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
- Chris Backert National Director
- Shannon Kiser Director of Training & Coaching
- Gannon Sims Director of Ministry Formation
- Chris Morton Director of Strategic Initiatives
- Michael Beck Director of Remissioning
- Verlon Fosner Director of Dinner Church Collective
- Eliseo Mejia Director of Expresiones Divinas
Staff
- J.D. Larson Coordinator of Community Development for Dinner Church Collective
- Jon Davis Coordinator of Operations (DCC)
- Kathleen Blackey Coordinator of Strategic Initiatives
- Morgan Solorzano Coordinator of Operations (FX)
- Jane Linton Administrator
- Jeanette Staats Coordinator of Social Media
- Wendy Chinn Coordinator of Digital Content
- Cheryl McCarthy Coordinator of Prayer & Intercession
- 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.