Summer Conference 2011 Speakers
Rod Thompson
Dr Rod Thompson is the Principal of Laidlaw College (formerly BCNZ) in Auckland. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, he is married with four children, and has worked as a teacher in Christian and State schools, as a Presbyterian Minister for 15 years, as programme leader of the Worldview Department at MASTERS Institute in Auckland and as the Executive Officer for Vision Development at Christian Parent Controlled Schools Australia.
John Stonestreet
John is the Executive Director of Summit Ministries in Colorado. John holds a M.A. in Christian Thought from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is on the Biblical Studies faculty at Bryan College. He, his wife Sarah, and three daughters live in Colorado Springs.
Mark Strom
Dr Mark Strom is a consultant and author. For the past 17 years he has worked as an adviser to corporate, government, educational and community leaders, and from 2005 to 2010 he was Principal of Laidlaw College. Mark's PhD research brought together in dialogue Paul, the ancient Graeco-Roman world, and the issues of leadership in contemporary evangelicalism and society, and he is the author of Reframing Paul: Conversations in Grace and Community, The Symphony of Scripture, and Arts of the Wise Leader.
Greg Fleming
Greg is the Chairman of the Compass Foundation. He started his career in finance before spending four years as General Manager of Parenting with Confidence. In partnership with Bruce Logan, Greg founded the Maxim Institute (an independent New Zealand policy think tank) in November 2001, which he leads as CEO. Greg hails from the Wairarapa and is married with five children.
Jim Wallace
Brigadier (ret.) Jim Wallace AM is the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, one of Australia's fastest growing political organisations, which aims to see Christian values better acknowledged in the way we are governed, do business and relate as a community.He is a sought after commentator on Defence and security issues having left the Army as a Brigadier in late 2000 after a 32 year career which included command of the SAS Regiment, Special Forces and the Army’s mechanised Brigade of three thousand personnel and most of the Army’s fighting vehicles. He is a graduate of Duntroon in Canberra, the British Army Staff College and the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies.
Jim has also lived in the Middle East and visited Palestinian refugee camps as an unarmed United Nations observer. In 1984 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to counter-terrorism. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Defence Studies Centre and was recently appointed by the Minister of Defence to the Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Jim worships with his family at the Hughes Baptist Church in Canberra.
Roshan Allpress
After completing a degree in history at the University of Canterbury, Roshan spent over two years working for Maxim Institute’s Tomorrow’s Leaders programme, during which time he became involved in organising and running the first Compass summer conference. In 2006, Roshan left Maxim and with his wife Lottie moved back to Christchurch, where he now manages the Compass Foundation.
Andrew Shamy
Andrew is a top graduate of Regent College’s Master of Christian Studies programme. He is a talented writer and presenter with tremendous integrity, who passionately supports Compass' vision for knowing the gospel, knowing the culture and translating well. Andrew works part time for Compass and is based in Auckland.
David Yates
David is the Director of Compass Australia. He has a passion for helping young adults think about their vocation in light of the Bible. He studied chemistry and physics at university, has an MBA, served as a strategist for the Department of Defence, and spent three years as Chief of Staff for the Australian Christian Lobby. He is married with two children and another on the way.
