SENIOR ADVISOR | COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

Bill Wichterman is Senior Advisor at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. Bill was Special Assistant to President George W. Bush in the White House, Policy Advisor to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and Chief of Staff to Congressman Joe Pitts and Congressman Bill Baker.  He has been a senior advisor on several presidential campaigns and remains active in national politics.  Prior to entering politics, he was a missionary to Turkish guestworkers in West Berlin.  He is fluent in German and conversant in Turkish.

Bill is the author of the book, Dying to Live: Finding Joy In Giving Yourself to God (Oakton Foundation Press, 2014), and he authored an influential essay entitled, “The Culture: Upstream from Politics,” which appeared in the 2001 Eerdmans book, Building a Healthy Culture: Strategies for an American Renaissance (ed. Don Eberly). He co-authored an essay entitled, “Making Goodness Fashionable” in the Stroud & Hall book Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce (Ed. Chuck Stetson, 2007).  He has also written op-eds for National Review, Townhall.com and Redstate.com.

Bill is co-founder of Wedgwood Circle, an angel investment network driving investment into arts and entertainment that seeks to renew culture.  He is President of Faith & Law, a ministry to congressional staff seeking to integrate their faith with their calling to the public square, and he is Chairman of the Board of the political arm of the March for Life.  He is a member of The Gathering and Generous Giving, and he is an active angel investor and impact investor in the developing world. He and his wife founded an international visual arts competition through their family foundation (Oakton Foundation). Bill holds an M.A. in Political Theory from the Catholic University of America, and a B.A. from Houghton College.

Bill is married to Dana Wichterman.  He is a member of Christ Church Vienna (Anglican), and is a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. And he is an avid sailor.

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CEO | Trustbridge Global

Bio:

Prior to TrustBridge, Robert served for 16 years with the National Christian Foundation, an organization that has facilitated over $10 billion in charitable giving in the U.S. to more than 50,000 charities in over 100 countries. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Equity Investment Management) where he led a 54-person team responsible for investing $36 billion in European and Global equities portfolios.

Life:

Bob and his wife, Tricia, have five adult children and one grandchild. He takes great joy from inspiring and encouraging business owners and families to greater generosity (and impact investing).

Chief Investment Officer | Crossmark Global

Bob joined Crossmark in May 2021 as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), bringing over 40 years of industry experience to guide the investment process and serve as portfolio manager for multiple Crossmark large cap strategies. He also utilizes his investment expertise to provide weekly and quarterly investment commentaries, as well as annual market predictions. Bob is a regular guest and contributor to multiple media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Moneywise, and Fox Business News. Prior to arriving at Crossmark, he held the roles of Senior Portfolio Manager and Chief Equity Strategist at Nuveen and Blackrock, President and Chief Investment Officer at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, and Chief Investment Officer at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.

Bob graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Economics. He later went on to earn an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation, as well as the FINRA Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.

Bob dedicates his time as choir director at his local church and also serves on a number of boards including the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Word of Life Fellowship, New Canaan Society, Kingdom Advisors, National Christian Foundation, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, The Lausanne Movement, Movement.org, Cairn University, Christianity Today, and the Princeton Healthcare System.

Bob and his wife Leslie currently reside in Princeton, New Jersey and have three children.

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President and COO | Applied Ceramics

Bio:

Leads a family business as one of three second generation brothers. Applied Ceramics is a manufacturing business that has been in operation since 1967 and focused on becoming a world class organization that honors the past while moving towards the future. He creates value for customers, employees, and owners with a company culture that demands doing what we say, treating others the way we want to be treated, and exceeding expectations as best we can.

Bobby can see the bigger picture and how things fit together in an organization in order to align team members around a common purpose key factors. He values a team atmosphere and can determine how to optimize a group’s performance to maximize the return given the resources. He also believes in continuous improvement and that world class is a journey, not a destination.

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Co-Founder and Managing Director | CLX Ventures

Bio:

Brad is a seasoned real estate executive with a 32 year track record of success in development, investment management, leasing, portfolio management and strategy, asset management, investment sales, acquisitions and dispositions and for three national real estate firms, as well as his own company. Brad started Copeland Commercial 10 years ago and has completed in excess of $500 million of Industrial and Multi-Family development projects.  Brad also has extensive experience on a local, national and global level. Since 1999, he has negotiated numerous joint venture structures and has a development track record totaling over 200+ buildings, 42,000,000 S.F., and $2.5+ B in gross asset value.

Brad began his career at the Trammell Crow Company where he was a partner in the firm.  In his next role, Brad was named National Director of Acquisitions and  Development for Crow Holdings’ Industrial REIT. In 2002, Crow Holdings’ sold the REIT to ING Clarion Partners  where Brad then served as a Director in the firm and the Chief Investment Officer of Lion Industrial Trust, one of  ING Clarion Partner’s largest open-ended funds with total assets under management of $4.1B and over  75,000,000 SF. Additionally, Brad was responsible for key client relationships and sourcing new investment  opportunities for ING’s other commingled funds and separated account clients. Brad also chaired ING’s Global Industrial Platform.