Bruce Wear (Chairman)
Bruce joined the board of Global Teams in 2012 and was appointed chairman of the board in April 2019. Prior to his involvement with GT, he served as chairman of the board of another mission organization. Bruce has had a long passion for cross-cultural ministry dating back to college days when he attended the Urbana Student Missions Conference. Together with his Chinese wife, they have ministered among international students throughout the years. In addition, Bruce has served as chair of his church’s cross-cultural team and made diverse short-term mission trips to various regions of the world. Since 1986 Bruce has worked as a physician and held various leadership roles; most recently as chairman of his medical group and head of the information technology team.
Read Bruce's letter.
Thom Shaw
Thom Shaw Thom serves as Global Teams’ Board Secretary and is an attorney in private practice specializing in business and estate planning law. He and his wife Sheryl are Floridians who have an appetite for caring for others. In addition to his service to Global Teams, Thom's ministries include volunteer youth work at his church, helping ‘widows and orphans’ in his legal practice, and praying for people to save a child’s life by changing their minds outside of abortion clinics. Thom has had a big impact on Global Teams by helping the organization to flourish while God opens doors to the unreached. And vice versa, as Thom shares, ‘Global Teams has taught me not to assume certain unreached groups can never be reached and not to assume that third world countries cannot be actively involved in sending missionaries.’ Global Teams does both on a daily basis.
Walt L. Hanline, Ed.D.
Walt and his wife Edith reside in Lakewood, Washington and have two grown sons, David and Jason. Walt became a Christian in 1972 and has served in a wide range of roles in churches, including serving as a deacon, an elder, in addition to serving on the Pastoral staff at Ventura Missionary Church. The Hanlines have been actively supporting missions over their 44 years of marriage, with a heart for Bible translation
Dr Hanline received his doctorate from the University of Southern California and served as a public school teacher, founding Superintendent/Principal of Ventura Missionary School, and as a public school superintendent in California and Oregon for 33 years. He is presently the Executive Director for the National Center for Executive Leadership and School Board Development. His work centers on serving school districts, non-profits, cities, and charter schools by working with board members and executives in the areas of team building, strategic planning, collective bargaining, CEO evaluation, and board governance.
David M. Hasz
David M. Hasz is President & CEO of Bethany International and President of Bethany Global University, a four-year degree-granting institution that is focused solely on training career missionaries. He has participated in over 30 short-term trips and now oversees BGU students in 10 locations who are serving 13-month terms as intermediate missionaries. Prior to joining BGU, he served with Teen Mania Ministries, a short-term youth mission-sending organization.
David graduated with a B.S in Education from Oral Roberts University in 1991 and an MA in Intercultural Leadership from Bethany Global University in 2016. His doctorate is in Strategic Leadership with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership and Global Missional Leadership, earned from Faith International University in 2021.
In 2019, David completed his first Ironman triathlon, and he has run several marathons, including the Boston Marathon. He and his wife, Cassandra, live in Minnesota and have six children and six grandchildren.
Scott Lambert
Scott Lambert Scott and his wife Nancy are members of New Covenant Church in Winter Springs where they actively engage with youth group activities, missions and digital evangelism. Scott has served in New Covenant's vestry and been energetic in global mission efforts in Guatemala, Argentina, Belize, Rwanda, and Kenya. Scott is President and Co-Founder of Xcellimark, an award-winning digital marketing agency, training and consultant based in Orlando that serves business clients in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and Central America. His experience spans over 30 years in management, marketing, sales, and operations for cutting-edge technology companies. We appreciate Scott’s commitment to the Lord and his expertise in technology that enables visitors to our website to easily learn about the Lord’s work through Global Teams and unknowingly experience Xcellimark’s excellence firsthand.
Amy E. Law
Brad Hawkins
