Board of Directors
Board Compensation and Terms
All board members are volunteer and are not compensated for any of their time or service with the Center for Church Communication (CFCC). Board terms range from 2-4 years and are staggered to allow for new and old voices to always be at the table.
- Lori Bailey
- Chad Cannon
- Drew Goodmanson (board president)
- James Martin
- Kem Meyer
- Brad Abare (founder)
Lori Bailey serves as the director of communications at LifeChurch.tv where she works with numerous teams, ministries and campuses to help them communicate effectively. She writes, edits, clears up communication traffic jams and asks lots of questions. Lori also works with YouVersion, the free online and mobile Bible used by millions. Previously, Lori spent five years with Fellowship Church and CreativePastors.com, developing resources for pastors and churches throughout the country. She loves living in Austin, Texas, with her husband and son.
Chad Cannon is a marketing and branding industrialist. He found his calling for Christ during his childhood and continues to spread his passion for helping churches reach their communities through innovative marketing and branding. He currently serves as the youngest executive at Outreach Inc. He is vice president of sales and also holds the general manager title for Outreach Speakers. Chad has spent several years in the church industry, exploring unique strategies and taking calculated risks, which has resulted in outstanding achievements. Chad is a Christ follower, husband, an avid Cubs fan, sports enthusiast, dog lover and adventure seeker. Catch up on his tweets and sports rants @ccannon.
Drew Goodmanson co-founded and serves as a pastor at Kaleo Church. Kaleo Church is a missional community, multi-site church planting movement in San Diego, Calif. Drew also founded and serves as CEO of Monk Development. Monk Development creates web-based products such as Ekklesia 360 used by thousands of churches and ministries worldwide. Drew is a recognized authority on church and ministry technology and web strategies. He is a sought out conference speaker and currently writes a Church Web Strategy column for Christian Computing Magazine. His blog, Goodmanson.com, is recognized as one of the top 100 Church Blogs. Drew spends much of his time thinking about church planting, web missiology, being a husband and father of two.
James Martin gets things done, using business wisdom and technical know-how. He’s the COO/CFO at Monk Development, driving business development and performance management to help this church technology company succeed. He has over 15 years worth of experience in business strategy and leadership, managing multi-million dollar initiatives and other projects that business buzz words would best describe. He serves the church as the marriage and family pastor at The Resolved Church in San Diego. He’s also a former police officer and lives in San Diego with his wife and three kids. Visit his digital hub to track his exploits.
Kem Meyer is a recovering corporate spin doctor and outspoken advocate for applying simple insights to the not-so-simple art of communication. Eight years ago she left her 15-year career in corporate communications to join the staff team at Granger Community Church. As communications director, Kem leads creative, information and technology teams to champion a clutter free, cohesive and unified experience across Granger’s departments and campuses. She speaks, writes and blogs to help other churches, businesses, schools and not-for-profits find ways to get the word out and, simply, do better. Her book, Less Clutter. Less Noise., was released in 2009.
Brad Abare is an entrepreneur at heart. He started his first company at age 14, a publishing company at 16 and a design studio at 19. Today, in addition to being a catalyst for the CFCC community, he is the communications director for the Foursquare denomination and consults with organizations who are in the midst of significant transition. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Jamaica.
