Curt spent 30 years in the banking industry and served in a variety of positions with Indiana National Bank (INB), The National Bank of Detroit (NBD), and First Chicago NBD as well as President of Tower Bank in Fort Wayne, IN. He joined Ambassador Enterprises in 2008. After several years of leading Ambassador Enterprises’ For-Profit team, Curt Brown opened AE’s Tampa Bay, Florida office in June 2014.

In December of 2018 Curt started Here to There Consulting to assist organizations in realizing their Vision and increasing their “3 Returns” impact (financial, cultural, and eternal).

A graduate of Taylor University and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Curt is a certified facilitator of Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Myers Briggs (MBTI), and the DISC assessment tool.

Curt has served on a variety of boards in Northeast Indiana, including Chair of Anthony Wayne Services, Executive Board and Finance Committee of Junior Achievement of Northeast Indiana, Fort Wayne Trails Finance and Development Committees, Advisory Board of Taylor University Fort Wayne, and Workforce Development for the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. In Florida, he has served on the Advisory Board of the National Christian Foundation of Tampa Bay, and has also been actively involved in C12 of Tampa Bay, and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Pinellas County, Florida.

Curt and his wife, Sue, moved to Tampa, FL in 2104. They have been married for over 42 years. They have grown triplets — two sons and a daughter — and five grandchildren. Curt and Sue enjoy riding bikes, kayaking, spending time at the beach, and many other outdoor activities. They also enjoy reading and traveling, especially to see their children and grandchildren.

Judy joined Mission Accelerate as a Coach in 2020, after feeling the Lord nudge her to work with organizations directly doing kingdom work. In 1988, Judy founded an organizational development and training firm and has been blessed to work with many organizations across the United States and in Canada, China and the Caribbean. She is pleased to be able to apply her experience through Mission Accelerate.

Judy serves as a change agent for organizations undergoing transformation; facilitates the strategic planning process for numerous clients and associations at the global through local level; orchestrates the establishment and sustainability of conducive culture; leads leadership and staff development projects; and analyzes and improves quality and service systems. She served twice as an Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and co-authored a textbook, Quality Leadership and Management in the Hospitality Industry. Judy serves as a conflict mediator and assists organizations and individuals in successfully working through differences.

Judy serves as a Trustee for Brentwood Baptist Church, which has eight campuses and over 12,000 members, in the Nashville, TN area and formerly served on the Staff Resource Team, serving as a Member and then as Chair. She serves on the Board of Welcome Home Ministries, a ministry serving men desiring to break free of drug and alcohol addiction. Judy is involved with a ministry that trains local pastors in India and that has an associated orphanage, as well as with Samaritan Medical Outreach Ministries, a Christ-centered mission based in Ft. Worth, which is dedicated to bringing health and healing to individuals and communities of today and to future generations, primarily in India.

Judy enjoys life to the fullest in Franklin, TN with her cherished husband, Michael, their four children, and seven grandchildren. Hiking, kayaking, traveling, cooking and reading are some of Judy’s favorite pasttimes.

Mary Jo spent twenty-five years in the energy industry. She had a twenty-year career with TECO Energy in Tampa, Florida. During that time, she held various engineering, management and strategic planning positions throughout the company. She retired as Vice President of Operations for the Peoples Gas subsidiary, Florida’s largest natural gas distribution company.

After spending time raising children, Mary Jo joined Silver Spring Networks as an Engagement Manager in 2011 and led various deployment projects throughout the country and in Singapore.

Mary Jo has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida and is married with two children. She and her husband, Vince, enjoy traveling and renovating homes. She has participated in a variety of charitable boards in the Tampa area including Young Life, Everyday Blessings, and Citizens Review Panels for Hillsborough Children. She has also held various leadership positions within First Presbyterian Church of Tampa. She has a passion for helping people and serving the Lord.

Following a 40+ year’s professional career in nonprofit leadership, Kim joined Mission Accelerate in 2021. He began his early career as an Inner City missionary in South Los Angeles with World Impact. He then went on to provide Human Resources leadership with various organizations that served people with developmental disabilities. In 2002 Kim was employed as the Vice President of Human Resources for Good Shepherd Communities, a multi-state agency, and was later promoted to the Chief Operating Officer. He later joined Goodwill of Orange County (California) in 2007, as Vice President of Human Resources, and in 2012 took on the dual roles of COO and Chief Compliance Officer. In 2015 Kim sensed that God was calling him to return to full time ministry and became the Executive Pastor at Centerpoint Church in Murrieta, California.

Kim obtained a Certificate in Human Resource Management from the University of California, Irvine and a degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University. Kim also completed Goodwill International’s two- year Executive Development Program with a focus on strategic planning and implementation.

Kim and his wife Yvonne met on the mission field and have been married 39 years. They have three grown children and one granddaughter. They enjoy volunteering, being out in nature, traveling and visiting with family and friends.

John Curtis, Ph.D. is a senior nonprofit, capacity-building consultant, researcher, and professor. Dr. Curtis has been providing consulting services to ministries and nonprofits since 1999. His experience involves leading comprehensive organizational development projects for hundreds of organizations nationwide with a focus on Board Development, Strategic Planning, and Donor-Driven Fundraising.

John has a strong research background incorporating proven research methods based on an academic foundation. He has extensive experience leading initiatives that reveal key information that nonprofits use to make data-driven decisions about governance, planning, and fundraising.

He specializes in creating and implementing comprehensive organizational development interventions that enhance performance, achieve greater stakeholder satisfaction, and increase donor confidence. He brings to ministries a unique perspective on the way people process information, solve problems, plan, gain commitment, and achieve results. He also helps to create systems within nonprofits that ensure accountability and enhanced operational focus, direction, and impact.

In addition, he teaches board development, strategic planning, change management, and fundraising for the Edyth Bush Philanthropy Institute at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and the Duke University Nonprofit Management Program in N. Carolina and Virginia.

John is blessed to be married to his best friend Charlotte. Together they enjoy a simple lifestyle that includes travel and spending regular time with their children and grandchildren in N. Carolina and Florida.