Mark L. Russell is the cofounder and CEO. of Russell Media. Mark is a frequent public speaker and has served as a consultant for a diverse set of organizations. He has done extensive work in areas of poverty, empowering microentrepreneurs through economic development initiatives as well as working on projects involving large multinational corporations. Mark has lived and worked in Russia, Chile and Germany and traveled to over 70 countries to carry out a variety of business, educational, humanitarian and religious projects. He has been published in over 100 academic and popular level publications and is the author of The Missional Entrepreneur (New Hope Publishers), a coauthor of Routes and Radishes and Other Things to Talk About at the Evangelical Crossroads (Zondervan) and editor and publisher of Our Souls at Work, and Work as Worship. He has a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Auburn University.Mark lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife Laurie, and their children, Noah and Anastasia.