Tony Dungy

Tony Dungy is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books include Quiet Strength, Uncommon, The Mentor Leader, Uncommon Marriage and The Soul of the Team. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American head coach. Dungy established another NFL first by becoming the first head coach to lead his teams to the playoffs for ten consecutive years. Dungy joined the Colts in 2002 after serving as the most successful head coach in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He has also held assistant coaching positions with the University of Minnesota, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Minnesota Vikings. Before becoming a coach, he played three seasons in the NFL. Dungy was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. Dungy has been involved in a wide variety of charitable organizations, including as National Spokesman for All Pro Dad. He retired from coaching in 2009 and now serves as a studio analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America. He and his wife, Lauren, are the parents of eleven children.

Cordelia Cranshaw Skeete

When human beings experience trauma, it is not uncommon for their lives to unravel. My great passion is to bring healing to children and families who have experienced trauma. I help others find healthy perceptions of themselves and strengthen their ability to create lifelong relationships so they can thrive.

My educational background includes earning a bachelor’s from George Mason University and, a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland’s Advance Standing Social Work Program.

As a former foster youth and now, foster system advocate; coach; author; speaker, former Miss District of Columbia USA 2019 and Licensed Graduate Social Worker; I founded a nonprofit organization, Acts of Random Kindness (ARK), a program that provides programs and resources to children and families facing life challenges that include incarcerated parents, homelessness, and foster care.

Jackie Hill Perry

Jackie Hill Perry is a author, poet, bible teacher and hip-hop artist whose latest album, Crescendo, released in May 2018. Since becoming a Christian, she has been compelled to use her speaking and teaching gifts to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can. She is the author of Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been and the bible study “Jude: Contending for the Faith in Today’s Culture”. At home she is a wife to Preston and Mommy to Eden and Autumn.

Peter Mutabazi

Peter was born and raised in a small village on the border of Uganda and Rwanda, in one of the poorest families in his village, with a very abusive father. Because of the committed love and support of another family, the trajectory of Peter’s life changed forever.

Today, Peter is a foster & adoptive dad and has inspired thousands of people by sharing his amazing story of over-coming life’s challenges and responding to the call on his life in over 100 countries.

Jedd Medefind

Jedd Medefind loves journeying life with his wife, Rachel. He relishes wrestling matches with his five children—Siena, Marin, Eden, Lincoln, and Phoebe. Most of all, he desires to reflect the heart of Jesus Christ in all of life.

Jedd believes that love for orphans transforms. Both personally and through the example of countless others, he’s seen that lives are turned upside-down when Christians reflect God’s heart for orphans through adoption, foster care and global orphan care. This kind of love transforms not only orphans, but also those who open hearts and homes to them. Churches can be transformed as well, moving the entire community beyond self-focused religion to self-giving faith. Finally, when a watching world sees the Gospel embodied in this way, onlookers are transformed as well. Desiring to spur this kind of transformation through the Church, Jedd serves as President of the Christian Alliance for Orphans.

Prior to his this role, Jedd served in the White House as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, leading the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. In this post, he oversaw reform efforts across the government to make community- and faith-based groups central partners in all Federal efforts to aid the needy, from prisoner reentry to global AIDS. As described by the Harvard Political Review, these reforms “fundamentally changed the government’s strategy for improving the lives of the downtrodden…”

Previously, Jedd held a range of posts in the California State Legislature. He also helped establish the California Community Renewal Project, which strengthens nonprofits in some of the state’s most challenged communities. He has worked, studied and served in more than thirty countries, with organizations ranging from Price-Waterhouse in Moscow to Christian Life Bangladesh.

Jedd has written many articles and four books, including Upended and Four Souls. His most recent book, Becoming Home, offers a short yet meaningful exploration of how families and communities can embrace vulnerable children with wisdom and love through adoption, foster care, mentoring and more. Jedd is frequently interviewed for insight on effective care for vulnerable children, as well as other national and global issues, in outlets ranging from Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition to the Wall Street Journal, NPR and Al Jazeera.

Jedd Medefind and his wife, Rachel, live near Washington, DC. They’ve welcomed children through birth, foster care and adoption.

Dane Ortlund

Dane was called to Naperville Presbyterian Church in 2020 after being part of the church for 13 years along with his family: his college sweetheart, Stacey, and their five kids, Zach, Nate, Jeremiah, Chloe, and Ben. Dane is a graduate of Wheaton College (BA), Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM), and Wheaton College Graduate School (PhD in New Testament). Prior to coming on staff, he worked for ten years in Christian publishing at Crossway in Wheaton. He is the author of several books such as Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers (2020), Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners (2021). Dane’s life purpose is to glorify in the endless grace of God and to call others to join him there. It’s all about Jesus—and his unspeakable heart for sinners.

Haejin Fujimura

Haejin Shim Fujimura is a lawyer and an entrepreneur. Haejin is the managing partner and founder of the law firm Shim & Associates, P.C., which was founded on the vision of cultural renewal for the legal industry and advocacy for the oppressed.

Haejin is also a Co-founder and the CEO of Embers International, Inc., a global NGO protecting, restoring, and empowering the victims of injustice to end intergenerational oppression. Haejin also serves as the NYC Area Leader of International Justice Mission, the largest anti-slavery organization in the world.
Haejin is also the President of Kintsugi Academy, and with her husband Makoto Fujimura, a leading contemporary artist, leads the movement of “beauty + justice”.

Curt Thompson MD

Inspired by deep compassion for others and informed from a Christian perspective, psychiatrist Curt Thompson shares fresh insights and practical applications for developing more authentic relationships and fully experiencing our deepest longing: to be known.

With a considerable dose of warmth (and surprising measure of humor), Curt weaves together an understanding of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) and a Christian view of what it means to be human — to educate and encourage others as they seek to fulfill their intrinsic desire to feel known, valued and connected. He understands that deep, authentic relationships are essential to experiencing a healthier, more purposeful life — but the only way to realize this is to begin telling our stories more truly.

Curt’s unique insights about how the brain affects and processes relationships help people discover a fresh perspective and practical applications to foster healthy and vibrant lives, allowing them to get unstuck and move toward the next beautiful thing they’re being called to make.
Through his workshops, speaking engagements, books, organizational consulting, private clinical practice and other platforms, he helps people process their longings, grief, identity, purpose, perspective of God and perspective of humanity, inviting them to engage more authentically with their own stories and their relationships. Only then can they can feel truly known and connected and live into the meaningful reality they desire to create.

Curt and his wife, Phyllis, live outside of Washington DC and have two adult children.

Todd Tilghman

Blending the sounds of Country, Gospel, Worship and Classic Rock, Todd Tilghman’s raspy, soulful voice, contagious enthusiasm, and tangible authenticity all definitely stand out in a crowd. Todd has been married to his high school sweetheart, Brooke, since 1998. The couple have eight children. Todd is most well known as the winner of the 18th Season of NBC’s “The Voice”. Todd describes his music as “slice of life”. He shares real lyrics about real life and faith, often finding it challenging to squeeze inside a particular genre. “I just want people to hear the music and immediately remember experiences in their own lives. I want it to have meat, you know? I want to do what I can with my music to share with the world those things that are universally important to us all: love, and family, and faith, and the passing of time, and I’ll throw in a little soul and some fun too.”

Zawadi Morrow

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and adopted by European missionary parents, Zawadi was raised internationally, living in both Africa and Europe before his family settled in the United States. He is a multi-instrumentalist and holds a Bachelor of Music degree as well as a Master of Arts in Worship Studies.

He and his family recently moved to the Midwest after calling the Pacific Northwest home for the past 10 years. He currently serves as the Worship Arts Director at Calvary Holland, living out his calling of leading God’s people in meaningful worship, building relationships and caring for others.

When he’s not at his home church leading worship each week, or spending time with his family, you can sometimes find him on tour with bands and artists like Kings Kaleidoscope, Andy Mineo, Switchfoot, and SYML.