Ambitious but humble, global but local.
United by a common vision, our team members have diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Following Sir John’s commitment to open-mindedness, our team supports research towards boundary-breaking projects worldwide.
President & COO
Director, Global Advocacy and Communications
Corporate Secretary
Senior Program Officer
Senior Grants Manager & Change Management Lead
Communications Manager
System Administrator & Analyst
Program Associate
Program Associate
Business Associate
Program Associate
System Support Specialist
Principal Advisor to The President, Big Questions in Classrooms, and The Science of Religious and Spiritual Exercises
Principal Advisor for the Global Innovations for Character Development initiative
Principal Advisor for Strategic Relationships and Partnerships
Principal Advisor for Listening and Learning in A Polarized World and Advisor for Programs in Discovery Science
Jeffrey Dill is Affiliate Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies in the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University.
He is also the Donchian Research Fellow for Character and Culture at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
Doug Cameron has a broad and diverse resume, but three themes wind through all of them: young people, outdoor adventure, and advocacy for the environment.
In the working world, he was a middle school science and high school biology teacher.
Brian M. McNeill, M.B.A., is Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Board of Directors and a Class C director. He served as the president and CEO of Southco from 2000 to August 2016.
In 2012, Mr. McNeill led the global expansion and creation of a new parent company for Southco called TouchPoint, Inc., of which he is president and CEO.
Robert Emmons is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis.
He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology.
Jenna currently serves and was one of the first members of the Member Committee that helps plan the annual meetings for the Templeton philanthropies.
She recently completed a two year term on the Templeton Prize Review Committee – a truly inspiring experience. Jenna has participated in many Foundation-related activities including the Member Development program in 2019 and representing the Templeton family at the Global Family Sejour in 2018 and 2019.
David Lahti is an Associate Professor of Biology at Queens College, City University of New York, where he runs a Behavior & Evolution laboratory focusing mainly on learned behavior in birds and humans.
Prof. Lahti received a BS in biology and history from Gordon College. He received a PhD in moral philosophy and the philosophy of biology at the Whitefield Institute, Oxford.
Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D., is currently president and professor of economics at Samford University (Birmingham, Ala.).
He earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor with majors in economics and finance, then was employed as an analyst for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Houston, Tex. He went on to earn the M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.).
Dr. Durre S. Ahmed is Chairperson and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Gender and Culture, Lahore, Pakistan, author, and practicing psychotherapist.
An internationally acknowledged expert on gender and Islam, her interdisciplinary interests include the social-psychology of religion, particularly Islam, and she has extensively researched the psychology of women’s spirituality and issues related to gender, culture, religion and science in the context of Muslim societies.
T. Ritson Ferguson (“Ritson”) is a Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) and an experienced alternative asset investment manager.
He is the retired CEO of a $130B+ real asset manager, CBREIM Global, where he managed the firm with 1,500 employees in 30+ countries. Ritson also is a Qualified Financial Expert with Audit Committee experience. He served as a Captain in the US Air Force. He earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jeff Schloss is a Senior Scholar of BioLogos, and holds the T. B. Walker Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He also directs Westmont’s Center for Faith, Ethics, and the Life Sciences.
As Senior Scholar of BioLogos, Schloss provides writing, speaking, and scholarly research on topics that are central to the values and mission of BioLogos and represent BioLogos in dialogues with other Christian organizations.
Professor Nidhal Guessoum is an Algerian astrophysicist who received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at San Diego and spent two years as a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
His research focuses on gamma radiation, mainly from the Milky Way Galaxy, but, lately, also from other sources in the Universe. In addition to this work, he also lectures and writes about the interface between science and religion in general, and science and Islam in particular.
