David Batstone, Ph.D. is the Executive Editor of Sojourners magazine, and Professor in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Westmont College (80), his M.Div. from Pacific School of Religion (84), and his Ph.D. from Graduate Theological Union (89). He is active as a business entrepreneur, professor, and journalist. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Batstone plays an executive role in a niche investment bank operating internationally in the entertainment and technology industries. He was a founding editor of Business 2.0 magazine and a contributor to The New York Times, Wired, The Chicago Tribune, Spin, and The San Francisco Chronicle. View Speaker Times

David R. Befus, Ph.D. is President of the Latin America Mission, located in Miami, Florida, and has worked for many years in international economic development with such organizations as World Vision, Opportunity International, and World Relief, and has been a consultant for economic development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He grew up in the Latin world as a missionary kid and speaks Spanish as his first language. Dr. Befus graduated from Wheaton College and went on to receive his MBA (Michigan) and Ph.D. (Miami) focusing on 'how to use business enterprise to help the poor.' He is the author of "Kingdom Business - The Ministry of Promoting Economic Activity." View Speaker Times

Denise Daniels, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Management at the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University. A graduate of Wheaton College ('91), she received her Ph.D. ('97) from the University of Washington. She also does consulting with her own firm, Denise Daniels and Associates. Dr. Daniels has published articles in multiple business journals and is a frequent presenter of papers at conferences and meetings. View Speaker Times

Kim Daus-Edwards has led the communications and marketing efforts of several Silicon Valley companies, most recently as director of Organizational Learning and HR Communication at Intuit. Ms. Daus speaks internationally on topics of business communications, intranet strategies, and building communities. She is working on her doctorate at Fuller Seminary in Marketplace Ministry. She also preaches at local churches and seminaries. Ms. Daus has co-authored two books, the latest is Customer.Community (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, March 2002). View Speaker Times

Albert M. Erisman, Ph.D. is Executive in Residence at the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University. He also is Executive Director of the Institute for Business, Technology, and Ethics (IBTE), a corporation founded in 1998 to promote good business through appropriate technology and sound ethics. Dr. Erisman has published several books and articles. He is currently working on two books, Nine Reasons for Business Ethics and Seven Reasons Why Most Large-Scale IT Systems Fail. View Speaker Times

David Gill, Ph.D. is currently a consultant and educator located in Berkeley, California. He received his B.A. (History) from the University of California, Berkley (1968), his M.A. (History) from San Francisco State University (1971), and his Ph.D. (Religion/Social Ethics) from the University of Southern California (1979). He has taught ethics at North Park University and New College Berkeley. Dr. Gill co-founded the Institute for Business, Technology, and Ethics. He is author or editor of six books, including Becoming Good: Building Moral Character (2000) and Doing Right: Practicing Ethical Principles (forthcoming, 2004). His research and writing have been divided between (1) studies of religious (especially Christian) values and ideas in a diverse academy and marketplace and (2) studies of business values and ethics in the age of globalization and advanced technology. Dr. Gill is a regular columnist for Ethix Magazine. View Speaker Times

David P. Gushee, Ph.D. is Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy and Senior Fellow of the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership at Union University, located in Jackson, Tennessee. He earned his B.A. from the College of William and Mary, received his M.Div. from Southern Seminary, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Dr. Gushee is one of the leading evangelical voices in the field of Christian ethics at both a scholarly and popular level. He has written or edited seven books, the most recent of which is Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in a Contemporary Context, with Glen Stassen (IVP). His numerous articles and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Christianity Today, Christian Century, Sojourners, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the Journal of Family Ministry. View Speaker Times

Stacy Jackson Ph.D. is Assistant Dean of the John M. Olin School of Business, Director for the Center for Experimental Learning, and Director of the Professional Development Program at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and his Ph.D. from Rice University. Dr. Jackson has done extensive consulting work within such companies as Hewitt Associates and Ernst & Young. He is consistently ranked in the top percentage of faculty at Washington University in St. Louis and has received multiple awards for outstanding teaching. View Speaker Times

John Knapp, Ph.D. is Founder and President of the Southern Institute for Business and Professional Ethics. This organization serves business and society through programs and services to raise ethical awareness, encourage better business practices, and strengthen the ethical performance of organizations and individuals. Dr. Knapp has published many works concerning business and professional ethics. His current work in progress is How Money Undermines Ministry: The Growing Ethical Challenge for Churches with Cameron Murchison (Eerdmans 2004). View Speaker Times

Alexander A. Kulpecz is President of The Omega Group, an energy consulting practice focused on private equity banking transactions and solutions for the renewables, oil and gas, and power generation sectors. He began his career as a geologist for Shell Oil has lived abroad since 1985. He has managed large companies within Royal Dutch Shell, governed major joint ventures (Exxon interface), and specialized in commercial negotiations with government and joint venture partners. He served as President and Executive Director of Azurix International (50% Enron owned), a global water business and former owner of Wessex Water (one of the UK's best run water utilities). Mr. Kulpecz is a speaker at energy and technical conferences, former Board member of various Shell companies throughout the world, author of technical publications, a member of the American Association Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and is a member of the Board of Visitors at Wheaton College. View Speaker Times

Glenn Loury, Ph.D. is currently University Professor, Professor of Economics, and Director of the Institute on Race and Social Division at Boston University. Previously, he has taught economics at Harvard, Northwestern, and the University of Michigan. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Economics from M.I.T. He has written in the fields of welfare economics, game theory, industrial organization, natural resources economics, and the economics of income distribution. Dr. Loury is a well-known social critic on the issues of racial inequality and social policy. He is a frequent commentator on national radio and television and has written several books, the most recent, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (Harvard University Press 2002). View Speaker Times

David W. Miller, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and President and co-founder of The Avodah Institute, whose mission is to help leaders integrate the claims of their faith with the demands of their work. He received his B.S. and B.A. from Bucknell University (79) and his M.Div. (98) and Ph.D. (2003) from Princeton Theological Seminary. He also serves as a teacher, speaker, retreat leader, writer, and advisor to business, academic, and church organizations in the emerging field of "spirituality and work." He has launched and led faith-in-the-workplace groups for professionals in Princeton, New Jersey, and in New York City. View Speaker Times

Laura Nash, Ph.D. is Senior Research Fellow on the faculty of Harvard Business School in the area of Entrepreneurship and Service Management. For twenty years, she has been a consultant and speaker on corporate values to several leading businesses. She received her B.A. from Connecticut College and her Masters and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, Dr. Nash was Program Director on Business and Religion at Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of Values in Public Life. Among her books are Church on Sunday, Work on Monday with Rev. Scotty McLennan (Jossey-Bass 2001); Good Intentions Aside: A Manager's Guide to Resolving Ethical Dilemmas; and Believers in Business. View Speaker Times

Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D. C., where he is Director of Social and Political Studies. He received a B.A. in Philosophy and English at Stonehill College, a B.A. in Theology in the Gregorian University in Rome, and an M.A. in History and Philosophy of Religion at Harvard. He is a former U.S. ambassador, prominent theologian, and prolific author. Mr. Novak has written some 25 influential books on philosophy and theology of culture, and over 500 articles and reviews published in the U.S. and overseas. His most famous book, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, was labeled by one reviewer as "one of those rare books that actually changed the world." In 1994, Mr. Novak received the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (a prestigious award given at Buckingham Palace), and delivered the Templeton address in Westminster Abbey. View Speaker Times

C. William Pollard is Chairman Emeritus of the ServiceMaster Company. He joined the company in 1977 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 1993 and then served another sixteen months beginning October 1999. He also served as Chairman of the Board of ServiceMaster from 1990 to April 2002. Mr. Pollard is a graduate of Wheaton College and received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. He is the author of The Soul of the Firm and has written for or contributed to other books and magazines including The Leader of the Future, Leading People, Leading for Innovation and Organizing for Results, "The Quest for the Entrepreneurial Spirit," and "The Leader Who Serves." View Speaker Times

J. David Richardson, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics and International Relations, and Gerald and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs in the Economics Department at Syracuse University. His research interests centers on international economics. He received his B.A. from McGill University (Montreal, Quebec) and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He serves on the Advisory Board of the International Trade Abstracts, Working Paper Series, Economic Research Network, and Social Science Electronic Publishing, and is an occasional lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute (U.S. Department of State). Dr. Richardson is also Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics (Washington, DC). He writes extensively on international trade policy and its effects. He specializes in empirical research on trade under imperfect competition, on regional trade, and on trade and labor-market outcome, with a focus on the United States. He has authored two books, co-edited nine books, and written numerous other monographs, book chapters, and papers for professional journals. View Speaker Times

Steve Rundle, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Economics at Biola University (California). He received his B.A. from California State University, Northridge, and his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School. His teaching and research interests are focused on the intersection between international ecomomics and world mission. He has co-authored a book, Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions (InterVarsity Press, 2003), that shows how globalization is opening up new possibilities for ministry-minded businesspeople. Dr. Rundle also assists or has co-founded several organizations that aim to see Christian-owned businesses prosper in less-developed countries. View Speaker Times

Leland Ryken, Ph.D. is the Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College, where he has been on faculty since 1968. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Dr. Ryken recently served as chair of the English language committee for the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible. His particular interests include English Puritanism, Bible as literature, intersections of literature and Christianity, and British literature. He has published over thirty books on a variety of topics, including some of the following: Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were, Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure, A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible, and The Discerning Reader: Christian Perspectives on Literature and Theory. View Speaker Times

Max Stackhouse, Ph.D. is the Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been teaching for more than thirty years, and studies and writes extensively on the relationship of theological ethics to society. He is director of the Seminary's Project on Public Theology, president of the Berkshire Institute for Theology and the Arts, and past president of the Society of Christian Ethics. In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of The Christian Century, First Things, and The Journal of Religious Ethics. Dr. Stackhouse is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. His numerous publications include Covenant and Commitments: Faith, Family, and Economic Life and God and Globalization, Vol. 1: Religion and the Powers of the Common Life. View Speaker Times

Debra S. Waller is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Jockey International, Inc. She graduated in 1978 from Carthage College and began her career at Jockey International as an Administrative Assistant in 1982. She then progressed through multiple management and Vice President positions until her appointment as CEO in January 2001. Ms. Waller also serves on multiple boards, including the Sales & Marketing Committee of the American Apparel & Footwear Association, the Board of Directors of Church Mutual Insurance Company, and the Board of Trustees of Carthage College. View Speaker Times

John H. Warton, Jr. is President of the Board and International Director of Business Professional Network located in Portland, Oregon. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Kingdom Business Forum and was the International Coordinator for the AD2000 Business Professional Network. View Speaker Times

Kenman L. Wong, Ph.D. is the Joseph C. Hope Professor of Leadership & Ethics at Seattle Pacific University. He also is co-founder and interim director of the Center for Integrity in Business at SPU. He has authored several books-the latest is in press, Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics (second edition, Harper-Collins/Zondervan). View Speaker Times

Michael A. Zigarelli, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Management at the Regent University Graduate School of Business in Virginia Beach. He is the founding editor of Regent Business Review and the creator of Christianity9to5.org and Assess-Yourself.org. Dr. Zigarelli's research in the fields of management, law and ethics has appeared in a number of scholarly journals. He is the author of six books, the most recent being Cultivating Christian Character (Xulon Press 2002) and Ordinary People, Extraordinary Leaders (Synergy Publishers 2002). View Speaker Times