Lindsay Barrett-Adler serves as Forward Movement’s Director of Development, leading all the organization’s fundraising efforts and responding to resource requests from friends in need. Before joining Forward Movement in 2021, Lindsay spent ten years as a fundraiser at nonprofits, churches, and schools in Philadelphia. She holds degrees from Capital University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Lindsay and her husband, Paul Adler, an Episcopal priest, have three children and live outside of Chicago. She is a Philadelphia Eagles, pickleball, and mahjong enthusiast.
Margaret Ellsworth grew up in an Episcopal clergy household and has been a faithful reader of Forward Day by Day from an early age. Today, she serves as Content Marketing Manager at Forward Movement, which means she gets to share her favorite prayer resources with fellow disciples each day. Margaret is a writer and musician with an MA in worship and the arts from Claremont School of Theology. She spent a decade working in library marketing and higher education before joining the Forward Movement team. Margaret lives in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and two children. When she’s not at work, you’ll find her biking along the Boise River, drinking loose-leaf tea, and reading good stories.
Scott Gunn is executive director of Forward Movement. He travels widely as a preacher, speaker, and retreat leader. On Sundays that he is not traveling, he serves as a priest associate at Christ Church in Glendale, Ohio. Author of several books, he most recently wrote Easter Triumph, Easter Joy: Meditations for the Fifty Days of Eastertide. Prior to serving at Forward Movement, Scott was a parish priest in the Diocese of Rhode Island. Before that, he had a career in information technology. Scott was educated at Yale Divinity School, Brown University, and Luther College. He lives in Cincinnati with his spouse, the Rev. Sherilyn Pearce, and their two rescued Golden Retrievers, Henry and Evie.
Robert Hendrickson is based in Tucson, Arizona. In 2025, he concluded nearly a decade as rector of St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, where he led the largest congregation in the Diocese of Arizona with a strong focus on discipleship and spiritual renewal. A graduate of the General Theological Seminary, Robert was ordained in 2011 and previously served as sub-dean at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver and as a curate at Christ Church, New Haven. He now serves the wider church as Chief of Discipleship Initiatives at Forward Movement, equipping congregations for deeper faith and mission. He is also the author of Yearning: Authentic Transformation, Young Adults, and the Church, and is known for his commitment to helping Christians live the Gospel with clarity and courage. He is a co-founder of the Society of Catholic Priests in North America, was the communications director for Brooks Brothers a good while ago, and has attended the University of Mississippi, Cornell, and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Kristin LeMay finally found her long-lost church home in the Episcopal Church in her twenties, and she has since been gifted to find her vocation there, too. Across twenty-five years, she has worked as an editor, communicator, and graphic designer: for The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, the Presiding Bishop’s Office, and Faith-filled Families at VTS, among others, creating resources for formation and evangelism. She serves on the board of the Procter Center, an Episcopal Camp & Conference Center, and has worked on the Forma design team. Today, she is delighted to have found a home on the staff at Forward Movement, where she works as an editor and content developer. A graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Harvard Divinity School, Kristin has published two books on Emily Dickinson and translated the work of biblical scholar François Bovon. She has taught courses at Harvard University, Ohio University, and Bexley Seabury Seminary. She lives with her son, Roland, in the Appalachian foothills of Athens, Ohio.
Kelli Martin is a book editor and lay leader in the Episcopal Church. Jesus and books are loves of her life. A parishioner at Epiphany Parish in Seattle, Kelli has served in various ministries: on the vestry, as senior warden for two consecutive years, as a lay preacher, Evensong presider, lay eucharistic minister, on the pastoral care team, and as an alternate delegate to diocesan convention in the Diocese of Olympia. In the broader Episcopal Church, Kelli serves on the board of Forward Movement, is a member of the Episcopal Parish Network Planning Committee, and consults at Saison Consulting. She is a graduate of Williams College and serves on the Board of Directors of Seattle Arts & Lectures. Kelli has served as a book editor for more than twenty-five years. It is through editing that she believes she is fulfilling one of God’s callings for her. She started her publishing career at Simon & Schuster, then was an editor at HarperCollins, Disney Publishing, Harlequin, and Amazon Publishing. Currently, Kelli freelances, editing fiction, nonfiction, and sermons. She is transformed by stories that wrench her heart and put it back together again.
Paul A. Nesta is the rector of St. David of Wales Episcopal Church in Denton, Texas, where he has served since 2018. He currently serves on the board of Forward Movement and is a Doctor of Ministry candidate at Duke Divinity School. He and his wife, Cyndi, have three children.
Hugo Olaiz is associate editor for Latino/Hispanic ministries at Forward Movement, where he has written/edited A Way to the Manger: Devotions for Advent and Christmas, No Longer Strangers: Exploring Immigration Issues, and Encounters with Jesus: Stories of Faith for Lent. In 2019, he was commissioned by the Episcopal Church to create a new Spanish translation of the Book of Common Prayer. He has also translated, for over a decade, the daily meditations Forward Day by Day. Hugo grew up in La Plata, Argentina. After completing a degree in literature and classics, he spent two years on mission in Paraguay. He later moved to the US for graduate studies in Spanish, linguistics, and translation, pursuing a doctorate in Hispanic linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2009, Hugo has served on various committees, councils, and commissions of the Episcopal Church and has just finished a third stint as a vestry member. He lives in Oxford, Ohio, with his husband, John-Charles Duffy, their son, Cristóbal, and two dogs, Percy and Peluchín. In his spare time, he loves to cook, entertain friends, edit Wikipedia entries, and watch opera clips on YouTube.
Brendan O’Sullivan-Hale serves as canon to the ordinary for administration & evangelism in the Diocese of Indianapolis, where he is a longtime member of the Episcopal Church of All Saints. Outside the church, he enjoys reading, journaling, and competitive pinball. He lives in Indianapolis with his husband, Frank, and an undisclosed number of cats.
Jason Sierra lives in Austin, Texas with his husband, their four children, and Kobe the sheepadoodle. He has served on the Forward Movement Board since 2023. He has been a freelance designer on several titles including Walk in Love, The Unjust Steward, and Ashes and the Phoenix, for which he completed the woodcuts. Following career stops at the Episcopal Church Center and Boston Consulting, he is now a non-profit professional working in public education leadership development.
Richelle Thompson has served as an editor at Forward Movement since 2013, including as editor of the daily devotional, Forward Day by Day. She also runs Crown Communications, where she works with individuals, churches, nonprofit organizations, and secular groups to confidently and clearly tell their stories. A former newspaper reporter and diocesan communicator, Richelle believes that stories—from the parables of Jesus to our own life experiences—bind us together and offer hope for the future. Richelle lives in God’s country in Northern Kentucky, with her husband, the Ven. Jeffrey Queen, a rector and archdeacon. Their children are launched into their own adventures, with a fashion designer son living in New York City and a horse-loving daughter and her husband, who are raising two amazing children and a flock of chickens in Kentucky. Richelle is also known as Gigi, which, along with Mom, is the sweetest name she’s ever been called.
