Dr. John Williams, Jr., is the General Superintendent of the Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region. Dr. Williams also serves as Regional Director of Evangelical Friends International - North America. He served as senior pastor at Canton First Friends from 1979 - 1989 and taught sociology at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana from 1969 - 1979. Dr. Williams received a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Malone College in 1967, a Master of Arts in Teaching from The College of Wooster in 1968 and a Master of Arts in Sociology from The University of Akron in 1969. He attended Dubuque Theological Seminary from 1969 - 1970, and earned the PH.D. in Higher Education from Iowa State University in 1973.

Dr. Williams has traveled extensively for ministry in Jamaica, Central America, Eastern Europe, Africa, India, Nepal, Taiwan and the Philippines as a representative of both the Eastern Region and Evangelical Friends Mission. "Dr. John" and his wife, Carol, also a Malone graduate, have six children and four grandchildren. He enjoys all types of sports and continues to be a diehard Cleveland Indians fan.

David J. Robinson is the General Superintendent of the Evangelical Friends Church – Mid America since 2002. He spent nearly thirty years in pastoral ministry, serving Friends churches in North Carolina, Texas, and Kansas. Most recently Dr. Robinson was also president of Houston Graduate School of Theology in Houston Texas. He is a graduate of Friends Bible College (Barclay College) and Houston Graduate School of Theology.

Dr Robinson's ministry to EFC-Mid America has been to challenge churches and pastors to excellence in ministry growth, leadership development, missions and evangelism. He has been married to his wife, Jan, for 47 years, has two children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. "This family is the light of my life and the great joy of my age. It is also the major reason for the gray hair. I delight in having them all close to me."

Colin Saxton is a member of North Valley Friends in Newberg, Oregon and serves as superintendent of Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church. He and his wife Janine are the parents of four children.

Along with his work for NWYM over the past six years, Colin spent 16 years in pastoral ministry and seven years as an adjunct instructor at George Fox University. He has served on the boards of several non-profits including Right Sharing of World Resources, George Fox University, the Center for Peace Learning, Love INC., Yamhill County Christian Peacemakers, Evangelical Friends Mission, Peace and Social Concerns (NWYM), and Friendsview Retirement Community. Colin has had the privilege of traveling among Friends throughout the US and across the globe.

His educational background includes an undergraduate degree in psychology, a master's degree in theology/church history, and a doctoral degree in leadership/spiritual formation.

Stan and Sandi Leach live in Placentia, CA, and have three daughters Deanna (married to Geoffrey), Kelsi and Andrea. Stan has served as Jr. High pastor at Rose Drive Friends Church, church planting missionary with Evangelical Friends Church Southwest in Guatemala and Honduras, and is currently Superintendent of Evangelical Friends Church Southwest. He has been involved in planting 15 churches worldwide.

Stan enjoys basketball, reading, spending time with family, family vacations and long naps (that he never seems to have time for).

Dan Kimball

Did you know? Dan Kimball is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry from George Fox Evangelical Seminary, where he also serves as adjunct faculty mentor.

One80 Band is the Summit worship band. They come from EFC-Eastern Region, and have led worship at Damascus Friends Church in Damascus, Ohio for 5 years in the One80 Young Adult service.

They recently played at Youth Explosion in Cleveland and have opened for Remedy Drive.

Heather Williams has been serving as a worship leader at Morningside Friends Church in Florida for the past twelve years. She leads the "worship Loud" service which has as many as one thousand in attendance. Heather has also been a featured singer at the Eastern Region Yearly Meeting and will perform at Malone College in November. Heather loves God with all her heart and loves to worship. Her current EP is available on iTunes and YouTube has a video with her incredible life story on it.

"A friend prayed with me come to God in Christ when I was in high school. So, I went to her church. It was a Friends church. Since then I've wanted nothing more than to be a friend of Jesus. It has been a great journey. I'm the senior pastor at First Denver Friends Church. Welcome to Colorado."  ~  Chuck Orwiler

Craig Davis - Summit 2010 Planning Team, Conference Emcee, and Director of EFM Track for Future Missionaries
Craig has been on the Rose Drive Friends Church staff since 2006, currently as College Pastor and Associate Pastor of Student Ministries, having served in Student Ministries for 23 years. His passion is reaching and discipling students in their faith in Jesus Christ. Craig loves to travel, and has led many student teams to experience global missions. Craig has been married to Debbie for 26 years, and has 3 children, Justin (CSUF), Ashley (CSUF) and Brandon (EDHS).

Matthew Macy is the Youth Ministries Guy in the EFC-Mid America office and he mows the grass and drives an old car and lives in an old house. He is passionate about the Friends Church and eager to support young adults who are willing to commit their lives to loving and serving God, the church, and the family, allowing that Call to direct their career choice. Matt has a friendly wife and four crazy boys ages 4 to 11. They are actively involved in a church plant in Wichita, Kansas: Crossroads Friends Church.

Matt says "Summit 2010 is going to be an incredible experience that will change you and change the church. You are crazy if you let anything stop you from coming! Friends don't let Friends miss Summit 2010."

Rachelle Staley is the Associate Superintendent of Youth and Young Adults for Northwest Yearly Meeting. She has served in that roll for the past 2 years. After graduating from George Fox University with a degree in social work she went on to work in international adoptions for approximately 8 years. She has had extensive travel both escorting orphan children to their new adopted families as well as leading teams of students on various short term missions experiences. She found a way to bridge her heart for camping ministry with social work facilitating camps for orphans in the U.S. while locating adoptive parents. Rachelle is currently attending the seminary at George Fox University pursuing a graduate degree in spiritual formation.

Jeremiah serves as Young Adult Pastor at Damascus Friends Church and also as EFC- Eastern Region's Youth Ministry Specialist with a desire to network with Youth Ministries across Eastern Region. He works closely with Youth leaders to build up and encourage Friends Youth region-wide events, training, and support for youth leaders. Jeremiah is a graduate of Malone University and has earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from Trinity Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity from Liberty Theological Seminary. Jeremiah has been married to Elisha for eight years and together, they are raising two daughters, Makiah and Eden. And a third due on Christmas day!!