Reverend Doctor Nicole Massie Martin serves as Chief Operating Officer at Christianity Today and is a leading voice in American evangelicalism today. Prior to accepting the position at CT, Martin was senior vice president at the American Bible Society and is the Founder and Executive Director of Soulfire International Ministries. She also worked as a business analyst for Deloitte.
Dr. Martin has degrees from Vanderbilt University, Princeton Theological Seminary, where she won the John Alan Swink Award in Preaching, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where she now serves as an adjunct professor. She filled senior leadership roles at The Park Church (Charlotte, NC) alongside Bishop Claude Alexander and St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Newark, NJ).
She is the author of three books, including Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender, Made to Lead: Empowering Women for Ministry, and Leaning In, Letting Go: A Lenten Devotional.
Session: EMBRACING THE “AND”
Tracey Gee is a certified leadership coach and consultant dedicated to guiding individuals toward transformative self-awareness and meaningful personal and professional growth. As the author of The Magic of Knowing What You Want: A Practical Guide to Unearthing the Wisdom of Your Desires, Tracey draws insight from her extensive experience across workshops, speaking engagements, and personalized coaching sessions. She is also a certified facilitator in four frameworks—Gallup CliftonStrengths, Working Genius, Enneagram, and Cultural Intelligence. Her diverse clientele includes the National Basketball Association, Coca-Cola, UC Berkeley, AltaMed, Nomi Network, Amazon, Fuller Seminary, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and the Miami Heat.
Session: PURPOSE & DESIRE
Like most women, Jess Basson wears many hats, but she has one mission in mind: to share life-transforming ideas. Jess has 18 years experience as a teaching pastor and speaker, including the famous TEDx red circle. She is the author of Empty Cages: Keys to Finding Freedom, and a certified life coach. Jess is a Ph.D candidate exploring the intersection of theology, philosophy and creative writing. When she’s not snowboarding or hiking with her family, she’s probably thrifting, reading fiction or procrasti-napping.
Session: TOO MUCH & NOT ENOUGH
Sharon Sampson is the Founder and CEO of Open Book Communications, a Minneapolis-based firm helping visionary organizations bring their stories to life through strategy, creativity, and heart. She believes storytelling isn’t just a way to communicate—it’s a way to catalyze real change, in both people and organizations. Before founding Open Book, Sharon worked in public relations and media strategy in New York, built an in-house communications team at a non-profit, and served as a chaplain at Princeton University, her alma mater. She’s a lover of theater and great views, and someone who’s deeply committed to helping people discover and connect what’s most true to what’s possible.
Session: EMBRACING THE “AND”
Sarah Evers is a Founding Partner at RKE Partners, a leadership development consultancy that works with market-facing companies to drive business growth through people strategy. With more than 25 years of experience in executive coaching, facilitation, and organizational development, Sarah has helped clients across finance, healthcare, tech, and private equity-backed firms build stronger leadership pipelines and aligned, high-performing teams. RKE’s team accelerators and executive coaching are designed to support measurable business outcomes within 90 days.
Sarah also serves as a Principal Consultant with VOCA Center, RKE’s sister firm dedicated to serving faith-aligned organizations and individuals. VOCA provides professional solutions to professional problems, anchored in biblical wisdom. Sarah partners with churches, mission agencies, and nonprofits to strengthen leadership, align executive teams, and provide outplacement support. She also guides job seekers in exploring what God might have for them next. Through all of this, Sarah helps clients integrate their faith and work with integrity and impact.
Session: TOO MUCH & NOT ENOUGH
Stephanie Summers is the CEO of the Center for Public Justice. Ms. Summers is a co-author with Washington Post columnist Michael J. Gerson and Katie Thompson of Unleashing Opportunity: Why Escaping Poverty Requires a Shared Vision of Justice (Falls City Press). A frequent speaker and moderator, recent topics include Christian activism in Reformed Public Theology (Baker Academic) and leadership in The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement (Routledge). Ms. Summers is a recipient of the inaugural Duke Divinity Reflective Leadership Award. She received her M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University.
Prior to her appointment at the Center for Public Justice, she spent 12 years with the CCO, where her roles included Vice President for the Eastern Region and Vice President for Organizational Development. Ms. Summers began her career in nonprofit administration as executive director of The Open Door, a church-based youth center in Pittsburgh, PA.
Session: ALREADY & NOT YET
