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President & CEO, Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation; Keynote Speaker;
Bestselling Author
D.Min. in Transformational Leadership; M.A. in Historical Studies;
B.S. in Sociology and Social Work
John Stahl-Wert is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation. He is in demand in the U.S. and abroad as a keynote speaker whose experience in leadership and human performance is informed by a deep understanding of the real-life challenges leaders face.
For twelve years, John has been responsible at Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation to develop new projects from inception to successful operation, and to train new leaders. John's entrepreneurial initiatives have surpassed $40 million of positive investment in the economy of Pittsburgh. He is on the faculty at Geneva College in the Graduate School of Leadership.
John's research and writing on leadership and management focus on both the character qualities and core competencies found in those leaders who consistently outperform the competition and attract the very best workers. John's speaking engagements concentrate on the subjects of servant leadership, worker engagement, and how leaders can grow in the midst of the loneliness, pain and pressure of leadership.
His internationally best-selling book, The Serving Leader, co-authored with Ken Jennings, has been translated into eight languages, including Chinese. John has given speeches to Chief Executive Officers and Human Resource Managers in China as well as throughout the United States. His new book, Ten Thousand Horses, co-authored with Ken Jennings, will be released in hardback by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, in 2007.
Professor of Ministry and Graduate and Faculty Chaplain, Azusa Pacific University;
Author
B.A., Roberts Wesleyan University; M. Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D.,
University of North Texas
Kevin W. Mannoia is Professor of Ministry and serves as the Graduate and Faculty Chaplain at Azusa Pacific University. In that capacity he developed and oversees the chaplaincy and spiritual care programs of the graduate and adult students of the University, as well as providing care to the faculty and staff. Prior to developing this new role, he served as Dean of Haggard School of Theology at APU, coming from his role as President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). From his experience as a pastor, superintendent, bishop of the Free Methodist Church and President of the NAE, Mannoia brings his understanding of the church at a congregational, organizational, denominational, and national level to his ministry. He embodies a vision of developing leaders in transforming culture by knowing God and making Him known.
Dr. Mannoia has served in ministry leadership for over 25 years since receiving his B.A. from Roberts Wesleyan College, and his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He began his pastoral work in Dallas, Texas and continued his education, obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas.
Dr. Mannoioa's has served as a guest faculty member at the Holy Light Theological Seminary in Kaohsiung, Taiwan; the Asian Theological Association; and the Asian Graduate School of Theology in Bangalore, India. In addition, he served on the Board of Trustees for Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY, and Seattle Pacific University. Though clearly centered as an evangelical leader in North America, Mannoia is actively involved in numerous efforts for unity in the broader Church. He is known particularly for calling Christian leaders to a transformational mission and integrative thinking in a new century. In addition to regular classroom teach as well as preaching, he serves as a resource person and speaker to conferences, churches, and retreats.
Mannoia has articulated his leadership insight and passion for growth in the Church through writing. In addition to many articles, his books include, Church Planting: The Next Generation; Century 21 Church Planting Manual; The Integrity Factor: A Journey in Leadership Formation; and Church 2K - Leading Forward.
CEO & President, Legacy, Pathways and Footprints, LLC (LPF); Author; Executive
Coach; Trainer; Motivational Speaker
Dr. Joi C. Spraggins, a Purposeful Leader, nationally renowned Executive Coach, Trainer, Motivational Speaker, and Author is the CEO & President of Legacy, Pathways and Footprints, LLC, (LPF) a management consulting firm based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area that specializes in growing its clients' 3Ps: People, Performance and Profits.
Dr. Spraggins is a co-author with Stephen R. Covey and Brian Tracy of the recently published Mission Possible! Learn How to Reach Your Potential From Some of the World's Most Successful Possibility Thinkers! (Special Edition, Insight Publishing: 2006). Dr. Spraggins was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine, "Powerplay: How's Your Performance? Workplace Evaluation Can Work to Your Benefit" and BET.COM is a Certified National Workforce Development Professional. Fox 29 News featured Dr. Spraggins' Stress Liberation Workshop during their news segment titled "Stress Busting Techniques That Don't Cost You a Cent."
For more than 25 years she has transformed the cultural environmental of Fortune 100 corporations; women, faith-based, non-profit organizations; small business, and government agencies. Dr. Spraggins, a SAMHSA Faith-Based Technical Assistance Provider for the federal government, travels worldwide to provide strategic planning, capacity building, and grantwriting workshops in the community. Dr. Spraggins is recognized by the Workforce Excellence Network for her proven training history and strong dedication to leadership development and received the Business Award of Excellence from the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on African American Affairs.
Dr. Spraggins' work has influenced people worldwide with principles of personal self-mastery and developing organizational leadership skills. Her signature workshops and training programs: Stepping Into Your Mission PossibleTM, The Spirited Men On The MoveTM, The Spirited Woman on the MoveTM, The Art & Science of Self-MasteryTM" and "Circle of Success Leadership TrainingTM" create a safe environment for entrepreneurs, as well as, leaders in corporations, churches and the community to come together to collectively understand their personal and organizational power, and leverage their power for self and others. Dr. Spraggins' signature line of motivational quotes, "Infinition", inspired others to continue to step into their "Mission Possible" to make a difference in their lives and in the world.
In defining her work, Dr. Spraggins says her mission and macroscopic worldview are best understood by connecting leaders with purpose and possibility. Collectively, we all can make a difference in the lives of others and in the world by leaving legacies, pathways and footprints for others to follow.
"To leave a legacy," according to Dr. Spraggins, "means some visionary and responsible person recognizes that taking extraordinary action in the present will positively affect the leaders of the future. Pathways, in my view, is all about trailblazing, honoring your spirituality, networking, creating opportunities within the community that put everyone on the same win-win page in terms of developing and promoting the common good while continuing to address the corporate or institutional, and the community's agendas. These concepts are not necessarily diametrically opposed; they only require thinking - and acting - out of the box. Footprints, of course, is all about creating a generational pipeline and creating a developmental culture of excellence across industries."
Associate Professor and Program Director of Leadership Studies,
Azusa Pacific University; Author
M.A. in Social Science, Azusa Pacific University; M.Div. Azusa Pacific University
Ph.D. in Inter-Cultural Studies, School of World Missions, Fuller Theological Seminary
Dr. Grace Barnes is Associate Professor and Program Director of Leadership at Azusa Pacific University (APU). The Leadership Program is offered on campus and in an intensive delivery
system called Operation Impact, which is offered primarily to Christian workers living and working
worldwide.
Her previous work experience includes Workshop Designer and Evaluator for the Robert K. Greenleaf Center in Indiana, Assoicate Consultant for Human Technologies International in Glendora, CA, and a number of years with Young Life where she was involved in supervision training and mentoring volunteer leaders. For the past 19 years her jobs have included overseas teaching tours, which gave her opportunity to encounter and interact with mission personnel around the world.
Dr. Barnes received her M.A. in Social Science from Azusa Pacific University, her M. Div. from Azusa Pacific University, and in 1999 her ph.D. in Inter-Cultural Studies from the School of World Missions, Fuller Theological Seminary.
President and Senior Consultant, Human Technologies International; Author
Vice Chair, Azusa Pacific University Board of Trustees
Ray Rood is an experienced consultant, educator, executive, facilitator and presenter. He is president and senior consultant of Human Technologies International, a change management consulting firm, which offers organization development support for organizations worldwide, seeking to initiate and/or manage change.
Ray is the founder of graduate degree programs in Student Development Education and Human Resource Leadership at Azusa Pacific University, where he has been involved for over 30 years.
Presently, he is vice-chair of the Azusa Pacific University Board of Trustees. His first term on the Board of World Servants began in 1989 and continued through 2000. A year later he rejoined the Board.
Ray's undergraduate work was done at Wheaton College in Illinois and at San Francisco State University. his graduate studies were completed through the Wright Institute of Berkeley and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. He defines his work as helping organizations and individuals to dream and achieve great dreams.
Partner, X Factor Consulting, LLC; Co-Founder of the Grassroots Leadership
Development Forum
B.A. Theology, Mercer University
Kevin Monroe, B.A., is a Partner at X Factor Consulting, LLC and co-founder of the Grassroots Leadership Development Forum. He serves grassroots leaders and helps them achieve maximum IMPACT with their clients, communities and causes.
Mr. Monroe is a gifted speaker, trainer and bridge builder who equips grassroots organizations to champion change in their communities. He has a wealth of experience engaging faith-based and community organization in local, regional and national efforts to address pressing social and community issues.
Mr. Monroe has served as a consultant to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) since 2002. He has conducted trainings for over 5,000 leaders from grassroots faith-based and community organizations in nineteen states and Puerto Rico on various topics, including sustainability, organizational development, effective collaboration, and the role of faith-based social service delivery.
He is regarded as an expert on Charitable Choice Legislation and provides training and technical assistance to state agencies and faith-based organizations. This training explains how faith-based organizations can accept federal funding and remain true to their faith based identity and mission. X Factor Consulting is a marketing and management consulting firm that helps grassroots organizations achieve maximum IMPACT with their clients, communities, and causes through affordable tools, technologies and training.
Associate and Consultant of Human Technologies International; Co-Founder of the
Grassroots Leadership Development Forum
B.S. George Fox Univesity; M.A. in Organizational Leadership, Azusa Pacific University
Amy Hoppock is an associate and consultant of Human Technologies International, a change management-consulting firm offering organizations development/transformation support to for-profit, not-for-profit organizations and public agencies worldwide seeking to initiate, manage and/or sustain long term change.
Amy works primarily with non-profit organizations. She has worked with over fifty faith and community based non-profit organizations in Los Angeles. Her primary focus has been on organizational transformation through capacity building. Her work on capacity building with these organizations has focused on issues of board development, mission and vision clarification, strategic planning, and program development.
In addition to Amy's work as an organizational coach she has been a part of the facilitation of numerous organizational development workshops including, "Developing Your Mission Statement, Non-Profit Organizational Leadership, and Strategic Planning."
Amy completed her undergraduate work at George Fox University In Newberg, Oregon and holds a Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. Her applied thesis for this MA program was the creation of a business plan for the development of an Organizational Transformation Institute called Genysys. Amy currently serves on the Steering Committee of Genysys, which launched a Beta Test in August of 2006.
Partner, X Factor Consulting, LLC; Co-Founder of the Grassroots Leadership
Development Forum
M.B.A., Missouri State University; B.S. Marketing, Southwest Missouri State University
Tiffany Applegate, M.B.A., is a Partner at X Factor Consulting, LLC and co-founder of the Grassroots Leadership Development Forum. She serves grassroots nonprofits and ministries, government agencies, and corporations both nationally and internationally by providing the training and tools necessary to increase the IMPACT they have with their clients, communities, and causes.
Ms. Applegate has provided training and consulting to hundreds of organizations on a variety of topics, including Marketing, Organizational Sustainability, Communications, Technology Marketing, Donor Development, Organizational Development, and Strategic Planning. She has served as a consultant to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the United States Department of Mental Health and Human Services (HHS) since 2005. As a partner in X Factor Consulting and through her work with Faith-based and Community Organizations (FBCO), she has contributed to the training of thousands of grassroots leaders and team members.
X Factor Consulting is a marketing and management consulting firm that helps grassroots organizations achieve maximum IMPACT with their clients, communities, and causes through affordable tools, technologies and trainings.
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Dr. Kevin W. Mannoia
Kevin Monroe
Tiffany Applegate