Ichthus Music Festival

Ichthus Ministries Wilmore, Kentucky - C.E.O.
From 1992-1995, I served as the General Chairman (C.E.O) of Ichthus Ministries. Ichthus is a non-profit music festival with an annual attendence of 20,000 participatnts from all over the United States. This was a great experience which helped me to establish my leadership style and gave me passion to connect to the generation behind me. During this time, I advanced and prepared the ministry to move to a new location outside the city limits of Wilmore, Kentucky. This proved to be a more efficient location to handle traffic concerns and enhanced festival experience for participants. I was also instrumental in helping build a strong relationship between Ichthus Ministries and the city of Wilmore, which helped in the new location effort. In the years that I led this ministry, it was administrated by all volunteers from Asbury College and Asbury Seminary. I was also a full time student as I worked in this role. With this volunteer staff (of over 40 students), we were able to recruit and train over 1500 volunteers to run the logistics of the festival which included camping, security, registration, marketing, food service, and program. Ichthus was a rich experience that helped me learn how to empower volunteer leaders and workers in a way that would grow and advance the reach of the corporation on a grand scale.