Brent Alwes is the Diocesan Development Officer of the Diocese of the Northern Philippines.
Kitty Babson, Episcopal priest and missionary to/with The Anglican Church of the Province of Myanmar, has been actively engaged in overseas mission in Myanmar (Burma) since 1994. She also takes students from Virginia Seminary (and others by arrangement) into Myanmar on immersion courses designed to introduce them to Myanmar’s Christian community and culture.
Alex Baumgarten is International Policy Analyst for the Episcopal Church, where he is responsible for the Church’s lobbying in the areas of global poverty, HIV-AIDS, international development, trade, debt cancellation, Africa policy, and other foreign-policy issues. He leads the Episcopal Church’s staff team on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals.
Charles "Buck" Blanchard serves as World Mission Coordinator for the Diocese of Virginia and has been an active member of the Design Team for the Everyone, Everywhere World Mission Conference.
Albert Brooks is Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras. A native of Honduras, Fr. Brooks is a graduate of the Universidad Nacional de Mexico(The National University of Mexico) and the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, Austin Texas. He served as Vicar of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, La Ceiba, Honduras for more than 25 years before becoming the Canon to the Ordinary in 2006
Mary Brennan is Mission Communication Officer at the Episcopal Church Center in New York. She has over 20 years broadcast and web media experience as a producer/writer for Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Michael “Corky” Carlisle, Episcopal priest and former missionary in Kenya, is a nationally recognized stewardship educator and speaker. Corky, involved in the Church Development Institute through General Seminary and the Ecumenical Stewardship Center, embodies transformative giving.
Gary Cartwright, a deacon from the Diocese of Southwest Florida and member of the Anglican Communion Network, finds focus in - among other places - the reconciliation work of REACH-Rwanda. His baptismal and diaconal call is lived out through deep passion for seeking and serving Christ in the extreme poor.l
Charles (Kelly) Clark and his wife Priscilla are former missionaries in Singapore and the Philippines. Kelly served as dean of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, but he and Priscilla maintain a lifelong commitment to mission, to theological education, and to Southeast Asia.
Sathianathan Clarke (Sathi) is Bishop Sundo Kim Professor of World Christianity at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC, USA. An ordained presbyter of the Church of South India, he also serves as ‘Mission Pastor’ at Christ Episcopal Church in Kensington, MD, USA. Dr Clarke is a member of the Archbishop’s commission for Theological Education for the Anglican Communion (TEAC). He is a member of the Bible Study Group that is responsible for designing, preparing and coordinating the Bible studies for Lambeth 2008.
Sandra Coburn is Canon for Communications for the Diocese of Missouri. After traveling with Missioners in 2004 and 2006 to Lui, Sudan and heading up the Companion Diocese Committee, she has helped publicize and energize this African global mission in her diocese through writing articles, helping to create informational and inspirational power points and DVD’s; the creation of congregational training sessions; and web links and public events for advocacy and development.
Craig Cole, executive director for Five Talents (http://www.fivetalents.org/) since 1999, has worked extensively with churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Haiti. He spent four years with Food for the Poor, one of the largest relief and development organizations based in the United States.
Douglas Culver holds a B.S. in Business and a Master in Divinity and wrote a thesis entitled, "Communication: The Gospel to Therevada Buddhists.” He and his wife Elaine have lived in China since 1999.
Tad de Bordenave, founder and first director of Anglican Frontier Mission (1993-2007) has served parishes for 25 years. He is now retired and working on Paul and his global mission.
Robin Denney is a former Young Adult Service Corps volunteer. Stationed in Liberia, West Africa, she taught agriculture at a university, set up sustainable agricultural projects for the University, and did agricultural and community development projects in the surrounding villages. She holds an Agriculture Degree from UC Davis.
Veda Devasahayam is the Bishop-in-Madras of the Church of South India (CSI). Before he was elected to the episcopate in 1999, Dr. Devasahayam was an acclaimed professor of Systematic Theology at an ecumenical seminary in Chennai. He has written extensively in the field of Indian Christian Theology. As a Dalit (person from the Untouchable community in India), he brings this conscious experience and deep commitment to exploring themes in missiology and theology.
Michael Doe is the General Secretary of USPG: Anglicans in World Mission, one of the longest serving mission agencies in the Anglican Communion. Prior to his arrival at USPG, he served as Bishop of Swindon (UK) for 10 years.
Michael Dohn is the Medical Director of Clinica Esperanza y Caridad (the diocesan Clinic of the Episcopal Church in the Dominican Republic) and directs the community health program there. He has been working in the Dominican Republic for eight years as a SAMS missionary
Mark Duffy is director of the Archives of the Episcopal Church in Austin, TX.
Luke Fodor serves as Network Coordinator, Church Relations, for Episcopal Relief & Development.
Robert Franken specializes in the areas of leadership development and organizational redesign. He has been an ordained Episcopal Deacon for the past 25 years and currently serves the Diocese of Missouri as the Archdeacon for the Lui Sudan
Martha Gardner is the consultant for environmental ministries for The Episcopal Church. In this capacity, she co-chaired the National Council of Churches' Eco-Justice Working Group for four years and currently represents The Episcopal Church on the Anglican Communion Environmental Network. Ms. Gardner represents The Episcopal Church on the Board of Directors of Church World Service
Richard Hall, of Christian Social Ministries at All Saints’ Atlanta, chairs the Global Mission Committee of the Diocese of Atlanta and is Vice-Chair of the Board of SPCK/USA.
Julio Cesar Holguin is Bishop of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic. Born in the Dominican Republic, Bishop Holguin studied sociology in Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, and Theology in San Andres Seminary (Mexico). He was ordained deacon in 1957, priest in 1977 and Bishop in 1991. He was an interim Bishop of Cuba in 2003, president of CLAI (2001-2007) and Member of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church and the Permanent Commission of World Mission (2003-09).
Richard Jones, Professor of Missions and World Religions at Virginia Theological Seminary has taught English in Vietnam, coordinated theological education in Ecuador, and serves as President of American Friends of the Episcopal Church of Sudan. He is the author of How to Talk to Your Muslim Neighbor.
Mike Kinman is executive director for Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation. Previously, he served as priest for the Episcopal Campus Ministry community at Washington University in St. Louis, where he traveled with students to Sudan and Ghana to work with the Anglican Church and an NGO specializing in capacity building, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention. He is vice chair of the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns.
Floyd Lalwet is the National Development Officer of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP). He also serves as the Associate Chancellor and in-house Legal Counsel of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, and as the Deputy Director for the National Legal Aid Committee of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines of The Episcopal Church in The Philippinesf The Episcopal Church in The Philippines, serves on the Anglican Consultative Council.
Margaret Larom is former director of Anglican & Global Relations at the Episcopal Church Center in New York
Grant LeMarquand, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Mission Academic Dean at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, has taught in Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, and published extensively on African Biblical interpretation. He is the editor of Why Haven't You Left? Letters of Marc Nikkel from Sudan.
Stephen Lyon is Secretary of Partnership for World Mission (PWM), the umbrella organization within the Church of England that seeks to coordinate the work of the mission agencies and Diocesan Companion Links.
Patsy McGregor, a priest of the Anglican Church of Kenya, works with her husband Todd to lead short-term mission teams to some of the "least-reached” people groups throughout the world. Patsy recently managed and expanded St. Juilian’s Centre, an Anglican retreat and conference center near Nairobi.
Todd McGregor, first bishop of Toliara in Madagascar, has been active in missionary work since 1991, when he and his wife Patsy founded the ministry of People Reaching People. Focusing on the most remote and poorest southern territories, the ministry continues to concentrate on economic development, educational and evangelistic missions.
Amanda Meng, a recent graduate of Georgia Tech (B.S. Global Economics and Modern Languages), is active in the Diocese of Atlanta's Millennium Development Goals Taskforce. While at Georgia Tech, she joined other students in raising awareness and advocating against child prostitution in city of Atlanta.
Mary T. Nodar, M.S. in Education and classroom teacher for 35 years, is a member of St. Paul's, Cleveland Heights and is active in global mission work there.
Richard H. Nodar, Ph.D. Retired Head of the Section of Communicative Disorders at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and is active in global mission work at St. Paul's, Cleveland Heights.
Jo Ellen Nutter, a registered nurse and Episcopal missionary, is Director of Operations for Panama Medical Project and Executive Director of hasta inc. She collaborates with the Panamanian Ministry of Health, local churches, and US team leaders to offer appropriate effective medical care in six needy regions of Panama.
Gini Peterson is Coordinator of the Global Episcopal Mission Network Certificate Program: Formation of Diocesan Mission Agents. She is immediate Past President of the GEM Network Board of Directors, former Chair of the Global Mission Committee of the Diocese of Atlanta, Past National President of the Episcopal Church Women, and Past President of the National United Thank Offering Committee.
Frederick Quinn has written and lecture extensively on Islam and Muslim-Christian relations. A former chaplain at Washington Cathedral, he served as an advisor to the Dean on national and international policy issues for several years.
John Sewak Ray serves as Vicar of Christ the King Episcopal, Diocese of Atlanta. John hails from Pakistan, and his wife, Aqeela, is the sister of the Right Reverend Mano Rumalshah, the bishop of Peshawar.
Kim Robey is Women’s Ministry & Leadership Development Officer at the Episcopal Church Center in New York.
Laura Russell is currently the Supervising attorney of the Family Law Unit of both the Bronx Neighborhood Office and the Harlem Community Law Office of the Legal Aid Society, and the Co-Supervising Attorney of the Domestic Violence/Immigration Unit. Through her immigration work, she works with victims of gender-based crimes, including trafficking victims.
William Sachs is founder and director of the Center for Reconciliation and Mission at St. Stephen’s Church, Richmond, VA, developing a network of major Episcopal parishes working on leadership formation and relations with the Anglican Communion. He has also served as Vice-President for Learning and Leadership at The Episcopal Church Foundation
Sudipta Singh has more than 16 years of experience in the field of Social Development and Humanitarian Aid. He currently serves as the Director of Programmes and the Secretary of Disaster Management Committee of Church of Northern India, providing vision and strategic leadership through the following program areas: Women and Gender, Children at Risk, Youth, Peace/Interfaith, Human Potential Development, Dalit/Tribal, and Disaster Management.
William Skilton is Assistant Bishop in the Dominican Episcopal Church. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of SPCK/US, Province IV Representative for Companion Diocese Network, and Province IV Chaplain for Daughters of the King.
Lauren Stanley is a missionary of the Episcopal Church serving the Diocese of Renk in Sudan. A priest of the Diocese of Virginia, she is a lecturer in Theology, Liturgics and Biblical Greek at the Renk Theological College in South Sudan.
Robert Stevens, Diocese of Southwest Florida, serves as Executive Director of The Dominican Development Group, founded in 1998 to provide self-sufficiency to the Dominican Episcopal Church.
Maggie Tinsman served in the Iowa Senate for 18 years until January 2007. She was a member of the Human Resources, Judiciary, State Government, and Appropriations Committees and co-chair of the Health and Human Services Appropriations Sub-Committee. She currently heads a policy analysis and consultant business, specializing in education, economic development and health and human services issues.
Bill Wood is the President of the Global Episcopal Mission Network, a former overseas appointee (Liberia), the previous chair of two diocesan Companion Dioceses Committees (Michigan & Kansas), and Provincial mission coordinator for mission in Province V. He presently serves as Chair of the Mission Development Committee of the Diocese of Maine and Convener of the International Development Committee of the Diocese of Maine.
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