Mainstage | Wednesday | Lunch and Learn Panel Facilitator Elaine Welcome serves as Senior Vice President with FaithSearch Partners. Elaine brings over 20 years of experience in Corporate and Non-Profit Leadership, including serving as Chief Operating Officer for Hope Media Group, an extensive national network of ministry media brands. Other prior positions include Vice President…

Mainstage | Wednesday| Lunch and Learn Panelist As Managing Partner, Fran leads the firm and guides the implementation of strategic plans and objectives. He is also involved in client acquisition meetings, significant board meetings, and representing the firm nationally. Fran has over 35 years of experience providing audit and management consulting services to various nonprofit…

Mainstage | Wednesday |  Lunch and Learn Panelist CEO Forum | Wedensday | Host Laura Gardner entered her role as President of Joni and Friends in July of 2022. Before this appointment, she was Joni and Friends’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She was responsible for Accounting and Finance, Development, Data Analytics, Marketing,…

Mainstage | Wednesday | Lunch and Learn Panelist Commissioner Kenneth G. Hodder serves as National Commander of The Salvation Army, overseeing the work of two million officers, soldiers, employees, and volunteers at almost 7,000 local units that annually provide help to more than 24 million people across the country. In addition, Commissioner Hodder represents the…

Mainstage | Wednesday | Lunch and Learn Panel Facilitator Since 1990, Ed Fry has assisted faith-based organization boards and executive teams in securing mission-minded leaders. He has served as a Vice President/Partner of Witt/Kieffer, the largest healthcare executive search firm, and launched the faith-based practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, one of the “big four” international…

Mainstage | Men’s Breakfast Mainstage | Lunch and Learn | Panelist Justin A. Irving (PhD) is the Duke K. McCall Professor of Christian Leadership and chair of the Department of Leadership and Discipleship at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He also serves as one of the pastors at Sojourn Church Midtown in…

Mainstage | Tuesday | Opening General Session Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero is pastor of The Gathering Place, a Latino-led multi-ethnic Assemblies of God congregation in Orlando, Florida. Salguero is also the president and founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NALEC), a coalition of several thousand evangelical congregations in the United States. He was the former…

Mainstage | Thursday |  General Session Faith has been a gospel preacher since she was 19 years old. She is an international speaker, pastor, church planter, author, and CEO of a nonprofit. Her mission is for all to know and enjoy the gift of the gospel, the Presence of God. She holds a Master of…

Mainstage | Tuesday | Lunch and Learn CEO Forum |  Wednesday |  Facilitator Named among the top 30 most influential I-O Psychologists and featured in Forbes, Dr. Rob McKenna is the founder of WiLD Leaders, Inc. and The WiLD Foundation and creator of the Whole and Intentional Leader Development Toolkit. His TEDx Becoming a Whole…

Mainstage | Thursday | Closing General Session Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. has been preaching the Good News since becoming licensed as a minister in 1973 at 15 years old. From an early age, he developed a love of the Lord and felt called to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. His pastoral Journey began…