A media attorney for 30 years, Teresa has provided legal and strategic counsel to local, national and global media companies. Shas worked for multiple cable networks at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta, Georgia, major TV network affiliates in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina as well as radio stations and national websites. Since 2013, she has supported global missions through her work at Trans World Radio (TWR) based in Cary, North Carolina where she serves as the Intellectual Property and Contracts Attorney. Founded in 1954, TWR distributes Christian and educational content in over 275 languages to people in over 190 countries via broadcast, satellite, web and mobile platforms.

A passionate teacher and facilitator, for eight years Teresa taught an online graduate course on Biblical Peacemaking for Spring Arbor University in Michigan. She also facilitated reconciliation workshops at churches in North Carolina and taught a peacemaking seminar at Pan Africa Christian University in Nairobi, Kenya. Finally, she is an adjunct professor at local law schools in contracts, nonprofit organizations and media law.

Zack Bryant leads Journey Group’s strategic practice and serves as a studio director—crafting digital projects that are goal driven and service-oriented. He’s dogged about carving the right path from intention to outcome, pursuing interactions that give way to meaningful experiences.

Website: zbryant.com | journeygroup.com

Jeremy Cherry is relentlessly optimistic about the power of design to make the world a better place. After cutting his teeth in the agency world, he brought his easy smile and contagious positivity to Journey Group, a print and digital design studio, where he leads the interface design practice. Jeremy lives by the words “a better way is possible” and brings a wide range of skills and clear vision to every assignment.

Website: jeremydcherry.com | journeygroup.com

Filmmaker, writer, media consultant, and founder of Cooke Media Group, Phil Cooke has produced media programming in more than 60 countries around the world. He’s created and produced many of the most influential and successful Christian and inspirational TV programs in history, and his book “Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media” is changing the way church and ministry leaders engage today’s culture with the gospel. Co-written with Jonathan Bock, “The Way Back: How Christians Blew Our Credibility and How We Win it Back” takes a hard look at why today—particularly in the media—Christians are dismissed as irrelevant. His new book is “Maximize Your Influence: How to Make Digital Media Work for Your Church, Your Ministry, and You.” It’s the ultimate reference book for pastors and Christian leaders in today’s digital age.

He’s been called “one of the most innovative communicators of our generation.” In addition to writing his popular blog at philcooke.com, he also blogs for The Huffington Post, and has been a contributor to Fast Company, Forbes.com, Wired.com, and FoxNews.com and is a visiting professor at Oral Roberts University.

Website: cookemediagroup.com

Dr. Jim Denison is a co-founder and the CVO of Denison Forum. Prior to launching Denison Forum in 2009, he pastored churches in Texas and Georgia. He is a widely sought speaker, podcaster and subject-matter expert on radio about cultural issues from a biblical perspective. He has been a frequent guest on Equipped with Chris Brooks (Moody Radio) and the nationally syndicated Point of View with Kerby Anderson (360+ radio stations).

Through The Daily Article, his email newsletter and podcast globally that reach 270,000+ subscribers, Dr. Denison’s social media following has a reach of 1.8 million, with over 400,000 Facebook followers. Much of his writing can be found on the Denison Forum website.

He is the author of multiple books, including recent titles, How Does God See America, Making Sense of Suffering and the six-volume series, Biblical Insight to Tough Questions. He has taught on the philosophy of religion and apologetics at several seminaries. He has recently launched A Pastor’s View, encouraging and equipping pastors and church leaders to engage the cultural issues of the day with biblical insight.

Website: denisonforum.org

As the president and CEO of Infinity Concepts, a brand communications agency, Mark Dreistadt is defined by both his passion and his remarkable talent to help leaders maximize the potential of their organizations. Mark is a dynamic communicator known for his clear and compelling style of presenting transformational insights and strategies. Over four decades of experience have qualified Mark for his role as a consultant to some of the most significant Christian organizations in America. Mark provides fresh insights to challenging problems… finds solutions that get results… utilizes his expertise and experience to help his clients achieve their goals… and brings a unique blend of creativity and strategic thinking to every organization he serves.

Nona Jones is strategic partner manager, communities for Facebook, the world’s leading social networking and social media company. In her role, Jones is responsible for helping develop and drive the product strategy undergirding Facebook’s mission of giving its two billion members the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Jones’s work partners Facebook with communities of faith, youth development organizations, communities of color, and organizations that serve women to broaden their reach and deepen their real-world impact.

Prior to Facebook, Jones served as chief external affairs officer for PACE Center for Girls, where she led federal and state legislative advocacy, program expansion, resource development, and brand strategy. Immediately prior to PACE, Jones served as public affairs director for Gainesville Regional Utilities where she received the American Public Power Association’s Robert F. Roundtree Rising Star Award as national peer recognition of her leadership while under the age of 35.

Jones is currently president of the Gainesville, Florida Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and most recently served as secretary of the Florida Juvenile Justice Association Board of Directors and on the Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force. She is a graduate of Leadership Florida Class XXXI and the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a unique leadership development initiative led jointly by President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. Jones has been profiled by ESSENCE Magazine as an “Under 40 Woman to Watch” and Florida Trend Magazine as one of Florida’s “30-Something All Stars.” She is CEO of eChurch Partners and Nona Jones Ministries. In 2020 she released two books, her memoir “Success from the Inside Out,” and “From Social Media to Social Ministry,” both with Zondervan Publishers.

Website: nonajones.com

Morgan Lee is a digital media journalist for Christianity Today where she hosts and produces the weekly current events podcast Quick to Listen. She is currently working on scaling a translation team for CT Global, a community seeking to elevate the voices, perspectives, and stories of Christians from around the world. Earlier in 2020, she created two COVID-19-timed podcasts, Prayer amid Pandemic, which told stories of believers whose lives and faith have been shaped by sickness and disease and All Alone, where people from around the world told their stories of of processing coronavirus. Her passion for bringing people together has spurred her to start local and international storytelling communities, like the East Asian American Experiment. In her free time, she loves speaking Spanish and French, riding her bike, listening to baseball games, and buying frozen desserts.

Website: christianitytoday.com

Brooke Miles founded Delaware ShoutOut, a social media training firm, to help busy entrepreneurs pack more punch into their social media without breaking a sweat. In nearly 6 years of business, Brooke and her team have served hundreds of clients, who have reported significant gains in followers, engagement, and traffic to their websites. Brooke is also a highly sought-out public speaker, having won multiple awards from Toastmasters International.

Website: deshoutout.com

Lou Ann Sabatier is passionate about developing people, growing and fixing businesses, identifying new markets, products, and publications. During her 37+ years of experience as a publisher, trainer, and consultant, Sabatier has been deeply involved in strategic planning, business development, content strategy, business and financial management, audience development, revenue development, digital media, and operations management. As principal and lead consultant at Sabatier Consulting, she works with clients to diagnose their needs and offer creative and efficient solutions.

Website: sabatierconsulting.com

Kevin Shanley is the principal of Shanley and Associates, a leading marketing agency exclusively serving faith based publishers. Kevin has had engagements with over 40 members of the Associated Church Press, Evangelical Press Association, and Catholic Press Association. Shanley and Associates also has a strategic partnership with Cambey and West, one of today’s leading fulfillment agencies also serving faith based publishers. Shanley and Associates brings 39 years of marketing experience to the table. Their services include: fundraising, periodical audience development, fulfillment, and advertising sales. Kevin started his career as the marketing director for Claretian Publications in 1979.

Website: kevinshanley.com

Hilary Sutton is the CEO of HSL Digital, a content marketing consultancy that relieves time-strapped entrepreneurs of the burden of content strategy and execution, so they can focus on their highest and best use. She is a keynote speaker and writer who has contributed to HuffPost, the Washington Post, USA Today, and Yahoo! Singapore. The author of several eBooks and courses, Hilary also hosts the popular Hustle & Grace Podcast where she serves as chief explorer in cultivating a flourishing career and life. Hilary began her career as an actress performing in theatres up and down the east coast, then transitioned to academics serving as professor of communications, social media, and journalism at Southern New Hampshire University. She has also held digital marketing roles at SpotCo, Pursuant, and McKinley Marketing Partners.

Website: hilarysutton.com

Clyde Taber leads the Visual Story Network, a community of 450 organizations and 3500 leaders in 95 nations. VSN accelerates the mission of the Church by equipping the generation that will use media, story and innovation to make disciples of all nations. 350 projects, products and partnerships have reached an estimated 4 million people. VSN initiatives include the Mobile Ministry Forum, the Middle East Women’s Leadership Network, Mission Media U, the Augmented & Virtual Reality Network and Empower Women Media. Before this, he oversaw new media development for Jesus Film Project and coordinated the campus work of Cru throughout North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Website: visualstory.org

Heidi Thompson is an organizer, marketer and publishing executive with more than 25 years of experience working with faith, community and social justice groups to leverage the science of marketing for the liberation of all God’s creation. She was the publisher and CEO of Religion News Service and served as the vice president for marketing and publisher of Sojourners magazine. She is currently providing marketing consulting services to more than a dozen Christian publications in coordination with Shanley + Associates, a Chicago-based marketing agency serving religious publishers. Heidi has a B.S. in Journalism from the E.W. Scripps School at Ohio University and an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Website: kevinshanley.com

Al Tompkins is The Poynter Institute’s senior faculty for broadcasting and online. He has taught thousands of journalists, journalism students and educators in newsrooms around the world. His teaching focuses on writing, reporting, storytelling, ethics, critical thinking, photojournalism, social media and online journalism. He has taught and coached print newsrooms in the U.S. and abroad how to build interactive news websites, how to use video more effectively online and how to manage ethical issues that arise online. Tompkins is the author of the book “Aim For The Heart: Write, Shoot, Report, Produce for TV and Online,” which is being used by more than 125 universities as their main broadcast writing, reporting and ethics textbook. During his two and a half decades as a journalist, and nearly two decades as a teacher at Poynter, Tompkins has been awarded many of journalism’s highest honors. Tompkins won the National Emmy, the Peabody Award (group award), the Japan Prize, the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel for Court Reporting, seven National Headliner Awards, two Iris Awards and the Robert F. Kennedy Award. Tompkins was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame and in 2008 was awarded The Governor’s Award, the highest honor given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He has also been honored by the National Press Photographers Association and the Radio and Television News Foundation for contributions to journalism and journalism education. Al is a juror for the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards and served as a final juror on the duPont-Columbia Awards, and the Investigative Reporter and Editor awards. Al earned a Master’s Degree in Digital Journalism and Design from the University of South Florida and a B.A. degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University.

Website: poynter.org

Anne Marie Winz coaches teams and individuals to write powerful stories. Anne Marie helps writers discover what they do well when they write. Then, after they see their own success, she shows them how to improve their skills. She developed Writing for Life to train writers of all ages to tell their stories and write about their beliefs. She and her husband, Mark, have been staff members with Cru since 1985.

Steve Rabey is a veteran author and journalist who has published more than 50 books (including the bestsellers Rachel’s Tears and The Lessons of St. Francis) and written/reported more than 2,000 articles on religion, spirituality and culture, in dozens of EPA publications as well as The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, etc. Steve was also an instructor at Fuller and Denver seminaries and the U. S. Air Force Academy.

Website: steverabey.com