Reggie Blount is an Associate Professor of Formation, Youth and Culture at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.  Currently, Reggie's research interests are in the areas of African American identify formation, adolescent and young adult identity formation, Christian education theory, Christian education in the black church, and africa/American spirituality.  

 
Kenda Creasy Dean besides being a wife, a mom and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church (Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference),
Kenda serves as Associate Professor of Youth, Church and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she directs the Tennent School of Christian Education and works closely with the Institute for Youth Ministry.  A graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), she is the author of numerous books on adolescent discipleship, including Worshipping at the Church of 'Benign Whatever-ism':  What the Faith of American Teenagers Says about the American Church--A Response to the National Study of Youth and Religion; Practicing Passion: Youth and the Search for a Passionate Church;  and The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul-Tending for Youth Ministry (with Ron Foster). Contact Info: for information about speaking availability after 2010: kenda.dean@ptsem.edu.

Drew Dyson is currently a candidate for the Ph.D. in Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary focusing in the area of youth ministry. Drew has served three United Methodist Churches in New Jersey as well as Directing the Shared Mission Focus on Young People for The United Methodist Church's General Board of Discipleship. An ordained Elder in The UMC, Drew is the author of several books in youth ministry, most notably Faith Forming Junior High Ministry: Beyond Pizza 101.   Drew has had many speaking engagements with youth audiences and loves engaging them in new and innovative ways.  He has spoken at the Tennessee Conference Annual Youth Event, and  as a keynote speaker with Conference Youth Leaders.  Drew lives in Bloomsbury, New Jersey with his wife Diane and children, Jeremy and Allison. Contact him at drew.dyson@ptsem.edu. Preferred Contexts: Youth, Young Adults and Adults in Youth Ministry.

Ed Trimmer Rev. Dr. Ed Trimmer, husband to Angy, parent to two, stepparent to six, grandparent to four, foster parent to sixteen, currently resides in Alabama (as of June 1, 2008).  He is the newly appointed Dean of the School of Humanities and Fine Arts, Chair of the Religion Department and Professor of Youth Ministry at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.  He is an alum of West Virginia Wesleyan College (BA), Methodist Theological School in Ohio (M. Div. and M. A. in Christian Education) and Teachers College, Columba University (Ed. D.).  He is the author of such books as Youth Ministry Handbook; Main Event Youth Ministry and the Side Shows; and BeTween Everything:  Teacher Helps for Transitioning Tweens.  You can contact Ed at etrimmer@huntingdon.edu  Look for his blog on youth ministry on Huntingdon's College web site starting 2009.  In past "lives" he has been Dean of The School of Religion, Pfeiffer University; Professor of Christian Education and Acting Academic Dean of The Methodist Theological School in Ohio; Founding member of the Forum of Youth Ministry Educators; Director of Middle School Missions Camp and overseer of a flock of laying hens. Contact Ed at etrimmer@huntingdon.edu