Dr. Kara Powell is the Executive Director of FYI, a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Fuller’s Chief of Leadership Formation. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women You Should Know,” Kara serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange, and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or coauthor of multiple books, including 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager, Growing Young, Growing With, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith Curriculum, Can I Ask That?, Deep Justice Journeys, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum.

Rev. Dr. Dwight Radcliff is the Academic Dean for the William E. Pannell Center for Black Church Studies and the Assistant Professor of Mission, Theology, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has over twenty years of pastoral experience and is a leading voice in topics ranging from urban church planting, culture, theology, preaching, social justice, millennials, and evangelism. Dwight continues to pastor alongside his wife at The Message Center Church in Gardena, CA, a church he founded in 2006.

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Brad M. Griffin is the Senior Director of Content for FYI, where he develops research-based training for youth workers and parents. A speaker, writer, and volunteer youth pastor, Brad is the coauthor of 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager, Growing Young, several Sticky Faith ​books, Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World, and the series Can I Ask That?: 8 Hard Questions about God and Faith. Brad and his family live in Southern California.

Dr. Yulee Lee is the Senior Director of Staff and Partnerships at FYI where she oversees the leadership development of staff, develops team culture and office systems, helps build strategic partnerships, and facilitates trainings. Yulee, originally from South Korea, grew up in Salt Lake City skiing and snowboarding on the mountains. She holds a MA in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Educational Studies with a concentration in Organizational Leadership from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She has served the local church for 12+ years in the areas of revitalization and innovation, worked in government on the local and national levels, and directed strategy for service learning in higher education while also teaching on the topics of organizational and change leadership. Ultimately, Yulee is passionate about collaborating for change in systems to reflect greater human dignity and flourishing for the vulnerable.

Tommy Nixon is the Chief Executive Officer at the Urban Youth Workers Institute. Before coming to UYWI, he founded Solidarity, a community development organization that serves Latinx and immigrant families in Fullerton, CA. Tommy has a passion for helping urban leaders lead from a place of depth with God while having a dynamic impact in the Kingdom. Tommy is also the founder and former pastor of One Life City Church in Fullerton, CA where he lives with his wife and five children.

Jake Mulder is the Senior Director of Strategy at FYI and Fuller’s Executive Director of Leadership Formation Division. As Senior Director of Strategy at FYI, he oversees business administration, coordinates new research, develops resources, and helps the team think strategically. He is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv) and is pursuing a PhD at Fuller. Passionate about helping individuals and organizations achieve their full potential, he is the coauthor of Growing Young. Jake has worked in a variety of ministry and professional roles, including as a Financial Analyst, Youth Pastor in the Reformed Church of America, Ministry Director with Youth for Christ, and missionary with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Europe and Asia.

Jane Hong-Guzman de Leon is the TENx10 Training Manager at FYI. She holds her MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA in English Literature from the University of California, San Diego. Jane has pastored for over a decade, from youth to adults, in two church plants that have large thriving ministries. Prior to becoming a pastor, she worked as a deputy probation counselor, junior high English teacher, and a professor at the International University in Mexico. In her free time she guest preaches, officiates weddings, serves at ISAAC (Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity) a non profit organization, cares for her family, and gathers with people around food and deep conversations. Jane is passionate about seeing diversity, justice, healing, and transformation in and out of the church.

Dr. Aaron Rosales is a co-founder of Brio, a non-profit that designs and launches mental health solutions in vulnerable communities through local partnerships. He also is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University Counseling and Psychological Services. Aaron has a wealth of expertise in clinical and research psychology honed through working with universities, churches, community organizations, humanitarian aid workers, clergy, police departments, and victims of violent crimes. He is passionate about promoting mental health in populations with a wide gap between need and resources.

Dr. Andy Jung is the Director of Church Engagement at FYI, where he oversees the church engagement strategy. He leads cohorts and other training initiatives, develops relationships and networks with church and denominational leaders and ensures effective systems and processes to execute all these efforts effectively and efficiently. Andy earned a DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary in Youth, Family and Culture. He has served as a youth minister for 20+ years and a senior pastor for five years. In addition, Andy also served as a state executive leader for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of NC for two years. He is passionate about helping churches better love and care for young people so the teenagers and young adults can thrive in their faith.