We are a global coalition of Christians holding governments to account for their pledge to halve extreme poverty by 2015.

Micah Challenge is served by a small international team, and a global Board of Trustees.

Staff

	Joel Edwards is the International Director. Joel has been involved in Micah Challenge since it started in 2000. He travels the globe inspiring the Church to get involved in advocacy with and for the poor as part of their core mission. Download Joel's official biography a hi-res photo
	Amanda Jackson is head of Advocacy and Campaigns. She previously headed up our Australia campaign. Experienced in communications, church life and the campaigning world she is a real asset to the international team and the national campaigns.
	Vikki McLachlan is a creative jack of all trades.  She is our head of Operations, and administrates the international Board. She has been involved with Micah Challenge since 2004 and has been attempting to organize Joel Edwards since 2002. Vikki recently completed an MSc in Poverty Reduction and Development Management.
	Felicity Cowling works on Campaigns and Digital Communications. After graduating from SOAS in London, Felicity worked with Micah Challenge in the UK as an intern before joining the international team in 2011.

Board

	Marnix Niemeijer (Chair) Marnix is the managing Director of Tear, a Christian charity in the Netherlands. He has a deep commitment to alleviating poverty and is heavily involved with the national work of Micha Netherlands.
	Tehmina Arora (Board Member) Tehmina is the General Secretary of the Christian Legal Association, India. She has written over 30 articles on human rights issues, published in leading national dailies and magazines. Tehmina is frequently called upon to address groups at seminars across the country on the rights of religious minorities in India. She worked briefly at the Supreme Court of India as an advocate before joining the Christian Legal Association.
	Dr Belinda Bennet (Board Member) Belinda is the Head of Region, South Asia, Christian Aid, New Delhi.
	Paul Cook (Board Member) Paul is Advocacy and Media Director of Tearfund UK. He coordinates Tearfund's research, lobbying, campaigns and media work on climate change and disasters, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS and governance and corruption. Paul has a background in grassroots campaigning and human rights advocacy.
	Sheryl Haw (Board Member) Sheryl is the International Director of Micah Network and draws on over 20 years relief, development and advocacy work. Prior to joining Micah Network, Sheryl lectured at All Nations Christian College on Integral Mission and coordinated the development of the HAP International Standard on Accountability and Quality Management.
	Chad Hayward (Board Observer) Chad has served as Executive Director for Accord™ since 2007. Chad served in numberous roles prior to Accord, including his role as Senior Advisor for the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is the primary United States governmental agency extending assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
	Canon Grace Kaiso (Board Member) Revd Grace is a theologian and an ordained minister in the Anglican Church who serves as the General Secretary of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA). He was trained in Uganda, New Zealand and Canada and has been actively involved in issues of urban ministry with special focus on empowerment of the poor. Rev Grace worked with World Vision International as Project Manager and Facilitator of urban projects for 10 years and played a key role in advocacy for human rights and good governance in Uganda.
	Christine MacMillan (Board Member) Christine is the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)'s Senior Advisor for Social Justice and brings more than 30 years of experience in addressing social justice issues on three continents. Until recently Christine served as the first Director of the International Social Justice Commission of the Salvation Army.
	Ken Morgan (Treasurer) Ken is chartered accountant and also serves on the Board of Directors for Compassion International. Ken has served on the Board and Council of the Evangelical Alliance in London where he was the Honorary Treasurer, and he was also President of the Spelthorne Chamber of Commerce.
	Rolando Perez (Board Member) Rolando is the Advocacy & Communications Director at Paz y Esperanza, Peru.
	Gabriel Salguero (Board Observer) Rev. Gabriel is a Ph.D. candidate in Christian social ethics at Union Theological Seminary. He and his wife Jeanette pastor the multicultural Lamb's Church. Gabriel serves as the President of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and is former director of Princeton Theological Seminary's Hispanic Leadership Program and Institute of Faith and Public Life. Gabriel also serves as a consultant on issues of multi-ethnic and urban congregations as well as issues of justice advocacy. His passion is to prepare a cadre of leaders who engage the public sphere from a Christian perspective.
	Gordon Showell-Rogers (Board Observer) Gordon is WEA Associate Secretary General whose responsibilities include WEA's relationship with all Regional and National Evangelical Alliances. Showell-Rogers' life experience includes many years in student work (with IFES, and in church-based international student ministry) and 11 years as the General Secretary of the European Evangelical Alliance. He has been with the WEA since May 2010, and continues to be excited about the vital importance of evangelical unity for effective Christian testimony all over the world.