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Kevin Sandahl

LEAD 627 - Global Entrepreneurship: Launching a Missional Enterprise

Kevin is the founder and CEO of Covalience, a global technological services company. He has a passion for leading and coaching high-performing global software delivery teams. He combines his experiences walking with Jesus, growing up on the mission field, working in the global marketplace, and living cross culturally to steward Covalience in its vision to “develop transformative relationships through highly effective global technology teams.” Kevin has lived and worked in over 40 countries and has travelled extensively. He has his Engineering degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and Wheaton College as well as an M.B.A. in International Business and Entrepreneurship from DePaul. Kevin regularly speaks on Business as Mission, Business for Transformation, Global Leadership, and issues impacting cross-cultural work and virtual teams across the U.S., India, and Latin America. He currently resides in Southeast Asia and splits his time between South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. In his free time, Kevin enjoys playing with his kids, being active outdoors (soccer, mountain biking, hiking, camping), exploring new places and playing guitar.

Andy Bilhorn

LEAD 643 - Theology of Work: Equipping God’s People to Flourish in their Calling

The course, LEAD 643 Theology of Work: Equipping God’s People to Flourish in their Calling, looks at the narrative of Scripture beginning with God creating the universe as a worker, how sin marred God’s design for work, and how God calls a people out of 400 years of forced labor and shaped them through liturgical practices to recreate them in accordance with the example of his son Jesus, who himself was a builder for the first three decades of his life. In tandem with the review of Scripture as an intentional reflection on the work of our lives. This includes what has brought us meaning and frustration in our work, reflecting upon our current commitments and priorities, and a framework for discerning how our unique calling can be answered in our lives today in the communities in which we find ourselves.

Andy Bilhorn and his family live in West Town and he works as a management consultant where he consults with Fortune 500 C-suite executives and government leaders at the intersection of strategy, technology, and people operations. He currently serves as a Senior Director at Gartner leading in their Digital Talent and Organization consulting practice. Prior to his return to the marketplace, Andy served as a college pastor with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Northwestern University for 8 years.

Jamie Goodwin

HDI 686 - Fundraising in Nonprofit Organizations and Congregations

Jamie Goodwin, who serves as a Wheaton College faculty member will be teaching HDI 686 Fundraising in Nonprofit Organizations and Congregations as an elective course or as a concentration course in either the Managing Nonprofit or the Sports Leadership concentrations.

As leaders in nonprofits, NGOs and congregations, we seek to cultivate the virtue of generosity, both in our own lives, and in the communities we lead. We accept responsibility to raise the necessary resources to pursue our missions. Evidence-based fundraising practices within nonprofits and congregations will be reviewed and this will be useful for executives in organizations that accepts donations and is accountable to these donors.

This course will teach students logics, values, and techniques of fundraising from a Christian perspective. It is designed for leaders, either those who anticipate leading a fundraising effort in a nonprofit or congregation, as well as those who are in the middle of such a program. Projects are designed to be extremely practical and can be tailored to the real-world goals students are pursuing. Finally, this class works from a comparative perspective, considering the many ways that people encourage generosity throughout the world.

Dave Pederson

LEAD 615 - Entrepreneurial Marketing

Join Dave Pederson who serves in the Litfin Divinity School here as he wants to ignite your passion for innovation and AI by teaching LEAD 615 Entrepreneurial Marketing. It’s a dynamic, online 2-credit course being offered this Spring 2026 term.

This class blends the best of entrepreneurship and marketing teaching you to create, communicate, and deliver value through innovative, real-world strategies. We want you to master key digital marketing tools, craft a complete digital strategy for an organization (you are encouraged to do this where you serve), and dive into inspiring books like Made to Stick and Start Something That Matters. Explore how marketing can honor God and love your neighbors as you reflect theologically on today’s digital challenges. Learn how AI is transforming digital marketing. This course is perfect for aspiring leaders, entrepreneurs, and kingdom-minded marketers. Don’t miss your chance to learn from proprietary content from Chris Lesner, entrepreneur and founder of Project World Impact.

* This course may be taken as an elective and also serves as a concentration course for Managing Nonprofits and Global Entrepreneurship.