Casey Casey C. Kashnig is an unprogrammed Quaker who is a member of Urbana/Champaign Friends Meeting and Illinois Yearly Meeting (FGC). He graduated from Earlham College in 2006 with a degree in psychology. Casey is putting his education to use as a Milieu Counselor at the Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana, IL where he works with emotionally disturbed children. Casey is looking forward to learning firsthand how Quakers from different branches are alike. Last, but not least, Casey believes that he is a cartoon character.

Faith

Faith Kelley grew up in Marysville, Ohio. There she attends Shiloh Chapel Evangelical Friends Church, which her dad pastored and her mom now clerks. Shiloh is affiliated with Evangelical Friends Church- Eastern Region. In 2007, Faith graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a bachelors in anthropology and linguistics. While there, she was employed by an ecumenical campus ministry and the secretary for the Interfaith Circle. She currently works and lives as an intern at the William Penn House, a Quaker center on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. Faith is excited about the possibilities for Evangelical Friends to be involved in dialogs with other Friends in ways they have not been in the past.

Nathan

Nathan Sebens grew up in Cana, VA, and attended Mt. Airy Monthly Meeting (NCYM-FUM) until he left for college. Nathan Graduated from Guilford College last December, and is now in his first year at the Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, IN. Nathan is also working on a Quaker Camping Songbook, which came from a trip he made to 10 Quaker Camps all around the Northeast the summer of '06. He is not clear where the future will take him, but is seriously considering Campus Ministry. And in case that doesn't work out, he is always watching for the opportunity to become the world's leading expert on really tall short people.

Maya

Maya Wright is a lifelong member of Mountain View Friends Meeting (unprogrammed) in Denver, Colorado and Intermountain Yearly Meeting (currently independent/unaffiliated but considering joining Friends General Conference). Maya attended Earlham College and has a strong interest in Quaker History and spirituality, though she majored in Art History. Maya feels called to support and energize a new generation of Quaker leaders. She hopes the conference will be a time of deep worship, compassionate listening, and fun.

Emily

Emily Stewart spent the majority of her childhood learning and playing at the Carolina Friends School. She grew up in Durham Monthly Meeting, which is affiliated with North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) and Piedmont Friends Fellowship (FGC). In 2004, she graduated from Southwestern University with a degree in Sociology and Feminist Studies. After college, she spent a year as a Social Action/Social Witness intern at Pendle Hill. She now attends Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and serves as the Youth Ministries Coordinator for Friends General Conference. She’s excited about playing, worshipping, singing, dancing and swimming with Friends! Oh, and she loves to play soccer.

Micah

Micah Bales was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in University Friends Church, part of Mid-America Yearly Meeting (EFI) and Great Plains Yearly Meeting (FUM), where his parents were co-pastors. He became convinced as a Friend during his time working at the Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City and is now a member of Heartland Friends Meeting, part of Great Plains Yearly Meeting. Currently, Micah is a student in the Master of Divinity program at Earlham School of Religion, in Richmond, Indiana. Micah carries a concern for Gospel ministry and for the encouragement of young adult Friends worldwide, as well as a concern for promoting and nurturing friendship between Friends from different branches of the Quaker family.

Sadie

Sadie Forsythe attended Earlham College, and later worked for the Peace Studies department as well as Campus Ministries there, while taking occasional classes at Earlham School of Religion. Last summer she co-coordinated Pendle Hill’s Young Adult Leadership Development program, for young Quakers and other seekers. She now works as the Young Adult Friend Coordinator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Her passion for bringing Quakers together across our branches comes from growing up in New England Yearly Meeting which is jointly affiliated with FGC and FUM, as well as her experience serving on the Pastoral Care Team at the World Gathering of Young Friends in 2005. Having grown up on a farm, she loves to work outside, and hike and sing.

Katie Katie Terrell was born into a Quaker family and has attended Fairview Friends Meeting in Wilmington Yearly Meeting (FUM) most her life. She attended an Evangelical Friends church during her college years in northern Ohio. She majored in Speech Communication and spent summers doing ministry in various National Parks across the United States. Katie is currently a student at Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana, which has opened her eyes to the broad spectrum of those who identify as Friends and has even allowed her to travel amongst Friends in Honduras. She is working towards a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in writing as ministry. Katie also works at the Friends United Meeting central office in Richmond, Indiana, as Communications Editor, working closely with Quaker Life magazine and Friends United Press. She lives with her dog, Bon Jovi; cat, Chloe; and the occasional raccoon that sneaks down the chimney.