PAX LEADERSHIP

Directional Team

Tiffany Bluhm is a speaker, writer, and leader with more than fifteen years of experience in ministry and nonprofit leadership. She is the author of The Women We’ve Been Waiting For, Prey Tell, and other books and Bible studies. Her writing has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, the YouVersion Bible app, and more. Her public work is at the intersection of faith, justice, and culture. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two sons.
Email | tbluhm@madeforpax.org

TIFFANY BLUHM

Cara Meredith is a nonprofit professional, writer, and speaker whose work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. Her first book The Color of Life debuted in 2019. A former high school English teacher and outreach ministry director, she holds a Masters of Theology from Fuller Seminary. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two sons.

Email | cmeredith@madeforpax.org

CARA MEREDITH

Margarette Kwok is a creative at heart with a passion for encouraging others and giving those around her a sense of belonging. Previously a children’s ministry director and a portraits and wedding photographer, she enjoys creating beautiful spaces and moments for others to experience the love of God and enjoy time with one another. She finds pax in nature, creating, and spending time with loved ones. Margarette lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, John, and their daughter, Naomi.
Email | mkwok@madeforpax.org

MARGARETTE KWOK

Support Team

Drew Jackson is a poet and the author of God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming and Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way. Previously a pastor in New York City, he currently serves as the president and board chair of PAX, and is the Director of Mission Integration with the Center for Action and Contemplation. Drew lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Genay, and their twin daughters, Zora and Suhaila.

DREW JACKSON

Erika Eng is a NY born, LA based illustrator, designer, and maker. Founder and designer of her shop, It’s All Good LA, Erika finds creative solutions for a variety of clients in mediums involving illustration, design, motion graphics, mural painting, and crafting. She is inspired by + finds pax in things made by hand, thoughtful details, vibrant colors found in nature, and the humor of daily life. Aside from creating, Erika loves traveling, people watching, and staying up to date with the latest in pop culture.

ERIKA ENG

Lorraine Lam is a Chinese-Canadian economic-settler-immigrant with an education in music, sociology and social work (University of Toronto and York University respectively). An introvert driven by her admiration of Jesus’ life and teachings, she strives to cultivate hope-filled communities and invites people into the long-haul work of collective liberation through collaboration and bridge-building. She has been crisis outreach worker in the Toronto's Downtown East for over 15 years, supporting people who are unhoused and precariously housed. She is currently a caseworker with Amadeusz, supporting individuals incarcerated for firearms charges. Lorraine’s goal is to move people (especially those of faith) from charity-focused mindsets to a commitment to justice-oriented mobilizing to change systems and structures that keep people oppressed. Her work focuses on housing & homelessness, systems navigation, advocacy, harm reduction, and trauma-informed approaches to collaboration, survival, and the building of a more equitable and just reality for all. A better future is possible and she is so excited to be a part of the work. Lorraine calls Toronto home, and lives with her partner, Tim, and her extroverted fur-child, Miso. She loves carbs indiscriminately (especially with a good cup of hojicha), adores sunflowers, delights in singing with her gospel choir, and has an Advent practice of watching Home Alone 1 & 2 every year, every day of the season.

LORRAINE LAM

Adrea Carr has over 25 years of experience as a full charge bookkeeper, specializing in nonprofit bookkeeping, property management, and construction. She began her career working for a nonprofit organization serving the special needs population experiencing chronic homelessness in Indianapolis, IN. It was through her service to this organization that her love for the field blossomed. Since then, she has worked with several nonprofits, enjoying being a part of the work they do by providing her expertise. Aside from her work, she loves deep-sea fishing, spending time in the islands with her grandchildren, and has developed a newfound love for gardening and growing plants.

ADREA CARR

Brianna Ferguson is the creator of The Good God Girl. A blog, podcast, and community dedicated to empowering Christian millennial women. The Good God Girl is a platform to support women who are called to God's perfection, despite her imperfect ways. The goal of The Good God Girl is to normalize keeping it real about the experiences we face being in the world but not of it, and embrace the beauty of knowing that, in the end, we’re becoming “Gods Kind of Beautiful”.

BRIANNA FERGUSON

Hailey Mitsui is a spiritual director and somatic practitioner. She works with individuals, groups, and communities at the intersection of spirituality, embodiment, justice, and healing.

Learn more about her and her work at: www.haileymitsui.com

HAILEY MITSUI

Mallory Ferguson is a multi-faceted creator, devoted husband to Brianna, and passionate wedding and event photographer. A lover of Christ who sees his artistry as a form of worship, he uses his gifts to reflect God’s beauty and truth. As a poet, writer, and MCee, he blends storytelling with creativity to inspire and uplift others.
Attending the PAX Retreat has been a transformative experience, strengthening his faith, confidence, and understanding of God’s purpose. This journey is not about performance but true alignment with God’s will. Mallory is excited and grateful to return, knowing it will be another faithful step in his walk with Christ.

MALLORY FERGUSON

Rachel Wahba-Dunkley is a holistic life coach who guides Christian women of color as they navigate the journey of uncovering their authentic selves—helping them heal the past, ground the present, and enrich the future. As a Black & Indigenous woman and child of immigrants, Rachel's dreams and aspirations were often devalued for straying too far from acceptable paths, making her feel alone, misunderstood, and frustrated with God, herself and others. She has a degree in Human Development from Binghamton University, a Master of Education and Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University and then her certification in Spiritual Life Coaching from Transformation Academy so that she now develops mindset and wellness programs. Rachel's goal is to help women develop healthy views of self, build confidence, and operate in the fullness of who they're called to be. She lives in New York City with her husband and six plant babies.

RACHEL WAHBA-DUNKLEY

Sunil Suckoo is a UX designer, UX researcher, and writer. He currently works in Silicon Valley, designing intuitive, simple, and enjoyable experiences for technology users across the world while building his writing platform in his personal time. His writings experiment with unique narrative structures that highlight the lives of marginalized folks in the realms of fantasy, Sci-Fi, and magical realism. When he's not working on these projects, he loves watching the latest A24/arthouse films, staying up-to-date on news in politics and entertainment, and reading the latest research in Anthropology.

SUNIL SUCKOO

The PAX Fellowship Cohort Facilitators

Afrika Afeni Mills, MEd, is the Founder and CEO of Continental Drift, LLC, Education Consultant, Adjunct Professor at Boston College, and author of Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students. Her TED-Ed Talk, Four Ways to Have Healthy Conversations About Race has over 1 million views. Afrika has been an educator and involved in ministry since 1999, leads the discipleship ministry in her faith community, and is part of Transforming Center’s spiritual formation community.

AFRIKA AFENI MILLS

Arielle is the Co-Author of two self-published collections of poetry: Vagabonds and Zealots (2014), Write Bloody Spill Pretty (2017) which can both be found on Amazon.com and in 2016, released her EP of poetry and music titled Symphony of a Lioness. In March 2023, Estoria released her first solo book of poetry titled, THE UNFOLDING an invitation to come home to yourself, with Harper One available wherever books, e-books and audiobooks are available.

ARIELLE ESTORIA

Brian Oliva is a first generation Filipino American Spoken Word Artist, Poet, Songwriter, and Photographer who uses storytelling across multiple mediums to inspire and educate. A former 2008-2009 Inland Empire Grand Slam Champion, and help lead a team to 2nd in the nation in Slam Poetry’s most prestige stage NPS. As a co-partner of 4Stories Media, he helps businesses and artists craft authentic narratives around their brand and Identity. Through poetry and storytelling, Brian has been featured on platforms such as TBN (Juce Live), TV1(Verses and Flow), HBO (All Def Digital), and has traveled and scene the nation from colligate and venue stages while continuing to connect others with their own story.

BRIAN OLIVA

Chanté Griffin is a journalist and essayist who writes about race, culture, faith, and Black hair. She is the author of Loving Your Black Neighbor As Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us, a 2025 NAACP Image Awards Nominee for “Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional.” Chanté has written for Christianity Today, Red Letter Christians, and is a contributing writer for Faithfully Magazine. She’s also worked as a contributing writer for The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Root. When she isn’t writing, she coaches creatives through Spirit & Scribe, an online workshop that sits at the intersection of writing craft & spiritual formation. Read more of her work via her Substack.

CHANTÉ GRIFFIN

Chenoa Daniels is the author of Whites Only and Blacks Only. After serving as an HIV/AIDS U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa for two years, her passion for cultural diversity manifested in a life dedicated to the practice of poetry. As a performance poet and speaker, she is the only American Adjudicator for the African Teen Authors Book Initiative (ATABI), an international teen writing program. Her work has been featured in Voyage ATL Magazine, Fringe Benefits Theatre, The Bitter Southerner Magazine, Mbabane, eSwatini (Swaziland), various places in South Africa, and more. Chenoa is a staunch advocate of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) education and she manages a Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) Program at the Interactive College of Technology. Together with her husband, she creates and curates various forms of art in Atlanta, Georgia.

CHENOA DANIELS

Danielle Coke is a graphic designer turned artist, advocate, speaker, and entrepreneur. She’s the founder of Oh Happy Dani, an illustration-based educational platform that uses artwork and resources to make complex ideas surrounding racial justice more accessible for the everyday advocate. Danielle works to inspire her community of over half a million people
across social media to do good daily, right where they are. She’s also the author of “A Heart on Fire: 100 Meditations on Loving Your Neighbors Well.”

Whether working with brands like Target and Adobe, speaking in front of audiences, or running her business, Danielle hopes to inspire others to embody their values and live a life of sustainable activism by using what they have to impact the world around them.

DANIELLE COKE BALFOUR

Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard’s latest book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege won the Englewood Review of Books 2021 Book of the Year award.

DOMINIQUE GILLIARD

Jalen Seawright is a Pastor, Community Activist and Justice Advocate. He and his wife Keyonna reside in the Metro-Detroit area and have three beautiful daughters, Karington, Kaidence and Kyelinn. Jalen Seawright is an experienced musician influenced by the sounds of Motown and Detroit Gospel. Jalen has spent most of his life serving churches in Michigan’s urban core and continues to serve as a worship leader, music director and preacher in the Metro-Detroit region. In recent years, Jalen has traveled throughout the country teaching and training churches and organizations how to leverage art to serve the mission of Justice in their communities. Jalen is currently a songwriter and contributor within the Common Hymnal ecosystem. Common Hymnal is a virtual hymnbook stocked with forward-facing content from the spiritual underground, channeling an eclectic art movement in which praise and protest live side by side. Aside from all of the above, Jalen's greatest mission is being the best black father and "girl-dad" this world has ever seen.

JALEN SEAWRIGHT

Jenai Auman is a Filipina American writer, artist, and author of Othered. She draws from her years in church leadership as well as her trauma-informed training to write on healing, hope, and the way forward. She received her bachelor's degree in behavioral health science and is currently pursuing a master's in spiritual formation at Northeastern Seminary. Jenai lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Tyler, and their sons, Quinn and Graham.

JENAI AUMAN

Guesnerth Josué Perea serves as Executive Director of the afrolatin@ forum, Co-Curator of the AfroLatine Theology Project, Co-Producer of the documentary "Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality”, Co-Host of the podcast Majestad Prieta, and Associate Pastor at Metro Hope Church. His perspectives on AfroLatinidad have been part of various publications including the New York Times, the New Yorker, and Sojourners & he has written for Let Spirit Speak! Cultural Journeys through the African Diaspora, the Revista de Estudios Colombianos, & Engaging Religion among others.

JOSUÉ PEREA

Michael Stalcup is a Thai American poet living in Bangkok, Thailand. His poems have been published by over thirty magazines and anthologies including Commonweal Magazine, Ekstasis Magazine, First Things, Red Letter Christians, Sojourners, and Biola University’s Lent Project. Since 2020, Michael has co-led Spirit & Scribe, a workshop helping writers to integrate spiritual formation and writing craft. You can follow him on Instagram @michaelstalcup and find all of his published work at michaelstalcup.com.

MICHAEL STALCUP

The Organizing Institute’s (OI’s) mission is to train union organizers to secure these kinds of huge wins that grow the labor movement and change lives. The OI has trained tens of thousands of member activists and staff organizers on the best practices and principles that are key to workers winning respect, dignity and a voice at work through organizing a union.

THE ORGANIZING INSTITUTE

Tracey Gee is a certified leadership coach and consultant dedicated to guiding individuals toward transformative self-awareness and meaningful personal and professional growth. Tracey's work is rooted in extensive experience across workshops, speaking engagements, and personalized coaching sessions. She is also a certified facilitator in four frameworks—Gallup CliftonStrengths, Working Genius, Enneagram, and Cultural Intelligence. Her diverse clientele includes UC Berkeley, Firm Foundation, AltaMed, Nomi Network, Coca-Cola, Amazon, and the Miami Heat and is the author of The Magic of Knowing What You Want: A Practical Guide to Unearthing the Wisdom of Your Desires. Tracey is originally from the Bay Area of California and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, children, and dog, Kona. She loves coffee shops and every dog she's ever met.

TRACEY GEE

The PAX Fellowship Spiritual Directors

Felicia Murrell is a spiritual director and former pastor with over twenty years of church leadership experience. She is the author of AND: The Restorative Power of Love In An Either/Or World. For Felicia, the Way of Love (agape) is to consciously participate with the Divine in how we live, move and have our being. Mom to 4 adult children, she makes her home in a suburb of the Twin Cities with her husband, Doug.

FELICIA MURRELL

Joel is the Executive Director of SoulRoots, a spiritual formation and soul-care ministry he founded in 2023. An ordained pastor and spiritual director with over 20 years of experience, he is passionate about helping others explore the connections between faith, culture, and lived experience. As a second-generation Asian American born to Southeast Asian refugee parents, he understands the complexities of cultural identity, family expectations, and systemic challenges. Joel walks alongside those feeling stuck in their spiritual journey, guiding them toward a fuller sense of self in Christ. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Lisa, and their two teenage kids, Kaden and Addysen.

JOEL TO

Ruth Lin Nakai is a Chicago-based creative and spiritual director with a passion for healing and liberation. She is dedicated to helping people-- especially those navigating loss, disorientation, or uncertainty-- uncover new possibilities. She loves working with individuals and groups, and she specializes in guiding folks through creative spiritual practices that inspire connecting with self/God in healing and liberative ways!

RUTH NAKAI

Tasha is a mixed-race Korean American melancholy dreamer, memoirist (Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging), children’s book author, and a contemplative soul. She’s spent her life navigating cultural collisions and liminal space. She writes about everyday life, faith, and cultural and ethnic identity, and has found a homecoming in spiritual direction and in the contemplative expression of her faith. She lives in the greater Indianapolis area with her family.