Nick and his wife Jennifer have been married for nearly two decades and are blessed with their 3 kids. Nick serves on the leadership team at Community Christian Church and leads the NextGen Ministry and Operations teams. Nick loves to help church leaders work on their ministry (not just in it) and he has been certified in church strategic planning, helping churches walk through a proven strategic planning process. He is the author of The Volunteer Playbook and you can find his writing, free resources, and weekly interviews with family ministry leaders at nickblevins.com.

Kenny, a 20-year veteran of kids and family ministry, has served as a NextGen Pastor and Children's Pastor in various churches, including Mariners Church (Irvine), Mission Church (Phoenix), and Gateway Church (Austin). He currently serves as the NextGen Pastor at The Ridge Church in Blue Ridge, GA. His passion to see the next generation come to know and follow Christ propels him to constantly rethink how the church approaches ministry to kids, students and their families. Kenny loves to network and collaborate with ministry leaders around the world to push ministry to new levels. Kenny writes at iamnextgen.com and childrensministryonline.com.

Jarrod Harris has served in various roles within family ministry for over 17 years in churches ranging from 500 to 10,000. He is currently on the pastoral staff at Mountain View Church in Arizona as the Director of Next Steps. Jarrod is passionate about the developing and empowering teams of staff and volunteers in every area of ministry, and raising the level of excellence and intentionality behind each experience that is created for kids and families.

Allegra Collins has a passion for teaching God's Word to kids in an age-appropriate and engaging way. With six years of experience, she has served in countless ministry roles through developing weekend services, systems, and processes for new campuses and creating environments that foster a sense of community and engagement for kids. Allegra now serves as Brite's preschool curriculum developer, helping to resource churches with weekend content, in addition to serving on the Ministry Boost team.