Kathy Hendricks has over twenty-five years of experience in pastoral and catechetical ministry, having served in diocesan offices, parishes and Catholic schools in Colorado, Alaska, and British Columbia, Canada. This experience includes serving as Parish Life Coordinator for Pax Christi Parish in Littleton, Colorado, and as Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Colorado Springs. Kathy is a consultant for William H. Sadlier, and lead writer for Gather In My Name, a web-based program for whole community catechesis and evangelization. She is author of the books Everything About Parish Ministry I Wish I Had Known, A Parent's Guide to Prayer, The How-To's of Intergenerational Catechesis, and Parish Life Coordinators: Profiles of an Emerging Ministry. Her articles have appeared in various periodicals, including Catholic Digest, Catechist Connection, and Today's Parish Minister. She writes regular columns on spirituality for Religion Teacher's Journal and webelieveweb.com ("From My Home to Yours"). She is currently writing a book on the spirituality of time. Kathy holds a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the University of Colorado, a Master's Degree in Adult Christian Community Development from Regis University in Denver, and certification as a spiritual director from Benet Hill Center, Colorado Springs. She has served on national boards and committees, including the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership (NCCL,) the National Advisory Committee on Adult Religious Education (NACARE,) and the Southwest Liturgical Conference. She served a two-year term as an advisor to the US Bishops' Committee on Women in Society and the Church. She is a member of the Colorado Authors League and Spiritual Directors International. Kathy and her husband, Ron, live in Littleton, Colorado. They are the parents of two young adults, Eric and Anna, and a daughter, Jenny, who died in infancy. Topic: Spirituality of the Pastoral Leader
	Dr. Kate Wiskus serves as Associate Dean of Formation and Faculty at University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. She teaches primarily pastoral life courses such as Pastoral Care in Multiple-Parish Situations, Theological Reflection, Pastoral Leadership, and Evangelization and Catechesis. Prior to her work at Mundelein Seminary, she served as a director of five diocesan offices for the Diocese of Madison: Pastoral Services, Pastoral Planning, Lay and Diaconate Formation, Evangelization, and Safe Environment. She also co-directed the diocesan office of Vocations for five years. She brought to her diocesan ministries her 20 plus years of service at the parish level as a religious education administrator and youth minister as well as her life long journey into discipleship lived out in parishes. She earned a B.A. in Religious Studies from Edgewood College (Madison, WI), an M.A. in Biblical Hebrew and Semitic Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her D. Min. from the University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein, IL). Dr. Wiskus' doctoral emphasis was multiple-parish ministry. She conducted a reflective consultation with pastors of multiple-parishes to glean their collective wisdom from the experiences and to ascertain the impact this ministry had on their priestly ministry, priestly identity, and self-care. She is co-author of the book titled Pastoring Multiple Parishes: An Emerging Model of Pastoral Leadership. Topic: Navigating Transition
	Sister María Elena González, RSM, is a Sister of Mercy who has a long and varied career from having been the first woman President of the Mexican American Cultural Center- a national Catholic center to being one of the first women to be named as Diocesan Chancellor in Texas, a member of the Leadership Team of her Religious Community, an elementary school teacher, director of Child Development Centers for Migrant children and a missionary in Izabal, Guatemala. She is also involved in the ministry of spiritual direction. Regardless of position, Sr. María Elena has considered her self an educator at heart, devoted to the empowerment of the poor and oppressed. In June 2002 Sr. María Elena received a doctorate of Humane Letters (honoris causae) from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. In May 2003, she was honored with a doctorate (honoris causae) from St. Edward University, Austin, Texas. Most recently, Sister María Elena received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, (honoris causa), from Salve Regina University, Newport, and RI. In November, 2007, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops honored her with the Archbishop Patrick F. Flores Award Medal for Leadership in Hispanic Ministry. Throughout the United States and abroad, Sister María Elena is known for her presentations on culture and its impact on power and communication. She served as a consultant to the Committee for Hispanic Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1994-2002; served as a member of the Bishops' Sub Committee for the National Encuentro 2000, and was named to the US Census Bureau Race and Ethnicity Committee for the 2000 Census. She served on the San Antonio Express News Community Advisory Board.
	Dr. Edward P. Hahnenberg is associate professor of theology at Xavier University, Cincinnati, where he teaches courses in theological method, ecclesiology, liturgy, and contemporary Catholicism. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. Dr. Hahnenberg is the author of two books--Ministries: A Relational Approach (Crossroad, 2003) and A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2007)--and numerous articles in academic and pastoral journals. He served as a consultant to the U.S. Bishops' Subcommittee on Lay Ministry in its preparation of the document Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord. A native of northern Michigan, he and his family now live in Loveland, Ohio. Topic: Theological, Ecclesiological, and Pastoral Implications of Canon 517.2
	Mark Mogilka is the Director of Stewardship and Pastoral Services, Diocese of Green Bay He is a national speaker, workshop presenter, organizational consultant and writer in the areas of pastoral planning, multiple parish pasturing, parish life and future directors of ministry in the Church. Topic: Human Resource Management, Financial Stewardship Based on Parish Size
	Br. Loughlan Sofield, ST is the Director of the Missionary Servant Center for Collaborative Ministry; Director of the Washington Archdiocesan Consultation and Counseling Center; and Assistant Director of the Center for Religion and Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. Brother Loughlan has worked in over 200 dioceses in five continents and served on the faculty of or lectured at many colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Brother Loughlan is Senior Editor of Human Development magazine, published numerous articles on ministry, and co-author of a number of books. His most recent are: Facing Forgiveness; Collaboration: Uniting Our Gifts in Ministry; and Building Community: Christian, Caring, Vital. His most recent awards include: Lumen Gentium conferred by the Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development on an individual "who has implemented the direction and goals of the Second Vatican Council in an extraordinary manner" and the National Association of Lay Ministry's Gaudium et Spes award presented who has "evidence to the vision of Church articulated in the documents of the Second Vatican Council and who in a special way has advocated and fostered the enhanced role of laity." Topic: Collaboration: The PLC and the Sacramental Minister