An entrepreneur and experienced executive with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing operations and supply chain management, Mr. Smith consults with companies in the consumer packaged goods industry on leadership and strategy.

Founded Maritime Crepe Company Ltd., a manufacturer of crepes for retail grocery and foodservice businesses across Canada and the US, and ran it until it was sold in April of 2011. Member of the executive leadership team at Rich Products, where he brought focus and efficiency to the management of this $2.5 billion company’s global supply chain.

Appointed to lead operational restructuring of the Imperial Sugar Company, which successfully emerged from Chapter 11 in 2001. Led global operations, logistics, and supply chain improvement efforts in executive management roles at Gerber Products, Frito Lay, and Campbell Soup Company. Serves on the Board of Directors at Summer Street portfolio company Multisorb Technologies.

Married to Patty and father of 5 children and 1 grandchild

Pete is a former church planting Pastor in both Canada and the U.S.  Currently living in Franklin (Nashville) TN with his wife of 41 years, Ginnie.  They have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.  Pete founded Beacon Capital Management 20 years ago and is co-owner of this rapidly growing Wealth Management firm serving the greater Nashville area.  Along with authoring 3 books, he is host of a radio and TV show called Beacon Retirement Strategies airing on both CBS and NBC.  He is a frequent speaker at financial conferences attended by top financial advisors around the county and also does a lot of speaking engagements at churches, church conferences and Wesleyan events in both Canada and the U.S.  For leisure Pete loves working out, traveling with Ginnie, reading, and spending time with his growing family.

Daphne Ferdinand born and raised in Queens, NY to Haitian Born Immigrants.  Graduated from St. John’s University with a Bachelor’s in Communication Arts and a Minor in Business.

She started her professional career in Television/Media for about 10 years and than transitioned into Non -Profit. After being laid off after 6 years, she decided to start her own business and founded The New York School of Etiquette and Protocol, Inc., teaching children and adults social and business soft skills.

Daphne’s calling and passion are people and serving. When she accepted the Lord at the precious age of 16 years old, she always knew that she had a heart for people. She is a member of The Pilgrim Wesleyan Church in Brooklyn, NY. There, Daphne leads the missions/evangelism team as she is still growing and wants to be sensitive to the voice of God. She is also a big time ‘tennis mom’.

She is married to her best friend Jonathan Ferdinand for 14 years and counting and are both raising Nyla Liliane (10) and Hilaire Emile (5).

 

Paul is the President and founder of Financial Advisory Corporation (FAC), which is a fee only firm serving high net worth clients and institutional entities. His roles include working with key clients, leadership, and strategic planning.  Paul also is the founder of R3 Coaching, which provides executive coaching to Christians in positions of leadership and influence to help them pursue the full potential God has for them.

Paul and his wife have been married 36 years and have 2 children.  Activities that he enjoys include golf, pickleball, platform tennis, and exercise in general.

Involvement

• Charter Member of Kingdom Advisors
• Board of Trustees for Indiana Wesleyan University.
• National Board for Bethany Christian Services
• Member and Board Chair for the Ron Blue Institute at Indiana Wesleyan University.

Damian Williams is a Christ follower, husband, father, author, speaker, coach, impact investor, and founder of Leadership League.  His primary mission is to lead individuals and organizations to growth and breakthrough through writing, speaking, and facilitating Life Plans and StratOps.

Damian’s entrepreneurial portfolio of projects over the years includes: Red Cedar Church, Steel City Church, Sports Vacations, Jerimark Properties, Forged in Steel, Travelers Service, Steelers Cruise, and Packers Legends Cruise.  He founded Leadership League with the goal of creating a venture based funding model for Kingdom impact.  Leadership League’s vision is to fund and grow ventures across the 7 mountains of influence resulting in the transformation of lives, communities, and nations with the Gospel.

Damian holds an undergraduate degree in Community Ministry from Geneva College and completed Masters work in Organizational Leadership from Regent University.  He is the author of Forged in Steel: The Seven Time-Tested Leadership Principles Practiced By The Pittsburgh Steelers.

Jennie Lee Riddle is a passionate songwriter, conference speaker, team trainer and worship servant. She is the founder and operator of PEOPLE & SONGS and THE EMERGING SOUND, and co-owner of www.analyzemysong.com.  Jennie is perhaps  best known for authoring Phillips, Craig and Dean’s #1 hit single “Revelation Song” that she wrote in 1999 and was first recorded by Kari Jobe in 2003.   As a result, She has been honored as a seven-time Dove award nominee and three-time Dove award winner, top 10 CCLI songwriter, multiple BMI award winner for top 25 radio, and two-time gold certified songwriter.

The latest endeavor is the move of the entire ministry to La Porte Indiana to serve the community along with a 30K household full of Emerging Sound missionaries in training. Together they give their time to the local body of believers by serving the ministerial alliance and city government.  She says that she hasn’t named it yet, but for now they call it TES40week. This program run by Jennie and her husband Darrin is an expansion and formalization of the hospitality and discipling ministry they have enjoyed together for over 27 years.

Darrin and Jennie have been best friends and married since 1988 and have raised four children, now, all gown adults.

Attends Expansion Church – Leadership Team Vice-Chair, LifeGroup leader, Usher, Teller, Greater, Security Team member

Indiana Wesleyan University Board of Trustees

Enjoys Traveling and Golfing

Shareholder/Owner and Board of Directors member of Midwest Eye Consultants Holding Company – one of the nation’s largest privately held eye care practices for primary, secondary and surgical eye care.  Employs 700 and 70 doctors (Ophthalmologists and Optometrists).

Nathan is married to Michelle and has two children, Alexis (17) and Austin (15).

Omar is an Entrepreneur with expertise in Employee Benefits and Health Insurance. He is the owner of ELAN INSURANCE GROUP, with health insurance carriers domiciled in the USVI, BVI and Anguilla and is a partner in MASA International; the premier emergency Medical Air Transport company in the Caribbean. He has been an Employee Benefits Consultant for Johnson and Johnson since 1999 and is a successful entrepreneur, consultant, project manager, management coach, and strategic thinker. Results and milestones driven professional.

Ronald Pacheco,  Had some dreams to start his own company twenty years ago with the simple goal of increasing the quality and time spent with his loved ones. Through the past twenty years he has been blessed beyond his wildest dreams, therefore his sole purpose is to share with others the blessings that he has received.

Validation & Engineering Group USA is an engineering company that provides regulatory compliance services to the Food and Drug Administration regulated industries. It provides specialized services to the biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. Today, Validation & Engineering Group is among the top validation and engineering companies, consistently offering high quality services to our clients in strict accordance with U.S. and European regulatory agencies.

Mr. Ott formed Tender Loving Care (“TLC”) Management, Inc. in August 1988 due to the need to manage multiple health care related companies. Mr. Ott has a broad and diverse background holding a variety of senior management positions spanning more than 25 years, 18 of which have been in the health care industry. He has extensive experience in finance accounting, operations, acquisitions, and strategic planning. Mr. Ott successfully repositioned TLC Management to respond to the changing long-term health care environment. By setting clear and attainable goals, decentralizing decision making responsibility and authority, and by focusing personnel on client services expectations, he has improved profitability, staff stability, and client satisfaction every year since existence.
Mr. Ott received a B.S. degree in Business Economics from Indiana Wesleyan University in 1974. He served in the USMC reserve as a Logistics Supply Officer for 20 years, and was project manager for Texas Instruments for 8 years.
Mr. Ott is active in industry trade associations and community affairs. He is a Board member of the Indiana Health Care Association. He served as Chairman of the Board for Grant County Youth for Christ, President of the Marion Lions Club, and Trustee of College Wesleyan Church.

Gary is married with three children and eight grand children.

Married to  Elizabeth Rhyno with three children (Mackenzie, Morgan and Grace), Scott began his studies for ministry at Kingswood University where he also became the Counselor in the Admissions Department, and after one year he became the Executive Director of Admissions.

In 2004, the Rhynos launched a Creative Arts School as an outreach into the community. Scott later embraced and developed their youth program before beginning to recognize God was calling them to return to Kingswood. In 2010 Scott served as Vice President for Enrollment at Kingswood and he soon initiated the College’s first Communications Department.  Throughout their time at Kingswood, Scott and Elizabeth travelled as worship leaders and consultants, and volunteered in their local church in several capacities. After one year of simultaneously managing Enrollment, Communications and Development efforts, Scott became the Vice President for Development in September 2015.

Upon Scott’s appointment to his role, Rev. Dr. Wayne Schmidt, newly elected General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church, stated:

I am pleased to announce that I have asked Rev. Scott Rhyno to join our Wesleyan leadership team as our Chief Development Director and he has accepted. He currently gives leadership to Development Office, spreading the joy of generosity in the church, building systems and processes to empower stewardship, and building relationships with those with the gift of giving.

On Monday morning, June 6, the General Conference of The Wesleyan Church elected Dr. Wayne Schmidt, by 63 percent on the first ballot, to be the General Superintendent of the North American General Conference for the next four years.

Dr. Schmidt has served as the chief administrative officer of Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University since January 1, 2010. He has led the seminary from its infancy to over 500 students from 34 states and 11 countries, achieving full accreditation and offering training in English and Spanish.

From 1979-2009, Dr. Schmidt was first a co-founding pastor, and then, senior pastor of Kentwood Community Church (KCC) in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area. He gave leadership to planting the church and growing it to a multiethnic church with over 2,500 in weekend attendance and seeing more than 200 people saved annually. KCC also took the lead role in planting 10 daughter churches during Dr. Schmidt’s tenure.

Dr. Schmidt has given outstanding leadership to building strong multi-ethnic communities. At Kentwood Community Church, the congregation moved from being only two percent multi-ethnic to over 12 percent by 2009. At Wesley Seminary, the same commitment to multi-ethnicity has resulted in the strong Spanish language programs and also serving other ethnicities well, with a student body that is nearly 40% ethnic minority.

He and Jan have been married for 37 years and their three children and their spouses and six grandchildren all serve the Lord.