Mazza/Bundy

Doug Mazza, President and Chief Operating Officer of Joni and Friends, has overseen an explosive era of growth in ministry and program expansion since coming to Joni and Friends in 1999. Applying his award-winning expertise and skills in corporate leadership, after serving as senior executive for American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Hyundai Motor America, Doug has taken the vision of Joni Eareckson Tada and helped create all that Joni and Friends is today - the authoritative voice on Christian outreach to the world's one billion people with disabilities and their families. Ministering to his son, Ryan, through more than 30 years with severe disabilities, Doug Mazza brings a warm and personal perspective to the development of every program at Joni and Friends. Steve Bundy is Vice President of the Joni and Friends Christian Institute on Disability. He was a contributing author to Life in the Balance: Biblical Answers for the Issues of Our Day, and co-executive producer with Joni Eareckson Tada of the Telly-Award winning television episodes, "Making Sense of Autism: Myths That Hide the Truth" and "Truth for the Church. " Steve is an adjunct professor at California Baptist University and lectures on disability ministry at educational institutions and conferences around the world. He frequently appears on "Joni and Friends" television episodes and national radio, and has written articles or been interviewed for Christianity Today, Charisma Magazine, Focus on the Family and others. Steve and his wife, Melissa, know firsthand the joys and challenges of parenting a child with special needs, as their own son, Caleb, was born with a chromosome deletion which resulted in global delay and a secondary diagnosis of autism. Steve holds a B. A. in Theology and Missions and an M. A. in Organizational Leadership. He is a licensed minister and has served as a pastor and missionary. Show Less