Shannon is Chief Program Officer at Westchester Jewish Community Services. Previously she was Vice President of Strategic Development for both the New York Center for Child Development and Infants and Toddlers. She earned her BA in Child Development and Family Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.Ed. at Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Michael is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Office Bowdoin College and has spent over 20 years in Higher Education IT. He is active in the professional organizations CAUDIT, EDUCAUSE, and NERCOMP focusing on leadership development, inclusive leadership, and DEI.. He is the 2021 recipient of the EDUCAUSE DEI Leadership Award.

Susanna is retired from a career in economic development and non-profit management and lives on Georgetown Island. She studied history at Princeton; served in Peace Corps in West Africa and earned an MBA from Yale. She has worked at the World Bank (in agriculture in East Africa), as a consultant in management information systems, and as a Board member for NGOs in education (Guatemala), refugee and immigrant services (Boston), and climate research and policy (Boston). On Georgetown, her focus is on building a small organic farm, studying forest resilience, and fostering community engagement. Susanna and her husband spend several months in Guatemala each year, where they continue to be involved in numerous educational, environmental, and health initiatives.

Gaensly is an Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") practicing in international tax law. Prior to PwC, he earned his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, his J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. He is a 2015 Seguinland Institute alum. He is fluent in Swedish and Haitian Creole.

Steve has spent his entire professional career in higher-education administration, mentoring, and advising. Before coming to Brown he served for over twenty years as executive director and director of the Fellows Program of Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center. For the decade before that he served on the senior staff of the Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities, also at Harvard. Steve holds degrees from Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador.

Kerry is Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. He holds graduate degrees from Princeton Seminary, St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Boston College, and Rutgers University. He received his doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is president of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Jesse is Chief Development Officer at the Austin Film Society, a 35-yr old non-profit founded by acclaimed director, Richard Linklater. Prior to this role he served as Senior Development Officer at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at University of Texas at Austin and Senior Development Officer at the international development organization Trickle Up.