FOUNDER

Alan Hirsch is one of the founders of Movement Leaders Collective, as well as founding the Forge Mission Training Network and 5QCollective. Known for his innovative approach to mission and thought-leadership, Alan is highly sought after movement strategist for leaders, churches and denominations across the Western world. He is the author of numerous award winning books including The Forgotten Ways, 5Q, ReJesus, The Shaping of Things to Come, and The Permanent Revolution. He and his lovely wife Debra hail from the land down under, but currently live in Melbourne, Australia. You can follow Alan on Twitter here.

FOUNDER

Deb Hirsch is a speaker, church leader, and writer who has led churches in both Australia and Los Angeles. She is one of the founders of Forge Mission Training Network and is a member of the Forge America national team. She also serves as a board member for Missio Alliance and was part of the leadership team of Christian Associates, a church planting movement in Europe, North & South America. She is the co-author (with Alan Hirsch) of Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship, and her book Redeeming Sex reflects her own journey and attempts to bring new conversations about sexuality into the context of the church. Deb has been involved in social work, community development, and as a trained counselor has worked in the field of sexuality for over twenty-five years. She and her husband, Alan, currently split their time between Melbourne and New York City.

MLC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A believer in leaders, Lori is an upbeat strategic thinker, speaker, and founder of The COO Team, an operations agency that specializes in helping nonprofits and companies develop the strategy and systems they need to scale. Drawing from her experience at a Fortune 500 company and serving national and international nonprofits, she equips visionary leaders who lead small to mid-sized businesses and nonprofit ventures to expand their capacity. She’s worked with organizations like Kumveka, Women Doing Well, Generous Giving, Vertulab Cleantech Incubator, Kind Capital, The V3 Movement, and more. Lori has her undergraduate degree in Business from the University of Richmond and her MBA from Regent University’s school of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship. She lives in Richmond, VA with her husband Marques and their three daughters, Bailey, Isabel, and Zuri.

MLC TEAM

Bryan has worked since 2001 as a Leadership and Organizational Change Coach with SLI where he has trained and coached leaders, teams, churches, and organizations over extended periods of time to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. Since 2011, Bryan is also a professor of Leadership and Lay Equipping at Asbury Theological Seminary. Bryan is a graduate of West Texas A&M University (1998) and Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2003) and has a Ph. D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009). He is author of Leading Together: Embodying Kenosis through our Greatest Challenges (100M Publishing, 2021) and has authored a chapter in Leadership the Wesleyan Way (Emeth Press, 2016). He and his wife MyLinda have been happily married since 1997 and have four children: Isaiah, Luke, Silas, and Lydia. You can follow Bryan here.