Partner | Praxis

Andy Crouch is partner for theology and culture at Praxis, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His two most recent books—2017’s The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place and 2016’s Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing—build on the compelling vision of faith, culture, and the image of God laid out in his previous books Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power and Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling.

Andy serves on the governing boards of Fuller Theological Seminary and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. For more than ten years he was an editor and producer at Christianity Today, including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. He served the John Templeton Foundation in 2017 as senior strategist for communication. His work and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing—and, most importantly, received a shout-out in Lecrae’s 2014 single “Non-Fiction.”

From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology.

A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, Andy has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000. He lives with his family in Pennsylvania.

Links: 

• LinkedIn

Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer | Archegos Capital Management

Bio:

Andy is the Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Archegos Capital Management, and joined the firm in 2014.  He was the former Chief Executive Officer of the Thomson Financial and Professional Publishing unit of The Thomson Corporation, where he was also a member of the Board.  Andy is also a Senior Fellow at The King’s College in New York City, where he was previously the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Andy received a BA from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Links: 

• Lake Forest Church

• Kingdom Builders

Vice President | Muhich Family Businesses

After being in church ministry as a missions pastor for about 7 years, Andy is partnering with his family to re-frame and build their family enterprise. His heartbeat is to partner with Jesus in His mission to renew all creation under His kingship. In his current role, Andy co-leads internal development and manages both private enterprise and non-profit capital partnerships. He lives in Davidson, NC (Greater Charlotte) with his wife and three small children.

Links: 

• LinkedIn

Project Coordinator

Bio:

Anna is a project coordinator for Faith Driven Media supporting Faith Driven Investor remotely from Indonesia. She works on daily blog and social media posts, scheduling podcast recordings and creating monthly newsletters, besides creating new pages for the website and other administrative work that supports the initiative. Her motivation is to stay on top of things and find ways to improve workflows.

Previously Anna worked at Sekolah Pelita Harapan as a teacher assistant in Food Design, where she experienced the work-environment in an international school, and introduced several new organization systems, including developing an app for inventory use. She graduated from Universitas Pelita Harapan with a degree in Food Technology.

Life:

Anna was born and raised in Germany, and moved to her parent’s country of origin, as a middle-school student, attending the German School in Jakarta along with her younger sister. She is a committed leader of Harvest Mission Community Church, where she fell in love with Jesus, her husband Bryan and Ultimate Frisbee. In her free time Anna is constantly working on projects to improve every-day-efficiency.

Executive Vice President of International Business | Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

Bio:

Ben Briggs has been doing international business in Europe and Asia since 2000. Ben is now based in China serving investors eager to diversify capital into U.S. & European real estate. Ben & his team have helped their extensive list of institutional and HNW investors close around $300 million in real estate assets. Ben’s family has been involved in US real estate for over 60 years.

In 2004, Ben started a leather factory in China where he worked for eight years. This Texas-owned plant produced products for the White House, Neiman Marcus, and the Ritz Carlton. Ben hired and befriended several deaf, handicapped, and Down syndrome employees, and is passionate about using business to benefit the community. While living in China, Ben met his wife Jenny, and they now have three children.

Prior to China, Ben worked in London for Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems UK. Ben completed his Computer Science degree in 2000 from Wake Forest University and his MBA at Southern Methodist University in 2014. Ben currently serves as Chairman of the Board of his local church and Founder of an anti-human trafficking NGO.

Fun facts:

• Education – University of Virginia Ph.D. & M.A.; Messiah College B.A.

• Her life verse is Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”

Bio:

Dr. Amy L. Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, where she directs the Center on Faith in Communities. Named by Christianity Today in 2012 as one of the 50 most influential Evangelical women in America, Sherman is the author of six books and nearly 100 articles in a variety of periodicals including First Things, The Public Interest, Policy Review, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture, as well as various online platforms.

Sherman works closely with Made to Flourish, a pastors network for the common good focused on issues of faith and work. Her most recent book, Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, was awarded “Book of the Year” status in the Christian living category by CT. Her articles appear regularly in MTF’s Resource Library and on The Green Room, a blog sponsored by the Theology of Work Project.

Sherman is the founder and former executive director of a Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries, an urban ministry in Charlottesville, VA. She served for several years as a volunteer Senior Fellow with the International Justice Mission. She is a long-time member of Trinity Presbyterian Church. She earned her B.A. in political science at Messiah College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in international economic development from the University of Virginia.