Gustavo Crocker was elected a general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene in 2013 and served as Eurasia regional director from 2004. Prior to this assignment, Dr. Crocker’s served as senior vice-president for programs at World Relief Corporation, director of field management for Compassion International, administrative director of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries International, and regional coordinator of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries out of Quito, Ecuador. A Guatemalan by birth, Gustavo is an ordained elder and also a licensed architect with a master’s degree in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati, where he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. As a Latin American Leadership Scholar, he earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership in Business at Regent University. He has also been a guest lecturer in the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Fluent in four languages, Dr. Crocker has authored several books and articles in Spanish and English, and his writings have been translated into more than 20 languages. Gustavo and his wife, Rachel, have two daughters, Raquel and Elizabeth.

Dan Boone became Trevecca’s eleventh president in 2005 after having served in pastoral ministry for more than thirty years, beginning in his high school years. A 1974 graduate of Trevecca, he earned a master’s degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1977 and a doctorate in ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1996. Having served as pastor at the College Church in Bourbonnais, Illinois and of what is now Trevecca Community Church of the Nazarene, he has served significant time as a pastor to college students. Dr. Boone has taught on the university and seminary level and has been an instructor for the Salvation Army North Central Region, has been a featured speaker for many denominational events, and is a regular contributor to religious publications. He and his wife, Denise, have three daughters and four grandchildren.

Carla Sunberg is president of Nazarene Theological Seminary (its first woman president) and an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. During the 13 years she and her husband Chuck served as missionaries in the former Soviet Union, she was director of compassionate ministries as well as director of theological education. After returning from the field, together they served as co-pastors and, until her election in 2014 as seminary president, as co-district superintendents of the East Ohio District. Dr. Sunberg has served as adjunct faculty for a number of institutions and is passionate about the integration of practical ministry and theological education in the training of leaders for the future of the church. Chuck and Carla are parents of two married adult daughters, Christa MacIver, and Cara Shonamon.

Kathy Mowry is professor of Christian Education and Intercultural Studies (Missiology) at Trevecca Nazarene University. Before coming to the university in 2007, she served in urban and global mission assignments during 11 years as a Nazarene missionary. Kathy created and directed a program of pastoral theological education by extension in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Central Asia. In 2011, she received the McGavran Award for Missiology in 2011. Kathy also served in Point Loma Nazarene University’s Center for Pastoral Leadership, in associate pastor roles in urban churches, as director of graduate programs at the Bresee Institute for Urban Training, and as a curriculum editor for Nazarene Publishing House and David C. Cook. She is an elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Kathy and her husband Jon have three children and live in Nashville where Jon ministers to the homeless population.

Chris Adams grew up at First Church of the Church of the Nazarene in Nashville, TN, and graduated from Trevecca Nazarene University in 1993. He served as an associate pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena, CA and currently serves at Azusa Pacific University as Associate Campus Pastor for Community Care and as an adjunct professor in undergraduate and graduate psychology and theology. Chris is a consultant to numerous denominations and seminaries in the areas of clergy/missionary candidate assessment, and clergy and missionary health, effectiveness, and leadership formation. He is a researcher with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School, the Flourishing in Ministry project at the University of Notre Dame, and the Profiles of Ministry Project for the Association of Theological Schools. He and his wife Lori have two preschool children, Lexi and Cole.