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Mallory (Huff) Puckett is a 2013 Covenant Christian High School alumna. She attended Purdue University to study industrial engineering but now finds herself in a full-time technology sales role. While at Purdue, she met her husband, Ethan, and they have been married for eight years. In that short time, they became adoptive and biological parents to four children, ages thirteen to two. She claims that she is too young to be keeping eight living things alive, if you also count their two dogs, cat, and lizard, but God had plans beyond her imagination when he knit their family together. Mallory grew up in Christian education (grades K-12) and is now pursuing that path for her own children as well.

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Amanda graduated from Covenant in 2009. She then attended Franklin College, where she double majored in Psychology and Spanish. Finally, she earned her MA from Indiana Wesleyan University, with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy. 

Initially, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do after college. Her first job was with Indiana First Steps, a company that provides developmental therapy for young children. There, she worked with Spanish-speaking families and helped get them started with the program. She wanted to improve her Spanish by fully immersing herself in the community. She lived in Costa Rica for three months and volunteered at a children’s home. It was there that she started listening to all of the kids’ stories. This inspired her to pursue graduate school after returning to the U.S. after earning her degree, 

Amanda’s first role was as a school-based therapist. She later transitioned to private practice. Amanda currently works at Northside Mental Health, located in Broad Ripple, where she provides individual, couples, and family therapy, kind of like what you see in the movies! 

Amanda’s family includes parents (Mike and Dianne), brothers (Brad and Cody, class of 2008 and 2014), sister-in-law (Sydney), and nephew (Auggie). Oh, we can’t forget the German Shepherd, Dodger, too!

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Jacob and Mia McCall are missionaries at Freedom International Ministries in the Dominican Republic (itisforfreedom.com). Freedom's primary ministry is a Christian school just outside of one of the largest sugar cane plantations on the island, providing Christian education to a population of underserved Haitian immigrant students and local Dominican students. The heartbeat of the ministry is to disciple students throughout the time they attend the school, both inside and outside of the classroom. 

Jacob is in charge of the English department and the intern department, continually training local teachers and ESL teachers from the states in how to love tough students and serve the Lord with their lives. Mia is a trained nurse who is a jack-of-all-trades and serves in many areas of the school behind the scenes. Together they have 3 beautiful children: Zion, Izzy (Israel), and Solomon, who are growing up bilingual. 

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Rachel Shaughnessy is enthusiastic about intentional, Christ-centered community through Christ-centered education. She is a witness, along with two of her siblings, to how Covenant prepares students for an excellent Christian college education. Christian education has the opportunity to provide a unique lens to everyday responsibilities: our studies, work, and habits are redeemed through Christ. By learning from Christian teachers, Rachel has experienced firsthand that mentorship of students is key in Christian education. 

Rachel is a 2022 graduate of Covenant Christian High School and a 2025 graduate of Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Arts in History/Social Studies and Secondary Education. She began her teaching career at Covenant Christian in the fall semester of 2025. 

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Abby Andrietsch is CEO at St. Augustine Preparatory Academy (“Aug Prep”), a K4-12 Christian school on Milwaukee’s south side founded in 2017. Serving over 2,350 students today, Aug Prep’s vision is to develop its students to be leaders of tomorrow known by their strength of character, courage, intellect, impactful contributions, and their faith. Aug Prep is launching a second K4-12 campus on Milwaukee’s north side in fall 2026.

Before joining Aug Prep in 2019, Andrietsch served as the cofounder and executive director of Schools That Can Milwaukee (now City Forward Collective) for eight years. She has also served in leadership positions at Husco as well as the Doris & Donald Fisher Fund.

Abby is a graduate of the University of Virginia and has an M.B.A. and M.Ed. from Stanford University. She serves on the boards of All-In Milwaukee and Aug Prep. She lives in the Milwaukee area with her husband Omar and two daughters, both of whom are proud Aug Prep Lions!

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Dr. Cy Smith is the Superintendent of Mansfield Christian School and a national leader in Christian education. He has served in key roles with ACSI and other organizations in Ohio, helping schools and school leaders strengthen their effectiveness in biblical worldview and mission.  As host of the Clearly Christian Podcast, he challenges cultural drift, highlights the importance of Christian education to turn that tide, and argues that the only way we're going to change directions in our country is to increase the number of people who hold a biblical worldview.  Dr. Smith is passionate about expanding the reach and success of Christian schools, while inspiring leaders to train the next generation to stand strong for what is right and true. 

Dr. Smith is a Colson Fellow and has degrees in Educational Leadership from the University of Toledo and Ashland University.  He is a conference speaker, executive coach, and school board consultant in addition to his role as superintendent of his alma mater.  Dr. Smith has served at Mansfield Christian [MCS] for 34 years; he and his wife, Joy, have two grown children who are both graduates of MCS and Cedarville University. 

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Born and raised in San Jose, California, Brian Clemons grew up in a strong Christian home and attended Valley Christian Schools from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, Brian combined his passion for science and entrepreneurship by building, owning, and operating a local aquarium shop for 15 years. In 2008, he followed God’s call into education, beginning his teaching career as a junior high science teacher.

In 2012, Brian returned to his alma mater, Valley Christian Schools, as a junior high science teacher and chaplain, where he also founded the high school marine biology program. Before stepping into administration, he earned a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, equipping him to strengthen both teaching and learning practices.

Over the next seven years, Brian served as Junior High Vice Principal and Principal, and he now serves as President and CEO of Valley Christian Schools, leading the K–12 system with a heart for Christ-centered excellence, innovation, and community impact. He is currently completing his Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership at Liberty University, focusing his research on strategic frameworks that sustain Christian education in an evolving educational landscape.

Brian has been married to his incredible wife for 31 years, and together they cherish two beautiful daughters, a wonderful son-in-law, and the sweetest granddaughter imaginable. He finds joy in family time, working out, swimming, walking, and leading worship each week—continuing to live out his calling to serve God through faith, family, and leadership.

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Ben Thomas and his wife, Susie, co-founded B2THEWORLD in 2017. B2THEWORLD helps develop schools in countries recovering from war. Ben and Susie’s experience of serving 10 years in Kigali, Rwanda, and leading the Kigali International Community School (KICS), Ben’s doctoral research in Global Christianity & Development, and seeing God heal Susie of an incurable brain tumor have brought the vision of B2THEWORLD to life. 

Today, B2THEWORLD serves over 10,000 children across 28 schools in Rwanda, Pakistan, South Sudan, and Cameroon and is in the legal process of beginning development in Iraq. Together with a team of global partners, they desire to make education possible for each of the four hundred seventy-three million children impacted by war. 

Ben and Susie now make their home near a forest outside the greater Philadelphia area. 

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Matt Lundberg is the Director of the DeVries Institute for Global Faculty Development and Professor of Religion at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In his de Vries Institute role, he administers Calvin’s Faith & Learning Fellowship program for newer faculty members and the DeVries Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows program. 

Since 2004, Matt has taught a range of courses at Calvin in theology and Christian ethics. He is the author of Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Bearing the Sword (2021) and co-author of An Introduction to Christian Theology (2nd edition, 2023). He and his wife, Kelly, have three children, ages 22, 20, and 17.

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