Board Members

Rev. Andy Bales
Union Rescue Mission
Los Angeles, CA

Rev. Leroy Barber
Mission Year
Atlanta, GA

Rev. Alvin C. Bibbs, Sr.
Willow Creek Association
South Barrington, IL

Mr. John Booy
The Potter’s House
Grand Rapids, MI

Ms. Crissy Brooks
Mika Community Development Corporation
Costa Mesa, CA

Mrs. Delia Caderno
Partners for Community Transformation
Miami, FL

Rev. Dr. Luis A. Carlo
Vice-Chairperson
Alliance Theological Seminary
New York, NY

Ms. Kit Danley
Neighborhood Ministries
Phoenix, AZ

Mr. Gerald Davis
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Dallas, TX

Mr. Alex duBuclet
The Exeter Group
Chicago, IL

Rev. Dr. Wayne Gordon
President
Lawndale Community Church
Chicago, IL

Mr. Paul Green
Hope for the Inner City
Chattanooga, TN

Mr. Joe Holland
Holistic Hardware Foundation
New York, NY

Mr. Chris Jehle
The Hope Center
Kansas City, MO

Mrs. Tammi Jehle
The Hope Center
Kansas City, MO

Dr. Glen Kehrein
Circle Urban Ministries
Chicago, IL

Rev. John Liotti
Northern California Urban Development
East Palo Alto, CA

Dr. Robert Lupton
FCS Urban Ministries
Atlanta, GA

Mrs. Mayra Macedo-Nolan
Lake Avenue Community Foundation
Pasadena, CA

Dr. Mary Nelson
Bethel New Life
Chicago, IL

Dr. John Perkins
Chairman Emeritus
John M. Perkins Foundation
Jackson, MS

Ms. Patty Prasada-Rao
New Song Urban Ministries
Baltimore, MD

Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
North Park Theological Seminary
Chicago, IL

Dr. Alvin Sanders
Evangelical Free Church of America
Cincinnati, OH

Rev. Harold Spooner
Treasurer
Outreach Ministries for Covenant Ministries of Benevolence
Chicago, IL

Dr. Arloa Sutter
Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Chicago, IL

Mr. Jim Swearingen
City Vision
Buffalo, NY

Rev. Ted Travis
Secretary
Neighborhood Ministries
Denver, CO

Rev. Matthew Watts
HOPE Communitiy Development Corporation, Grace Bible Church
Charleston, WV

Rev. Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner
Chairperson
Skinner Leadership Institute
Tracy's Landing, MD

Advisory Board

Dr. Larry Acosta
Urban Youth Workers Institute
Santa Ana, CA

Mr. Howard Ahmanson
Fieldstead & Company
Irvine, CA

Dr. Ray Bakke
Bakke Graduate Univ. of Min.
Seattle, WA

Dr. Lula Ballton
West Angeles Community Development Corporation
Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Rudy Carrasco
Partners Worldwide
Grand Rapids, MI

Mr. Shane Claiborne
The Simple Way
Philadelphia, PA

Mrs. Yvonne Dodd-Sawyer
Family & Children Faith Coalition
Miami, FL

Dr. Jimmy Dorrell
Mission Waco
Waco, TX

Dr. Kathy Dudley
Imani Bridges
Pasadena, CA

Dr. Leah Gaskin-Fitchue
Payne Theological Seminary
Wilberforce, OH

Rev. Robert Guerrero
Iglesia Comunitaria Cristiana
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

Dr. Vera Mae Perkins
John M. Perkins Foundation
Jackson, MS

Dr. Keith Philipps
World Impact
Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Geoff Ryan
The Salvation Army/614 Network
Toronto, Canada

Mr. Ruston Seaman
World Vision Appalacia
Philippi, WV

Dr. Amy Sherman
Center on Faith in Communities/Sagamore Institute for Policy Research
Charlottesville, VA

Dr. Ron Sider
Evangelicals for Social Action/Palmer Seminary
Wynnewood, PA

Rev. Canon Ron Spann
Christ Church Grosse Pointe
Detroit, MI

Rev. H. Spees
Leadership Foundations
Fresno, CA

Mrs. Lisa Trevino-Cummins
Urban Strategies
Arlington, VA

Rev. Dolphus Weary
Mission Mississippi
Jackson, MS

Mr. Craig Wong
Grace Urban Ministries
San Francisco, CA

Mr. Robert Woolfolk
Denver Seminary
Littleton, CO