The Transforming Center Leadership Community is made up of board members and others who serve in a ministry leadership capacity.
Ruth Haley Barton is founding president of the Transforming Center. A seasoned spiritual director, teacher and retreat leader, she has served on the pastoral staff of several churches including Willow Creek, and is the author of spiritual formation books and resources including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership (InterVarsity Press).
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Taylor Haley is senior pastor/head of staff at First Presbyterian Church, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Jonathan holds a Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Doctorate from McCormick Seminary. He serves as a member of the Transforming Center board and has completed the IronMan competition multiple times on behalf of the Transforming Center.
Rev. Dr. David Hughes is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he has served for eighteen years. He holds an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, a Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a member of the third Transforming Community.
Rory Noland is director of Heart of the Artist Ministries and serves as worship leader for the Transforming Center. Rory served for twenty years as music director at Willow Creek and is a composer, song writer, speaker, and author of several books on worship and the arts.
We are also pleased to have Dick Savidge as our partner in relationship and ministry expansion, Cole Griffin as our retreat host and Dalene Strieff as our executive assistant and registrar.
Dick Savidge is a marriage and family counselor, therapist, pastor, life coach and friend. He has an MA in marriage and family counseling and a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is ordained in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Dick and his wife, Nancy, live in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Rev. Cole Griffin is Pastor for Congregational Care & Counseling in the Milwaukee area where he has served for 13 years. He graduated with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Prepared as a spiritual director, retreat leader and Christian Conciliator, he has a passion to care the souls of those serving in ministry. He serves as the host for the two year Transforming Community.
Dalene Strieff comes to the Transforming Center with twenty years of corporate administrative experience. She also serves as a lay leader in church ministry.
