founder | WiLD Leaders, Inc.

Recently named among the top 30 most influential I-O Psychologists and featured in Forbes, Dr. Rob McKenna is the founder of WiLD Leaders, Inc., creator of the WiLD Toolkit, and Chair of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. His research and coaching with leaders across corporate, not-for-profit and university settings has given him insight into the real and gritty experience of leaders. His clients have included the Boeing Company, Microsoft, Heineken, Foster Farms, the United Way, Alaska Airlines and Children’s Hospital. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on leadership character, calling, effectiveness, and leadership under pressure. His latest book, Composed: The Heart and Science of Leading Under Pressure, focuses the specific strategies leaders can use to stay true to themselves and connected to others when it matters most. 

LINKS 

• WildLeaders.org

• Book: Composed: The Hea

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founder | Igniter Media

Rob founded Igniter Media in 2003 and plays the role of executive creative director at the company. He gets to work with an amazing team dedicated to serving the local church with media resources. He lives in Richardson, TX with his wife, Haley, and four kids.

LINKS 

• Igniter Media

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co-founder and vice president | FXM Intl. LLC

Ruth Morales is the co-founder and vice president of FXM Intl. LLC, a subsidiary from FX Morales y Asociados SAPI de CV. She is responsible for supervising and overseeing financial reports, accounting, and all financial analysis. She has contributed to the development of the company´s strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization. On a daily basis Ruth oversees key account customer’s sales and cash collections. She also advises the president on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, and investment priorities. She is passionate about working for a Christ-centered company where she can honor God by giving her very best in all she does. Two years before graduating from college, her dad Xavier Morales invited her to join the growing family business FX Morales y Asociados, which he founded in 1988. This work opportunity helped her graduate cum laude from Tec de Monterrey with a public accounting and finance degree.

In 2004 Ruth married her high-school sweetheart Jair, and they’ve lived in three different countries while he was pursuing graduate studies. She is a mom of two amazing kids, Danny and Sofia. Jair and Ruth attend Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas where they’ve served as Sunday school teachers for children and adults. She is also actively involved in volunteering opportunities at her children’s school – Second Baptist School in Houston, Texas.

LINKS

• FXM – Ingredients for Success

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President and CEO | Interstate Batteries

Insightful. Charismatic. Visionary. Scott Miller leads Interstate Batteries with a style that blends both head and heart.

A gifted communicator, he champions Interstate’s culture while courageously driving the business to reach further than it ever has before.

After 25 years at Interstate Batteries – from sweeping the warehouse floor and running battery sales routes to corporate management and executive leadership – Scott brings a comprehensive view of the Interstate business to every conversation and decision. His sharp business acumen and talent for connecting with people keeps the whole company driven to build an Interstate Batteries legacy that’s as strong as its history.

He’s a thought leader for the enterprise and a voracious learner in his own right. His eighth value* is personal growth, and Scott’s dedicated study of conscious leadership inspires team members and partners to become more self-aware and conscious of how they lead day to day.

“I firmly believe in personal development. You have to experience breakthroughs in your personal life to experience any breakthroughs professionally.”

His strategic leadership reaches beyond what Interstate Batteries does to emphasize the whys and hows behind it. In 2013, Scott led the efforts to capture in words the rich company culture grown over 65 years and still felt by Interstate’s partners, vendors, shareholders and community. And today, the Purpose & Values reflect the heart of Interstate Batteries. In 2015, he and the leadership team unveiled a vision that focuses Interstate’s efforts in five vertical businesses: “To be the First Choice in sustainable battery solutions in every community we serve now and for generations to come.”

A member of Conscious Capitalism, the Young Presidents Organization Dallas Chapter and The CEO Forum, along with his wife Donna, he is a benefactor of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing of Baylor UniversityScott enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, fishing and faithfully supporting the English Premier League team Manchester United Football Club.

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Author

Scott Rodin has a passion for helping Christian ministry leaders take a biblical approach to leadership development, strategic planning, board development and raising kingdom resources. Over the past thirty years he has worked with hundreds of organizations in the U.S., Canada, Middle East, Great Britain, China, India, the Philippines and Australia.

Dr. Rodin is president of The Steward’s Journey and Kingdom Life Publishing. He also runs Rodin Consulting, Inc. He is a Senior Fellow of the Association of Biblical Higher Education, Partner for The Alliance for Board Effectiveness and is past board chair of ChinaSource and the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Dr. Rodin holds Master of Theology and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Systematic Theology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dr. Rodin is married to Linda and they reside in Spokane, Washington.

HIS BOOKS INCLUDE:

• The Seventh Key (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2015)

• Christ Centered Generosity (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2015)

• Development 101 (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2015)

• The Choice (ECFA Press, 2014)

• Three Dimensional Discipleship (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2013)

• The Million-Dollar Dime (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2012)

• The Third Conversion (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2011)

• The Steward Leader (InterVarsity Press, 2010)

• The Sower (ECFA, 2009)

• The Seven Deadly Sins of Christian Fundraising (KLP, 2007)

• Stewards in the Kingdom, (InterVarsity Press, 2000)

LINKS

• Twitter

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Chief Investment Officer | Christian Super

Tim Macready is Chief Investment Officer at Christian Super which he joined in 2005. He been responsible for the development of the Fund’s Responsible Investment Approach, which is applied across the entire portfolio and now incorporates Negative Screening, ESG Integration, Active Ownership and Impact Investing.

Tim is responsible for the Fund’s overall investment strategy and implementation, including management of the internal team and working with the Investment Committee and external advisors on all investment issues. The Fund made its first impact investment in 2006; impact investments now represent 9% of Christian Super’s portfolio.  Sectors include microfinance, social infrastructure, community finance, microinsurance, renewable energy, education and foster care.

Tim is also Chief Investment Officer of Brightlight Impact Advisory, an organisation established by Christian Super to assist institutional investors looking to include impact investments in their portfolio.  Brightlight undertakes research, due diligence and portfolio management across the impact investment space. Previously, Tim was an actuarial analyst at Aon Consulting.

“I’m an elder at my church, sit on two denominational committees for the Presbyterian church and serve as a Board member for Pioneers of Australia.”

LINKS

• Christian Super

• LinkedIn

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