The Leadership Team

Micah Redding President

Micah Redding is a software developer and the Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association. He's an international TEDx speaker and educator, and a contributor to Vice Motherboard, the Huffington Post, IEET, and Humanity+. His travels have taken him to Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring, and Afghanistan during the war.

Jonathan Gunnell Vice-President

Australian, Engineer, Christian (mostly Anglican but also have been in Baptist and Charismatic/Pentecostal churches, honorary catholic occasionally in Spanish speaking places), work in construction. Keen to see Christianity impact the developing AI governance systems and coming technology changes. Fluent in Spanish, and in all English dialects of Christian-ese.

Lorenzo Barberis Canonico Secretary

I'm an ML engineer at Rombot (https://rombot.com/) where we develop smart devices and a software ecosystem for remote physical therapy.

Emily Hogan Redding Treasurer

Emily Redding has 13 years of accounting experience, and is currently serving as Associate Vice President of Financial Services and Division Controller for a healthcare company based in Nashville, Tennessee. In her management role, she has overseen the creation and launch of multiple business processes and internal software projects.

Omar Reyes

To contribute direction and innovative insight to ministry, resulting in effective teaching and spiritual growth at individual and group levels. From working with Tim Keller to participating in urban church plants and serving the rural parishioners of a Canadian province, my diverse background informs and enriches the practical and spiritual application of my Master of Arts degree.

Lincoln Cannon

Lincoln Cannon is a technologist and philosopher, and leading advocate of technological evolution and postsecular religion. He is a founder, board member, and former president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. He is a founder and board member of the Christian Transhumanist Association. And he formulated the New God Argument, a logical argument for faith in God that is popular among religious Transhumanists.

Lincoln has two decades of professional experience in the business of technology. He has worked for large enterprises, including Ancestry.com, Merit Medical, and Symantec; at startups, including The World Table; and with investment firms, including OS Fund. He is presently CEO at Thrivous and Discerner.

Lincoln received formal education in business and the humanities. He holds an MBA from the Marriott School of Management. He holds a degree in philosophy from Brigham Young University. He is also an alumnus of the Exponential Medicine executive program at Singularity University.

Mark Russell

I love Jesus and love seeing how God is using and will use tech to connect and heal us. Very exciting times we are living in!

Caleb Strom

Caleb Strom is a PhD student studying planetary science. He has a background in earth science and geology and is an early career planetary scientist. He is interested in the origin, evolution, and future of life and civilization in the universe, including on Earth. On the faith side, he identifies as an Evangelical Christian with strong proclivities toward Anglicanism. He is currently affiliate staff with Cru and has led and coached college students in giving seminars on science and faith, discussing transhumanist topics including artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and extraterrestrial life. He believes that humanity can become an extinction-proof, space-faring civilization of created co-creators, if it chooses, and endeavors to help make that a reality. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with good friends and good books, write, and go on long nature walks where he will ponder life, time, and the cosmos.

Ryan Hogan