Jenny Baker - United KingdomSpeaker
Director and co-founder of the Sophia Network
Jenny Baker is director and co-founder of the Sophia Network for women in youth work and has an MSc in gender studies. She and her husband are members of Grace, an alternative worship community in London, and they have two adult sons. Jenny is on the board of Tearfund and was a trustee of the Greenbelt arts festival for nine years. She is the author of several youth work resources, and is a mentor and tutor of youth workers. Jenny loves cycling and running; she did triathlons for ten years and will do her second marathon in 2012. Visit her website - www.sophianetwork.org.uk.

Carolyn Kitto - AustraliaSpeaker
Consultant and author of Spirited Generosity
Carolyn Kitto has a passion for the mission of the Church and a reputation for helping congregations move forward in a relaxed way. She has been in full-time ministry for 30 years. Carolyn is energetic and skilled in group facilitation and one-on-one work. In the area of planning, Carolyn has worked as a consultant, in one-on-one training, and has led workshops with hundreds of congregations throughout the world. She has served as a consultant for a number of denominational agencies. She is the author of Spirited Generosity and various community worship resources published by MediaCom. Carolyn is a sought after speaker for conferences and events. She has a style that is particularly engaging and informative.

Chipo Makwakwa - ZimbabweSpeaker
Early Childhood Pastor, Mission Valley Church of the Nazarene
Chipo Makwakwa is from Harare, Zimbabwe and together with her husband Luke and their only child at the time, Kelly, came to the United States of America in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Before coming to the United States of America Chipo worked for Econet Wireless one of Africa’s 5 largest telecommunications company as personal assistant to the second in charge at Econet. In Zimbabwe Chipo was also involved in Sunday school ministries at the Avondale Church of the Nazarene where she taught the preschool age group. Chipo was ordained in June 2010 as a minister in the Church of the Nazarene and serves at Mission Church of the Nazarene in San Diego, California as the Early Childhood Pastor as well as Chaplain to the preschool. Chipo is currently in the process of further pursuing studies in Christian Education at Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs. Through her local church, Chipo is involved in community outreach at Foster Elementary school in San Diego, California where she is the Site Coordinator for the school’s Everyone A Reader Program. Chipo’s desire is to not only point children to Jesus, but to also see young lives at an early stage built on the right foundation – God! Proverbs 22:6 says “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”