The CIF Leadership Summit 2019 | Christian Investment Forum | 14 August 2019 | TBA, Asheville, North Carolina

Many advisors and investors remain skeptical that industry-respected investing and faith-informed investing can be aligned. We believe it’s not only possible, but beneficial.

It can be difficult to find others in the investing world who share this conviction. At the Christian Investment Summit, you’ll connect with people who get it.

For 7 years, the Christian Investment Forum has been exploring Biblically responsible investing (BRI), learning all the possibilities it offers, best practices, and new ways to approach it.

Why Attend?
All of us have many responsibilities and obligations. We are busy, and time is a precious non-renewable resource. An inevitable question for each of you is what’s in this event for me? Why should I attend? Here’s our answers to that question:

No matter where you are on your journey of faith and your integration of money into your faith, you will get value from the Summit. If you’re not sure what BRI is, or whether it is important, the Summit will provide examples of best in class practices and help you understand why others do it with excellence. The agenda will include breakouts that introduce the concepts of Faith-based investing for those unfamiliar. If you are further along, the agenda will also provide deeper dives into specific issues around Kingdom Impact Investing and BRI. Where is began, how it has changed, and where it is going. It’s also an important place to network and identify what still has to develop in information gathering, transparency, data, etc

We hope that at the conclusion of the Summit, you’ll know that you aren’t choosing between industry respected investing versus Biblical investing. They can be aligned. We want you to be aware of the broad set of options available for investing across asset classes. We hope you’ll feel positive about faith-based investing and be inspired to take some action. We want you to know and believe you are not the only one thinking and desiring to do faith-based investing. Finally, we hope you’ll ask yourself the questions ‘should my faith play any role in my investing?’ and ‘how can I take steps to aligning my investment with faith?’ We hope you’ll leave wanting to take the next step for you, however big or small.

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Katherine Leary Alsdorf
Founder and Executive Director, Redeemer Center for Faith and Work, And Co-Author with Tim Keller of the book "Every Good Endeavor"

PLEANARY SPEAKERS:

Wendy Rogers
Vice President, National Relationship Management of the Signatry

Rev Leonard Dow
Pastor of Oxford Circle Mennonite Church in Philadelphia

Steve French
Strategic Management and Leadership, Office

Ron Blue
Father, Christian Financial PLanning

Jeff Cave
Director, Institutional Markets for Eventide

SESSION SPEAKERS:

Josh Ruyle
Director, Hope Global Investment Fund

W. Keith Phillips
Managing Director, Phillips Family Office

Libby Peterson
Managing Director, Phillips Family Office

Justin Conway
VP Investment Partnerships, Calvert Impact Capital

Dolores Bamford
Portfolio Manager, Eventide Funds

Brandon Pizzurro
Portfolio Manager, Guidestone Financial

David Schilling
Senior Program Director, ICCR

Chris Miller
Associate VP, ISS

Rob West
President, Kingdom Advisors

David Beatty
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Verti Management

Wendy Rogers
VP National Relationship Manager, The Signatry

Martha Strebinger CFA
Senior Investment Strategist - Parametric Portfolios

Steve McBeth
Chief Operating Officer, Barna Group

Hannah Cumming
Program Manager, Business 360

Mark Bateman
Founder, Ensogo Analytics

Cassandra Laymon
President, Beacon Wealth Consultants

Harry Nelson
Director Distribution, Eventide

Mark Regier
Vice President of Stewardship Investing, Praxis Mutual Funds

David Moore
Senior ETF Specialist and Co-Founder of CEMP, Victory Capital

Will Lofland
Director, Head of Intermediary Distrubution

Hillary Sunderland
Chief Investment Officer, Beacon Wealth

Bruce Bruinsma
Founder, Envoy Finance

Chad M. Horning CFA
President, Praxis Mutual Funds; Senior VP & CIO, Everence Financial

John Siverling
Executive Director, Christian Investment Forum

Jake Thomsen
Principal, Sovereign's Capital

Alexandar P. Ryan
Counsel, Groom Law Group

Bryan C. Taylor CFA
Principal and CIO, Cornerstone Management

Jeff Cave
Director of Institutional Markets, Eventide

Dan Hardt
President and Owner, Hardt Financial

Benjamin J. Bailey CFA
Vice President of Investments, Everence Capital

2019 Partners

TITLE PARTNER:
• The Signatry

PREMIER PARTNERS:
• Cornerstone
• Beacon Wealth
• Eventide
• Praxis Mutual Funds
• Timothy Plan
• Guide Stone