Steve Beck
Former CEO, Geneva Global

Steve Beck has twenty years experience in strategy consulting, including six years leading consulting operations in Europe, Asia, and South Africa. In his consulting practice, he has advised the senior management of the world’s largest financial institutions, specializing in the international asset management and private banking sectors. He has consulted for three of the world’s top five global private banking groups and originated the World Wealth Report, an annual report on trends in the wealth management industry. As Managing Director of Gemini Consulting (a division of Cap Gemini) from 1996-99, Mr. Beck led the company’s most profitable division with some 500 consultants and $200 million in revenues from nine offices in Europe, Asia, and South Africa

He is a partner (on leave) of Monitor Group, an international strategy consulting and merchant banking firm. In addition to co-leading the Group’s business in Europe, Mr. Beck served on the Board of the Monitor Institute, the group company that advises foundations and direct service organizations in the non-profit sector.

Mr. Beck joined Geneva Global full time in September 2002, having worked with the organization part-time from its inception. Geneva Global enables thoughtful donors to increase the impact of their giving to life-changing projects in the most desperate parts of the world. Working with hundreds of local leaders in more than 90 countries, Geneva’s research team in Philadelphia finds and evaluates programs that deliver measurable results. This reliable, independent analysis provides donors with the confidence to give. In his role as CEO, Mr. Beck led the expansion of Geneva Global's research capability and sector expertise.

Mr. Beck was educated at Stanford University and the London School of Economics. He is married with three daughters, and despite his Californian roots, lived in London from 1984 to 2002.

Ronald W. Blue
President, Kingdom Advisors

In 1970, Ron founded an Indianapolis-based CPA firm that has grown to be one of the 50 largest CPA firms in the United States. Leaving the CPA firm in 1977, Ron became Administrative Vice President of Leadership Dynamics International. While with Leadership Dynamics, he was involved in developing and teaching Biblically-based leadership and management seminars in the United States and Africa.

Convinced that Christians would better handle their personal finances if they were counseled objectively with the highest technical expertise and from a Biblical perspective, he founded a financial planning firm in 1979. That firm grew to manage over $2 billion in assets for its more than 5,000 clients nationwide with a staff of over 175 people in 14 regional offices. Ron retired from the financial planning firm in 2003.

He is the author of twelve books on personal finance from a Biblical perspective, including the best-seller, Master Your Money, first published in 1986 and now in its twenty-ninth printing and his most recent book, Wealth To Last, co-authored with Larry Burkett. Ron has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Focus on the Family, Family News in Focus, The 700 Club, Prime Time America, and Moody Radio Open Line. He is a regular contributor to several national Christian magazines.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Campus Crusade for Christ, Crown Financial Ministries, The National Christian Foundation, and Thomas Nelson, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed company. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Maclellan Foundation and The Sandra and William B. Johnson Foundation, Inc. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of Family Research Council, Promise Keepers, Insight for Living, The Medical Institute, and Walk Thru the Bible Ministries.

In 2002, Ron received the HONORS AWARD from the Georgia Chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). In 2003, he received the honored designation of DISTINGUISHED ENTREPRENEUR from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, his alma mater. Ron and his wife, Judy, live in Atlanta. They have five children and six grandchildren.

Howard Dayton
Founder, Crown Ministries

Howard Dayton was born October 7, 1943 and was raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. Aftergraduating from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in 1967, he served twoand one-half years as a naval officer.

In 1969 Howard developed The Caboose, a successful railroad-themed restaurant, in Orlando,Florida. In 1972 he began his commercial real estate development career, specializing in office development in the Central Florida area.

Howard was challenged by his business partner in 1974 to study the Scriptures to discover what God’s Word teaches about handling money. What he found profoundly changed his life; and the Lord gave him a passion to share these life-changing principles with others. He wrote Your Money: Frustration or Freedom, and for 10 years he invested about 30 percent of his time doing further research, writing, and conducting financial seminars for churches. He also is the author of Your Money Counts and How to Get Out of Debt.

Howard founded Crown Ministries in 1985 and developed a remarkably effective small group financial study. Howard has served full time as president of Crown and as an unpaid volunteer since its inception.

Crown Ministries merged with Christian Financial Concepts in September 2000 to form Crown Financial Ministries, the world’s largest financial ministry.

Through the combined strengths and resources of these two ministries, the merged organizationis having a major worldwide impact. The vision of Crown Financial Ministries is to teach God’s financial principles to 300 million people by 2015 in order to help fulfill the Great Commission.

Howard married Beverly in 1971 and they have two children: Matthew (married to Michelle) andDanielle (married to Kyle Hasbrouck). Howard and Beverly live in Gainesville, Georgia.

Chris Duncan
President, Convene