Dan Busby

Dan Busby is president emeritus of ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) in Winchester, VA and has been in leadership positions with ECFA for nearly 20 years. He has served over 110 man-years on nonprofit boards and is the author/co-author of 62 editions of eight different titles, plus numerous eBooks and booklets.

Dan is the author of TRUST: The Firm Foundation for Kingdom Fruitfulness, and co-author with John Pearson of Lessons From the Nonprofit Boardroom, Lessons From the Church Boardroom, and ECFA Tools and Templates for Effective Board Governance.

An avid baseball fan and former umpire, Dan frequently consults with the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dan’s top five strengths in the Gallup StrengthsFinder assessment are: Learner, Achiever, Connectedness, Ideation, and Belief.

John Pearson

John Pearson is a board governance and management consultant from San Clemente, CA. He served more than 30 years as a nonprofit ministry CEO at Willow Creek Association, Christian Camp and Conference Association, Christian Management Association (now CLA), and other ministries. He is the author of Mastering the Management Buckets and co-author of Marketing Your Ministry, and he’s endured over 500 board meetings (but who’s counting?)

John’s top five strengths in the Gallup StrengthsFinder assessment are: Focus, Responsibility, Significance, Belief, and Maximizer.