Nancy Beach
Nancy Beach is executive vice president for the Arts at Willow Creek Association, focusing on serving arts leaders and their teams in churches around the world. Previously, she served for 20 years as the programming director for Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. She continues to serve as a teaching pastor at Willow and speaks often at conferences and training events.
Nancy is the author of Gifted to Lead, a book that addresses some of the unique challenges that face women who lead in the church. Nancy Beach understands what it's like. In this practical and inspiring book, she shares the challenges and joys of her own thirty-year journey as a leader and teacher in the church. She offers guidance on such issues as:
· Earning respect
· Finding your unique voice for leadership & teaching
· Managing work and personal life
· Forming an intentional support network, and more
Nancy and her husband, Warren, live in Barrington with their two teenage daughters and a cat named Elphaba.
Nancy Ortberg
Nancy Ortberg served as a teaching pastor for eight years at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. During that time she lead Network, a ministry that helps people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church, and Axis, a weekly gathering for the eighteen-to twenty-something generation.
She is a founding partner of Teamworx2, a business and leadership consulting firm that provides fast-paced, practical, and compelling sessions to leaders and their teams. Teamworx2 works with businesses, schools, nonprofits, and churches to address issues of organizational effectiveness and teamwork.
Nancy is a gifted communicator who is passionate about helping people connect what they believe with their everyday lives. A highly sought-after speaker, Nancy has been a featured presenter at the Catalyst and Orange conferences, and has been a regular contributor to Rev! Magazine. Nancy is the author of Looking for God: An Unexpected Journey through tattoos, tofu, & pronouns and releasing in August 2008, Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands, Lessons in Non-linear Leadership.
She and her husband, John, live in the Bay Area and have three children: Laura, Mallory, and Johnny.
