Hosts
Janet Greenman
Pediatrician, Medical Educator
Janet Greenman is a pediatrician, medical educator, and Regent graduate. As a physician she has an interest in educating children and their families about lifestyles that promote physical and emotional health, in childhood and as future adults. She and her husband, Jeff, share in the teaching of Regent’s interdisciplinary course on food. They enjoy opening their home to share hospitality with large groups of students.
Jeffrey Greenman
President and Professor of Theology & Ethics, Regent College
Jeffrey P. Greenman is President and Professor of Theology & Ethics at Regent College. Prior to assuming his present role in 2015, he served as Academic Dean and Executive Vice President at Regent. He has also taught at Wheaton College and held a number of administrative and teaching positions at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, including Academic Dean, R.J. Bernardo Family Chair of Leadership, Director of the Tyndale Centre for Leadership Development, and Professor of Christian Ethics. Dr. Greenman is a prolific author and editor on a wide range of topics. He is working on a book about theology and food.
Chris Houston
Leadership Consultant
Chris is a seasoned consultant who helps his clients bring about fundamental change in the organizations they lead. His experience spans over 25 years as a consultant, coach, mentor, and facilitator of senior leaders across North America, Western Europe, and Asia. Chris is a natural consultant, and to him, the work is a calling, a craft, and a passion. He serves by challenging and strengthening in order to build “hopeful realists”—and loves the intricate and often intensely personal process of helping leaders and their organizations grow and thrive, even in extremely challenging conditions. Many of his consulting relationships last for years, transitioning through the natural stages of growth as needs and conditions change. For many clients, the benefits of an experienced third party, who remains close enough for relevance yet removed enough for objectivity, has proven to provide a valuable resource to help through challenging times and achieve positive results.
Jean Houston
Teacher, Church Leader
Jean was born and raised in Vancouver in a business family, active in the local Brethren Assembly, and a key source of leadership in the founding of Regent College. Jean trained as a teacher at UBC and taught primary school in both the Lower Mainland of BC and in the northern logging town of Quesnel. As a full-time parent of two (and later three) children, Jean sensed God’s call that drew her and her husband Chris, to a business education in London Ontario and a committed life of service to her family as Chris embarked on the peripatetic life of a management consultant … for 30 years. During these years, Jean welcomed countless strangers to her home, first in Oakville Ontario where she served on the leadership team of Chartwell Baptist Church, and for the last two decades, on their farm, near Guelph.
The farm is a busy and welcoming place for retreats, for workshops, concerts and simply a place of rest. After a lifetime of involvement with Inter Varsity, Jean served as a board member for four years, retiring to serve the particular needs of her family at that time. Jean’s passion is to create the spaces into which others can come, be welcomed and find joy.