The Rev. Dr. Sabina Alkire
Sabina is an Anglican priest and economist interested in the ongoing development of the capability approach initiated by Amartya Sen. She is currently the director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at Oxford University. Her publications include What Can One Person Do: Faith to Heal a Broken World and Valuing Freedoms: Sen’s Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction, as well as articles in philosophy and economics. Research interests include value judgements in economic decision-making, the conceptualization and measurement of individual agency freedoms (empowerment) particularly in South Asia, and further development of the capability approach by the academic, policy, and activist communities. Previously she has worked for the Commission on Human Security, coordinated the culture-poverty learning and research initiative at the World Bank, and developed participatory impact assessment methodologies with Oxfam and the Asia Foundation in Pakistan. She has a DPhil in Economics, an MSc in Economics for Development and an MPhil in Christian political ethics from Magdalen College, Oxford.
Laura Amendola
Laura a small business owner residing in Duluth, MN. Introduced to Christianity in her mid-20s, she was baptized in 2003 and has become an active member of the Episcopal Church on the local, diocesan and national levels. In 2006, Laura was asked to attend the Anglican Observer Leadership Conference ... a gathering of two young adults per continent to study the MDGs at the United Nations. From that conference, she was asked to be one of five delegates to travel to Boksburg, South Africa in March, 2007 to represent our Province at the Toward Effective Anglican Mission conference -- a worldwide Anglican Communion conference on the Millennium Development Goals.
The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus
Marc is the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, invested in July 2006. Prior to his election in California, he served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. While in Alabama, Marc initiated the Task Force for the Stewardship of Creation and established the Jonathan Daniels and the Martyrs of Alabama Pilgrimage for Peace ... which has since grown into an international pilgrimage involving young people from three states and two other countries. He serves on national steering committee for Bishops Working for a Just Society, a coalition of Episcopal bishops who work on behalf of public policies that benefit the nation's poor. He is also on the Executive Council Committee on the Status of Women. Andrus has a bachelor of science degree in plant and soil science from the University of Tennessee and a master's degree in urban and regional planning from VPI&SU (Virginia Tech). Prior to ordination, he worked as a regional planner on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He and his wife, Sheila, have two daughters: Chloe and Pilar. You can read his writings on his blog, BishopMarc.com
The Rev. Dr. Mark Anschutz
Mark is a third-generation Episcopal priest (his daughter, Maryetta, is a fourth-generation priest!) who has spent 33 years as rectors of congregations in Worcetster, MA; Alexandria, VA; New York City and Dallas. He is deeply involved in several initiatives to aid the Episcopal Church in raising up young and gifted persons for ordained ministry and had a 25-year involvement with Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, supplying medical supplies and providing capital improvements. He is most recently retired as the rector of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Dallas. Personally, he strongly resists the word "retirement." He preaches regularly throughout the northeast; leads marriage retreats; acts as a stewardship consultant and, most important to him, wants a deeper involvement in making the Millennium Development Goals a triumph for this generation.
The Rev. Chloe Breyer
Chloe is an Episcopal priest, writer, activist and the executive director of the Interfaith Center of New York, a secular non-profit educational organization whose goal is to create understanding and respect among the different religious groups of New York City as well as to encourage members of all faiths to get involved in civic participation. She serves on the board of The Micah Challenge, a global Christian Campaign for the MDGs. Previously, she served as associate priest at St. Mary's, Manahattanville in West Harlem. She was founder-director of the Cathedral Forums on Religion and Public Life at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine and served as chaplain to the Cathedral School. She co-founded and edited Who Cares: A Journal of Service and Activism, and authored The Close: A Young Woman's First Year At Seminary, and was a contributor to What Can One Person Do: Faith to Heal A Broken World, as well as numerous other faith-based books and columns. Following 9/11/2001, she worked with the Diocese of New York on a interfaith initiative to rebuild a mosque in Afghanistan destroyed by U.S. bombs and traveled to Afghanistan in 2003, 2004, and 2006 for two additional faith-based aid projects supported by Episcopal Relief and Development.
Craig Cole
Craig is the executive director of Five Talents International, an Anglican nonprofit that gives people the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty by providing access to basic savings and microcredit services. Prior to that, he spent four years with Food for the Poor, one of the largest relief and development organizations in the U.S. He held several program and fundraising positions while working extensively with churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Haiti. He is currently on the the Advisory Council for The Trinity Forum Academy and on the Diocese of Virginia Mission Commission. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences, churches and other events including the 2006 Microcredit Summit Campaign. He has a master's in economic development from Eastern College in St. David's, PA. He is married and has two children.
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry
Michael is the eleventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, consecrated in June 2000. He received the Master of Divinity degree in 1978 from Yale University Divinity School. He has also done continued study at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary's Seminary, and the Institute of Christian Jewish Studies. He began his ministry as deacon-in-charge at St. Stephen's, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1978 and was rector there from 1979-1982. He next accepted a call as rector at St. Simon of Cyrene, Lincoln Heights, Ohio, where he served from 1982-1988. Bishop Curry serves on the boards of a large number of organizations and was a member of the Commission on Ministry in each of the three dioceses where he has served. He has a national preaching and teaching ministry, having been featured on The Protestant Hour and as a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. He has received honorary degrees from Sewanee and Yale. Michael kicked off EGR's presence at the 2006 General Convention with his dynamic preaching to an overflow crowd at the EGR U2charist!
Kevin Jones
Kevin is one of the founders of Good Capital, a new merchant bank in the capital market for good. He is also working with a team to create an open source online market formation platform to connect the dots in areas including microfinance, social enterprise, fair trade, low income housing and independent media at www.xigi.net. Kevin is the U.S. coordinator for the Anglican Malaria Project. A serial entrepreneur, Kevin helped his wife, Rosa Lee, an Episcopal priest, create the successful Via Media social enterprise. Via Media videos have been sold to more than 900 churches nationwide and sponsored the "Faith, Values and the Via Media" conference at the National Cathedral in 2005. He has been a columnist for Forbes, wrote frequently for the New York Times and was a columnist for and on the advisory board of Business 2.0. He has been active in social enterprise and has been on the boards of the National Gathering of Social Entrepreneurs and Social Venture Partners International.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Scriven
Henry has been the assistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh since 2002. Born and educated in England, after ordination he worked for two years in the Diocese of N. Argentina with the South American Missionary Society. He later worked with SAMS in Spain from 1984-1990, then served as Chaplain of the British Embassy Church in Madrid until being consecrated Suffragan Bishop in Europe in 1995. In addition to the EGR board, Henry currently serves on the boards of SAMS, SOMA USA (Sharing of Ministries Abroad) and New Wineskins for Global Mission. Henry and his wife, Catherine, have two grown children.
The Rev. Debra Metzgar Shew
Debbie is Canon for Community Ministries for the Diocese of Atlanta and director of the Episcopal Charities Foundation. She formerly was vicar of Emmaus House, Atlanta.
The Rt. Rev. William Skilton
Bill is the assisting bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic and the retired Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. A native of Cuba, Bill came to the U.S. at age 17 and is a graduate of both The Citadel and The University of the South. He and his wife, Lynn, have spent two stints (total of 10 years) as missionaries in the Dominican Republic, including founding an Episcopal high school there. He is president of the National Board of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, has served as president of the board of the Christian Action Council and is currently the Province IV Consultant on the Companion Diocese Network. Bill and Lynn live in Charleston, S.C.
Laura Fisher Smith
Laura is a graphic artist, painter and iconographer. An active member of the Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts, her work was displayed during worship at the 2006 General Convention. Laura draws icons for contemplative prayer and offers them for sale at www.ikonarts.net, with the net proceeds from sales of all icons, prints, cards and commissions go to relieve extreme poverty through participation in the Millennium Development Goals. She lives in Phoenix, with her husband, the Rt. Rev. Kirk Smith, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.
Staff and Volunteers
The Rev. Mike Kinman - Executive Director 
Mike has been EGR's executive director since 2006 and has been active in the movement since 2003. Previously, Mike served as priest for the Episcopal Campus Ministry community at Washington University in St. Louis, where he traveled with students to Sudan and Ghana to work with the Anglican Church and an NGO specializing in capacity building, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention. He is vice chair of the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns. Mike holds a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a M.Div from Yale University. He is also the co-founder of the Gathering the NeXt Generation Network of generation X Episcopal clergy. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Robin, and their two sons, Schroedter and Hayden.
Marguy McVey - Administrative Assistant
Marguy came on board as EGR's part-time (two days a week) administrative assistant in June 2007. The Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion in University City, Missouri, graciously donates office space for Marguy and EGR.
Bill Monk - Webmaster/Internet Coordinator
Bill is EGR's webmaster and has donated more hours and expertise than we can count to make EGR's web presence what it is. His day job is with Episcopal Media Center, which hosts www.e4gr.org as well as many diocesan and other church-related websites, including the Diocese of Atlanta, where Bill lives. Bill also coordinated the wonderful technology available at the EGR booth at General Convention ... including maintaining all those computers that gave folks free internet access! Got questions or ideas about the website or about what EGR is/could be doing online? Got an event you want posted on the calendar or a sermon to put on the sermons page? Anything about EGR and the internet ... Give Bill a shout.
