Our Team
Leaders raising up leaders.
Our distributed team spans the US and Canada, but we’re united in the mission of training church leaders to start new expressions of Church.
Leadership
- Shannon Kiser Senior Director of Fresh Expressions North America
- Chris Backert Founding Director
- Verlon Fosner Director of Dinner Church Collective
- Heather Jallad Director of Training
- Jon Davis Director of Event Operations & Logistics
- Kathleen Blackey Director of Communications
- Eliseo Mejia Director of Latin America Ministries & Expresiones Divinas
Staff
- Jane Linton Administrator
- Wendy Chinn Coordinator of Design & Digital Content
- Heather Evans Coordinator of Dinner Church Community & Resources
- Cheryl McCarthy Coordinator of Prayer & Intercession
- Jeanette Staats Coordinator of Social Media
- Morgan Szeligowski Coordinator of Training & Special Projects
- Mitch Marcello Mission Strategist & Innovation Specialist
Canadian Liaisons
Mission Strategists & Trainers
Helping your church light up their world.
Fresh Expressions helps pastors and leaders equip their church to reach more people for Christ.