Peter was formerly employed by World Relief, serving as a microfinance advisor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He later managed Rwanda’s URWEGO Community Banking, which was recognized as the “best microfinance institution in Rwanda” by the United Nations. Peter also worked with CARE Zimbabwe and implemented fraud protection measures in cooperation with Harvard University’s Carr Center of Human Rights.

Peter received his undergraduate education in International Business from Messiah College and completed a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School, with a concentration in Political and Economic Development. In addition to Peter’s nearly 10 years of experience in microfinance, he has been a featured panelist at Harvard’s International Development Conference, has completed executive education at Harvard Business School, and has served as a lecturer at Southern New Hampshire University’s School of Community Economic Development. Peter resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with his wife, Laurel, and three children.

Bishop W.C. Martin is the Founder of Saving a Generation Ministry, Inc a nonprofit organization that has been recognized nationally for its success in facilitating, supporting, and undergirding the adoption and fostering of children who have been abused, neglected, and regarded as hard to place in the system. Some of the goals of the Saving a Generation Ministry consist of saving a generation of the nation’s children who have suffered abused and are deemed as “at-risk children” and to increase national awareness and support of adopting and fostering at risk children.

Bishop Martin travels nationally providing numerous keynotes, concurrent sessions, and seminars on topics pertaining to Adoption & Fostering, Encouraging Neglected & Abused Children, Community Building and many other topics geared to impact lives. As an expert and consultant, Martin has advised a number of nonprofits, agencies, and religious organizations. This advocate for adoption has appeared on various shows such as Oprah, Good Morning America, the 700 Club, TBN, and 48 Hours; just to name a few. Martin has been featured in many news articles and certainly has a growing reputation.

Bishop W.C. Martin is the author of Small Town, Big Miracle, which tells how Martin along with his wife used their dream to adopt children to birth a miracle. Martin is the recipient of hundreds of awards and honors, most recently the State of Texas Volunteer Award for Community Motivators. Born in Louisiana in 1946, Martin is the husband of beautiful wife Donna, and father of two biological children & four adoptive children- Princeton, LaDonna, Terri, Mercedes, Joshua, and Tyler. Martin travels from Texas the home of small towns and big miracles.

Dr. Ford is the past President of the National Association of State Adoption Programs (NASAP) and is the current President of the Association of Administrators for the Interstate Compact on Adoption Medical Assistance (AAICAMA).

She is married to Roy, is a mom and a grandmother.