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Rev. Dr. Orlando Crespo serves as the National LaFe Director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Co-Chair of the 2030 Underserved Initiative. He is presently a member of the President’s Council and the National Leadership Team. Orlando also wrote an IVP book called Being Latino in Christ: Finding Wholeness in Your Ethnic Identity.  

Dr. Crespo holds a BA degree from Colgate University and a Doctor of Ministry from New York Theological Seminary. Outside of his ministry work with InterVarsity, Orlando serves as the Associate Pastor of New Life in the Bronx C&MA Church, which he co-planted in 1998. He and his wife Maritza live with their two sons—Daniel and David—in the Bronx, NY. On his time off, Orlando enjoys tennis, playing his bass guitar and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Lina was born in Bogotá, Colombia South America, where she studied in the Statistics Master degree program, at the National University of Colombia, and was a Professor of Statistics for 20 years. While still a university student she renewed her commitment to Jesus and served as National Advisor in the Christian University Student Ministry for 25 years. 

Lina, her husband Wilson, and their three children Andrés, Adriana, and Denise have lived in the USA since 1996. Lina was a Professor of Languages and Cultures at Wheaton College for 15 years. Throughout this time, she also continued her ministry with college students joining InterVarsity Christian Fellowship where she has been a National Advisor for the past 25 years. 

She obtained her Master’s degree in Christian Ministries at Northern Seminary, in Chicago, IL, and her Certificate as Spiritual Director and Supervisor for Spiritual Directors at North Park Seminary, in Chicago, IL. She has served as a member of the Central Conference Spiritual Direction Network Leadership Team, and delights in being a companion and witness of God’s love and grace to people in Spiritual Direction. 

Sabrina Chan is the national director of Asian American Ministries for InterVarsity, and a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong. She is an author of Learning Our Names: Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation (IVP, 2022). She worked as a computer network engineer after graduating from Rice University. She has led campus ministries and supervised staff teams in Texas and the San Francisco Bay Area. Sabrina loves preaching and consults and trains in leadership development and ethnic and racial development and justice. Sabrina earned her Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary, helped planted a church, and is an ordained minister. Sabrina is a bike commuter and an avid tea drinker. Find her on social media @sabrinachanwrites  

Ceidric Platero, a member of the Navajo Nation, joyfully serves as a campus staff minister to students at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He seeks to teach college students, especially Native college students, the boldness that comes with inheriting Creator’s Great Spirit through faith in Jesus – replacing negative generational narratives with exciting expectancy for God’s dead-to-life work on campuses and in home communities.

Sara Wolfgram Chang served as National Director of Discipleship & Leadership and Director of Scripture Engagement for the Urbana Missions Conference. She is a proud alumna of the University of Michigan and Fuller Theological Seminary. Sara is an avid coffee drinker and tennis player. Together she lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and daughter.