Meet our global board members

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Global Board chairperson Mary Lederleitner has a doctorate in Educational Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, as well as an M. A. in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College, both in the USA. She has served as an Adjunct Professor in the g

Mary Lederleitner

Global board

Mary Lederleitner is Founder and Executive Director of Missional Intelligence LLC. She is a researcher, author and leader in areas that foster greater inclusion and mutuality as people from the Global Church work together in God’s mission. She also has extensive expertise in leader and organizational development. She wrote Cross-Cultural Partnerships: Navigating the Complexities of Money and Mission and she authored Women in God’s Mission: Accepting the Invitation to Serve and Lead which won Christianity Today’s 2020 book-of-the-year award in the Missions / Global Church category. She also co-edited Formation for Mission: Discipleship and Identity for Emerging Adults.

Mary has a PhD in Educational Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, as well as a M. A. in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College, both in the USA. She has served as an Adjunct Professor in the master’s programs at both universities, and currently teaches in Trinity’s Doctor of Ministry program in the area of strategic leadership. Mary worked with Wycliffe for 20 years. While there she led their Asia financial operations and their global internal audit program. For her last 8 years she served as a consultant on what would be Wycliffe’s equivalent of OM’s GLT. Mary and her husband John now live in Illinois, USA.