community.
global struggles!
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INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY
FAITH & LITURGY (WORK OF THE PEOPLE)
Building Up Beloved Community:
Liturgy on the Streets
Social Knitting in a Fragmented World
ASHLEY GOFF
JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE
What does it mean to take liturgy to the streets? What
One challenge of vocational discernment in 21st-
happens to our understanding of liturgy when it is
century America is that individuals are often trying
experienced outside a church building? How does
to discern their role in a broader community while
liturgy in the public square birth creativity, power
at the same time not knowing where they belong...
and community? How was liturgy used in Occupy
or whether anyone else has found their true home,
Wall Street? What liturgical principles were at work in
for that matter. The individual’s struggle is personal,
Ferguson die-ins? Liturgy on the streets is liturgy that
for sure. But she is not alone. The prevalence of
erupts in a public context. It can be planned. It can
this experience indicates that we face more than
be spontaneous. In this workshop we will explore liturgy
a challenge on young adulthood; this is a cultural
on the streets and the role it plays in a community
crisis of community formation. Join Jonathan Wilson-
engaged in active faith. We will also look at Church of
Hartgrove for a conversation about what fragments our
the Pilgrims (PCUSA) and its practices of street liturgy as
communities and how the social knitting of community
an example of a congregation taking liturgy outside its
building may be essential to genuine vocational
walls .
discernment in our time. “As Some of Your Own Poets Have Said”:
FAITH AND GOVERNMENT
Faith, Hip Hop, and Proclamation MICHAEL WATERS Description: With Acts 17:16-34 - the Apostle Paul’s
Faithful Resistance: The Radical Mandate of Micah 6:8
sermon before the Areopagus in Athens - offering
DIONNE BOISSIÈRE
Biblical precedent for homiletically engaging cultural
How do we view our mandate to act justly through
artifacts as an authentic witness of Christian Faith, we
both a local and global lens? What does justice look
will explore hip hop lyricism as a necessary theological
like from a comprehensive Christian worldview? What
conversation partner for preaching, by engaging
is faithful action not just in a global context but with a
seminal hip hop recordings and developing a practical
global conscientiousness? What is so radical about
theology model towards its engagement.
the Micah 6:8 mandate? How can we understand our role as faithful leaders and global change agents as not merely “bridge building” but “bridge being”? These are just some of the questions that we will raise in this idea lab discussion. In addition, we will discuss the role of the religious NGO (non-governmental organization), engaged in civil society and grass roots organizing in the work of global advocacy and activism.
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LEADE
FEATURED LEADERSHIP
BISHOP MINERVA CARCAÑO California-Pacific Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño is a graduate of the University of TexasPan American and Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Bishop Carcaño serves as the lead spokesperson on matters of immigration reform for the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. In 2013, she was one among 14 religious leaders who were invited to the White House by President Barak Obama to consult with him about immigration reform. In addition to writing extensively, Bishop Carcaño has been a tireless preacher, teacher, and speaker at United Methodist, interfaith, justice/human rights, and immigration reform events all over the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Zimbabwe, and Switzerland.
JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE Associate Minister, Saint John’s Missionary Baptist Church; Founder, Rutba House; Director, School for Conversion, Durham, NC
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School. In 2003, Jonathan and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless are welcomed into a community that eats, prays, and shares life together. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a nonprofit that has grown out of the life of Rutba House to pursue beloved community with kids in their neighborhood, through classes in North Carolina prisons, and in community-based education around the country. Jonathan is also an Associate Minister at the historically black St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church. Jonathan is a co-complier of the celebrated Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, and is the author of several books on Christian spirituality.
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IDEA LAB LEADERSHIP
MINISTER DANIELLE AYERS Minister of Justice, Friendship West Baptist Church, Dallas, TX Danielle Ayers uses her gifts and talents to mobilize and organize the church and community around various issues such as wrongful convictions, mass incarceration, predatory lending, zoning, food deserts, voting participation, legal resources and just restoration for Haiti.
REV. JENNIFER BAILEY Founder, Executive Director, Faith Matters Network (FMN), New York, NY Jennifer Bailey is an ordained minister, community organizer, and emerging national leader in multi-faith movement for justice. Jennifer believes that people of faith can be game changers in the fight to build a more justice, compassionate, and peaceful world.
REV. DIONNE P. BOISSIĂˆRE Chaplain, Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), New York, NY Dionne Boissière is the first African American woman to hold the chaplain position at CCUN. Dionne ensures that the Church Center provides sacred space, worship, hospitality, community advocacy and a forum for partners and civil society to engage in transformative education.
REV. EDWIN ESTEVEZ F.I.R.S.T. Resident, New Castle Presbytery (PC(USA)), Wilmington, DE Before heading to Wilmington, Delaware to serve as a convening minister for a new worshiping community through the F.I.R.S.T. initiative of the Presbytery of New Castle, Edwin Estevez was the Innovation Scholar at the Community Church of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, Illinois.
REV. ASHLEY GOFF Ministry for Spiritual Formation and Director of Pilgrimage, Church of the Pilgrims (PCUSA), Washington, DC Ashley Goff graduated from Union Theological Seminary where she fell in love with the art of liturgy. She lives with deep gratitude for several communities which have formed her along the way: Denison University, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the Open Door Community, and Rikers Island NYC Jail.
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IDEA LAB LEADERSHIP REV. EMILY MCGINLEY Church Planter & Pastor, Urban Village Church (Hyde Park | Woodlawn), Chicago, IL Emily McGinley is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with roots in the nondenominational evangelical tradition. A new mother, when she’s not experimenting with new ways to build community, Emily is experimenting with how to build a person. GERI MCKENZIE Pathways to Ministry Administrator, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX Geri McKenzie oversees the church’s Pastoral Residency program, college and seminary internships and the YourCall program for high school students. She is a Gallup-certified strengths coach and provides coaching for Wilshire staff as well as classes and individual coaching for congregants. TYLER SIT Church Planter, Minneapolis, MN Tyler Sit is passionate about environmental justice--the intersection between race, economics, and ecology. As an avid traveler, he has spent time in faith communities around the world. He holds an M.Div. from Candler School of Theology. REV. DR. MICHAEL W. WATERS Founder and Senior Pastor, Joy Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX Michael W. Waters is named among America’s top young leaders by EBONY Magazine. Michael serves as an adjunct instructor in the Doctor of Ministry Degree Program and mentor pastor in the Center for Preaching Excellence at the SMU Perkins School of Theology. JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE Founder, Rutba House, Durham, NC In 2003, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless are welcomed into a community that eats, prays, and shares life together. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a nonprofit that has grown out of Rutba House.
“ACTIVE FAITH is doing the
work of justice-making.
- Eboni Marshall Turman
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SMALL GROUP LEADERSHIP REV. JENNIFER BAILEY Founder, Executive Director, Faith Matters Network (FMN), New York, NY Jennifer Bailey is an ordained minister, community organizer, and emerging national leader in multi-faith movement for justice. Jennifer believes that people of faith can be game changers in the fight to build a more justice, compassionate, and peaceful world. REV. JEREMY BATTLE Senior Pastor, Western Avenue Baptist Church, Cambridge, MA Jeremy Battle hails from Brighton, Alabama. Jeremy is a 2013 Master of Divinity graduate from Harvard Divinity School. Jeremy’s preaching is characterized by his captivating common-sense approach to God’s word and his gift of story-telling. REV. KENNY CLEWETT Associate Pastor, Christ Community Evangelical Free Church, Overland Park, KS Kenny Clewett obtained a Master of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He works as an associate pastor of Extension Ministries, combining his experience in social entrepreneurship and pastoral heart to help the church serve the city well. REV. EDWIN ESTEVEZ F.I.R.S.T. Resident, New Castle Presbytery (PC(USA)), Wilmington, DE Before heading to Wilmington, Delaware to serve as a convening minister for a new worshiping community through the F.I.R.S.T. initiative of the Presbytery of New Castle, Edwin was the Innovation Scholar at the Community Church of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, Illinois. REV. LINDA JIMÉNEZ Former Evangelist, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY As the title of her blog will tell you, she is a quirky church girl. After completing her M.Div. degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, she became an FTE Transition-into-Ministry participant as a Lilly Resident in Ministry. She is now discerning her next ministerial call. REV. KIT NOVOTNY Young Adult Minister, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA At First Church, Kit Novotny is responsible for nurturing ministries for those in their 20s-30s, along with preaching, teaching, pastoral care, and the many other adventures of church life.
REV. TUHINA RASCHE Associate Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oakland, CA Tuhina Rasche has a passion for adult faith formation. She revived the congregation’s adult catechumenate program, and she enjoys finding ways to teach adult Christian education forums. TYLER SIT Church Planter, Minneapolis, MN Tyler Sit is passionate about environmental justice--the intersection between race, economics, and ecology. As an avid traveler, he has spent time in faith communities around the world. He holds an M.Div. from Candler School of Theology. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DOCTORAL STUDENTS COHORT LEADERSHIP DR. REGINALDO BRAGA Assistant Professor of Christian Education, Area IV, The Interdenominational Theological Center Reginaldo Braga has an interest in education and multiculturalism, education and contemporary liberation theologies, critical theories and Christian education, and postmodern philosophies and education. He specializes in Freirean Studies. His previous ministry involved the transition from a mono-ethnic/mono cultural church to become a multicultural/multi-ethnic community. DR. TERESA DELGADO Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics; Director, Peace and Justice Studies Program, Iona College Teresa Delgado received her doctorate from Union Theological Seminary. Her interdisciplinary scholarship utilizes the experiences of women to articulate a constructive theological vision, grounded in and critical of Latino culture and the Roman Catholic theological tradition. She has co-edited and published numerous articles and book chapters. DR. ANNE JOH Associate Professor of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Anne Joh has served as mentor to doctoral students in various fellowship programs. Her areas of research interests are at the intersection of critical theories on race, gender, trauma, affect, poststructuralism, postcolonialism and militarism in relation to transpacific Asian America. She is the author Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology. DR. TAT-SIONG BENNY LIEW Class of 1956 Professor of New Testament Studies, College of the Holy Cross Tat-siong Benny Liew is the author of Politics of Parousia and What Is Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics?. He is a research associate of the Institute of Signifying Scripture and an external examiner for the educational programs of the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong. DR. ROSETTA ROSS Professor of Religion, Spelman College Rosetta Ross’ journal articles and book chapters explore religion and black women’s Civil Rights activism, womanist theology and ethics, and religion and society. She is author of Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion and Civil Rights. At Spelman she led the College’s liberal arts religion program transition from Christian studies to religious studies. DR. PHILLIS SHEPPARD Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt Divinity School Phillis Sheppard’s research in religion, psychology and culture engages the intersection where the social and the intrapsychic meet. As a practical theologian she is recognized for her contributions to womanist perspectives in psychoanalysis and religion, methodology, cultural studies, and pastoral theology. DR. SHIVELY SMITH Assistant Professor of New Testament, Wesley Theological Seminary Shively Smith serves on the Status of Women in the Profession Committee for the Society of Biblical Literature as well as on the steering committee for the Women in the Bible Section. She continues to write and research in the areas of: 1 & 2 Peter studies, diaspora studies, and call/ commission stories in the Bible. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DOCTORAL STUDENTS COHORT LEADERSHIP DR. EBONI MARSHALL TURMAN Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Black Church Studies; Director, Office of Black Church Studies, Duke Divinity School Eboni Marshall Turman’s writing on race, gender, and class has been featured in numerous publications. She is the youngest woman to be licensed and ordained to the Gospel ministry by the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York and the first woman to be named assistant minister of the church.
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS LEADERSHIP DR. MARSHA FOSTER BOYD Consultant, Forum for Theological Exploration Marsha Foster Boyd is president emeritus of the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit. Boyd previously was director of Accreditation and Leadership Education at the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). She has also served as academic dean of Payne Theological Seminary and associate professor of pastoral care and counseling at United Theological Seminary. Marsha is the first African-American woman to serve in each of these positions.
ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP RESIDENT CHAPLAIN REV. LIV GIBBONS Pastor, Northwest United Protestant Church, Richland, WA Liv Gibbons is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She was a Lilly Resident at Central Christian Church in Lexington, KY. Liv received her M.Div. from the University of Chicago Divinity School where she was a Disciples Divinity House scholar.
FACILITATOR DR. PATRICK REYES Program Manager, Spirituality, Education and Dialogue Initiatives Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service, Northeastern University, Boston, MA In his current role, Patrick Reyes creates and delivers programming around interfaith dialogue, intercultural competency, nonviolence and interreligious practices with an emphasis on social justice and community transformation.
CLOSING PREACHER REV. DIONNE P. BOISSIÈRE Chaplain, Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), New York, NY Dionne Boissière is the first African American woman to hold the chaplain position at CCUN. Dionne ensures that the Church Center provides sacred space, worship, hospitality, community advocacy and a forum for partners and civil society to engage in transformative education.
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CHURCH & CHURCH RELATED
PARTNERS COHORT GRIER BOOKER RICHARDS
ERIK CHRISTENSEN
ASHLEY GOFF
Executive Director
Pastor
Minister for Spiritual Formation
and Chaplain
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
and Director of The Pilgrimage
UKirk Greensboro
of Logan Square
Church of the Pilgrims (PCUSA)
Greensboro, NC
Chicago, IL
Washington, DC
ERIN BURLESON
KAREN CROZIER
JAMIE HASKINS
Program Director
Assistant Professor of Practical
Chaplain and Director of
LEAD INstitute: Georgia
Theology; Director of Faculty
Spiritual Life & Instructor of
Cleveland, GA
Development; Interim Program
Religious Studies
Director of Urban Mission
Westminster College
SAMUEL BURLESON
Fresno Pacific University
Columbia, MO
Family Ministry Pastor
Fresno, CA LEE HINSON-HASTY
The Bridge Church MARSHA CUTTING
FTE Board Chair
Pastor
Senior Director
GREG CARMER
Madrona Grace
Theological Education Funds
Dean of Chapel
Presbyterian Church
Development at Presbyterian
Gordon College
Seattle, WA
Foundation
Cleveland, GA
Wenham, MA
Louisville, KY LARRY DUGGINS
KELLY CHATMAN
Co-Founder
WYNDEE HOLBROOK
Pastor
Missional Wisdom Foundation
Director of Programs
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Southlake, TX
Academy of Preachers
Minneapolis, MN
Lexington, KY ELAINE ENNS
HUN CHOI
Restorative Justice
RICHARD HOWE
Community and Church
Bartimaeus Ministries, Inc.
President
Relations Coordinator
Oak View, CA
Centers for Christian
Korean Churches for
Study International
Community Development
Denver, CO
Los Angeles, CA
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TINA LAWRENCE
SARAH PARHAM
Leonard and Marjorie Maas
Executive Administrator
Associate Director
Chair of Reformed Theology
Fresno Institute for
Wesley Foundation at the
Director of the Emmaus
Urban Leadership
University of Kentucky
Scholars Program; Fellow of the
Fresno, CA
Lexington, KY
Hope College
SCOTT LEE
DAVID RAMOS
Holland, MI
Campus Minister
President
Royston Baptist/Cooperative
Latino Leadership Circle
ANDREW HYDE
Baptist Fellowship of Georgia
New York, NY
Youth & Young Families Minister
Royston, GA
Center for Ministry Studies
RICK REITEN
Norval United Church ALLISON LEIGH
Pastor
Assistant Director of Campus
Bristol Lutheran Church
HYEPIN IM
Ministry for Retreats and Faith
Sun Prairie, WI
FTE Board Member
Communities
Founder & President
University of Dayton
LISA RHODES
Korean Churches for
Dayton, OH
Dean of Sisters Chapel and
Ontario, Canada
Director of the WISDOM Center
Community Development Los Angeles, CA
PAUL MASSINGILL
Spelman College
Pastor/Executive Director
Atlanta, GA
PATRICK KEYSER
FIU-MDC Wesley Foundation
Office and Ministry Assistant
Miami, FL
Campus Pastor
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Richmond, VA
ERIK SAMUELSON
RIMES MCELVEEN
Trinity Lutheran College
Executive Director
Everett, WA
STACY KITAHATA
Mere Christianity Forum
Young Adult Mentor
Greenville, SC
JESSICA ZIMMERLE Outreach Coordinator
Japanese Baptist Church of Seattle
JEFF MEYERS
Ballard First Lutheran
Seattle, WA
Teaching Pastor
Church, ELCA
North Avenue
Seattle, WA
CHRISTOPHER KLEIN
Presbyterian Church
Living-Learning
Atlanta, GA
Program Coordinator Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI
“ACTIVE FAITH imitates Christ relentlessly,
who emptied himself to serve others.”
- Kenny Clewett TABLE OF CONTENTS
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YOUNG ADULTS
COHORT “To paraphrase Hebrews 11, ACTIVE FAITH is the turning of dreams into deeds. It’s living in such a way that our lives wouldn’t make sense if the gospel were not true.” - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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MARIA (MIA) BENJAMIN Episcopal Service Corps, Life Together Cambridge, MA
KAN’DACE BROCK University Health Systems San Antonio
BLAKE COLLINS PCUSA Young Adult Volunteer Program Louisville, KY
SIERRA COPPAGE Virginia Union University Richmond, VA
Converse, TX
YANIL BURGOS Episcopal Service Corps, Life Together
CALLA COUCH Catholic Volunteers in Florida Tampa, FL
Brookline, MA
JONATHAN CAHILL National Benevolent Association, XPLOR Program
TIMOTHY CRUISE Brite Divinity School Mesquite, TX
Pekin, IL
JANINE CARAMBOT Drew Theological School
JAIMIE CRUMLEY Yale Divinity School
Phillipsburg, NJ
New Haven, CT
HAZEL CHERRY
JOE DAVIS
Bread for the World Washington, DC
CHARLOTTE CLOYD Quaker Voluntary Service working at Atlanta Habitat for Humanity Atlanta, GA
Redeemer Lutheran Church ELCA Minneapolis, MN
DONNA DESILUS Yale Divinity School New Haven, CT
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ANDREW FLANIGAN
SHAKEI HAYNES
Westminster College
Washington, DC
Fulton, MO
KATERINA FRIESEN Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS)
HASSAN HENDERSON Morehouse College Atlanta, GA
Elkhart, IN
JESSICA FORTNER Sweet Briar College Roanoke, VA
LYNETTE HICKS Triangle Speech Associates (Speech Language Pathologist) Rocky Mount, NC
ANDRE GILFORD Wayne State University Clinton Township, MI
MATLIN GILMAN Union Theological Seminary
JAMES HILL Southern Methodist University Garland, TX
CYRETA HOWARD United Theological Seminary
New York, NY
New Brighton, MN
ART GORDON
ASHLEY HUBAYKAH
Boston University School of Theology
Iona College New Rochelle, NY
Roxbury, MA
SONNY GRAVES Pacific School of Religion Berkeley, CA
SARAH KEOUGH Seattle Pacific Seminary Seattle, WA
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DAE SHIK KIM Seattle Pacific Seminary Seattle, WA
COLLEEN MAKI Lutheran Campus Ministry Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
EDWARD KIM Azusa Pacific University South Pasadena, CA
CORA KOEHLER The New School University Brooklyn, NY
QUANTISHA MASON McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago, IL
COOPER MCCULLOUGH Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Chestnut Hill, MA
MARQUISHA LAWRENCE Eden Theological Seminary/ Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
JOSEPH LIVERSEED University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI
ETHAN LOWERY Episcopal Relief & Development Berkeley, CA
EMILY MELO Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary Boston Boston, MA
DAVID MILLER Jesuit Volunteer Corps Baltimore, MD
VICTORIA MOORE Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Baltimore, MD
ROSEMARY MACADAM
R. AUSTIN NELSON
St. Margaret’s Church,
Luther Seminary
The Anglican Diocese of Toronto,
Moorhead, MN
and Scarboro Missions Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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ANDRE PARRIS Tyndale University College and Seminary
DANIEL REED University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada ISAIAH PETTWAY Ashland Theological Seminary Detroit Southfield, MI
CHRISTOPHER PICARELLO
BRITTNEY ROBINSON Virginia Union University School of Theology North Chesterfield, VA
IAN ROEBER
King’s College
Boston College School of
Macungie, PA
Theology and Ministry Brighton, MA
SARA PRENDERGAST SALZWEDEL Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University at Berkeley
JOHN ROGERS Union Theological Seminary New York, NY
Berkeley, CA
ANTONIO REDD Virginia Union University School of Theology
ROSS WILLIAMS Morehouse College Atlanta, GA
Henrico, VA
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JERI SALAS Colorado UpLift Denver, CO
BAILEY SANFORD Methodist Student Network at the University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
COURTNEY SANFORD The Methodist Student Network at the University of South Carolina
MIRIAM SHERWIN Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
ERIKA SPAET Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Berkeley, CA
BRITTNEY STEPHAN Butler University Carmel, IN
Columbia, SC
CARLSON SAWYER University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
BROOKE TAYLOR Virginia Union University School of Theology Richmond, VA
SASHA SHEPPARD Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Lithonia, GA
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RICKEY THOMAS Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens, FL
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LOUIS TILLMAN Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
WILLIAM WILSON Candler School of Theology Atlanta, GA
Chicago, IL
DEMARIUS WALKER Boston University Atlanta, GA
KIMBERLY WHITE Central Baptist Theological Seminary Lees Summit, MO
BRISHA WHITE Borough of Manhattan Community College
LYDIA WYLIE-KELLERMANN Word and World: A People’s School Detroit, MI
SAMUEL YENN-BATAH PCUSA Young Adult Volunteer Program Atlanta, GA
AMY ZIMBELMAN Duke University Divinity School Durham, NC
Brooklyn, NY
SARAH WILDT KAMMERDIENER Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Austin, TX
EMILY WILKES Church of the Pilgrims Washington, DC
“As Christ’s followers, WE ARE CALLED to have an ACTIVE FAITH—to be agents of
transformation.” RICHARD WILLIAMS Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, GA
- Linda Jiménez
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DOCTORAL STUDENTS COHORT
“An ACTIVE FAITH matters because God calls each of us, as believers, to daily, actively live out our faith by obeying Him.” - Geri McKenzie
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AMY BARBOUR Theology Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
ERICKA DUNBAR Religion Drew University Madison, NJ
Evanston, IL
GRACE BOAKYE-AGYEMAN
MARLENE FERRERAS
Religious Studies
Practical Theology
McGill University in Montreal
Claremont School of Theology
Quebec, Canada
Claremont, CA
COURTNEY BUGGS
EARLE FISHER
Religion/Homiletics Emory University Atlanta, GA
Religious Studies/ Rhetoric & Communications University of Memphis/ Rhodes College Memphis, TN
RUFUS BURNETT Systematic Theology Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
JAMALL CALLOWAY Philosophical Theology Union Theological Seminary New York, NY
MICHAEL FISHER JR. Ethics and Society Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
BRIDGETT GREEN New Testament and Early Christianity Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
LEONARD CURRY Ethics and Society Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
NICHOLAS GRIER Pastoral Theology, Personality and Culture Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL
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YARA GONZALEZ足JUSTINIANO Practical Theology Boston University Boston, MA
RACHELLE GREEN Religious Education Emory University Atlanta, GA
LAUREN GUERRA Systematic and Philosophical Theology Graduate Theological Union
JOEL KEMP Hebrew Bible Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
SIMON JOSEPH KIERULF Theology and Ethics Union Presbyterian Seminary Richmond, VA
HELEN KIM American Religions Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Berkeley, CA
AARON HOWARD Ethics and Society Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
CHAN LIAN Pastoral Theology, Culture and Personality Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL
NAZILA ISGANDAROVA Pastoral Theology Emmanuel College Toronto, ON, Canada
HEATHER MCLETCHIE足-LEADER New Testament and Early Christianity Harvard University Cambridge, MA
AMARYAH JONES足ARMSTRONG Theological Studies Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
ZACHARY MILLS Rhetoric and Public Culture Northwestern University Evanston, IL
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KERMIT MOSS Practical Theology Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ
HYEMIN NA Homiletics Emory University Atlanta, GA
JOI ORR Ethics and Society Emory University Atlanta, GA
TIMOTHY RAINEY II American Religious Cultures Emory University Atlanta, GA
ALISHA TATEM Pastoral Care and Counseling Columbia Theological Seminary Atlanta, GA
NATHAN WALTON Theology University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
RACHEL WATSON Religion and Literature University of Chicago Chicago, IL
GRACE VARGAS History of the Christian Tradition in Latin America Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
ASHLYN STROZIER Women’s Studies in Religion and Ethics Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA
“An ACTIVE FAITH is proclaimed in words but fulfilled in holy action.” - Jeremy Battle TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INSTITUTIONAL
DOCTORAL NETWORK PARTNERS COHORT LEE BUTLER Professor of Theology and Psychology Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL
LUIS RIVERA Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, IL
SHONDA JONES Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Services Wake Forest School of Divinity
RADY ROLDÁN-FIGUEROA Associate Professor Boston University School of Theology Boston, MA
Winston-Salem, NC
SHERYL KUJAWA-HOLBROOK V.P. for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty & Professor Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA
BRYAN STONE Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism; Co-Director of the Center for Practical Theology Boston University School of Theology Boston, MA
K. SAMUEL LEE Professor of Practical Theology, Spiritual Care, and Counseling Claremont School of Theology Claremont, CA
GAIL O’DAY Dean and Professor of New Testament and Preaching Wake Forest School of Divinity Winston-Salem, NC
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EMILY VOGT Director of the CTS Ph.D. program Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL
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PARTICIPANT REIMBURSEMENT GUIDELINES The following guidelines are provided to assist you in completing FTE’s reimbursement form. Receipts are required for all reimbursable expenses. To receive reimbursement, FTE must receive your expense report within ten (10) business days of the completion of the event. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you have any questions, please contact the appropriate FTE staff person who has been corresponding with you about the event. TRANSPORTATION: 1) General Rule: FTE covers travel expenses beginning and ending at the airport of departure or, if you are local, the event itself. If you must drive over fifty (50) miles each way to the nearest airport or the event itself, FTE will reimburse your mileage at the standard IRS rate. 2) Deadline: Flights must be booked through FTE’s travel agent at least six (6) weeks prior to the event. If you do not book your flight by this deadline, you may be personally responsible for any difference in cost. 3) Booking: Flight arrangements are billed directly to FTE. However, if you received permission to purchase your own ticket, the flight itinerary (showing costs) must be included for reimbursement. Airfare may not exceed the lowest fare available. FTE does not reimburse the normal airfare when a frequent-flyer ticket is used. 4) Airport Parking: Please park in economy lots where available. 5) Checked Baggage: FTE will reimburse checked baggage fees up to $25 each way. 6) Car Rentals: FTE staff must pre-approve all car rentals. Please use economy-class vehicles whenever available. For car rentals, FTE will reimburse gasoline expenses in addition to the cost of the vehicle. 7) Mileage Reimbursement: If you use your personal vehicle to travel over fifty (50) miles each way to the airport or the event itself, mileage will be reimbursed at the standard IRS rate ($0.575 per mile in 2015). Mileage expenses may not exceed the lowest available airfare between city of departure and destination. As your receipt, please submit a map that shows total miles traveled. LODGING:
1) Room Charges: Hotel room charges will be billed directly to FTE.
2) Incidentals: In-room charges such as phone calls, movies, snacks and room service will not be reimbursed.
MEALS:
1) Covered Meals: During the event, FTE will provide all meals, unless otherwise indicated on the registration
form. If you arrive early on the first day of the event, FTE will reimburse you for your meals if none are provided.
Whenever group meals are provided, FTE does not reimburse for personal meals.
2) Meal Allowances: For meals not provided by FTE, you may be reimbursed up to the following amounts
(Excluding tax and gratuity): Breakfast: $10.00; Lunch: $15.00; Dinner: $25.00
3) Alcohol: FTE does not reimburse for alcoholic beverages.
TIPPING:
1) Meals and Taxis: FTE will reimburse gratuity for meals and taxis (with receipts) between 15-20%.
2) Hotel Staff: FTE strongly encourages participants to tip hotel service personnel, such as porters, valets, and
housekeepers. However, FTE does not reimburse such expenses.
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ELSIE BARNHART Program Manager
PAUL BOIS Vice President of Administration
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JAN FISHBECK Director of Finance
DIVA MORGAN HICKS Online Communications Manager
DARLENE HUTTO Director of Grants and Fellowships
STEPHEN LEWIS President
CHRIS TINA MASON Data Associate
CHRIS McCAIN Director of Strategic Partnerships, Organizations Serving Young Adults
KARLA VAN ZEE Consultant
HEATHER WALLACE Program Manager
MATTHEW WESLEY WILLIAMS Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
TRACI WRIGHT Executive Administrator