Chairman 

Mike Kern has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Crossmark Global Investments and its related entities since May 2015. He is responsible for the overall leadership of the firm.

Raised in the Detroit area, Mike earned a B.S. in Finance and Business Economics from Wayne State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, as well as the FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63 securities licenses. Mike is also a member of the CFA Institute.

Prior to joining Crossmark he was President of Stout Risius Ross, a financial advisory firm he joined in 1996 as an analyst. During his 19-year tenure with Stout and before being appointed President, he served in a variety of roles including Managing Director in the Valuation & Financial Opinions Group, Head of the Investment Banking Group, CFO, and COO.

Mike devotes a significant amount of time to philanthropic activities, which is his passion. He currently serves as the Board of Directors of Embrace the Truth (as Chairman) and CityServe International (as Chairman), in addition to advising several churches throughout the country on financial matters. Mike is a past member of the Executive Board of Directors of Convoy of Hope, while also serving as Treasurer and Chairman of the Compensation and Audit Committees. In addition, he is a past member of the Board of Directors of International Aid and the Clink Capella CC15 Foundation.

Mike resides in Houston, Texas, with his wife Amanda and their four children.

CEO

Dave Donaldson has invested his life inspiring, equipping and resourcing leaders in more than 100 countries to bring aid and opportunity to tens of millions of needy and under resourced people. As the former Director for Operation Blessing and co-founder of Convoy of Hope, Dave spearheaded global partnerships with churches, organizations, businesses and governments to mobilize tens of thousands of volunteers worldwide.

In 2016 Dave retired from Convoy of Hope to launch CityServe International (CSI) to train and resource local churches and non-profits to help people move from dependency to sustainability. CSI is helping communities effectively address systemic poverty, addictions, foster care, job readiness and other areas of need in America. As part of the “Neighborhood to Nations” campaign Dave and the CSI team are partnering with the SoCal Network and World Vision to aid refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Additionally, CSI hosts 150 leaders to Israel annually and partners with the Israeli government to help the poor.

Dave is the host of “INFLUENCERS” on the Charisma Podcast Network where guests from corporate, government, non-profit and church sectors share insights to impacting our culture from local communities, our nation’s capital to hot spots around the globe.

Dave is an advisor to Produce Alliance Foundation, a critical part of the solution set to provide hunger relief, grow jobs, and strengthen local economies, particularly in underinvested rural and urban communities. Dave also serves on the National Faith Advisory Board.

As a veteran of Washington, D.C. for more than a decade, Dave coordinates White House briefings and roundtables between clergy, faith-based organizational leaders and government officials. For several years Donaldson served on a Health and Human Services (HHS) National Council for Mental Health and Substance Abuse (SAMHSA). Dave hosted the first ever National Summit on Foster Care and Adoption with the United States Children’s Bureau. He has served on numerous boards including Vanguard University and the National Football League (NFL) sanctioned Courage Awards, which honors NFL players who have shown courage on and off the field.

Donaldson has advised leaders around the globe, and appeared as a guest on numerous Christian and secular television and radio programs and has authored several books including the best-selling Rock Solid Discipleship program, Relentless – Pursuing a Life that Matters and co-authored with former White House official, Stanley-Carlson, The Revolution of Compassion (The President’s Faith-based and Community Initiative). Dave’s newest book CityServe: Your Church-based Guide to Compassion is co-authored with Wendell Vinson and includes forty leading experts in community-based and global compassion.

Dave earned his Master’s Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, with a focus on “Developing and Implementing Social Programs in a Cross-cultural Environment.” He and his wife Kristy reside in California and have four adult children.

Vice Chairman and President

Wendell and his wife Lynda Vinson became pastors of Canyon Hills Church, Bakersfield, California, over thirty years ago when it was a small congregation in need of revitalization. Today Canyon Hills is one of the leading multisite churches in Southern California, pioneering fresh approaches to church planting, church renewal, and taking the gospel to unreached tribes.

The Vinson’s unwavering compassion to love people to Jesus inspired innovative ways to serve their community better, such as Fort Faith, an award-winning children’s ministry center; Champion’s Club, a state-of-the-art center designed specifically for children with special needs; Florence Gardens Senior Living Center, an affordable housing development for seniors; and Frazier Woods Conference Center. Canyon Hills is a forerunner in the CityServe network with the ongoing renovation of a nearly 200,000 sq. ft. commercial shopping mall that serves as an inner-city outreach center and CityServe warehouse HUB.

Wendell has trained pastors, advised world leaders, and helped coordinate government briefings in Washington, DC, as part of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

He currently serves or has served as a member of the board of trustees for Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA; Covenant Foundation of California; Convoy of Hope, Springfield, MO; Covenant Community Services Kern County; Kern Leadership Alliance; Mission One Eleven; and National Faith Advisory Board.

Wendell and Lynda have two adult children and are proud grandparents of their four grandchildren.

Dave Pavlin is the co-founder and former owner of Therapy Support, Inc., a specialty medical equipment company that serves patients and partners throughout the Midwest.

Treasurer

Mark is the Founder/CEO/CFO of multiple property development and management companies with multi-state portfolios. He has served on numerous professional, education, and faith-based boards as treasurer. Mark has a Masters in Business Administration in Economics from San Jose State University.

Cindee is active in various aspects of the management company and charity, co-founded by her and Mark. She is a member of several educational and faith-based boards of trustees and committees. She has a Bachelor of Science in Education from Evangel University and a Masters of Science in Counseling from Missouri State University.

Strategic, focused, creative, and passionate about helping others and building relationships; these are just a few words to describe Christianne Debysingh. A highly sought-after professional with over two decades of Public Relations and Media experience, Christianne has served on staff for several internationally recognized projects, including Operation Blessing International (OBI), the humanitarian arm of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). In this position, she traveled globally and had the privilege of serving people of many nations, such as India, Kazakhstan, Romania, Ukraine, South Africa, and Mozambique. She was also involved in every aspect of each of her projects—from conceptual ideas to implementation and follow up. Christianne has also been a part of senior church leadership and served on the executive staff at her church while in Virginia. After leaving Virginia, she moved to Oregon and served as the Publicity Manager for Harvest Publishers, an Evangelical Christian Publisher for over fourteen years. While on staff, she used her exceptional project management skills and created and managed customized media campaigns and tours for select authors which increased visibility and sales. Because of her passion for building relationships and developing strong business partnerships, she consulted on numerous project acquisitions and created and maintained a corporate communication network with the media, authors, and their representatives. In 2019, after more than 14 years, Christianne left Harvest House and established the Elevare Media Group. Her goal is to continue using her knowledge, skills, and abilities to assist organizations to reach the world with their God-given messages through the media. Christianne is a graduate of Eugene Bible College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pastoral Studies with minors in Christian Education and Missions. During her years in Virginia Beach, she completed course work toward a master’s degree in communications, focusing on cross-cultural communication.

The youngest of five children she was born and raised on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. She currently resides in Eugene, Oregon.