Stephan Bauman is the President and CEO of World Relief, a leading international relief and development organization serving more five million vulnerable people each year through more than 100,000 church-based volunteers. Stephan’s pursuit of justice led him to transition from a career in the Fortune 100 sector to Africa where he directed relief and development programs for nearly a decade before returning to the United States to lead World Relief’s global programs. Stephan lives to see people everywhere rise to the call of justice and give their lives in ways that empower the poor towards real change, a journey he continues to pursue. Stephan holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Wheaton College and the University of Wisconsin. He is a poet, an author, an ordained minister and a strategist. He considers his African friends his most important teachers, and his wife, Belinda, his most important mentor. Stephan, Belinda, and their two sons, Joshua and Caleb, live near Washington, D.C., and, together, enjoy the woods, the arts and late night conversations with friends. World Relief empowers the vulnerable to lead their own change. With initiatives in disaster response, community health, economic development, peace building and refugee and immigrant services, World Relief works with the worldwide local church to overcome hunger, disease and injustice. World Relief convenes The Justice Conference each year to help people live justice together towards a better world.