Board of Directors (Global)

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is the Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Faith and Work at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and for New City Fellows in Raleigh, NC. She currently serves as the Faith and Work Senior Advisor with Redeemer City to City. She worked with Tim Keller to write Every Good Endeavor, which has become a basic text for the growing faith and work movement. Prior to Redeemer, Katherine worked for 25 years in high tech, both in New York and California. She served as President and CEO of Pensare, Inc., an online management education startup in Los Altos, CA. Prior to that she was President and CEO of One Touch Systems, Inc., a corporate communications hardware/software company, in San Jose, CA. In the early 90s she was President of Private Satellite Network in New York City. She has also worked in numerous consulting, sales, and marketing roles primarily in the technology sectors. She earned her MBA from University of Virginia, Darden School. She currently serves on the boards of The Carver Project and Theology of Work project, as well as on advisory boards to WP313, Kern Family Foundation, and Seattle Pacific University’s Center for Faithful Business. She is adjunct faculty at Regent College. Katherine and her husband, John Alsdorf, live in New York City and are active members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

Marc Belton is a former executive with General Mills, where he served most recently as Executive Vice President for Global Strategy, Growth and Marketing Innovation. In his 32-year career at General Mills he became known as a champion for growth, innovation, and people. While at General Mills, Marc was President of the Snacks, New Ventures and Big G Cereal Divisions. Marc pioneered new businesses like Natural/Organic, 301 Inc, Health and Wellness and the “Consumer First” Initiative. Marc’s creative leadership was recognized by Fast Company, when the magazine named him one of the “Most Creative Executives in the US.” He has also been recognized by Fortune and Black Enterprise as one of the most influential African Americans in business. Marc completed his MBA in Marketing and Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA in Economics at Dartmouth College.

In 2015 Marc founded Wisefellows Consulting, a purpose-driven consultancy focused on creating sustainable growth and enabling strategic clarity for client companies and non-profits nationwide.

Marc continues to bring his creative thinking and leadership skills to non-profit boards and the Fortune 500. He currently serves on the National Board of the Salvation Army and has also served on the boards of US Bancorp and Navistar. Marc is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and the CEO Forum. He is deeply immersed in the Twin Cities community, where he currently sits as chair of the board of Minnehaha Academy and serves on the boards of the Guthrie Theater (past chair), and the Itasca Project. Marc generously gives back to his community through the Belton Family Foundation whose mission is to support faith-based and innovative community organizations to fulfill their missions to transform, restore, and empower the world.

Marc lives in Minneapolis with his wife Alicia and their children Alexander and Gabrielle. He loves playing and listening to music, recreational sports and outdoor activities. He is a member of Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis.

Gina Casey is staff chaplain at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, CA. Rev. Casey is ordained in the AME Zion church and served as the Senior Pastor and Presiding Elder at Leake Temple AME Zion Church in Anchorage, and previously at Columbus Avenue AME Zion Church (Boston) and Fisher Chapel (Phoenix). She served as a consultant/facilitator at Powerful Visions Coaching and Consulting. She was a manager in IT, capital purchasing, and college recruiting at Intel and an operations manager and systems programmer at Hughes Network Systems. She earned degrees from Howard University (BBA, computer-based management information systems), American University (MS, information systems), and Fuller Theological Seminary (Master of Theology, theological and biblical studies) and Gordon-Conwell Seminary (Doctor of Ministry, workplace theology, ethics, and leadership).

Denise Daniels is the inaugural Hudson T. Harrison Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Wheaton College (IL). Previously she was Professor of Management at Seattle Pacific University, where she also served as the Associate Dean and Interim Dean in the business school, and as SPU’s Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives.

Denise earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington where she studied Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Her work has been published in numerous academic and professional journals. She recently co-authored a book titled, “Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work.” Denise’s scholarly interests include meaningful work, Sabbath, leadership, gender, and motivation. Denise is the co-Principle Investigator on a $1.5M research project funded by the Lilly Endowment examining how Christians in the United States understand and engage their faith at work. She is also the producer of a series of films known as Faith & Co., which are designed to deepen connections between faith and work (www.faithand.co).

Denise regularly consults and provides executive coaching services and leadership development training in organizational contexts. She has served as an expert witness in a legal case related to organizational structure and management. She is an outside board member for Investortools, a FinTech company creating investment system solutions.

Denise is married to Craig Barwell, and together they have four adolescent and young adult children.

Albert M. (Al) Erisman is an author, speaker, and university teacher after two lengthy roles business and the academy. He is author of The Accidental Executive: Lessons on Business, Faith and Calling from the Life of Joseph (2015) and The ServiceMaster Company: Managing Tension between People and Profit (2020). In the spring of 2021, he taught an honors class in business at Fordham University with a colleague.

Alistair Mackenzie is a Teaching Fellow at Laidlaw College - Christchurch, New Zealand. He began his working life in his family's timber mill and then as a truck driver while completing a science degree. After becoming a Christian and completing theological training, he spent 23 years in pastoral leadership of three Baptist churches in New Zealand and was also involved in the leadership of Servants to Asia's Urban Poor (a mission and community development agency).

Alistair has served as a staff worker with the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship, and done postgraduate study on the theology of vocation and work. He authored Where's God on Monday?, SoulPurpose: Making a Difference in Life and Work and Just Decisions: Christians Ethics Go to Work. He was the founding director of the former Faith at Work, New Zealand, has been employed as a mission consultant with the Baptist Churches of New Zealand and participated in the Lausanne Committee's Marketplace Ministry Issue Group.

Alistair is married to Alison and involved with South West Baptist Church. They have two adult children, Catherine and Christopher, and also two lovely granddaughters Ruby and Rylee. Alistair enjoys playing guitar and blues harp with a band, armchair rugby and the odd round of golf (with an emphasis on the odd!).

e is a Teaching Fellow at Laidlaw College - Christchurch, New Zealand. He began his working life in his family's timber mill and then as a truck driver while completing a science degree. After becoming a Christian and completing theological training, he spent 23 years in pastoral leadership of three Baptist churches in New Zealand and was also involved in the leadership of Servants to Asia's Urban Poor (a mission and community development agency).

Alistair has served as a staff worker with the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship, and done postgraduate study on the theology of vocation and work. He authored Where's God on Monday?, SoulPurpose: Making a Difference in Life and Work and Just Decisions: Christians Ethics Go to Work. He was the founding director of the former Faith at Work, New Zealand, has been employed as a mission consultant with the Baptist Churches of New Zealand and participated in the Lausanne Committee's Marketplace Ministry Issue Group.

Alistair is married to Alison and involved with South West Baptist Church. They have two adult children, Catherine and Christopher, and also two lovely granddaughters Ruby and Rylee. Alistair enjoys playing guitar and blues harp with a band, armchair rugby and the odd round of golf (with an emphasis on the odd!).

Kara Martin is an author, lecturer, mentor and Head of Storytelling for The Different Co. responsible for Communications, Research and Organisational Theology.

An Adjunct Professor with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Kara teaches on Leadership and Church Conflict. She also teaches on A Biblical Theology of Work for colleges in Sydney, Malaysia and Los Angeles.

Kara has long been working in the faith–work integration space with two books specialising in the area: Worship: How to Use your Work to Worship God, and Worship 2: How to Flourish to Work. She is a co-author of Keeping Faith: How Christian Organisations can Stay True to the Way of Jesus. She was also a co-editor and contributor to Transforming Vocation: Connecting Theology, Church and Workplace for a Flourishing World.

She has a podcast called Worship on the Way to Work.

With an extensive corporate and not-for-profit career, Kara has had experience in media, business communications, people and culture, business analysis, policy and advocacy. She and her husband run a home maintenance small business based in Sydney, Australia.

Kara is married to David, and hey have two young adult children.

William G. Messenger is the Executive Editor of the Theology of Work Project. Previously, Will was the Director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary from 1999 to 2008, and an adjunct faculty member there. He created and led the seminary’s doctoral and master’s degree programs in workplace leadership and business ethics. He serves as an adjunct faculty member of Gordon College and previously taught as an adjunct at Laidlaw College Graduate School (New Zealand), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Holy Cross College (Massachusetts).

Will’s Board of Directors service includes ArQule Inc., Life/Work Direction, and The Call to Work. He serves on the Lausanne Movement Advisory Board for Workplace Ministry. He has worked as a sales representative at IBM, corporate finance associate at Goldman Sachs, consultant at McKinsey & Co., and vice president of sales and marketing Advanced Metabolic Systems. Will is ordained in the Episcopal Church and formerly served as pastor of Charles River Church in Boston and assistant rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Belmont, MA. He was awarded a B.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He and his family live in Boston, MA, USA.

Jessica Tanoesoedibjo is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, speaker and author, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Having graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2014, and a Master in International Trade and Commerce Law from Macquarie University in 2015, Jessica felt called into the work of “full-time” ministry, and pursued seminary training at Biola University. She graduated with a Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies in 2017, and followed the Lord’s leading to the mission field: the workplace. In 2020, Jessica also completed a Masters in Arts in Special Education.

Currently Jessica serves in a number of roles within her family business at MNC Group, overseeing the Financial Services, Philanthropy and Education portfolios of the company. Flowing from her love for Scripture, Jessica is the Next-Gen Representative at IllumiNations Indonesia, and is a part of the International Advisory Board for the Whole Word Institute (formerly 4.2.20 Foundation). She had also recently been appointed as the Chair of the Honorary Board of Red Cross Indonesia, Central Jakarta.

Jessica is married to Jonathan Sariaatmadja, with whom she has started YSUS (Yayasan Saluran Unggul Sesama / Vessel Unto Others Foundation), an NGO focused at empowering people with disability in rural Indonesia. Together, Jonathan and Jessica welcomed their first child in October 2023.