Brian Chan founded Liferay in 2000 to provide non-profit organizations with an open source solution to facilitate collaboration on the Internet. As Liferay’s Chief Software Architect, he is a sought after speaker at major industry events such as JavaOne, JAX Asia and Europe. With 800+ employees across 20+ offices around the world, Liferay never took a dime of venture capital in becoming a worldwide leader in innovative open source enterprise solutions. Brian holds a dual B.S. degree in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Chicago.

Patrick Fisher is the Founder and Managing Partner of Creation Investments Capital Management, LLC, a leading emerging market private equity fund manager focusing on financial institutions founded in 2007. Mr. Fisher is also a Partner of Promus Holdings, LLC, a multi-family office with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. He spent the majority of his career working in the financial services industry, most notably for JPMorgan Chase. His work experience includes years of service in International Banking and Global Treasury, primarily working in Hong Kong, Beijing and covering Latin America. Mr. Fisher is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he received a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Marketing. He also received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, at the University of Notre Dame.

Gary Ginter is the CEO & Chairman of VAST Power Systems. Gary has been an entrepreneur for over 30 years. He helped build two significant options trading firms. Both had worldwide operations, traded only proprietary capital and were world leaders in significant market niches. His international experience gained through helping found, finance, and liquidate over 20 startups in communities of need among unreached people groups. Gary has mentored Christian MBA students from the University of Chicago’s Booth School as well as undergrads at Wheaton College, IL. Gary received his education from University of Southern California, Wheaton & Multnomah Bible College.

Brian Ng serves as Director of Finance and Senior Director of City and Global Ministries for Holy Trinity Church in Chicago.  He also serves as Associate Director of Economic Development for Together Chicago, a collaborative Christian non-profit focused on holistic community transformation.  He received his M. Div. recently from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been interested in work and faith integration, stewardship and social entrepreneurship.  Prior to seminary, he worked in finance and investments for 12 years in Chicago, New York and Hong Kong.  He has a BS in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a MBA from University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Jimmy Quach’s passion is the alleviation of global poverty through market-driven businesses, and he is the founder and CEO of Good Paper. As the world’s leading fair trade greeting card company, Good Paper employs survivors of human trafficking in the production of its handcrafted cards, which can be found at retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Paper Source, and West Elm. Prior to this, Jimmy held positions in the nonprofit sector and in software product management. Jimmy holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and a BA in Applied Math from Harvard. He serves as a Trustee for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA

Prof. John Mulford of Regent University -- Dr. John Mulford is Director of the Regent University Center for Entrepreneurship (RCE) and Professor in the School of Business and Leadership.  John has trained, consulted, and lectured on business and economic development with groups of business, education and government leaders in many countries, including Rwanda, Zambia, Burundi, Cameroon, South Africa, Guatemala, Bolivia, Mexico, Spain, Morocco, Indonesia and Ukraine.  He has been active researching and furthering Business as Mission movement, serving on boards of FCCI, C12, NPIM, and launching seven business development centers in Africa & India.

Prof. Marlene Reed of Baylor University -- Marlene M. Reed, DBA, is presently Entrepreneur-in- Residence at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University and Professor Emeritus at Samford University. She has published over 80 articles and cases in academic journals and textbooks, received the Award as Alabama Professor of the year from the Carnegie Foundation in 1995, and was twice honored with the Outstanding Teacher Award and Outstanding Professor Award at Baylor. She is Past President of North American Case Research Association and the Southwest Case Research Association. And has taught internationally throughout Europe. She is active in her church and teaches a couples Bible Study class on Sunday mornings.

Prof. Steve Rundle of Biola University -- Dr. Steve Rundle is professor of economics and international business at Biola University. He received his B.A. in economics from California State University, Northridge, and his Ph.D. in economics from Claremont Graduate University. His teaching and research interests are focused on the intersection between international economics and faith-based social entrepreneurship. He has authored many journal articles and book chapters on this subject, as well as two books – Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions (now in its second edition) and Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization. In addition to teaching and writing, he assists and consults organizations that aim to see faith-based social enterprises prosper in less-developed countries.

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Annie Moon is Executive Director, Global Skincare Marketing at The Estee Lauder Companies. Annie previously served as an Asia-Pacific regional marketer in Singapore and held progressive brand marketing roles at various CPG companies (Estee Lauder, Coty, and Johnson & Johnson). In 2014, Annie started AMP consulting that provides strategy and branding thought leadership to early stage start-ups and nonprofits. She holds degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Jeremy Showalter started traveling around the world as a child and has had short and long-term experiences in India, Ecuador, Canada, Costa Rica, and Ireland before earning degrees in business from the University of Chicago, science and technology public policy from George Washington University, and engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is responsible for global programs for Microsoft Philanthropies Technology for Social Impact Group and recently served as the Microsoft Vietnam COO/CMO.  Jeremy previously held roles in marketing, sales, product management, and corporate finance.