LEAD 2021 Speakers
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Larissa Sales
Larissa has a deep-rooted dedication to take care of God’s creation and to love other people.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Richard Wong
Richard will be speaking along with Kacie Hopkins and Larissa Sales on the experience of being a clergy spouse.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Alexis Brown
Rev. Alexis Brown currently serves as a Campus Minister at Howard University and an Associate of Asbury United Methodist Church, located in Washington, DC.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Joe Webb
Joe answered the call to vocational ministry after a career in journalism, marketing and graphic design.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Amy Valdez Barker
I am a recovering church bureaucrat who has found a new mission calling.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Hillary Taylor
Hillary Taylor is an ordained elder in the South Carolina United Methodist Annual Conference.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Tyler Sit
Rev. Tyler Sit is the pastor and church planter of New City Church, a multiethnic community in South Minneapolis.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Joseph McBrayer
I’m an ordained deacon in the UMC and in ministry as Associate Pastor at Oak Grove UMC in Decatur, Ga.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Holly Reynolds Lee
Holly Reynolds Lee is the Director of Voices In Praise (VIP), a nonprofit, faith-based, community choir open to all youth in Grades 6-12.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Matthew L. Kelley
Matt Kelley is an Elder in the United Methodist Church currently serving in Extension Ministry in Louisville, KY.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Breanna Illéné
Breanna is the pastor of Trinity: Madison, a United Methodist Church located near the University of WI and the Content Curation and Innovation Coordinator at the Wisconsin Council of Churches.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Wendy Hudson
Wendy is the pastor of Two Rivers Church – A United Methodist Community, a new church start in Charleston, South Carolina.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Sarah Howell-Miller
Rev. Sarah Howell-Miller is a pastor at Green Street United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, NC and the Faith in Harm Reduction Program Coordinator with the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Kacie Hopkins
Kacie is passionate about the power of art as healing. She is the Co-Founder of Wildflower Enterprises.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Brittney Gilleland
Brittney serves as the director of the children, youth and family ministries at a United Methodist Church in Issaquah, Wa.
LEAD 2021 Speaker: Charles Ferguson
Dr. Ferguson is the current Senior Pastor of Wesley Church of Hope United Methodist Church and Clair United Methodist Church in Columbus, OH.