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The members of the Buechner Institute National Advisory Board provide guidance for the programming and building of the Institute's work.Many of these talented people have appeared or will be appearing on the scheduled programs of the Institute.
Jennifer Holberg | Chair of the advisory board, professor of English, Calvin College; Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Jill Baumgaertner | Dean of Humanities and Theological Studies, Wheaton College; poet; Wheaton, Ill. |
Walter Brueggemann | Writer, theologian; professor emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary; Decatur, Ga. |
Scott Cairns | Poet; professor of English, University of Missouri; Columbia, Mo. |
Michael Card | Musician, songwriter, and essayist; Warsaw, Ind. |
| Andy Crouch | Author, editor, producer, musician; editor-at-large, Christianity Today; Swarthmore, Penn. |
Joel Cunningham | Mathematics professor, vice-chancellor and president emeritus, The University of the South; Sewanee, Tenn. |
Elizabeth Dewberry | Novelist and playwright; Lamont, Fla. |
William Evertsberg | Senior minister, First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, Conn. |
Doug Frank | Retired; former director, Oregon Extension; professor of history; Ashland, Ore. |
Tim Gautreaux | Novelist and short story writer; professor emeritus, Southeast Louisiana University; Hammond, La. |
Philip H. Gulley | Novelist, essayist, Quaker minister; Danville, Ind. |
Tom Gulotta | Film producer, art director, writer, music industry consultant; San Diego, Calif. |
Ron Hansen | Novelist and short story writer; professor of English, Santa Clara University; Cupertino, Calif. |
Silas House | Novelist; professor of English, Lincoln Memorial University; Lily, Ky. |
Robert Hudson | Senior editor, Zondervan Publishing Company; Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Richard Hughes | Professor of religion and Senior Boyer Fellow at Messiah College; Grantham, Pa. |
Thomas Long | Professor of preaching, Candler School of Theology at Emory University; Atlanta, Ga. |
Roger Lundin | Teacher and writer; Blanchard Professor of English, Wheaton College; Wheaton, Ill. |
Thomas Lynch | Undertaker, writer and poet; Milford, Mich. |
David Malone | Curator, the Buechner Papers, Wheaton College; Wheaton, Ill. |
Ami McConnell | Senior editor, Thomas Nelson Publishing; Nashville, Tenn. |
| Marilyn McEntyre | Writer, speaker, retreat leader, and professor of medical humanities at UC Berkeley. Fellow of the Gaede Institute at Westmont College. |
Donald McKim | Senior editor, Westminster John Knox Press; Germantown, Tenn. |
Brian McLaren | Author, preacher, former pastor, board chair for Sojourners |
Jeff Munroe | Vice President of Advancement and Communications, Western Theological Seminary; Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Carrie Newcomer | Songwriter and folksinger; Bloomington, Ind. |
Kathleen Norris | Essayist, memoirist and poet; Honolulu, Hawaii |
Katherine Paterson | Children's literature author; Barre, Vt. |
Doug Peters | Retired, formerly senior minister, Walnut Hills United Methodist Church; Des Moines, Iowa |
Eugene Peterson | Author, minister; professor emeritus, Regent College; Lakeside, Mont. |
Chip Pollard | President, John Brown University; Siloam Springs, Ark. |
Jon Pott | Vice-president and editor-in-chief, Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Nathan Rouse | Actor, producer, creator of "The Birth," director of Starving Artist Productions; Charlotte, N.C. |
Caleb Seeling | Founder, Samizdat Creative Services; Denver, Colo. |
| James K.A. Smith | Professor of philosophy, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Barbara Brown Taylor | Writer, preacher, professor of religion, Piedmont College; Clarkesville, Ga. |
| Daniel Taylor | Writer of nonfiction (with an emphasis on memoir), short fiction, and street-level apologetics; St. Paul, Minn. |
Phyllis Tickle | Writer and Lecturer in Religion; Lucy,Tenn. |
Abram Van Engen | Assistant Professor of English, Washington University; St. Louis, MO |
William Willimon | Bishop, United Methodist Church; writer, preacher, theologian; Birmingham, Ala. |
Paul Willis | Poet; professor of English, Westmont College; Santa Barbara, Calif. |
John Wilson | Editor, Books & Culture ; Wheaton, Ill. |
| Lauren Winner | Priest; professor, Duke Divinity School; writer; Durham, N.C. |
Philip Yancey | Author; editor-at-large, Christianity Today; Carol Stream, Ill. |
Jane Zwart | Assistant professor of English, Calvin College; poet; Grand Rapids, Mich. |
