SPEAKERS
Gregory Anderson has been a pediatrician since 2003. During his undergraduate years at the University of Pittsburgh, he participated in the CCO ministry at Bellefield Church. Greg then completed his medical degree at Temple University and residency at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. During undergrad and medical training, Greg was highly involved with student ministries and is passionate about helping students care deeply about helping others develop a vision for God’s kingdom. After training in 2003 Greg and his wife, Beth moved back to Pittsburgh to work at the East Liberty Family Health Center as a pediatrician. Over the past few years, he has been able to serve there in different leadership capacities as well as continuing to see patients. Greg and Beth have 3 children.
GREGORY ANDERSON Pediatrician
Vincent Bacote (Ph.D., Drew University) is Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. Publications include the books Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News: In Search of a Better of a Evangelical Theology (2020) and The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life and he has contributed to books including Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues (2019), The Church’s Social Responsibility (2015), and Black Scholars in White Space (2015). He is a fellow for the Center for Public Justice, a Trinity Forum Senior Fellow, and has been an assistant theology editor for Christianity Today and has been a columnist for Comment (wrf.ca/comment) and has also had articles appear in magazines such as The Banner, Books and Culture, Christianity Today, Think Christian and re:generation quarterly and journals such as The Journal of Markets and Morality, Christian Scholars Review, Urban Mission and the Journal for Christian Theological Research. An avid tennis player, occasional bass guitarist and incessantly curious person, he lives in the Chicago area with his family.
VINCENT BACOTE Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics
Originally from Westminster, SC, Tanner Capps is director of the Miller Youth Institute at Pittsburgh Seminary, where he convenes living-learning communities focused on young adult theological formation and vocational discernment. Prior to arriving at PTS, he served on faculty at the Honors College, University of North Carolina Wilmington and at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC. His work has appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Political Theology, the International Journal of Systematic Theology, and the Journal of Reformed Theology. He is also a regular contributor to the Politics of Scripture series hosted by the Political Theology Network.
TANNER CAPPS Director, Miller Youth Institute
Abe has more than 20 years of pastoral ministry experience, including 14 years as a pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NY and six years as the Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church East Side. Cho’s leadership also within the Asian American community create opportunities for CTCNA to theologically strengthen the leadership of practitioners in the cities we work. Cho holds an MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Abe and his wife Jordyn live with their four children in Manhattan.
ABE CHO Senior Director of Training, City to City NYC and North America
Brittany Fan is a painter, photographer, illustrator, and designer based in Charlottesville, Virginia. She holds an interdisciplinary degree in studio art, art history, and arts administration from the University of Virginia, where she first began to investigate the intersection of the arts and community, exploring the significance and potential impact that creative practices can have in forming the maker, the viewer, as well as society at large.
Her visual arts practice spans a wide range of mediums and subject matters, but she most often finds inspiration in the natural world and in the themes of hope, renewal, storytelling, and human connection. Her various disciplines converge with the common thread of capturing and amplifying stories, with the belief that storytelling and meaning-making are crucial to our understanding of and experience of the world in all its beauty and brokenness.
BRITTANY FAN Jubilee Professional Artist-in-Residence
Steven Garber is the Senior Fellow for Vocation and the Common Good for the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The author of several books, including Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, and his most recent, The Seamless Life: A Tapestry of Love and Learning, Worship and Work. For many years he was the Principal for the Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture, and he also served as the Professor of Marketplace Theology at Regent College. One of the founders of the Wedgwood Circle and the Blood:Water Mission, he continues to serve as a consultant to colleges and corporations, facilitating both individual and institutional vocation. Long a teacher of many people in many places, he lives in Virginia among family, friends, and flowers.
STEVEN GARBER Senior Fellow for Vocation and the Common Good
David Greusel is founding principal of Convergence Design, a Kansas City-based architectural practice. While with other firms, David was the lead designer for Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, and PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
David has more than 40 years of experience in every aspect of architectural practice, including management, marketing, design, and technical aspects of projects. His work has been published in both trade and professional journals, and has been recognized at the local and national level. As a speaker, has presented at more than 100 regional, national and international conferences in the past 20 years. His book, Architect’s Essentials of Presentation Skills, is available from Wiley.
For much of his career, David was also an actor and writer for Right Between the Ears, a radio comedy program that won numerous national and international awards and was aired on NPR and Sirius/XM.
David and his wife Theresa have been married since 1983; they have three grown children and two grandchildren. David and Theresa attend Christ Community Church in Kansas City, where David has served as an elder and in a variety of other capacities.
DAVID GREUSEL Founding Principal, Convergence Design
Darrin Grove is a native Pittsburgher with a passion for innovation, technology, and values-based leadership. At Truefit, he works with business leaders who are creating new or next generation software products to pursue a new opportunity in the market, solve an important problem, and ultimately grow their business. Darrin and his team reduce risk and build confidence by guiding clients through their proven Idea Launch™ process.
In addition to his work at Truefit, Darrin is dedicated to sharing his insight in product development and entrepreneurship with the Pittsburgh community. He is active in the angel and venture community and serves on the investment committee for a faith-driven investment fund. Darrin is also a food and wine enthusiast and loves spending time with his wife Chris and three sons, Andy, Tyler, and Ryan, cycling and skiing as a family.
DARRIN GROVE Founder and CEO, Truefit
JAMES W. SKILLEN Author
James W. Skillen received his B.A. at Wheaton College (1966), B.D. at Westminster Theological Seminary (1969), and Ph.D. at Duke University (1974). From 1969 to 1970 he studied philosophy at the Free University of Amsterdam (VU). After teaching political science and philosophy at three colleges, he became the director and then president of the Center for Public Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1981 until his retirement in 2009. He continues to write, speak, and mentor young people. He and his wife Doreen have two children and four grandchildren. His publications include The Good of Politics: A Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Introduction (Baker Academic, 2014), and God’s Sabbath with Creation: Vocations Fulfilled, The Glory Unveiled (Wipf and Stock, 2019).
MARI STOUT Pastoral Counselor
Mari has worked as a Pastoral Counselor since 2007. She grew up in Japan, where her parents were missionaries. In her early 20's she worked with court-referred youth and families in Colorado Springs, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Her experience in the social services led her to seek a better understanding of how people change and encounter hope. She pursued her training at Westminster Theological Seminary, where she received a Master's of Divinity with an emphasis in counseling. Mari’s counseling is greatly influenced by the interweaving of human stories and God’s story. She lives in the East End of Pittsburgh with her husband, three kids, and rambunctious dog. She counsels out of the Workshop at Church of the Ascension in Oakland.
RENEE SUHR Owner and Artist, Stray Cat Studio
Renee’s passion for local economic development, small business, the arts and God’s Kingdom comes together in her own business, Stray Cat Studio (SCS) in Beaver Falls, PA. As owner and an artist of this unique local gem, she has created a pottery studio/artisan gift shop as a way to infuse greater understanding and access to the arts into the local area. In addition, her pottery studio provides educational opportunities for adults, local teens & kids. The impact of this “small but mighty” business on her economically under resourced community has been exponential in terms of innovation, hopefulness, job creation, and inspiration to others.
A native of “depressed steel towns”–Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh—she understands the importance of bringing beauty and a healthy economy to areas that have needed to reinvent themselves since the steel industry’s crash. Because of its importance, she has served as the President of the Beaver Falls Business District Authority, and is a current Board Member for the Beaver County Corporation for Economic Development (BCCED). Her passion for the community was recognized in the “Woman of Excellence” Award in 2014 from Geneva College. She was also named Beaver County Chamber’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2018. Her educational background consists of a BA in Psychology and Business from Messiah College and a MA in Higher Education Administration of Geneva College. She lives with her husband, Hank, and has 3 sons and a daughter-in-law.
STEPHANIE SUMMERS CEO, Center for Public Justice
Stephanie Summers is the CEO of the Center for Public Justice. Ms. Summers is a co-author with Washington Post columnist Michael J. Gerson and Katie Thompson of Unleashing Opportunity: Why Escaping Poverty Requires a Shared Vision of Justice (Falls City Press). A frequent speaker and moderator, recent topics include Christian activism in Reformed Public Theology (Baker Academic) and leadership in The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement (Routledge). Ms. Summers is a recipient of the inaugural Duke Divinity Reflective Leadership Award. She received her M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University.
Prior to her appointment at the Center for Public Justice, she spent 12 years with the CCO, where her roles included Vice President for the Eastern Region and Vice President for Organizational Development. Ms. Summers began her career in nonprofit administration as executive director of The Open Door, a church-based youth center in Pittsburgh, PA.
KATHERINE SIKMA WADSWORTH Leadership Coach and Organizational Development Consultant
Katherine Sikma Wadsworth is a leadership coach and organizational development consultant. With 20 years’ experience in the church and nonprofit sectors, she is passionate about developing leaders and collaborating with others to find creative solutions to complex problems. She serves with the Human Formation Coalition and is on the faculty for the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation. Katherine is also part of the preaching team at Christ Community Church of the South Hills, and she hosts a weekly podcast called You Gotta Try This!
She has a Bachelor's degree in Communication from Calvin University, a Master's degree in Higher Education from Geneva College, and a Master's degree in Leadership from Duquesne University. Katherine served with the CCO from 2004-2017.
SIMA WEAVER Family Physician
Sima Weaver has been a family physician since 1999. She graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA. She then completed a fellowship in Maternal Child Health in Chicago where she met her physician husband, Joe. Together, they began their careers and family in Memphis, TN where they joined a faith based federally qualified health center called Christ Community Health Services. After four years of practice in Memphis, they moved to rural India where they worked as volunteer doctors for five years. Upon returning to the US, they settled in Pittsburgh and have been working at the East Liberty Family Health Care Center since 2012. Sima practices full spectrum family medicine with a special interest in women’s health. Sima and her husband care deeply about medical care among the underserved and have additionally served as volunteer co medical directors for a free clinic for the uninsured at the Neighborhood Resilience Project in the Hill District since 2020. She and her husband have four young adult children who are proud to call Pittsburgh home.