Development Dialogues Speakers
Spring 2012
Ben Runyon and Frances Santiago
Association for Development through Education
Ben Runyon and Frances Santiago met in Eastern’s IDEV program in 2008 and were married 15 months later. They moved to Costa Rica in January, 2011 to work with Tomás Dozier (another student they met at Eastern in the IDEV program) and his family.Ben serves as Sustainability Coordinator for the Association for Development through Education (ADE) and Frances serves as Local Coordinator for ADE and School Director for ADE bilingual high school. ADE is a nonprofit organization that was started in response to the Cinchona, Costa Rica earthquake that occurred in 2009. The goal of ADE is to holistically carry out the Great Commission in post-disaster and marginalized communities through educational initiatives. Frances graduated from Hood College in Maryland with a degree in Latin American Studies. She earned an MA in International Economic Development (urban concentration) from Eastern in 2009. Ben graduated from Bethel College in Minnesota with degrees in Biblical Studies and Social Science and also received a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University in Boston. He earned an MBA in International Economic Development (urban concentration) from Eastern in 2009. They both participated in Mission Year in Atlanta (in different years) and, until moving to Costa Rica, worked in marginalized communities in the US. Ben and Frances will be speaking about the work of ADE in Costa Rica as well as ADE’s “Zero Down” model of missions and development based on Matthew 10 and Luke 10.
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Michael Pahides
Center of Effort, LLC
Since forming Center of Effort, LLC in December of 2008, Mr. Pahides has been focused on developing Center of Effort, LLC as a resource to organizations that need to develop strategies and tactics to achieve specific goals. Mike understands how to match needs to resources and uses his change management skills to support his client’s goal achievement.
As Senior Vice President of Economic Development and Education for the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC), Mike was instrumental in planning and developing strategic initiatives and projects. He was able to find funding streams to support those projects. Prior to leaving the DVIRC, Mike developed regional, state and national partnerships between education and Industry. Mike also played an active role in the development of the Building 100 Innovation Center located at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.
In his prior roles at DVIRC, Mike provided leadership for managing and developing advanced manufacturing, engineering technology and STEM-related educational programs designed to address the needs for a skilled workforce in industry sectors such as printing, plastics, chemical, life sciences, biotech, industrial systems, machine tool technology, construction and manufacturing. Mike’s work involved understanding the impact of technological change on work processes and job design, and then creating the educational and training programs that would support incumbent and entry-level workers as they were prepared for new jobs.
Prior to coming to the DVIRC in 1996, Mike held Human Resource positions with GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical company, and Rohm and Haas, a specialty chemical company. In addition, he served as the Executive Director of both the Marcus Hook Community Development Corporation and the Wayne Area Youth Need Encouragement, Inc, Teen Center - a community-based youth development program located on Philadelphia’s Mainline.
Mike earned a Master’s Degree in Human Organization Science with a concentration in Human Resource Development from Villanova University. During his studies, he conducted social policy and program evaluations at Villanova University’s Human Organizational Science Institute. His BS degree in Psychology was awarded by Eastern University, St. Davids, PA.
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Al Santino
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Al Santino has been serving in community development ministries in the New York City area since 1986. From 1986 to1990 he worked with Here’s Life New York, the inner city arm of Campus Crusade for Christ, where he helped develop discipleship ministries and support groups for people with life controlling problems. In 1990 he founded and became Director of Help House, a residential program for men recovering from substance abuse, homelessness, prison consequences, and related issues. In 1999, together with his wife, Haydee, he helped launch the Bronx Christian Study Center, which provided a biblical curriculum as well as GED tutoring and remedial education for adults. Al took on his present responsibility with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee as Church and Community Consultant for the Northeast region in October, 2004. This includes serving as Director of the Northeast Community Transformation, which helps equip churches and community organizations for the work of development and social justice. He obtained a Doctor of Ministry from Erskine Theological Seminary in May, 2010. The Santinos are currently on the leadership team of Open Door Fellowship, a new church plant in East Harlem, New York City. They have a ten- year- old son, Lorenzo.
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Vaughn Taylor is an economic development professional with experience using best practices for strategic neighborhood development and community investment projects and programming. Mr. Taylor specializes in organizational administration, project innovation for sustainability, project financing, commercial revitalization and neighborhood development, entrepreneurial strategies, and broker of creative and collaborative solutions for high-impact investment in urban areas. He has consulted with service agencies working with the 40,000 prisoners returning every year to Philadelphia neighborhoods. For another 300 residents, Mr. Taylor coordinated the service area’s first neighborhood advisory board, which led to increased collaboration between residents and city-funded community organizations. He also led a corridor revitalization strategy, managing more than 230 businesses where 10 different languages are spoken and many other cultures are represented. In an effort to support business retention, Mr. Taylor organized international grocery store businesses for a peer lending program that was featured in the Philadelphia City Paper’s “The Big Vision Issue” in December, 2011. Mr. Taylor has earned both his undergraduate and master’s degrees from private Christian universities in Pennsylvania. He is an Eastern University alumnus and a former fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He studied business district executive management at Rutgers University-Newark. He has also taught youth entrepreneurship in public high schools, given lectures at the graduate level, and consulted in community projects. Mr. Taylor is highly sought after to achieve meaningful outcomes in urban neighborhoods, which he credits to learning from the people he serves and practicing Christian principles. He is also proud of his ability to connect with people; he communicate their concerns to advance the best solutions on their behalf. Mr. Taylor is married to Stephanie. The two live in Northeast Philadelphia and attend New Covenant Church of Philadelphia in Mount Airy.
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Jessica Walker Beaumont is an independent facilitator, strategic planner and social media professional for nonprofit organizations. She regularly facilitates participatory educational workshops in the areas of economic and food justice as well as immigrant and women’s rights. As a seasoned social and economic justice activist with two decades of grassroots, national and international organizing and program management experience, Jessica draws from direct experience to facilitate others.Before becoming a consultant, Jessica spent six years managing a national economic justice program with the American Friends Service Committee setting strategy for local to global campaigns to influence US foreign economic policy. With a dedicated team of grassroots level staff from around the US, Jessica designed and implemented campaigns to influence policy, created popular education materials, engaged in coalition building and cultivated a large constituency ready to take action.
Jessica coordinated workshops, people’s forums, and day-long conferences at everything from US and World Social Forums to World Trade Organization people’s gatherings to United Nations world conferences. With a B.A. in Conflict and Peace Studies from the University of Colorado, Jessica received a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 2002. Jessica’s volunteer activism keeps her grounded, working directly with Sunset Park Brooklyn neighbors on food and economic justice.
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Ashwin Koleth is CEO of Cyrus-XP LLC, a development stage company based in Ardmore, PA. He has over 15 years of IT and management consulting experience. His work experience includes projects with a wide variety of clients including universities, stock exchanges, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, regulatory agencies, healthcare clinics, medical device manufacturers and long term care providers. Prior to his specialized interest and engagement in the Long Term Healthcare market in 2005, Ashwin worked primarily in the financial services industry and was fortunate to work on projects that involved high volume, standards-based transactions, with high availability requirements. Cyrus-XP is currently developing a Healthcare Interoperability platform that will help increase healthcare accessibility, reduce costs, improve quality and improve communication between care givers and consumers. Cyrus-XP is also involved in other high profile projects, including a Breast Cancer clinical trial that connects 21 universities nationwide. Ashwin grew up as the oldest son of a missionary doctor on the field in India and Africa. This strong influence guides his motivation in bringing innovations to the developing and underdeveloped communities worldwide. He co-founded Profugo, a PA 501(c)(3) which is involved in International Development. Profugo aims to create a “Global Neighborhood” using a three-pronged approach of Healthcare, Business Development and Micro-Finance. He and his wife Jenny have three children and live in Havertown, PA.
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Carolyn Castleberry is the founder of WomenSaveMoney.com and is an internationally recognized author on money and time management. Her newest book, It’s About Time: 10 Smart Strategies to Avoid Time Traps and Invest Yourself Where it Matters (Howard Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, 2009), delivers ground-breaking new research and strategies to save you and your organization time and money. Carolyn authors an expanding series of financial empowerment books including, Women, Take Charge of Your Money: A Biblical Path to Financial Security and Women, Get Answers about Your Money: because there are no dumb questions about personal finance (Multnomah Publishers, 2006).
She is the editor of The Proverbs 31 Investor e-newsletter and a former co-host of Living the Life on ABC Family Channel, produced by CBN. Carolyn’s work has been featured on FOX & Friends, USAToday.com, MSN Money, Essence magazine, and major newspapers and radio programs in the U.S. and Canada. She brings to the table more than 20 years experience in television media as local and national news anchor. Carolyn started the first national radio talk show for female executives on the Business Radio Network, “Women Talk Business,” which was recognized by the American Women in Radio and Television. Carolyn holds three degrees: two Bachelor of Science degrees in Business and Journalism from the University of Colorado, and Master of Arts degree in Government from the College of William and Mary.
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Doug Balfour became the CEO and owner of Geneva Global in September 2008, in a management buy out and has since successfully re-launched the organization focusing on grant management, international philanthropic consulting and co-investor donor funds. Geneva Global is an international philanthropy consultancy company aiding donors and philanthropic investors get the most impact from their social development activities and passions and since 1999, facilitated $100m in granting, overseen 1800 projects and changed the lives of over 15 million people in over 100 countries. Previous to joining Geneva Global, he was co-founder and Executive Director of Integral - an alliance of 13 Western Relief and Development agencies around the world. He co-founded the Micah Network –a 400 strong southern NGO network and a global advocacy campaign called The Micah Challenge. Prior to that he served for 9 years as General Directorof Christian relief and development agency Tearfund,(the 6th largest Aid agency in the UK) from October of 1995 until end 2004. In that time he doubled the income and tripled the social impact of the charity. He studied geology at Southampton University, and his first job after graduating was running diamond exploration programs in Northern Namibia. He later graduated with an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, and from 1989 to 1991 he was Organisational Consultant for Youth With A Mission. He returned to Africa for a year in 1991 to recruit, fund and direct Medair’s relief aid project in Liberia, providing essential drugs for 50,000 people and help for war traumatized children. He has had various senior roles with the Lucas Group, (between 1985 and 1995), as Management Consultant, Sales and Marketing Manager, and finally as Commercial Operations Manager. He even had a spell as an Investment Analyst for a Stockbroker in the London Stock Exchange.
Fall 2011
Kevin Stout
Compassion International
Kevin is a follower and believer in Jesus Christ, an advocate for children worldwide, husband of Nita and father of four precious boys - Charles, Chase, Chad and CJ. He is the Church Partner Development Manager for Compassion International. He has held various roles with Compassion including Bangladesh Country Director and Asia Learning Support Director over the past 9 years.
Kevin and family live in Lewisberry, PA but spent 12 years living in Bangladesh. Kevin started his Christian development service with Mennonite Central Committee in 1987 as a Soybean Agronomist in Bangladesh.
He has an MBA in Economic Development from Eastern (1995) and a Masters in Holistic Child Development (2011) from Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to the above, he has served with World Concern, Mennonite Economic Development Associates, Women's Small Business Assistance Center in Bangladesh, and has performed selected consultancies around the world.
Kevin and his family are active in Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. He served the Church as the Youth Coordinator, part-time. His life mission statement comes from Psalms 82, "Be fair to the poor and to orphans. Defend the helpless and everyone in need. Rescue the weak and homeless from the powerful hands of heartless people."
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Adam Taylor
World Vision
Reverend Adam Russell Taylor currently serves as the Vice President; Advocacy at World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
Taylor previously served as a White House Fellow in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs and Public Engagement. He was formerly the Senior Political Director at Sojourners, where he was responsible for leading the organization's advocacy, coalition building, and constituency outreach. He has also served as the executive director of Global Justice, an organization that educates and mobilizes students around global human rights and economic justice.
Before co-founding Global Justice, he worked as an associate at the Harvard University Carr Center for Human Rights and as an urban fellow in the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City. Taylor is a graduate of Emory University, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology. Taylor is the author of Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post Civil Rights Generation. Taylor is an ordained Associate Minister at the First Baptist Church in Washington, DC., is married to Sharee McKenzie Taylor and the father of a newborn Joshua.
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Don Rogers
Spiritual Warfare Ministries
Don Rogers graduated in 1960 from the Salvation Army's School for Officers' Training and served two pastorates in Yonkers, NY and Ridgewood, Queens, NY. He and his wife then served as missionaries in Manila, Philippines from 1964 - 1967. He returned to the US due to sickness and attended Philadelphia Bible College for a year. He later served as a member of Associates of Biblical Research, a teaching ministry where he lectured on cults and the occult both in the US and Europe.
In 1980 he started getting requests to help people who were in spiritual bondage wishing to experience freedom in Christ. This led to the establishment of Spiritual Warfare Ministries, Inc. in 1985 to provide teaching on spiritual warfare and continue to help those who were in bondage to find freedom. He has ministered in the USA, Europe and Africa.
Rogers stopped the personal counseling ministry in 2005 and now devotes his time to a worldwide internet ministry of providing teaching, advice and guidance. The website is located at www.sw-mins.org.
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Dan Rice
Business as Mission, Eastern Mennonite Missions
Dan Rice serves as the Business for Transformation Coordinator at Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM). "Business for Transformation" is the term that EMM has adopted for businesses that facilitate positive economic, social, environmental, and spiritual transformation in a community.
In 2005, Dan began working for KPMG as an auditor servicing clients primarily in the financial services industry. He became a licensed CPA, and continued working at KPMG until 2008. From 2008 - 2009, Dan and his wife, Anna, moved to Southwest Asia where Dan served as the Finance Manager for a business startup. This business manufactures low-cost ceramic water filters, and the management team seeks to share their lives as followers of Jesus in a place where few have ever heard his name. In 2010, he joined EMM to lead the development of EMM's business for transformation initiatives.
Dan graduated from Eastern University in 2005 with degrees in Accounting and Finance and Business Management. He and his wife reside in Lancaster, PA with their one daughter. They have recently joined a new missional community in Lancaster city that engages with Nepali Bhutanese refugees.
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Gary Clark
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
Gary is an employment specialist at the Welcoming Center. He earned a B.A. in Pre-Law/Political Science from the Robert E. Cook Honors College of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. During college, Gary enrolled in the PA National Guard where he served as a Cavalry Scout on a deployment to Ramadi, Iraq. After he graduated college, he joined AmeriCorps and served a one-year term in New Orleans rebuilding houses blighted from devastating hurricanes.
Gary has travelled to Ireland, Italy, Germany, France and Switzerland, and hopes to continue his travels in the future.
Spring 2011
Kevin Fryatt
World Relief
Kevin Fryatt is employed as the Microfinance Technical Advisor at World Relief, providing technical oversight in the areas of board strengthening and financial performance monitoring to a portfolio of 11 microfinance institutions serving over 250,000 clients around the world. From 2006-2008 he worked as a Finance Manager for Samaritan's Purse Liberia, financially managing 30+ development programs with a budget of approximately $5M USD. From 2005-2006 he also worked for Equip Liberia, a local community health-and-advocacy-focused Liberian NGO, transforming their financial and organizational systems in order to secure USAID funding. He has worked with donors such as USAID, EU, CIDA, Tearfund, CERF, UNICEF, FAO, and Global Fund.
Kevin holds an MA in International Development form Eastern University with concentrated studies in Microfinance, as well as a BBA with concentrated studies in Accounting. Kevin sits on the Board of Directors for microfinance institutions in Burundi, DRC, and Kosovo, and acts as an advisor to L.A.C.E.S (Life and Change Experience through Sports). Furthermore, Kevin is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of Freedom Stones International, an organization focusing on issues of economic development and human trafficking, founded by Eastern University Masters graduate Leah Knippel.
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Sarah Kerr
World Relief
Sarah Kerr is employed with World Relief in the Marketing and Church Engagement Department as the Volunteer Specialist since December 2010, overseeing the International and headquarters intern and volunteer program, as well as providing support to the Volunteer Coordinators in World Relief's more than 20 US field offices that focus on refugee settlement and immigration services.
Sarah has served with World Relief since 2006, primarily in the President's Office. From 2003 - 2005 she worked for the Association for International Practical Training in Columbia, MD visa exchange programs. During her time as the Summer Work Travel Program Manager, she placed over a hundred students annually in employment positions in the US and traveled to recruit and interview in South America and Europe. While in the position, she developed the Pre-Departure Orientation for participants - one of the first within the visa exchange community. Sarah is a graduate of Houghton College with a BA in Intercultural Studies and concentration in Linguistics. She has traveled to or lived in over 15 countries and enjoys introducing people to new cultures and seeing the global church empowered to be the feet and hands of Christ.
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Steve Beck
Co-founder & CEO, SpringHill Equity Management, LLC
Steve Beck is co-founder and CEO of SpringHill Equity Management LLC, a private equity fund manager providing growth capital and support to small and medium sized enterprises in Africa. In addition to leading SpringHill, Steve is a Senior Advisor to the John Templeton Foundation, supporting JTF's freedom and free enterprise programs. He has been published and quoted on philanthropy, social investing & international development in the Harvard Business Review, MIT Innovations Journal, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and CBS News.
From 2002 through 2007, Steve was CEO and executive Vice President of Geneva Global Inc., an international philanthropic advisory firm. During that time, Geneva became a recognized leader in international philanthropy, managing more than $80 million of grants into the Global South. Prior to Geneva Global, Steve had twenty years experience in consulting, advising business leaders of global Fortune 200 companies on strategy and organization. As Managing Director of Gemini Consulting (a division of Cap Gemini) from 1996 - 99, Steve led the company's most profitable division with 500 consultants and $200 million in revenues from nine offices in the non-profit sector.
From 2000 to 2002 Steve was a Partner of Monitor Group, an international strategy consulting and merchant banking firm. In addition to co-leading the Group's business in Europe, Middle East & Africa, Steve served on the Board of the Monitor Institute, which advises foundations and direct service organizations in the non-profit sector.
Steve was educated at Stanford University and the London School of Economics. He is married with three daughters, and despite his Californian roots, lived in London from 1984 to 2002.
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Keith Regehr
Conflict Resolution
Keith has been helping people deal with conflict professionally since 1985. Initially through a law practice that included both private practice and the professional discipline department for the legal profession in Ontario, Canada. In mid-1990 he left Canada and spent the next four years in Lesotho, working in a church-based community resource center that was addressing issues of political and economic transformation in southern Africa. In 1994 Keith commenced work at a community mediation center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. From 1998 to 2008 he had a professional practice in Kitchener, Ontario, that focused on mediation for individuals, congregations, and other organizations, in addition to being active in conflict skills training. Keith is currently based in Lancaster, and he continues to offer intervention and training services to individuals, congregations and other organizations in conflict.
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Garth Gittens
Pastor/Teacher
Calvary Baptist Church
Doctor Gittens is the President and reorganizer of Calvary Agape Community Outreach Services, a ministry that prepares meals, gives clothes and dry goods to over 4,900 community members annually. He is also the Senior Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, and under his pastorate Calvary became one of the fastest growing churches in West Philadelphia.
The Lord has blessed Pastor Gittens as a gifted scholar and communicator of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As an itinerant preacher, Pastor Gittens has traveled extensively and has completed workshops, training sessions and revivals in the Caribbean, South America, England, Canada and throughout the United States. He has lectured at the National Baptist Convention, where he trained Pastors and church leaders in the area of church growth. As a leader in the community, Dr. Gittens is the Director of Education for Ruwach International, and he also serves on several boards including the Army Advisory Board.
From an academic perspective Dr. Gittens is a trained Quantity Surveyor. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Pastoral Theology with a major in Biblical Greek. He is a graduate of Wheaton College Graduate School with an M.A. in Biblical Studies. His Doctoral Degree (Ed.D) is from Northern Illinois University and the focus of his dissertation was the role education plays in authentic liberation. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Eastern University and the Center for Urban Theology Studies.
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Jessica Walker Beaumont
Trade
Jessica Walker Beaumont is a community activist and independent campaign, policy and new media strategy consultant living and working in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Jessica served six years as the Trade and Debt Specialist with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). She was the national coordinator for AFSC's Trade Matters program, working to ensure that trade systems are evaluated not simply on their contribution to economic growth, but also on their impact on the lives of people - especially the most vulnerable populations. She was also a coordinator for the Life Over Debt campaign calling for 100% debt cancellation for African nations.
As a Master's in Public Administration graduate from Columbia University's School of International Affairs program in 2002, Jessica has worked on trade and economic justice issues since 1993. Jessica is active with the Sunset Park neighborhood group of the Brooklyn Food Coalition and a Board member with the Center for Family Life, an organization devoted to building community in Sunset Park since 1978. Jessica also serves on the Board of PLANT (Partners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples). She is a passionate gardener and active in the NYC food justice activist community.
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Gary Cook
Bread for the World
Gary Cook serves as the Director of Church Relations for Bread for the World, a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision-makers to end hunger at home and abroad. A minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), he directs a diverse staff team that builds and strengthens relationships with over fifty national denominations and agencies and 5,000 local congregations. Prior to joining Bread's staff, Rev. Cook directed te relief and development programs for the PC (U.S.A.), including the Presbyterian Hunger Program, which he had previously coordinated and served as associate for National Hunger Concerns. Before serving the church at the national staff level, he was a pastor for congregations in Ohio and Florida.
He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Chicago Theological Seminary. Gary and his wife Sandy Weldy-Cook live in Alexandria, Virginia. Together they have five children and step children. He has four wonderful grandchildren, and the birth of number 5 is anxiously awaited in March.
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Glenn Schwartz
World Mission Associates
Following several years in commercial business in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the early 1980s, Glenn became the founding executive director of World Mission Associates in 1983. WMA is a mission consulting organization which conducts ministry primarily outside of North America. In 2005, World Mission Associates established the World Mission Resources Center (WMRC) in Lancaster and helped to launch Missions Fest Lancaster in 2008, which is located in the WMRC. Glenn is currently based in the WMRC in Lancaster where he serves as Executive Director of World Mission Associates. His wife, Verna, shares as his partner in ministry.
In 2007 Glenn published a book titled When Charity Destroys Dignity: Overcoming Unhealthy Dependency in the Christian Movement. It is based on his experience and research of many years serving in cross-cultural missions. Glenn and Verna have two married children and six grandchildren who live in Pennsylvania.
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Scott Sabin
Plant with Purpose
Scott Sabin, MA, is the Executive Director of Plant with Purpose, a nonprofit Christian environmental organization that works in six countries around the world to transform the lives of the rural poor spiritually, economically, and environmentally. Sabin has been published in numerous periodicals including The New York Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Relevant, and Christianity Today. He is currently a contributing editor to Creation Care magazine and a national speaker in the creation care movement.
Last year, Judson Press published Tending to Eden: Environmental Stewardship for God's People. It is currently a finalist for Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award and was named a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards.
