Vocation Infusion Learning Community - Walla Walla

Dan Churchwell, M.A.

Dan Churchwell is the Assistant Director of Program Outreach for the Acton Institute. Prior to Acton, Churchwell was an instructor and administrator at MBI-Spokane, teaching courses in philosophy, apologetics, and philosophy of education. He also directed the office of Field Education, working closely with student volunteers as they served both locally and internationally. Before coming to Moody, he taught for three years in the School of Global Commerce and Management at Whitworth University, teaching courses in business, social ethics, and non-profit management. Dan also has extensive experience in a Fortune 100 logistics company, a commercial real estate investment firm, as executive director of an international medical non-profit. He holds an M.A. from Central Seminary and also has further graduate study in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

Dean Sieberhagen, Th.D.

Dr. Sieberhagen is Assistant Professor of Missions and Islamic Studies, and Director of the Master's in Islamic Studies Program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Sieberhagen was born and raised in South Africa where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He joined the family retail business, and because of a love for teaching also joined the Commerce faculty at Rhodes University teaching business and accounting. As part of a call to reach the nations he completed a Master of Divinity degree in international church planting at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His particular calling has been to those who have never heard and this led to his family serving overseas in an unreached, restricted access area. He was blessed to see how the Lord is making Himself known among the unreached and  is passionate about training others to help complete the task that remains. His Doctor of Theology studies have been through the University of South Africa, with a focus on the issues of contextualization and globalization in relation to the starting of churches amongst the unreached. He was and remains an active sportsman, having played soccer, rugby, tennis, cricket, and golf at a competitive level.

Mark Ismond

Mark has served with Partners Worldwide since 2012 as part of the resource engagement team. Prior to answering this call, Mark worked in the private equity world, acting as Vice President of Investor Relations and Director of a “boutique” (translation-small) firm from 2008-2012.  Preceding this he spent 21 years with Amway Corporation, working exclusively in Business Development and Distribution Relations.  Prior to Amway, Mark spent 4 years managing live music productions. His graduate studies were done at Wheaton College and Western Michigan University in Counseling and Small Group Dynamics and he has a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Psychology from Calvin College. Mark and his wife Pattie live in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and love spending time with their two teenagers, overseeing the family tree farm and upon occasion will race on their tandem mountain bike.