Director | Hope Global Investment Fund

Bio:

Prior to joining HOPE, Josh served as general manager of Opportunity International’s Microcredit Company in East Asia. He began working with HOPE in 2010 alongside Beth, his wife, as HOPE’s East Asia country director and then as Asia and Eastern Europe regional director.  Prior to assuming his current role leading HOPE Global Investments, Josh oversaw HOPE’s strategic push into SME lending, training, and auxiliary services.  In addition to his work at HOPE, Josh is actively working with Beth’s family to assume ownership over a 55-employee company based in northeast Iowa.

Josh holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Arizona State University, an advanced Chinese language studies certificate, and an M.A. in international development and economics from Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Washington, D.C., with Beth and their three boys, Hudson Taylor, John Elliot, and Enoch Adoniram.

 Links:

• LinkedIn

Chief Operating Officer | IH

Bio:

JT Vaughn is focused on developing high impact business models that transform people while generating economic and environmental returns.

He is the Chief Operating Officer at Industrial Heat. IH is focused on developing cutting edge clean energy technologies and working with partners to commercialize such technologies.

Links: 

• LinkedIn

• Right Now Media @ Work

Executive Director of Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor

Justin is an entrepreneur that has inspired business leaders to see their Work as a part of their Calling for the past 20 years. As Executive Vice President he was a part of dreamers and doers that built RightNow Media, which serves 30,000 churches and 4 million people in 120 different countries through this “Netflix of Video Studies”. During that time he was also part of creating RightNow Media @ Work’s tools to help business leaders equip their people to be better at home and at work.

He’s been Executive Producer of several books and dozens of short films from business leaders at companies like Hobby Lobby, Popeyes Chicken, Interstate Batteries, SeaWorld, Auntie Anne’s, Grab, NatureSweet and business leaders like Patrick Lencioni, Dave Ramsey and many others.

Today he and his wife own several small businesses in Dallas and serve as President of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Investor. The team of 30+ staff support over 1,000 volunteer leaders that serve entrepreneurs in over 88 different countries through world class content and community.

Justin, his wife Sharee both went to school at Baylor University. They have three kids (Tristan, Audrey and Kate). Some things in life are predestined, and for him it was to be a Michigan State Spartan Fan. Office legend has it that his family invented “Sparty”, the iconic Michigan State Mascot. On any given weekend you’ll find him coaching his daughters “Pixie Chicks” girls soccer teams and involved at Citybridge Church.

Links: 

• Marsh Collective

• Redemptification Podcast

• Article: The Resurrection of Place

Marsh Collective

John:

John Marsh is the Co-Founder of Marsh Collective and host of the Redemptification Podcast, serial entrepreneur, a consultant helping steward over $1b in redemptive real estate in 9 small towns (with populations of  800-180k) around America, with love for building things that are beautiful and meaningful.

Over the last 25 years, John and Ashely have guided over 40 startup businesses in various industries, such as the Construction, Real Estate Investing, Advertising, and also multiple Restaurants. John and his wife have renovated 220+ buildings within 10 blocks of downtown Opelika to help save their city. Today, John’s current focus is on helping others make generational differences in their communities and companies by helping patrons bridge the gap between redeeming vision and execution.

Enneagram: 3 / 5 VOICES: Connector Creative

Lover of: Statistics, Measuring all things, Overcomplicated Smoothies

Ashley:

Ashely is the Co-Founder of Marsh Collective and has guided 40 startups with John over the last 25 years. Along with John, and now the team at Marsh Collective, she has pioneered the redeeming of Opelika historic downtown, and placemaking in cities across the country. Ashely runs the real estate development and management, a hospitality design company, The Southerly event venue and community, and works with the team to foster a generational difference in communities and places.

Curator of all things beautiful. People, places and spaces.

Enneagram: 8 / 5 VOICES: Guardian Nurturer

Lover of: Fast cars, & pull up bars

Links: 

• LinkedIn

• Personal Website

Managing Partner | Sovereign’s Capital

John Coleman is an investor, writer, and public speaker. A frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, John and his work have been featured in Forbes, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the LA Times among other publications. He previously published Passion & Purpose (HBP, 2011) and How to Argue Like Jesus (Crossway, 2009). A frequent public speaker, John has addressed hundreds of audiences on college campuses, at conferences, and for corporations and non-profits.

John is a Managing Partner at Sovereign’s Capital, which invests in public equities, private equity, and venture capital. He has prior experience at McKinsey & Company, Invesco, and Bridgewater Associates among others. He’s active in the community, with current or prior experience on the boards of Berry College, the DeKalb County School System, the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the Georgia Charter Schools Association, and the Georgia Independent College Association. He’s been recognized as a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Presidential Leadership Scholar, and as one of both Georgia Trend’s and the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “40 Under 40.”

John is a summa cum laude graduate of Berry College, where he was student commencement speaker. He’s an MBA graduate with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was Class Day Speaker and a Dean’s Award Winner. And he’s an MPA graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a George Fellow and a Zuckerman Fellow.

John lives in Atlanta with his wife Jackie, their four young children, and a menagerie of small animals, including a bearded dragon affectionately named “Bruce Willis.”

Links: 

• LinkedIn

• God and Money

Director of Generosity | The Maclellan Foundation

John Cortines is the co-author of two books including God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Business School. He serves with the Maclellan Foundation, where he oversees efforts to catalyze a global movement of generosity among all believers. John lives in Orlando with his wife Megan, their five children, and a flock of chickens.