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MBA National Advisors<\/h1>\n

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National MBA Ministry Advisors are business and non-profit leaders who have served with and endorse the MBA Ministry and its vision to develop communities of world changers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Katherine Leary Alsdorf<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is co\u00adauthor with Timothy Keller of\u00a0<\/span>Every Good Endeavor: Connecting\u00a0Your Work to God\u2019s Work(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Dutton, 2012). She came to Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New\u00a0York City in 2002 to establish the Center for Faith and Work to help people nurture a meaningful\u00a0integration between their faith and their professional work.\u00a0Prior to this ministry role at Redeemer, she spent 20 years in the high tech industry. In\u00a0California, she served as CEO of Pensare, an online management education company, and\u00a0CEO of One Touch Systems, a hardware\/software products company. Before that, she was\u00a0President of Private Satellite Network, a satellite services company in New York City. She also\u00a0worked in various consulting, sales, and marketing roles, primarily in the technology sector.<\/p>\n

Katherine received an MBA from The Darden School, University of Virginia, and a BA in\u00a0Psychology and Education from Wittenberg University. She became a Christian mid\u00adcareer in\u00a0NYC through the ministries of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and has taken seminary classes\u00a0at Regent College in Vancouver. She has been a core member of the Theology of Work Project.<\/p>\n

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Bob Doll<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is chief investment officer for Crossmark Global.vBob joined Crossmark in May 2021 as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), bringing over 40 years of industry experience to guide the investment process and serve as portfolio manager for multiple Crossmark large cap strategies. He also utilizes his investment expertise to provide weekly and quarterly investment commentaries, as well as annual market predictions. Bob is a regular guest and contributor to multiple media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Moneywise, and Fox Business News. Prior to arriving at Crossmark, he held the roles of Senior Portfolio Manager and Chief Equity Strategist at Nuveen and Blackrock, President and Chief Investment Officer at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, and Chief Investment Officer at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.<\/p>\n

Bob graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Economics. He later went on to earn an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA\u00ae) designation, as well as the FINRA Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.<\/p>\n

Bob dedicates his time as choir director at his local church and also 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, Movement.org, Cairn University, Christianity Today, and the Princeton Healthcare System.<\/p>\n

Bob and his wife Leslie currently reside in Princeton, New Jersey and have three children.<\/p>\n

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David W. Gill<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is an ethics writer, speaker, and consultant based in Berkeley, CA. He is a\u00a0graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA), San Francisco State University (MA),\u00a0and the University of Southern California (PhD). He is the author of seven books, including\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s\u00a0About Excellence: Building Ethically Healthy Organizations<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Wipf & Stock, 2008\/2011),\u00a0Becoming Good: Building Moral Character<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(IVP, 2000), and\u00a0<\/span>Doing Right: Practicing Ethical\u00a0Principles<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(IVP, 2004).<\/p>\n

Dr. Gill served from 2010 to 2016 as Mockler\u00ad-Phillips Professor of Workplace Theology and\u00a0Business Ethics and Director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace at\u00a0Gordon\u00adConwell Theological Seminary in Boston, MA. From 2004 to 2010 he taught business\u00a0ethics to MBA students at St. Mary\u2019s College of California and Seattle Pacific University. From\u00a01992 to 2001 he served as Carl I. Lindberg Professor of Applied Ethics at North Park University\u00a0in Chicago. From 1977 to 1990 he was professor of Christian ethics and dean at New College\u00a0Berkeley.<\/p>\n

He was co\u00ad-founder and co-\u00addirector of the Institute for Business, Ethics, and Technology and\u00a0Ethix Magazine<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>from 1998\u00ad-2003 and since then Principal of EthixBiz Consulting. He has\u00a0consulted for Harris & Associates Construction and Project Management, Swedish Covenant\u00a0Hospital, the East Bay Municipal Utility District, Nikon Precision, Inc., Paradise Foods,\u00a0UNext.com, and many other for\u00adprofit and non\u00adprofit organizations. He has been invited to be\u00a0guest lecturer at Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce, professional organizations (e.g.., the\u00a0Society for Human Resources Management, the American Marketing Association, the Institute\u00a0for Managerial Accounting, the Project Management Association), civic and public affairs groups\u00a0(e.g.., the Commonwealth Club of California, the Contra Costa Council), universities, business\u00a0schools, and theological seminaries across North America and Europe.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Lucia, have two adult children and six grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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Gary Ginter<\/strong>\u00a0is an entrepreneur who helps manage the firms he helps start. He has been\u00a0involved for more than 40 years in starting, growing, and selling or closing more than 25\u00a0businesses and nonprofit organizations, primarily in communities of need both in USA urban\u00a0settings as well as in developing countries. A couple have been glorious successes, and a\u00a0couple have been glorious failures, but most were mostly neither. He\u2019s always been part of\u00a0strong teams and feels that he hasn\u2019t done much alone that is worth noting.\u00a0Current efforts are focused on a late stage startup R&D company in combustion and pollution\u00a0control technology. The firm is called VAST, an acronym for Value Added Steam Technology.\u00a0The mission of VAST is to serve God by profitably building more efficient combustion systems\u00a0with exhaust so clean you can breathe it. The twin implementing goals of VAST are Clean\u00a0Power + Good Stewardship. \u201cBy achieving those goals, we will honor the Lord, serve our\u00a0stakeholders, and fulfill our mission.\u201d\u00a0Gary made the second best decision in his life when he married Joanna 46 years ago. They\u00a0have 4 adult children and 13 grandkids. They raised their family in the Austin neighborhood on\u00a0Chicago\u2019s west side where they have lived for nearly four decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jane Hyun<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is an internationally renowned executive coach and leadership strategist to Fortune\u00a0500 companies, MBA programs, and nonprofit organizations. A recognized expert in cross-cultural effectiveness, leader onboarding and talent development, her firm\u2019s signature programs\u00a0have helped organizations leverage the power of diverse teams to drive competitive value. The\u00a0firm’s Cultural Fluency Roundtables and Bamboo Ceiling\u00ae leadership series have garnered\u00a0praise from companies in the U.S.. and in key global markets.<\/p>\n

Jane\u2019s expertise comes from 24 years of business and HR experience in high-\u00adstakes\u00a0environments. She has worked with sales teams, guided leadership through organizational\u00a0change initiatives, and designed innovative programs for retaining top talent. Prior to consulting,\u00a0Jane was Vice President of HR\/Talent Development at JP Morgan, and Director of Recruiting at\u00a0Deloitte & Touche and Resources Global.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Economics and International Studies, she is an\u00a0Advisor to the Toigo Foundation and the Center for Talent Innovation, which released HBR\u00a0articles “The Sponsor Effect,” \u00a0“The Athena Factor,” and “Off\u00adRamps and On\u00adRamps” research.\u00a0Most recently, she led a research working group comprised of 6 companies for the Conference\u00a0Board \u201cCultural Fluency in Asia Study.\u201d She is a board member of Operation Exodus.<\/p>\n

She has appeared in a variety of media outlets, including CNN, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, \u00a0HBS Working Knowledge, Fast Company, NPR, Time, Fortune, and Crains. She is the author of\u00a0the groundbreaking bestseller, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling. Her most recent release, which\u00a0she co\u00adauthored, Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences, explores the art of\u00a0adapting communication patterns and leadership styles to better connect with people who are\u00a0different from you. Jane lives in New York City and enjoys helping people flourish in the\u00a0workplace and in their communities.<\/p>\n

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Henry Kaestner<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is the Chairman, Co\u00adFounder and previous CEO of Bandwidth.com, a company\u00a0that together with his business partner, David Morken, he has grown from $0 to $200 million in\u00a0revenue. The values of Bandwidth.com have always been: Faith, Family, Work and Fitness (in\u00a0that order). Bandwidth.com was the fourth fastest growing privately held company in the country\u00a0from 2003 through 2007, a position it achieved without acquisition or institutional funding. Prior\u00a0to co\u00adfounding Bandwidth.com, Mr. Kaestner founded Chapel Hill Brokers (a predecessor to\u00a0ICAP Energy), an institutional energy derivatives broker that became the top\u00ad-ranked electricity\u00a0broker in the country.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kaestner has also been involved in a number of ministry and philanthropic activities. He co-founded and serves as Chairman of the Board of Durham Cares and sits on the Board of Visitors\u00a0at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as an elder in the Presbyterian\u00a0Church of America and lives in Saratoga, CA with his wife Kimberley and their three sons.<\/p>\n

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After twenty-\u00adseven years of holding key leadership roles on three different continents for Bank\u00a0of America,\u00a0<\/span>Mark Linsz<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>retired to co-\u00adfound My Next Season with Dr. Leslie Braksick. Creating a\u00a0next season of his own, Mark transitioned from a fast\u00adpaced life as an executive in the financial\u00a0world to senior managing partner of a new company. The mission of My Next Season is to help\u00a0other executives transition from long, successful corporate careers to their next life phase where\u00a0they will continue making a difference in new ways.\u00a0Prior to launching My Next Season, Mark spent more than two decades at Bank of America,\u00a0most notably steering the company safely as corporate treasurer for four years during the worst\u00a0of the financial crisis. While at Bank of America, Mark also served as the CFO risk executive,\u00a0the Capital Markets risk executive, and the chief risk officer for Europe and Asia. Throughout his\u00a0career, Mark led global teams while working internationally in Chicago, New York, Charlotte,\u00a0London, and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Mark has served on the board of directors for BlackRock and the Depository Trust and Clearing\u00a0Corporation (DTCC). He also regularly shares his expertise as a guest speaker through\u00a0platforms such as the Faith and Finance series at Redeemer Presbyterian Church and the\u00a0Greenwich Leadership Forum.<\/p>\n

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Dr. William G. Messenger is the executive editor of the Theology of Work Project. Previously, Will was the director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and an adjunct faculty member there. He created and led the seminary\u2019s doctoral and master\u2019s degree programs in workplace leadership and business ethics. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of Laidlaw\u00adCarey Graduate School (Auckland, New Zealand) and a guest lecturer at Holy Cross College (Worcester, MA). He was previously an adjunct faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY).<\/p>\n

Will is a member of the board of directors of ArQule, Inc., a biotechnology company near Boston. He previously worked at IBM, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Co., and Advanced Metabolic Systems. Will is ordained in the Episcopal Church and formerly served as pastor in Boston and rector in Belmont, MA. He was awarded a B.S.. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology, and a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon\u00adConwell Theological Seminary. He lives near Boston, MA, with his wife and their two daughters.<\/p>\n

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Barry Rowan<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GoGo,\u00a0the leading inflight internet and entertainment provider.\u00a0 Prior to Gogo, he was CFO at the agricultural tech start-up Cool Planet. He also served as EVP, CFO, and\u00a0chief administrative officer for Vonage Corporation, a $900 million Internet\u00a0communications company where he was part of a team that achieved a comprehensive financial\u00a0and operational turnaround at the company. From 2003\u00ad2006, Rowan was EVP, chief financial\u00a0officer, and treasurer with Nextel Partners. From its founding in 1999 Nextel grew into a Fortune\u00a01000 company. During Rowan’s tenure, the equity value of the company grew from $2 billion to\u00a0over $9 billion culminating in its sale to Sprint for $10 billion in 2006.<\/p>\n

Rowan started his career at Hewlett \u00adPackard, and joined Comlinear, a venture\u00ad-backed\u00a0technology company out of business school. He began as chief financial officer and was\u00a0promoted to president, and the company was ranked as the 110th fastest growing company in\u00a0the U.S. during his tenure.\u00a0In 1992, he joined Fluke Corporation (NYSE) as vice president and\u00a0chief financial officer. In 1995, he became vice president and general manager of the verification\u00a0tools division, and in 1996, he was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of\u00a0the newly created networks division, a business that grew from startup to $100 million in six\u00a0years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rowan earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School and his BS summa cum laude in\u00a0business administration and chemical biology from The College of Idaho.\u00a0Mr. Rowan has served as a director for publicly\u00adtraded companies, including ICO Global\u00a0Communications and ARIS Corporation, has served on the boards of multiple privately held\u00a0companies, and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Motivated by\u00a0his belief in giving back to the community, he has also served many non\u00adprofit organizations,\u00a0including as a trustee for Seattle Pacific University, the board of advisors for the Honors\u00a0Program in Entrepreneurial Leadership at Gonzaga University, and as President of Bellevue\u00a0Christian School. He has taught university courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels\u00a0and is a frequently requested speaker at a wide\u00advariety of forums. He is married to Linda, his\u00a0best friend and wife of thirty\u00ad-five years, and they have two sons, Mark and David, both in their\u00a0late twenties. An avid reader and lover of the outdoors, Barry enjoys skiing, hiking, golf, and\u00a0most sports.<\/p>\n

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John Terrill\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>serves as executive director of the Stephen & Laurel Brown Foundation and\u00a0Upper|House, which serves the University of Wisconsin and Madison communities. Before this,\u00a0he served as director for the Center for Integrity in Business at the School of Business,\u00a0Government, and Economics at Seattle Pacific University. John has also worked for InterVarsity\u00a0Christian Fellowship as a campus minister at Harvard Business School and as national director\u00a0for MBA Ministry and Professional Schools Ministries.<\/p>\n

Before his work in the religious field, John consulted with Hay Group, an international\u00a0management consulting firm and served with Bank of America as a real estate lender.\u00a0John serves as an advisory board member for nonprofit and for\u00adprofit organizations and has\u00a0been a regular contributor to Web and print\u00adbased publications on matters related to theology,\u00a0work, and culture. Currently, John serves on the board of Religion News Service.<\/p>\n

John is a graduate of Indiana University, holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a master\u2019s degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from\u00a0Seattle Pacific University, and a master\u2019s degree in theology and master\u2019s degree in religion\u00a0from Gordon\u00adConwell Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Seattle Pacific\u00a0University in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. John is married to Vanja, and they live in\u00a0Middleton, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

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Janeen Uzzell<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is the Global Director of Operations with the GE Global Research (GEGR)\u00a0External Affairs and Technology Programs (EATP) team. In this executive role, Janeen directs\u00a0and oversees $100M P&L and all operational and business development models of external\u00a0funding for Technology Programs while carrying out the strategy and vision of the EATP\u00a0organization. She and her team lead portfolios \u00a0of \u00a0GE \u00a0core \u00a0technologies (healthcare, aviation,\u00a0energy, transportation) \u00a0as \u00a0well \u00a0as \u00a0new, \u00a0innovative \u00a0technologies \u00a0funded \u00a0by \u00a0global\u00a0commercial partnerships, external relationships and US and Global governments.\u00a0Prior to her current role, Janeen was the Director of Healthcare Programs and\u00a0healthymagination for GE Africa where she led a team focused on building solutions for health\u00a0in the world\u2019s most challenging and compromised environments.<\/p>\n

As a pioneer with the $6 billion healthymagination initiative since 2009, Janeen spearheaded\u00a0the design and positioning of the rural health platform for India and Asia, and in 2012 she\u00a0extended her focus in Africa. Her strategic focus on healthcare solutions in low\u00adresource settings has earned her leadership roles on United Nations and Global Health councils.<\/p>\n

As an advisor for innovative technology solutions, Janeen co\u00adchairs the Medical Device Task\u00a0Force for the Innovative Working Group hosted by the UN. Janeen holds a Bachelor of Science\u00a0in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University and an MBA in\u00a0International Business from Fairleigh Dickinson University.<\/p>\n

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MBA National AdvisorsNational MBA Ministry Advisors are business and non-profit leaders who have served with and endorse the MBA Ministry and its vision to develop communities of world changers.Katherine Leary Alsdorf\u00a0is co\u00adauthor with Timothy Keller of\u00a0Every Good Endeavor: Connecting\u00a0Your Work to God\u2019s Work(link is external)\u00a0(Dutton, 2012). She came to Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New\u00a0York City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":101,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

About the Conference<\/h1>\r\n

February 24 - 25, 2023 in New York City<\/h4>\r\n

The Believers in Business conference is the largest student-run national conference for the equipping and encouraging of Christian MBA students and graduates to live out their lives and careers for the glory of God. It provides a forum for honest discussion on opportunities, challenges, and strategies for following Christ in the marketplace in such a way that people\u00a0grow in their relationship with the Lord and are equipped to impact others. Each conference draws more than 250\u00a0MBA students and business professionals to Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

History<\/h4>\r\n

Hosted by a coalition of Christian MBA students from top business schools in the US, the conference was founded in 2006 by former Yale professor\u00a0David W. Miller\u00a0along with a group of Yale School of Management students. It was initially called the \u201cYale Christian MBA Business Conference.\u201d Professor Miller has been on the faculty at Princeton University since 2008, serving as the director of the Princeton University\u00a0Faith & Work Initiative<\/a>.\u00a0Since 2010, the Conference has been planned in partnership between InterVarsity's National MBA Ministry and\u00a0a Student Advisory Board comprising of students 8-10 students from multiple MBA programs across the United States.<\/p>\r\n

Follow us on Instagram\u00a0@believers_in_biz<\/a>\u00a0for more updates!\u00a0 Learn more about InterVarsity's\u00a0MBA Ministry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Christian MBA Alumni Network<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Register for BiB 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

2023\u00a0Conference Organizers<\/h2>\r\n

Student Advisory Board<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

Directors<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n