Leonardo Alvarez is from southern Chile. He is at the forefront of the new "Canto Cristiano" in Latin America. This movement brings together the message of the holistic gospel of Jesus with popular Latin American music. His most recent CD, titled "El Camino," calls Christians to a costly discipleship of following Jesus. He recently played at the Lausanne Conference in Pattaya, Thailand, where he presented a new song about a Christian response to HIV/AIDS.

David Cook, Ph.D . is the Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning and Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College. He also is a Fellow of Green College (Oxford) and Professor of Christian Ethics at Southern Seminary (Louisville). He is an accomplished ethicist and philosopher who has authored books such as The Moral Maze, Blind Alley Beliefs , Thinking About Faith, and Dilemmas of Life, and others, as well as a wide range of chapters and articles. He is frequently featured on the BBC television and radio network to lend a Christian perspective on contemporary moral issues, such as euthanasia, medical ethics, and genetics; and he has his own radio and television series. Additionally, Dr. Cook lectures internationally and preaches in a wide variety of denominations.

Alejandro Escobar works in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Division at theInter-American Development Bank (Washington, D.C.). He has experience in the design, management, and evaluation of agribusiness projects in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Through his work with Mennonite Economic Development Associates, he was instrumental in financing various agribusiness operations, including those of NGO initiatives, export-oriented companies, and joint ventures. Some of his consulting work has been in the areas of agribusiness sector assessments, agribusiness investment fund analysis, and support and assistance to agribusiness cooperatives and associations.

Lowell Ewert, L.L.C , is the Director of the PACS Program at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. Dr. Ewert has been involved in and responsible for developing regional strategies for dealing whit humanitarian relief, food distribution, local development, and democracy projects in Central Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He has field experience through Mennonite Central Committee and Mercy Corps International in Lebanon, Jordan, and Kazakstan.

Norman Ewert, Ph.D ., is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wheaton College. Prior to joining the Wheaton faculty in 1973, he taught at Bluffton College (Ohio) and Southern Illinois University (Carbondale). Dr. Ewert’s teaching and research interests in economic development have taken him to development projects in a number of Third World countries. He is a board member of ASSETS Chicago, an experience-based business training program, and the Chicago Mennonite Learning Center.

Scott McFarlane is Executive Director and co-founder of EC Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, an organization dedicated to integrating business and missions. He holds an MBA from Spring Arbor University and an undergraduate degree in ministry from Greenville College. Mr. McFarlane is on the board of EC Group International and serves as Director of Business as Mission for Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment. He has traveled to over 20 countries studying issues related to culture, religion, missions, business, economics, development, and poverty.

Gary Moore is author of Faithful Finances 101 (Templeton Foundation Press, 2003). He has a degree in political science and was a senior vice president of investments at Paine Webber before founding his own firm. He has twenty-five years of Wall Street experience and has authored six books on spirituality and finances and is an advisor to the John Templeton Foundation.

Michael Naughton, Ph.D ., is an associate professor at the University of St. Thomas where he holds a joint appointment in the Theology Department and the Graduate School of Business. He is the director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, which examines Catholic social thought in relationship to business, Catholic education, and urban issues. He has organized international conferences in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America on the theme of Catholic social thought and management. His most recent book is Managing as if Faith Matters: Christian Social Principles in the Modern Organization (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000)..

Carlos Rene Padilla, Ph.D., is President of the Kairos Ministries, a ministry serving alongside churches in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Padilla has been a leading evangelical voice for new models of evangelical life and mission, calling for holistic ministry and rigorous theological reflection. He has been a key Latin American church leader for over thirty years and has played a key role in the Latin American Theological Fraternity and in the international work of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES).

Larry R. Reed ’80 is Chief Executive Officer of the Opportunity International Network, a global coalition of 42 microfinance organizations in over 25 countries, and has served in several different senior positions since beginning his service with them. Mr. Reed is a frequent speaker at conferences pertaining to microfinance around the world. He has also published several articles on microfinance and served as a contributor to The New World of Microfinance (Rhyne, Otero, et. AL., 1996), Serving with the Poor in Africa (Yamamori, Myers, Bediako and Reed), and Globalization and the Kingdom of God (Goudzwaard, 2001).

Chuck Ripka is Senior Vice President in charge of mortage banking at the Riverview Community Bank, Otsego Minnesota.

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 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.

Mats Tunehag , the convener of the Business as Mission issue group # 30 at the Lausanne Forum 2004, is a respected consultant for global missions and a leader in the broader ‘Business as Mission’ movement. He contributes as a writer to Lausanne Magazine and other mission-oriented journals. He was also the coordinator for the AD2000 Partnership Development Task Force. He has over a decade of experience working with Interdev, an organization dedicated to developing partnerships among the least reached people groups.