Education
B.A. in Economics, Saint Olaf College, 2008
M.A. in Intercultural Leadership, Bethany Global University, 2022
 

​About Doug
I have been married to my wife, Ashley, for 18 years. We have four kids: Sam (14), Max (10), Josephine (8), and Johnny (5). We have lived in Bloomington, MN, for the past 17 years and are currently attending Hillside Church in Bloomington.

As regards work, over the last 18 years, I have spent 6 years serving as a financial planner and 12 years in non-profit work, primarily with Bethany Global University.

Before Bethany, I spent 2 years dedicated to full-time research and teaching on the topic of financial stewardship. Since then, I have also led stewardship workshops, been invited to preach and teach on Sunday mornings in church, share regular messages on giving and stewardship, and have done some writing, particularly on what the Bible shares about Christians sharing with the ‘least of these.’  I have helped steer financial committees and actively serve on several non-profit boards. 

While working with Bethany Global University for 10 years, I earned a master’s degree in Intercultural Leadership and had the privilege to serve as a Vice President.  Bethany has since sold their Bloomington campus and downsized their mission programming.  I was the professor of record for several classes, including the Stewardship of Fundraising and Career Development.  I built these classes and was the primary speaker.  I had the opportunity to reimagine our donor development division and directly assisted over 400 missionaries in raising full support to serve overseas for one or more years.

I had the privilege of redeveloping our global division at the University, overseeing our Global Internship program (which allows students to serve overseas for 13-16 months while enrolled as students), and spearheading three international conferences with our students, with over 70 attendees in Turkey. I served as the host and occasionally as a keynote speaker.  

I have hundreds of hours of experience speaking in front of rooms of people and love seeing people experience 'aha!’ moments.  I work hard to make sure my content is clear, that I’m not ‘recreating the wheel,’ and open the room up for engagement and conversation.  I love learning and expect to learn each time I’m with a group of people.