Mark Matlock is a Senior Fellow at Barna and the Executive Director of Urbana 2025 for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Mark is a facilitator of innovation and impact, helping organizations adapt to changing times by turning data and research into strategic action.

He is the founder of WisdomWorks, a consultancy helping churches and faith-based organizations leverage their collective wisdom and insight to innovate and accelerate. As a consultant, Mark has worked with national and international organizations such as Seed Company, Brotherhood Mutual, MOVEMENT.ORG, and Awana.

Mark is the author of more than 20 books for teens and parents, and in 2019 co-authored Faith for Exiles: Five Ways for a New Generation to Follow Jesus in Digital Babylon with Barna Group CEO Kinnaman. Mark recently authored Faith for the Curious, which incorporates Barna research about this cultural moment.

Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), the founder of the TENx10 Collaboration, and the Chief of Leadership at Fuller Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch,” Kara speaks regularly at national parenting and leadership conferences, and is the author or co-author of a number of books including Faith Beyond Youth Group, 3 Big Questions that Change Every Teenager, Faith in an Anxious World, Growing With, Growing Young, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith Curriculum, Can I Ask That?, Deep Justice Journeys, Essential Leadership, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum.