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Officers of the Board

Biographies

Officers of the Board

  • Randall is a Founding Member of Kingdom Advisors, along with Larry Burkett and Ron Blue, and has served on its Board of Directors. Currently, he leads the LA/Ventura branch. He is a member of Godspeak Church in Newbury Park, CA, He and his wife Kay are regular leaders of Compass/Crown and Special Edition Bible studies. He serves on the Board of the Kingdom Center, a Christian homeless services shelter in Oxnard, Ca.

    Randall is founder of Alliance Entrust, a group of integrated companies providing wealth management and investment advisory services. He is a Certified Kingdom Advisor (CKA), a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), a Chartered Financial Consultant, (ChFC) and he holds two bachelor and two master degrees in the areas of business management, computer sciences and financial services.

    In 1972, Randall embarked on his career as a financial advisor. He wrote the first financial planning software, which was purchased by IDS/American Express. American Express also featured him in its 1985 Annual Report. Randall toured the United States training American Express financial advisors and was a television spokesperson for the company.

    Randall authored the book, Wisdom Before Wealth, in order to help equip the next generation in Biblical stewardship practices and the achievement of financial freedom.

    With his sons now in charge of the day to day operations of Alliance, Randall is free to serve on the CFA Board, as well as pursue other ministry opportunities. Randall and Kay believe that the best investment is one that involves Christian ministry; hence their focus on being generous givers and teaching others about the joy of generosity.

  • Katherine L. Saigeon joined CFA as its President and Executive Director in September 2012. She has served on the Board of CFA since 2002, as Board Treasurer. A career executive in philanthropy, she served as Chief Financial Officer of The Fuller Foundation, Pasadena California (affiliate Foundation for Fuller Theological Seminary) for over twelve years. During that time The Fuller Foundation grew from $130 million to over $500 million in charitable assets, providing services as a trust fiduciary for charitable trust s, donor advised fund, and other Christian based not-for-profit organizations on a national basis. Previously, Ms. Saigeon was Chief Financial officer of two multi-billion foundations, The California Endowment, and as VP for Finance for The Kellogg Foundation. Her career in philanthropy spans 25 years.

    She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the California Society of CPAs. Her early career as a CPA was with Price Waterhouse where she specialized in large not for profit organization audit practice. She has served in leadership positions on numerous charitable organization boards, Christian ministries and professional associations during her career, and conducted public speaking in the fields of philanthropy, stewardship, leadership and institutional investment management. She currently is a member of Kingdom Advisors, co-hosting the Kingdom Advisors West Ventura County Chapter, and on the Board of Directors of The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) Harbor Ventura.  A member of Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village CA, she serves on a senior strategic advisory council to the Board of Elders, and is active in stewardship educational ministries.

    Katherine is passionate about bringing Christian based stewardship, philanthropy and giving services to families and ministries. She has two sons, Steven and Paul and two beautiful grandchildren, and lives in Wood Ranch at Simi Valley, California.

  • Anthony earned his Business Degree from Santa Barbara Business College in 1991. Always a self-motivated and hardworking individual, he put himself through school by cleaning carpets and doing odd jobs. In 2004 he started “Perfect Polish” by cleaning the toughest jobs he could find – ones that others weren’t willing to do. Through hard work and a positive attitude, Perfect Polish has grown every year and by any measure has been a tremendous success.

    Anthony is a man of many passions. He is passionate about his wife and about his three children. He is passionate about the assortment of kids he and his family have “adopted.” He is passionate about mentoring young people. He is passionate about his business and about integrating the passions of his life with his business.

    “The Comprehensive Quality and Corporate Citizenship ideals of our Core Values are not slogans, but opportunities to put into action those deep yearnings which bear the fruit of joy and peace and ultimately outlast the best of us. Running a business, as in competing in a triathlon, demands that we give it our all. I like to win, but I do not have to win. As long as I have played by the rules and done my best, then I am at peace.”

    In 2008, Anthony came in first place in the Sprint division of the Los Angeles Triathlon at the age of 40. In 2010 he was one of five qualifiers from Southern California in his division in the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

    In addition to being founder and CEO of Perfect Polish, Anthony is the driving force behind creating The A Specialist and providing a comprehensive solution to his customers in maintaining the cleanliness of their businesses and ensuring they stay compliant with all of the regulatory agencies. At the same time, he is also the driving force behind the charitable work that is inseparable from his business. He has chosen to integrate “Children’s Hope Chest” and “Hope International” into his company. Both of these organizations are well-established charities that support the type of work that he is most passionate about –repairing broken lives by giving people hope, faith, love, value, sustenance and work.

  • John E. Brown is Executive Vice President at The Bedford Group of Companies, and the Managing Director of Abaco Partners, LLC. Brown is currently a shareholder, partner, director, and/or advisor to a number of profit oriented business and real estate development projects. In his spare time he guest lectures at several academic institutions. During his career Mr. Brown has developed 100s of units of apartments, condos, townhomes and single family homes including affordable, senior and market rate housing across the country. Throughout his professional career, Mr. Brown has also assisted in the placement of millions in equity and debt to a number of business enterprises, including but not limited to Founders National Bank, Bob Lott Productions, United We Ship, Honey Kettle, Gorilla Life, Matah, Grenada Nutmeg Oil, and African Trade Link and Expo.

    From 2009 to present he has served as a director at Joseph Business School Los Angeles, a program for Christian entrepreneurs. Brown currently serves on the Social Entrepreneurship and Change Advisory Board for the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University. Brown is also an active member of the Board of The Real Estate Associate Program (REAP), Los Angeles Chapter.

    He is the recipient of numerous awards of excellence in accounting including, CSUDH Student Achievement Award, Outstanding Alumni Award and an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Achievement Award. Brown has received recognition as an executive who gives his time and resources to his community. Brown serves as financial advisor for several faith base organizations.

    Brown has over 43 years of working experience in real estate, finance, and accounting. He began his professional career at Haskins & Sells, where he became a Certified Public Accountant. In 1994, Brown joined The Bedford Group, a real estate development firm. In 2010, Brown created Abaco Partners, LLC, a financial advisory service firm as an affiliate of The Bedford Group of Companies.

  • SusAnne Lee Chung is an attorney, businesswoman, writer, and motivational speaker, who has personally experienced what she teaches. As a widow, she understands the importance of pre-planning and the difficulty of making decisions while dealing with grief. A fourth-generation Ventura County resident, in 1997 she founded her own law practice, which focuses solely on estate planning. For her clients, she strives to make estate planning understandable and non-intimidating.

    SusAnne and her husband Augustine currently manage their business, Legacy Law Office, which is dedicated to broad legal and administrative services for families and individuals in trusts and estate planning.

    SusAnne is a member of Crossroads Community Church, Camarillo, California, and is active in educationall ministries.  She is a member of Kingdom Advisors and is co-host of the Kingdom Advisors West Ventura County chapter.

    SusAnne graduated with a B.A. in journalism and a Spanish minor from the University of Oregon. She received her Juris Doctor (law degree) at Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, earning the American Jurisprudence Award for legal writing and a Distinguished Achievement Award, recognizing her for the highest estate and family law grades in her graduating class. She is licensed to practice law in California and Virginia.

Board of Directors

Biographies

Board of Directors

  • Dr. Dave DeVries serves as the Executive Director for the Missionary Church Western Region. He is a seasoned church planter, pastor, coach and strategist. He started Lake Hills Church, Castaic in 1990 where he pastored for sixteen years. He also served as the Director of Church Multiplication for the MCWR since 1998 and as a missionary with One Challenge since 2006.

    Dave gives leaders hope, clarity and direction. He’s concerned that many leaders lack clarity, confidence and connectedness to face the uncertainties and complexity of ministry. Dave is leading the MCWR to provide meaningful connection, training and coaching to thousands of leaders and leadership teams because when leaders are fruitful, kingdom movement happens.

    Dave’s experience in church multiplication led to his doctorate in transformational leadership at Bakke Graduate University. He also received a Master of Divinity from The Master’s Seminary and graduated from Biola University with a B.S. in Business Administration.

    Dave and his wife Deanne live in Bellevue, Washington with their golden retriever Olive. They enjoy gardening, travel, reading, coffee and when possible, hanging out with their two adult children.

  • Sam Gallucci is the senior pastor at Embrace! Church in Oxnard, CA. He is also Founder and CEO of The Kingdom Center, which provides emergency shelter and transitional living assistance for at-risk women and children, and Embrace! Ministries, which helps migrant field workers and their families.

    Sam’s career began in 1981 when he was hired after college by IBM. The internet was in its infancy, and Sam, seeing the opportunity, changed jobs to become a pioneer and leader in the burgeoning field known as ‘software.’ He was instrumental in helping to develop the field of Customer Relationship Management.

    Sam rose to Executive Vice President and General Manager of PeopleSoft CRM, one of the largest makers of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. In 2004 PeopleSoft was acquired by Oracle for $10.3 billion in a deal that helped make Oracle a key player in the Silicon Valley boom that quickly and forever transformed the California economy.

    Sam would soon realize that material wealth left him unfulfilled, so he left the business world and began to follow his passion for helping others. In 2006 he became an Associate Pastor at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, CA. In 2007 he became Senior Pastor of The Harbor Missionary Church, and in 2009 he founded The Kingdom Center Ministries.

    Through his pastoral work Sam saw how homelessness ruins lives and how government programs often make the problem worse. The creative business executive wanted to bring a revolutionary new approach to the crisis. To this day Sam remains the CEO of The Kingdom Center, continuing to battle homelessness by encouraging, equipping, and empowering Ventura County women and children caught in this struggle. The Kingdom Center organization has provided emergency shelter and transitional living centers for over 1,000 men, women, and their children over the past 12 years.

    Sam was determined to address the suffering in other marginalized communities as well. In 2008 he founded Embrace! Ministries, whose mission provides food and other much-needed resources for migrant farm workers and their families.

    Sam loves California and is a lifelong resident who has lived across the Golden State. Sam likes to say, “I grew up in the City of Angels, got my career start in San Diego and left my heart in San Francisco.”

    A featured speaker in the areas of business, travel and faith, Sam has authored two books. ‘Road Warrior’, published in 2008, teaches how to protect one’s faith, integrity, and relationships when you travel for work. ‘More than Animals’, published in 2021, chronicles his service to those experiencing homelessness.

    He has three adult sons, who are all married, and seven grandchildren. Sam lives in Oxnard with his beautiful wife, Toni.

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  • Senior executive, board member, advisor and investor with experience that includes leading two venture backed companies through $1 billion+ IPOs (average return during tenure of 11.2x) and advising a $10 billion start-up.

    Currently CEO of Hilliard Advisors, a strategic advisory firm, Board Member at CallFire, a cloud-based messaging platform and Advisory Director of Netki, a blockchain identity solution. Recently served as Senior Advisor at Dropbox, a global collaboration platform.

    Formerly President & CFO of Demand Media managing over 100 personnel and all aspects of finance, legal, human resources and IT operations. During five-year tenure, the company tripled revenue to over $350 million, returned 5.6x to common shareholders, closed several strategic acquisitions, raised $135 million in private growth equity and, in January 2011, raised $174 million in the first US Internet IPO with a market capitalization of over $1 billion since Google. Demand Media was also the first-ever venture backed US Internet IPO to have Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners.

    Previously served as President and CFO of NetZero/United Online, a leading provider of consumer services over the Internet. During tenure, the company achieved a 100-fold increase in revenue to over $500 million, returned 16.8x to common shareholders, and became a member of the Standard & Poor’s 600 Index.

    Former investment banker with Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch involved with the successful execution of over $30 billion of financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

    Licensed CPA with extensive public reporting and SEC experience, including successfully appearing before the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA).

  • Heather Hippensteel has worked for Wella Company, a top player in the global beauty industry, for the last seven years as a People Business Partner in Human Resources.

    She has an Accounting degree from the University of San Diego where she was also a Division 1 Springboard Diver.

    Following a brief stint at PwC after college, she followed her passion for fitness into the CrossFit world. Heather spent the next five years working, training, and competing for CrossFit Invictus, one of the top gyms in the world. She was on their elite team and competed at the CrossFit Games four times, winning the team championship in 2014.

    Heather has been able to combine her business, coaching, leadership, and communication skills, to strategically partner with the executives and teams at Wella. 

    Christ has always been at the center of Heather’s life. She was raised by incredible Christian parents along with her sister and two brothers in Pennsylvania and then Tennessee. She attends church regularly and has been involved in various ministries and volunteer opportunities over the years, most recently volunteering with a youth program in Nashville and serving on a mission trip to build houses in Mexico.

    Because of her relationship with Christ, she has a heart to serve others, better the world around her, and inspire people to be the best they can be.She currently lives in Brentwood, TN, but travels regularly to Calabasas, CA for work. She loves her parents and siblings and is always on the go, whether adventuring outside, training for CrossFit and triathlons, or traveling the globe.  She lives a full life, centered around faith, family, and fitness.

  • Mike grew up in the Island of Jamaica. At the age of 17 felt a call to ministry, which he followed by getting his Theological training at Fort Wayne Bible college in Fort Wayne, In, and at the age of 24 became a Senior Pastor in Fleetwood, Pa.

    After pastoring for a total of 22 years he was called to become the District Superintendent of the Western District of the Missionary Church, the Western District’s CEO position which he led from August 1989 until summer of 2018, and entering into retirement.

    Mike’s visionary leadership is evident in his accomplishments. In addition to being a pastor to the pastors in 6 western states as Regional Director, one of his main duties was to oversee the starting of new churches. The District had an entity called Western Loans which provided loans for churches; however, Mike realized that he needed to have a means to fund these church plants.

    He then started a Foundation called Stewardship Development Foundation, with the main purpose of providing funds for church planting as well as Stewardship Education for churches and Estate planning. That foundation evolved into what was called Christian Foundation of the West (CFW) and now called Christian Foundation of America (CFA).

    Additionally, Mike has developed a Rebirthing process for churches that need radical surgery. Since developing this process, he has personally mentored/coached several plateaued and dying churches through successful rebirths into healthy, dynamic, growing churches.

    Mike has also strategized a process for refocusing the pastor and the church with the goal of producing healthy,reproducing churches. He is also a certified consultant for “Natural Church Development” founded by Christian Schwarz.

    Mike finds himself quite busy in “Retirement” by serving on 4 national boards, and through his church consulting. He makes his home in Moorpark, California with his wife Judy of 52 years. They have two daughters, Heather and Holly and six grandchildren.

  • Charles Schultz is a California attorney who specializes in charitable giving and estate planning. He is President of Crescendo Interactive, Inc. and is the principal creator of the GiftLegacy Pro Marketing System.  In addition, he is Editor for the GiftLaw Pro charitable tax service and the weekly GiftLegacy and GiftLaw eNewsletters.

    Charles writes, speaks and publishes extensively. He teaches over 30 planned giving seminars/webinars per year and is President of GiftCollege.com, an Internet education program for gift planners and professional advisors.  He also serves as Executive Director of GiftAttorney.com, an association of attorneys with charitable receptivity.  His law degree is from the University of Michigan.  He is an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP®) and member of the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils’ Estate Planning Hall of Fame®. 

    Charles is a member of the Gift Planning Hall of Fame and the Leadership Institute of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners. He is on the Board of Directors for the Christian Foundation of America.

Advisory Council

Biographies

Advisory Council

  • After 9 years at Transamerica Investment Research, CFA Diana Calhoun became a Managing Partner at Waite & Assoc. LLC and retired in 2006 from Lombardia Capital Partners as Investment Manager and the leader of trading, compliance and settlement operations, while mentoring young professionals.

    Diana holds a BS in Business from CSULA, was designated a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1989 and has worked pro bono since 2006 with her husband Don as financial advisors to families and pastors, including classes at Baycities Church Lomita and Downey First Christian Church.  Their purpose is to help others grow financial well-being as the basis for them to serve Christian values in their family, community and church.

    From 2012-2021, Diana led Vacation Bible School classes, Ladies’ Bible studies and outreach missions at Baycities Church Lomita. Diana joined Kingdom Advisors in 2014 and has served as an Advisor to the Christian Foundation of America (CFA) since 2018.

    Diana now serves as Ambassador for the LA Region of Hope for Women’s “Dress a Girl around the World” with an outreach to other nations… while building fellowship among volunteers in local churches.  Diana and Don now serve at Calvary Chapel Palos Verdes.

  • After 33 years as an engineer and manager at Hughes Aircraft Co., Don retired as an Executive Director and completed CFP studies to become a financial advisor, serving also as an IRS Tax Return Specialist, AARP Tax Aide and CTEC Registered Tax Preparer.

    Since 1999, Don has been a financial advisor and spent 8 years as a Board Member and CFO at Baycities Church Lomita. Don joined Kingdom Advisors in 2014, and has served as an Advisor to the Christian Foundation of America since 2018.

    Don and his wife Diana enjoy helping families improve their Financial Well-being through pro-bono counseling and Don’s writings on personal finances, taxes, investing, retirement, stewardship and managing what God has entrusted to our care.

    Don received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and an MS in Engineering, Ph.D. with honors in Computer Science and an Executive Management Certificate from UCLA. In 1994, Don received UCLA’s 1st Computer Science Alumni Award, and has served as an academic advisor to Stanford, UCLA and Harvey Mudd College.

    Don and Diana work with pastors and families and have taught pro bono classes at Downey 1st Christian Church, Baycities Church Lomita and they now serve at Calvary Chapel Palos Verdes.

  • John Gardner is Executive Director of Triad Leadership Group. He has over 50 years of executive level management and leadership experience primarily in the healthcare industry to include hospital administration, physician practice management and skilled nursing & rehab services. Gardner earned his MBA degree and is a Life Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a former member of Toast Masters.

    John, serving as their leadership TEAM COACH, currently helps mid-sized company leadership teams in Southern California across the country grow personally and as a group to achieve heightened performance and optimized margins and profits. As a Certified Member of the John Maxwell Team of coaches, trainers and speakers, he uses proven Maxwell leadership principles and methods to add value to others and make a positive difference in their lives and businesses.  He is particularly interested in helping young business leaders begin to intentionally develop a positive leadership legacy for themselves.

  • Chuck is the founder and President of Charitable Trust Administrators, Inc., (CTAI), established in 1995 to provide third-party administrative services for donors who desire to be their own trustees and to provide full back office support for nonprofit organizations that do not have fully staffed planned giving departments. Chuck has recently joined with other professionals in forming a division of CTAI called Gift Planning Services (GPS) to assist nonprofits in their planned giving efforts.

    Chuck is a member of STEP, AIP, NANOE, NACGP, AICPA, and California Society of CPA’s. He is also on the Professional Advisory Committee for several local charities.

    He is also a frequent lecturer and has published several articles on the use of charitable remainder unitrusts in the JOURNAL OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING and other periodicals.

  • Pat J. Modugno is the retired Vice President-Administration and Chief Financial Officer of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, where he had responsibilities overseeing all financial and administrative activities, including legal, accounting, facilities and grants management over his 33 year career with the Foundation. He also assisted with the Hilton Foundation’s long-term planning.

    Pat joined the Foundation in 1987 following a 15 year career in commercial banking, where he held various management and senior management positions. He was actively involved in a number of charitable and civic organizations and served on the board of the Best Foundation for a Drug Free Tomorrow, chairman and board member of the California Pacific United Methodist Foundation, as a member and past chair of the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

    He is a past director of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, past mayor and city councilmember of the City of San Fernando and past chair and member of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Clarita. Pat also served for many years as a board member and board chair of the Santa Clarita Valley Family YMCA.

    Pat earned a bachelor degree in economics at Stanford University, a master of business administration with a specialty in finance at Pepperdine University and attended law school at California Western University.

    He and his wife, Joyce, of over 50 years of marriage, recently moved from the Santa Clarita Valley to Oxnard to be near the Pacific Ocean. They have two daughters and two grandsons and are active with family activities.

    Currently, Pat serves as the sole trustee of the William Barron Hilton Trust, whose assets are being managed on behalf of the ultimate beneficiary, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

  • Jim is Co-Founder and CEO of Vision Resourcing Group, a 501(c) (3) ministry that provides training and education to Christian leaders in the church, businesses and schools. Vision Resourcing Group represents most major Stewardship and Generosity ministries in sales, training and coaching in the U.S.

    Jim is also the Southern California and Hawaii Associate for Crown Financial Ministries. He has served in their National Leadership group. Jim’s early career included several successful enterprises in the restaurant industry, insurance and sales.

    Jim and Kathy Sullivan took their first Crown study shortly after they were married in 1990. They were greatly impacted to dedicate their vocational lives to further this ministry, and made a dramatic change in their career paths. God placed in their heart a passion to further this ministry and Jim came on staff as a Regional Director in 1993 covering 5 western states. At that time there were about 22 churches using Crown in the region. Under Jim’s leadership hundreds were served, including Korean and Hispanic speaking congregations.

    Jim and Kathy work as a team effectively interacting with, identifying and recruiting leadership and ministry partners, and developing new alliances and programs. They live in Mission Viejo, California with their daughter, Desiree, and are members of Saddleback church.

  • Scott is the Principal of TnT Premier Insurance Solutions, an elite life insurance, LTC, and DI General Agency in the Conejo Valley of Southern California.

    As a life insurance wholesaler, his firm assists CFPs, wealth advisors, CPAs, licensed life insurance agents, estate and tax planning attorneys, and financial advisors with the most appropriate policy to meet their client’s unique needs.

    As a licensed life insurance professional, Scott is a member of ProVisors and serves on the Executive Committee of its Conejo Chapter. He also serves on the Conejo Church Council.

    Scott has a passion and focus on Charitable Giving and Wealth Transfer. As an active member of Kingdom Advisors, he has gone through the extensive training, testing, and vetting process to accomplish the prestigious designation of a Certified Kingdom Advisor. He joined Kingdom Advisors to better equip his firm in applying the use of biblical principles and values in their practice.

    Scott currently serves on Christian Foundation of America’s Advisory Council and its Grants Review Committee, which awards grants to various faith based non-profit organizations.

    He has been married for over 30 years living in Thousand Oaks, and has four adult children.

  • Anne spent over 25 years in the insurance and financial industry and joined M Advisory Group in 2008. She founded Family Wealth Counseling in 2020 and served as an executive of a prominent insurance brokerage firm.

    Anne has many credentials including Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation from Wharton University, the Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA®) from IMCA, and the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) designation from the CFP Board. She is also a Registered Representative, Investment Advisor Representative (Series 7, and 66) and has a California Life and Health License.

    Anne is a Graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and specializes in financial planning for Global Markets. She has served on the Boards of Lomita-Torrance Rotary and the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS).

  • Attorney Kevin L. Von Tungeln has more than 25 years of legal experience. Mr. Von Tungeln received his B.S. Electrical Engineering degree from New Mexico State University (1987) and his J.D. degree from the University of New Mexico (1990) where he was a member of the New Mexico Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in California, the District of Columbia, in the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Eastern Districts of California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit.

    Kevin is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the Antelope Valley Bar Association (Board of Directors, 1997-2002; President, 2001.); the State Bar of California (Member of Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section); and the District of Columbia Bar, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, and the Lancaster West Rotary.

    Kevin is the Board of Directors for Antelope Valley Hospital Foundation, Antelope Valley Sheriff’s Boosters, Antelope Valley Board of Trade, Central Christian Church, and CareNet. He is also the pro bono legal counsel for the Antelope Valley College Foundation, the Antelope Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club.

  • Christy is a published writer, international speaker and strategy expert with over 15 years of experience in organizational and program design, fundraising and capital campaigns, strategic planning, community and external stakeholder engagement, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. She has served as an expert and advisor on issues related to women’s leadership and global gender inequality, conflict mitigation and peacebuilding, international religious freedom and countering violent extremism to government leaders and agencies in the U.S. and internationally, including the U.S. State Department, the White House, U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Agency for International Development. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Religion News Service, Capital Commentary and Christianity Today.

    Christy currently works as consultant to CEOs, executive directors, boards, founders and other C-level executives in the non-profit sector to launch or scale their organizations and programs, and recently completed work on a national awareness and advocacy start-up for transitioning foster youth that included the development, production and funding for a large-scale documentary film.

    Christy is a former Senior Adjunct Fellow at the American Security Project and is the founder and former Executive Director of the Center for Women, Faith & Leadership and Senior Vice President for Global Initiatives and Strategy at the Institute for Global Engagement in Washington, DC. She also served as the interim director of the RAND African First Ladies Initiative and worked with the RAND Centers for Middle East Public Policy, Asia Pacific Policy, Global Risk and Security, and the RAND Center for Infrastructure, Safety and Environment. In addition to her global-facing work, Vines has served as the lead consultant on a $50M public/private partnership to end child abuse and neglect in Los Angeles County, and as the Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of Investment Research for a Los Angeles-based asset management firm.

    Christy has a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Quantitative Analysis from the University of California, Riverside, and completed her first two years of undergraduate study at Stanford University.

    Christy currently resides in Temecula, CA where she lives with her husband, Anthony, and three children.