John Terrill
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
John guides the overarching mission, vision, and strategy for the Stephen & Laurel Brown Foundation. He loves the entrepreneurial nature of his work and the opportunity to build a dynamic team and healthy organizational culture.
Before this role, John was Director of the Center for Integrity in Business (now Center for Faithful Business) at Seattle Pacific University. Before that, he worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA as the National Director for Professional Schools Ministries, Campus Minister at Harvard Business School, and National Director of InterVarsity’s MBA Ministry. Before InterVarsity, John consulted with Hay Group (now Korn Ferry), an international management consulting firm, and served as a real estate lender with Bank of America. John is an Indiana University (Bloomington) graduate, holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), master’s degrees in theology and religion from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a master’s and Ph.D. from Seattle Pacific University in industrial and organizational psychology.
John serves as board chair for Religion News Service and Religion News Foundation and as board chair for Science for the Church. He enjoys writing and speaking on higher education, business, faith, and cultural issues. He and his wife, Vanja, love traveling, reading, taking long walks and encouraging students and young professionals in their spiritual journeys. They have one daughter, Elena, who is seven but thinks she is thirteen.
Before this role, John was Director of the Center for Integrity in Business (now Center for Faithful Business) at Seattle Pacific University. Before that, he worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA as the National Director for Professional Schools Ministries, Campus Minister at Harvard Business School, and National Director of InterVarsity’s MBA Ministry. Before InterVarsity, John consulted with Hay Group (now Korn Ferry), an international management consulting firm, and served as a real estate lender with Bank of America. John is an Indiana University (Bloomington) graduate, holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), master’s degrees in theology and religion from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a master’s and Ph.D. from Seattle Pacific University in industrial and organizational psychology.
John serves as board chair for Religion News Service and Religion News Foundation and as board chair for Science for the Church. He enjoys writing and speaking on higher education, business, faith, and cultural issues. He and his wife, Vanja, love traveling, reading, taking long walks and encouraging students and young professionals in their spiritual journeys. They have one daughter, Elena, who is seven but thinks she is thirteen.