Who We Are?

Ethiopia Board

Zelalem Abebe

Chair: Regional Secretary, IFES, English and Portuguese Speaking Africa

Melatwork Hailu

V. Chair: Head, National Election Board of Ethiopia

Tewodros Beyene

Secretary: BIBLICA

Abraham Alaro

Honorary Treasurer:  President, Omo Bank

Daniel Chamebo

Acting Manager: Chief of Staff, Ethiopian Investment Commission

Tamrat Abegaz

Member: General Secretary, Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia of Addis Ababa City

Roman Tesfaye

Member:   Former First Lady and CEO of Hailemariam & Roman Foundation 

Konjit Berhanu

Member: Staff, World Food Program, Ethiopia

Aneni Assefa

Member:  Consultant and Trainer, Centre for African Leadership Development (CALD)

Seneshat Teka

Member: Head of Spiritual Department, Evangelical Denominations Council of Ethiopia

 

Meheret Debebe

Member: Founder, Mindset Solutions

 

UK Trustees

Christopher Reveley

Chair: Retired Business Consultant and Former Pastor

 

Jon Fox-Rushby

Secretary: Advisor, UK Department of Transport

 

Fasil Bellete

Treasurer: Pastor in London

 

Desta Heliso

Founder and Executive Director

 

Alastair Mitchell-Baker

Member: Founding Director, Tricordant

 

US Board

Mike Glerup

Chair: Executive Director, Center for Early African Christianity, New Haven

 

Joel Elowsky 

Director of the Center for Early Christian Texts – Concordia Seminary, St Louis

Yared Halche

Regional Office of Mission Engagement – Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Maryland

 

Rose Clarke Nanyonga

Vice Chancellor of Clarke International University, Uganda

 

Pete Peterson

Dean of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, California

 

John Cowden

Chief Financial Officer, Walther Farms

 

Advisory Council: ​ USA

Tom McCallie

Steven Ferguson

Jason Ferenczi

Paul Glader

 

Endalk Sahle

 

Bisrat Lamessa Kabeta

 

Advisory Council: ​ Europe

Stig Lundberg

Maria Lundberg – Sweden

Lemma Desta – Norway

Mike Askew – UK

 

Girma Mohammed – UK