Scott C. Todd, Ph.D., has served Compassion International as Director of the AIDS Initiative, Child Survival Program and Complementary Interventions — programs that encompass $40 million in field operations ranging from disaster relief to Bible distribution.
He supports Compassion’s global Advocacy efforts and serves as Board Chair for Accord™ and Micah Challenge USA.
He represents Compassion in networks focused on mission, development and children. After receiving his Ph.D. in immunology from the University of California in 1996, he was a fellow in oncology at Stanford University.
His work is published in more than a dozen biomedical journals, and he holds a patent for the treatment of hepatitis C.
As a passionate follower of Jesus Christ, Scott left academic research to join Compassion International in 2003. Scott has spoken in churches, conferences, workshops and leadership events across Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as in the U.S., and has been featured in nationwide TV and radio news interviews. He champions the importance of children, the criticality of the church and the centrality of Christ. He believes that his generation of Christ-followers will eradicate extreme global poverty.
In November 2011, Scott Todd of Compassion International addressed the ACCORD Summit in Baltimore. His topic is a discussion of how the church is rising to the challenge of transformational development.
Peter Greer is President and CEO of HOPE International, a global non-profit organization focused on alleviating both physical and spiritual poverty through Christ-centered microfinance in some of the most challenging places around the world, including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti. Under Peter’s leadership, HOPE has expanded its network from three to 15 countries and now serves over 300,000 active clients.
Peter was formerly employed by World Relief, serving as a microfinance advisor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He later managed Rwanda’s URWEGO Community Banking, which was recognized as the “best microfinance institution in Rwanda” by the United Nations. Peter also worked with CARE Zimbabwe and implemented fraud protection measures in cooperation with Harvard University’s Carr Center of Human Rights.
Peter received his undergraduate education in International Business from Messiah College and completed a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School, with a concentration in Political and Economic Development and Executive Education from Harvard Business School. He lectures nationwide on microenterprise development, social entrepreneurship, and poverty eradication. Peter has co-authored the first faith-based book on microfinance with Phil Smith, The Poor Will Be Glad (Zondervan, 2009), which introduces ways the Church can become engaged in sustainable solutions to poverty.
Peter resides in Lancaster, Pa., with his wife Laurel and their three children.
In November 2011, Peter Greer of President and CEO of Hope International, addressed the ACCORD Summit meeting in Baltimore, USA. He discusses how the church is doing in attaining transformational development.
Three times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, former US Ambassador Tony P. Hall is one of the leading advocates for hunger relief programs and improving international human rights conditions in the world. In February 2002, President George W. Bush asked him to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. He was then confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in by Secretary of State Colin Powell in September 2002.
As the chief of the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Agencies in Rome – the World Food Program (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – Ambassador Tony Hall was responsible for “putting into action America’s commitment to alleviate hunger and build hope in the world.”
Prior to entering the diplomatic corps, Mr. Hall of Dayton, Ohio, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the people of the Third District of Ohio for almost twenty-four years, their longest serving representative in history. He was the chairman of the House Select Committee on Hunger and the Democratic Caucus Task Force on Hunger. He founded and was one of two House members on the steering committee of the Congressional Friends of Human Rights Monitors. He was the author of legislation supporting food aid, child survival, basic education, primary health care, micro-enterprise, and development assistance programs in the world’s poorest countries. Ambassador Tony Hall is also founder and was chairman of the Congressional Hunger Center, a non-governmental organization dedicated to fighting hunger by developing leaders.
Ambassador Hall was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1998, 1999 and 2001 for his humanitarian and hunger-related work. For his hunger legislation and for his proposal for a Humanitarian Summit in the Horn of Africa, Mr. Hall and the Hunger Committee received the 1992 Silver World Food Day Medal from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Mr. Tony Hall is a recipient of the United States Committee for UNICEF 1995 Children’s Legislative Advocate Award, U.S. AID Presidential End Hunger Award, 1992 Oxfam America Partners Award, Bread for the World Distinguished Service Against Hunger Award, and NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. He received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Asbury College, Antioch College and Eastern College and a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Loyola College. In 1994, President Clinton nominated Mr. Hall for the position of UNICEF Executive Director.
Representative Tony Hall addresses the 2011 ACCORD Summit on the topic of hunger. Hall is introduced by Lucas Koach of Food for the Hungry.
In this clip, Representative Tony Hall answers questions from the audience of the ACCORD Summit. Baltimore. November 16, 2011.
Vishal Mangalwadi is an international lecturer, social reformer, cultural and political columnist, and author of thirteen books. Born and raised in India, he studied philosophy at universities, in Hindu ashrams, and at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland. In 1976 he turned down several job offers in the West to return to India where he and his wife, Ruth, founded a community to serve the rural poor. Vishal continued his involvement in community development serving at the headquarters of two national political parties, where he worked for the empowerment and liberation of peasants and the lower castes.
His first book, The World of Gurus, was published in 1977 by India’s Vikas Publishing House, and serialized in India’s then-largest weekly, Sunday. It is still used as a text book in universities. It was Mangalwadi’s book on the New Age Movement and India: The Grand Experiment, that first brought his works to the attention of the American public. In demand worldwide, Vishal is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has lectured in 34 countries. He enjoys simplifying complex ideas and inspiring despairing hearts with hope.
Vishal and Ruth have two daughters and five grandchildren. They were invited to come to America to make a television series exploring the Bible’s role in creating the modern world. The series is yet to be made. Meanwhile Vishal’s research has become the primary resource behind this website. This study was inspired by Vishal and Ruth’s recognition of India’s need for the reforming power of the Bible.