Rev. Heather Jallad  serves as the Associate Director of Training for Fresh Expressions NA, Community Engagement Pastor at Cannon UMC in Snellville, Georgia, and as FX Specialist for the North Georgia Annual Conference, leading a team of FX Cultivators. She pioneered the Common Ground Network, a network of fresh expressions in Johns Creek and The Douglasville Dinner Church in Douglasville, GA and a collaborative Dinner Church in Grayson, GA. She holds a BA in Mass Communications from University of South Florida, an MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a DMin in Church Renewal and Pioneer Ministry from United Theological Seminary. She and her husband Marten have been married for 30 years and have two daughters.