Brian is an experienced administrator, project manager, host and storyteller.

With 15 years in faith-based nonprofit leadership, Brian has vast experience working with just the type of mission-driven organizations that Signal Hill serves. As an event planner, he has managed events for Signal Hill clients, the Alliance of Baptists and the American Baptist Seminary of the West, as well as The Next Us, a company that helps organizations and individuals accelerate their growth. Brian also brings over 25 years experience in office administration and organization. He studied personality theory with Don Riso and Russ Hudson, and creative writing with Mary Nilsen at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John’s College in Collegeville, Minn. He received a master's degree in divinity from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C.

At his core, Brian is a storyteller and a host. He loves to tell or hear a good story almost as much as he loves a good sandwich. (Ask him about the best sandwich he’s ever eaten and you’ll understand.) He learned to be a host at the foot of his grandmother. Despite being poor, every Sunday she fed the entire family and then some. His grandfather would have inevitably invited a stranger he’d met at church over for a home-cooked meal. Grandmother Adell had to plan ahead for the unexpected guest. This is what Brian does — he anticipates the need before there is one. Providing this kind of hospitality, Brian ensures that the needs and concerns of Signal Hill clients are attended to in a timely manner so that they know that their stories matter.

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