LEAD 2023 Speaker: Mandy McDow

LEAD 2023 Speaker: Mandy McDow

Rev. Mandy Sloan McDow is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee. After hearing her call to ministry while working on staff at Camp Wesley Woods, Mandy attended Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA, which, ironically, had no religion department. Regardless, Mandy was...
LEAD 2023 Speaker: John Girard

LEAD 2023 Speaker: John Girard

  “Mortician.”  That’s what the 9th grade career assessment revealed I should be when I grew up – even though I wanted to be a chef and own a restaurant.  A native of Granville, Ohio, I graduated Granville High School, earned a B.A. in...
LEAD 2023 Speaker: Jeff Campbell

LEAD 2023 Speaker: Jeff Campbell

Rev. Jeff Campbell is the General Secretary/CEO of Discipleship Ministries. Campbell comes to this role having led Discipleship Ministries as the Associate General Secretary for Strategic Programming, where he coordinated the work of the agency around three strategic...
LEAD 2023 Speakers: Hyung Jae Lee

LEAD 2023 Speakers: Hyung Jae Lee

  Jae Lee is the Smoky Mountain District Superintendent of the Western North Carolina Conference. He has forced on “marginal leadership” throughout his ministry from his unique cross-racial and cross-cultural experiences. He lives in the beautiful...
LEAD 2023 Speaker: Dale Carl Fredrickson

LEAD 2023 Speaker: Dale Carl Fredrickson

  Dale was 15 years old when his dad died from cancer — a tragedy that set his life on a trajectory he says he “never could have imagined.” Through the church, he found a living relationship with God that continues to surprise him with hope and healing. He...
LEAD 2023 Speaker: Corey Turnpenny

LEAD 2023 Speaker: Corey Turnpenny

Corey is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. She received her call to ministry at age 11 and foolishly thought sensing a call would never happen again. After graduating from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School with her MDiv and serving a small rural...