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Resilient Leaders Project Team

The Resilient Leaders Project is led by: Dr. J. Derek McNeil, and Kate Rae Davis. The Core Team also includes Rose Madrid Swetman, Andrea Sielaff, and Laura Wade Shirley. The extended Design Team includes pastors, counselors, creatives, academicians, and community leaders. Additional teaching staff will be announced Fall 2019.

Heather Barnes, MDiv

Director of Institutional Support

Kate Davis, MDiv

Director of the Resilient Leaders Project

Dwight Friesen, DMin

Associate Professor of Practical Theology

Derek McNeil, PhD

Senior Vice President of Academics

Madeline Miller, MA

Resilient Leaders Circle Facilitator
Practicum Facilitator

Angela Parker, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Doug Shirley, EdD

Assistant Professor of Counseling

Laura Wade Shirley, MA

Resilient Leaders Circle Facilitator
Practicum Leader
Allender Center Core Facilitator

Andrea Sielaff, MA

Resilient Leaders Project Researcher
Adjunct Faculty

Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin

Resilient Leaders Program Moderator
Adjunct Faculty