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STAFF | SECTOR LIAISONS | FOUNDERS | SENIOR ADVISORS
Staff
MARK RODGERS
PRESIDENT
Mark Rodgers is the Principal of The Clapham Group and President of Wedgwood Circle – two companies that seek to influence culture upstream of the political area. Mark served as the third-ranking Republican leadership staffer in the U.S. Senate for six years overseeing strategic planning and strategic communications. He served as a high profile chief of staff to Senator Rick Santorum, working on Capitol Hill for a total of 16 years. He was known on the Hill for his work on such issues as poverty alleviation and global AIDS, as well as protecting life at its most vulnerable stages.
Mark is a published writer and a speaker at large and small gatherings on the topic of faith and public life, culture and caring for the least of these. His work over the years included an outreach to “culture creators,” and has worked closely with artists such as Bono, Patty Heaton and The Fray. He still collects pop culture artifacts, as the walls of his office attest.
Mark is a social entrepreneur, and enjoys finding ways to help people “do good while doing well.” Currently he serves as a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. In the 1980’s, Mark worked at the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, a faith-based organization committed to addressing the social needs of Pittsburgh from a Christian perspective. He also founded the National Institute of Lay Education (NILE), which developed adult education curriculum to encourage reflecting Christian involvement in public life. He earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Penn State, and attended Trinity Episcopal School for ministry. Mark is married to Leanne, and the proud father of four children.
HANNA SCHMIDT
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS
Hanna joins Wedgwood after a year living on the North Shore of Sydney coordinating the National Student Leadership Forum, an initiative of Australia’s federal parliament. The move to DC is homecoming of sorts, though; from 2008-2010, she worked with International Justice Mission, first as an intern and then as a part of the development and communications teams. Fueled by a love of Steinbeck and Lewis, Hanna earned a degree in English literature from Texas A&M University in 2007. Although friends around the globe have given Hanna a great excuse to travel through Europe, Egypt and the South Pacific, she keeps her Texan roots close to her heart and is on a constant (if futile) search for good guacamole in the D.C. area.
PETER MITCHELL
DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Peter Mitchell was born in Clapham, South London (yes, really!), but moved when he was eight from England to Washington, DC (with his family, not by himself). After graduating from the Washington International School in DC, Peter returned to the UK to study Politics and Economics at Durham University, gaining a BA in 2005. Peter then went on to complete a one-year internship with his local church, focused partly on theology and partly on youth and community work. Following his internship, Peter returned to Durham University and did a part-time MA in Relational Politics, which argued for a holistic approach to human well-being that incorporated the value of relationships in society. While studying at Durham, he was elected to the local city council where he served a two year term until March 2009. During this time Peter served as the press spokesman and deputy leader for his party group.
Peter began working for The Clapham Group in January 2010, managing clients on domestic poverty alleviation, care for orphans and cause marketing. Peter joined the Wedgwood Staff as a Strategic Advisor and recently transitioned into his new role as the Director of Investment Strategies. Peter is committed to working with foundations, investors and culture creators on specific culture products and culture funds and developing metrics for measuring cultural impact.
Peter immigrated to the US in August 2009 to marry a lovely American by the name of Emily. They live in Manassas, VA where Peter is perfecting his American version of the English language.
KATE JONES
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Originally from Fort Collins, Colorado, Kate recently graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a degree in Visual Communications and Photography. With a passion for the arts, Kate has tried her hand at painting, drawing, and bookmaking. She loves outdoor activities, such backpacking and canoeing and looks forward to hiking through Northern Virginia.
STEVE GARBER
FACILITATOR OF MEANING
As the Director of The Washington Institute, Steven Garber has a classroom among many people in many places—wherever he is and whatever he is doing, he is always wanting to understand more fully the integral character of faith to vocation to culture. Author of The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior (Second Ed., 2007), he writes frequently for Comment, and, in addition, was a contributor to the volumes Faith Goes to Work: Reflections From the Marketplace, and Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalogue, as well as to the Mars Hill Audio journal, “Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing: The Life and Work of Michael Polanyi.” For many years he taught on Capitol Hill in the American Studies Program, and is particularly interested in the relationship of popular culture to political culture; from that appointment he became the Scholar-in-Residence for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. He serves as a board member for Ransom Fellowship, the Blood: Water Mission, and the Kairos Project, and as a consultant for Wedgwood Circle, The Murdock Trust, and the Mars Corporation. A native of the great valleys of Colorado and California, he is married to Meg and is the father of five children whose own callings have scattered them around the world. For many years, he and his family have been members of The Falls Church in Northern Virginia.
NEIL CORKERY
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Neil Corkery has served as a senior financial executive with experience in international treasury and cash management and a track record of managing banking relationships, defining capital/financing structures, developing risk management and foreign exchange strategies and managing global real estate. Currently he runs a financial consulting firm specializing in assisting non-profit organizations. In 1998 he was appointed treasurer of an international telecommunications company in Reston, Virginia, where he was responsible for setting investment and liquidity policies, managing foreign exchange exposure, risk management, global real estate and banking relationships worldwide for this $7 billion company, with operations in 58 foreign countries. Prior to this he spent 7 years as controller and then treasurer of an international, publicly traded, management consulting firm based in Palm Beach, Florida. He also spent 7 years in various international finance roles at Colgate Palmolive in New York. Neil is a chartered accountant and earned an MBA from Columbia University in 1982. He and his wife Ann are raising six children, ages 5-18 in Manassas, Virginia.
Founding Members
PHILIP ANSCHUTZ
Philip Anschutz is the founder and CEO of The Anschutz Corporation. Some companies Mr. Anschutz runs or has had major interest in are Walden Media, Crusader Entertainment, Forest Oil, Pacific Energy Group, Qwest Communications, Regal Entertainment Group, Union Pacific Railroad, and The Examiner Newspapers. He resides in Denver with his wife, Nancy.
DAVID KIERSZNOWSKI
David Kiersznowski is founder and coowner (with his bride Demi) of DEMDACO, a wholesale gift company founded in 1997. DEMDACO’s headquarters are in Leawood, Kansas, and their distribution center is in North Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Kiersznowski has a Masters of Management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University. He and his bride, Demi, have three children and live in Mission Hills, KS.
THOMAS LEHRMAN
Thomas is the President and Founder of Boliven LLC. Prior to founding Boliven, Thomas served as the first Director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of WMD Terrorism, during which time he received the Department’s Meritorious Honor Award and an Exceptional Performance Award from the National Counterterrorism Center. Prior to his service in government, Thomas was the co-founder and co-Chief Executive Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, the world’s leading expert network, on whose Board of Directors he currently sits. He began his career as a financial analyst at the investment firm Tiger Management. Thomas also co-founded the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School, a top performing public charter school in Brooklyn and serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a biological sciences research and educational institution on Long Island and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a leading public interest law firm focused on defending religious freedom in the U.S. and abroad. Thomas holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, earned his B.A. from Duke University and his J.D. from Yale University, and has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and a variety of law and public policy journals.
GEORGE SEAY, III
George Seay is the CEO and founder of Annandale Capital of Dallas, Texas. Annandale Capital is a money management firm centered on conflict-free, customized investment portfolios for a wide variety of clients, including individuals, family offices, foundations and institutions. Annandale serves clients across the United States and has global breadth and reach in its sophisticated investment research platform. Mr. Seay is a licensed attorney at law in the State of Texas; he has prior public policy experience working for the Governor of Texas and Deputy Secretary of State at the U.S. State Department in Washington. Mr. Seay received his B.A. with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his J.D. with honors from the SMU School of Law. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin where he received a Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Seay is also the co-founder of Legacy, a national fellowship of business and civic leaders committed to making a difference through policy, philanthropy and political engagement. In addition to time invested in his company, Mr. Seay serves on numerous boards and enjoys time with his wife and children, hunting, fishing, public policy and politics, and American and European history. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Dallas with their three children.
BILL WICHTERMAN
Bill Wichterman is in the Legislative Practice Group at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. Formerly, he was Special Assistant to President George W. Bush in the White House. He also served as Policy Advisor to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Chief of Staff to Congressmen Joe Pitts and Bill Baker. He has been active in congressional and presidential campaigns, and was a key participant on the Republican Convention’s Platform Committee in 2004. Mr. Wichterman is an author and speaker on the relationship between culture and politics. He and Mark Rodgers co-authored an essay entitled, “Making Goodness Fashionable” in a Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce (Stroud & Hall, 2007). Mr. Wichterman wrote, “The Culture: Upstream from Politics,” published in Building a Healthy Culture: Strategies for an American Renaissance (Eerdmans, 2001). Mr. Wichterman received his B.A. from Houghton College, and his M.A. from the Catholic University of America in Political Philosophy. Bill is married to Dana, is the proud father of three redheads, and is a member of The Falls Church (Anglican).
SEAN WOLFINGTON
Sean Wolfington, co-owner of One Media Group and Metanoia Films, is an entrepreneur and financier. Mr. Wolfington’s first film, Bella, won the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in October 2007. Mr. Wolfington also executive produced Swing State Ohio and is a producer of Self-Medicated, the most award winning film of the year. Mr. Wolfington founded and sold two technology and internet marketing companies over the last eight years, including BZProductions, which was recognized as the “Innovative Company of the Year” by the leading publication for pioneering digital marketing in the automotive industry and generating billions of dollars of retail sales through targeted online marketing. At the age of 34, Mr. Wolfington was a finalist in Ernst & Young’s annual “Entrepreneur of the Year Award.” Mr. Wolfington is the chairman of The Wolfington Charitable foundation, which actively supports charities that serve the poor, supports positive causes, and defends the defenseless all around the world. He resides in Miami and Philadelphia with his wife, Anna, and three children.
Senior Advisors
ANDY CROUCH
Andy Crouch is the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, winner of Christianity Today’s 2009 Book Award for Christianity and Culture and named one of the best books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Relevant, Outreach and Leadership. A senior editor at Christianity Today International, he has served as executive producer of the documentary films Where Faith and Culture Meet and Round Trip and was editorial director of the Christian Vision Project from 2005 to 2008. He is a member of the editorial board of Books & Culture, and a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission’s IJM Institute. His writing has appeared in several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing. He lives with his family in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Crouch was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000.
CRAIG DETWEILER
A screenwriter, director and author, Dr. Craig Detweiler is an Associate Professor of Communication at Pepperdine University where he directs the Center for Entertainment, Media and Culture. He’s a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Davidson College and earned an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California’s acclaimed film school. Checkout his newest book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God. Craig has also written, Into the Dark, which searches for the sacred amidst the top-ranked films on the Internet Movie Database. Craig’s cultural commentary has been featured on ABC’s Nightline, CNN, Fox News, Al Jazeera, NPR, and in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
DAVE EVANS
Dave Evans is 30-plus year veteran executive of Silicon Valley who offers a range of professional services to rapidly growing companies and personal mentoring to individuals. Since 1990, Mr. Evans has been assisting high-tech clients in strategic planning, sales and marketing, new business development, mergers and alliances, growth management, and executive development. Mr. Evan’s client list has focused on early stage start-ups but also includes Fortune companies including such leaders as Veritas/Symantec, HP, Intel, and AT&T. (He.s also negotiated fishing rights for the Inuit in Alaska – but that’s a whole nuther story). Prior to consulting, Mr. Evans was VP and Co-Founder of software publisher Electronic Arts, led the introduction of the mouse and laser printing at Apple, and has held senior marketing positions with IBM/ROLM Corporation and voicemail inventor and manufacturer VMX (now Avaya).
Since his college days, Mr. Evans has had an abiding, faith-nourished commitment to living and helping others live a coherent life – thoroughly integrating soul and role especially in the realm of vocation. This passion has taken Dave to lots of interesting places, like the first corporate culture committee at Apple, the co-deanship of a national young professionals conference on Marketplace Ministry, and San Francisco Theological Seminary for graduate studies in Christian spirituality. Mr. Evans holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Thermosciences from Stanford University. He is a lecturer in the Stanford Product Design Program, mentors off and on with Stanford Graduate Students in Law and Business, and taught the undergraduate course on Finding Your Vocation at UC Berkeley for 8 years.
OS GUINNESS
Dr. Os Guinness is a writer and speaker living in Northern Virginia. He is the co-founder of The Trinity Forum and served as Senior Fellow and Vice Chairman of the Board from its inception in 1991 until 2004. Os directed the first seven Trinity Forum seminar curricula and many other projects during that period and was a regular Moderator at Forums in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Born in China during World War II, he remained there until 1951 when the Communists forced most foreigners to leave. Since then he has lived mostly in England, Switzerland, and the United States. Educated in England, he did undergraduate studies at the University of London and postgraduate studies at University of Oxford, where he graduated with a D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College. Since 1984, he has lived in the Washington, DC area. He was a Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies and then a Guest Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 1986-1989, he was the Executive Director of the Williamsburg Charter Foundation, one of the drafters of the Williamsburg Charter, and co-author of the public school curriculum Living With Our Deepest Differences. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including The American Hour (Free Press, 1993), The Call (Word 1998), Time for Truth (Baker 2000), Long Journey Home (Doubleday 2001), Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror (HarperCollins, 2005), and The Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends on It (Harper One, 2008). His deep concern is to bridge the chasm between academic knowledge and popular knowledge, taking things that are academically important and making them intelligible and practicable to a wider audience, especially as they concern matters of public policy.
CHRIS HANSEN
Chris Hansen began his career looking for old rundown houses. Over the years he built a successful business transforming broken and ugly houses into beautiful homes people clamored to buy. Along the road, he became CEO of Kernview Oil Co. and Riokern Petroleum Corp., two failing oil producers embroiled in numerous lawsuits. He freed the companies from entanglements and returned them to profitability. Then Chris chose to change course. Hearing God’s call he liquidated all of his assets, pulled up stakes, and began Piko: a work to build up people and their stories. Instead of rebuilding rundown houses his new path led him to rebuild rundown stories. Instead of cleaning up oil spills he helped writers clean up their manuscripts. His skills at turning companies around proved invaluable to the core mission of Piko: the transformation of people in and through story. Piko has enabled Chris to help many people in many places, including Mark Rodgers as he launched the Wedgwood Circle. Chris now lives in Carlsbad, CA, with Jennifer and their three children.
PEB JACKSON
Peb Jackson is the Principal of the Jackson Consulting Group and is involved in a wide variety of projects including development work in Africa, fundraising consulting with non-profits, advisory roles with private-sector investment and mentoring next-generation leaders. Before this venture, Peb served with Saddleback Church/Purpose Driven Ministries as the Vice President of Global Initiates pioneering work in Africa. Previously, Peb has served as the Executive Vice President with Generous Giving. He has also served as the Senior Vice President for both Young Life and Focus on the Family, where he was a founding board member. Prior to this, Peb spent time in the private sector as an executive at Spartan Oil Company developing shopping center complexes, mobile home parks and cofounding Guttenberg’s Bookstore Café. Jackson has also served as President of the J.D. Bradley Company, a public relations firm in Southern California, as well as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid for Azusa Pacific University. He is also co-founder of the LEGACY Group, a public policy and cultural concerns organization for next generation leadership.
JR KERR
JR Kerr is a teaching pastor at Park Community Church in the city of Chicago where he lives with his wife, Rachel, their daughters Madeline and Claire, and their dog, Fernie. They remain committed to establishing churches in the city of Chicago for the rest of their lives to see the Gospel preached, injustice extinguished, and the glory of Jesus proclaimed. JR blogs regularly for Q ideas, Redeemer City to City, and also is a contributor to the Leadership Journal and Christianity Today. He is a weekly commentator for Moody Radio. He also speaks regularly on influence, culture, calling and the church. He is currently working on a book project that traces the history of influence in society for the purpose of revisioning calling and influence for this emerging generation. JR is also the co-founder of the Aitreni Group for social change. The Aitreni Group serves as liaisons for humanitarian work in both the US and abroad convening both resource and influence to extend justice and common good into strategic cities through the world. Aitreni comes alongside of innovative kingdom leaders and/or movements of change to serve them and catalyze their efforts at influence for the common good. He also serves on the board of the Trinity Forum, is a senior advisor for the Wedgwood Circle, a board member for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club & Passing the Baton. He has been on the adjunct faculty of Taylor University & Geneva College. His family loves the city, enjoys lake Michigan, and one day hopes to see the cubs win the World Series in the bottom of the ninth.
ERWIN RAPHAEL MCMANUS
Erwin Raphael McManus is an author, speaker, activist, filmmaker and innovator who specializes in the field of developing and unleashing personal and organizational creativity, uniqueness, innovation and diversity. He is committed to creating environments that expand imagination, unleash creativity, and maximize the creative potential in every individual and organization. Erwin is the Founder and President of Awaken and McManus Studios. Convinced that the world is changed by dreamers and visionaries, Awaken serves the purpose of history by maximizing the divine potential in every human being. He also serves as a Senior Scientist with the Gallup Organization. Engaging such issues as culture, creativity, change, and leadership, Erwin is widely known as a thought-provoking communicator. His travels have taken him to over 30 countries and he has spoken to over a million people from a wide variety of audiences, including the NFL, Lionsgate, New Line Cinema, and ILOG. His work is featured in numerous films, articles, and magazines across the US and internationally.
ERIC METAXAS
Eric Metaxas is the author of the New York Times Bestseller AMAZING GRACE: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, the official companion to the feature film. He is also the author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (but were afraid to ask), a book of Christian apologetics that has been praised by Dick Cavett (“Stylish and entertaining… Metaxas deserves a prize), Chuck Colson (“Quick, witty, engaging, and often profound”), and Tim Keller (“,..a wise, funny, and disarming book.”) Eric has worked as a writer for VeggieTales, and is the author of over 30 children’s books, including Squanto & the iracle of Thanksgiving. Woody Allen has called his humor writing “quite funny”, and the musician Moby has called Eric “one of the funniest people I know.” He often appears as a cultural commentator on FoxNews and CNN. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter.
JOHN SEEL
Dr. John Seel is the president of TRI Corp Entertainment, which provides extreme-computing solutions to the entertainment industry particularly in computer-generated images and visual effects. The company is based in Vancouver, British Columbia with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and is a subsidiary of TeraScale SuperComputing, Inc. Dr. Seel a cultural renewal entrepreneur. He works with people and projects that foster human flourishing and the common good. He is active in the entertainment industry serving as an executive producer on various film projects. Dr. Seel is a Senior Advisor to Wedgwood Circle, an angel investment firm investing in art and entertainment. He also serves as a Senior Fellow for Cardus, a Canadian think tank, where he conducts research on educational reform. He is also a Senior Fellow at The Clapham Institute, a consulting firm aligning people and organizations with an accurate assessment of human nature. He grew up in South Korea, the son of medical missionaries. He earned his B.A. from Austin College with majors in Philosophy, History, and Business Administration. He has a M.Div. degree from Covenant Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland (College Park). Dr. Seel began his career as the Vice President for Client Services for The Naisbitt Group, where he worked closely with technology firms. He was a co-founder and Administrative Director for the Williamsburg Charter Foundation, a national reaffirmation of the First Amendment for the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution as well as The Trinity Forum, a leadership academy contributing to the transformation and renewal of society through the transformation and renewal of leaders. He has served as a Senior Fellow and Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia as well as headmaster at The Cambridge School of Dallas. Dr. Seel has written numerous articles and is the author of three books. He is an avid alpine mountaineer, rower, and sailor. He has climbed the highest peaks in the Alps and the Cascades as well as coached high school oarsmen to a gold medal finish at the USRowing Junior National Championships. John and his wife, Kathryn, have three grown children and live in Cohasset, Massachusetts.
SECTOR LIAISONS
FASHION
Kim Alexis, Supermodel and former fashion editor on Good Morning America
Brant Cryder, President of Yves Saint Laurent North America and distinguished DJ who has played at major parties, events and fashion shows in Bali, Italy, LA and NYC
Kathryn Seel, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Diane Synder at home, a fashion accessory and home goods company
TELEVISION
Sean Atkins, Vice President of West Coast Production and Development for Discovery Studios; Former Senior Vice President of Digital Media at HBO
Dean Batali, Former writer for That 70s Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Adventures of Pete and Pete and pilots at Touchstone TV, ABC Family, and the Cartoon Network
Terry Botwick, CEO of 1019 Entertainment; Former President of worldwide television distribution and production company for the Hearst Corporation and part of the senior management team for the Family Channel; President and Chief Operating Officer of Big Idea during the expansion of the VeggieTales brand in 2001
Norman Stone, CEO of 1A Productions; Employed by BBC in 1984 as their youngest producer/director; Producer/Director of Shadowlands, Miss Marples, and The Black Velvet Gown
Janine Turner, Actress in Northern Exposure, Dallas, and Friday Night Lights
NEW MEDIA, DOCUMENTARIES, AND SHORT FILMS
David Carlson, Founder of Bucktown Pictures and Executive Director of Opera-Matic, a non-profit street opera company based in Chicago
Owen Leimbach, Former Supervising Digital Producer at MTV and champion in MTV’s initiative to inform and empower young people on domestic and global issues, Think MTV
Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of Shorts International, a full-service short film entertainment company representing over 3,000 films to over 120 international broadcasters
John & Ed Priddy, Co-Founders of the Priddy Brothers, which develops, produces, and distributes independent films that explore with respect, grace, and artistry the depth and breadth of the human experience
Tim Washer, Comedy Writer and Producer for IBM’s Smarter Planet campaign and Actor in several TV clips including T-Mobile’s commercial “Invisible” with Catherine Zeta-Jones
FINE ART
Valerie Dillon, Former Director for Bowles Sorroko Galleries in New York City before opening her own gallery in the heart of Soho in 1994, The Dillon Gallery, which later relocated to Chelsea
Makoto Fujimura, Japanese Nihonga artist and founder of the International Arts Movement
FILM
Micheal Flaherty, Co-Founder and President of Walden Media, which has financed and produced the Chronicles of Narnia franchise films, Charlotte’s Web and Bridge to Terabithia
Steve McEveety, Founder of MPower Pictures and Former Executive Producer at Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions, working on What Women Want, Payback, The Man Without a Face, and Braveheart; Producer of The Passion of the Christ and Producer and Writer of Airborne
Ralph Winter, Producer of over 25 films, including work at 20th Century Fox productions, the X-Men Trilogy, Planet of the Apes, Fantastic Four, and Wolverine
MUSIC
Jon Foreman, Lead Singer and Guitarist of multi-platinum alternative rock band, Switchfoot, as well as solo singer/songwriter and member of Fiction Family
Charlie Peacock, Grammy award winning, multi-format songwriter, producer, music business executive, author, and founder of Art House America; Named by Billboard’s Encyclopedia of Record Producers as one of the 500 most important record producers in music history, Charlie has worked with Switchfoot, Al Green, Amy Grant, Sixpence None the Richer, and CeCe Winans
Andrew Shirley, Guitarist of multi -platinum alternative rock band, Switchfoot
Isaac Slade, Co-Founder, Lead Vocalist, Songwriter, and Pianist of Denver-based piano rock band, The Fray
THEATRE
Karen Goodwin, Founder of Fifth Avenue Entertainment, which develops, finances, and produces plays, musicals, screenplays, and teleplays; Karen has served as fundraiser, associate producer, co-producer, and producer for Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Children of Eden, All’s Well That Ends, Swan Lake, Oliver, and more
Max McLean, Actor in The Screwtape Letters and President of Fellowship for the Performing Arts
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Jim Krueger, Video Game Developer and Comic Book Writer for DC, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, and other companies featuring the fantasy franchises of X-Men, Spiderman, Star Wars, Matrix, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Justice League, and more
Doug TenNapel, Video Game Developer and Comic Book Writer of Earthworm Jim, Creature Tech, Catscratch, and Ratfist
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Scott Wong, Co-Founder of Hang Ten Interactive and CEO and President of Brethren Entertainment Studios
LITERATURE
Jill Lamar, Editor-in-Chief at Henry Holt and Company; Former Director of Discover Great New Writers at Barnes & Noble
Bret Lott, Author of a number of novels including A Song I Knew by Heart and Jewel (an Oprah’s Book Club selection)
Steve Turner, Journalist, Poet, and Author, including his book Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts