Creators and Guests

Mark Clark (B.Th., M.Th.) is one of the Senior Pastors at Bayside Church, a multi-site church with locations across California. He was the founding pastor of Village Church a multi-site church with locations across Canada. He is the author of The Problem of Life (2025), The Problem of Jesus (2021) and The Problem of God (2018), Winner of the 2018 Word Award for Writing and Evangelism, and Paul and the Gospel of God (2013). He is married to Erin and has three daughters and resides in Granite Bay, California.

Brad Lomenick is a leadership consultant, speaker, and author best known for founding BLINC, a leadership advisory agency, and previously serving for more than a decade as the lead visionary and president of Catalyst—one of America’s largest and most influential young-leader movements, which convened hundreds of thousands through high-energy conferences. Over the past two decades, he has earned a reputation as a strategic connector and convener of widely respected leaders, working alongside thought leaders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs. He is the author of two notable books: The Catalyst Leader: Eight Essentials for Becoming a Change Maker and the best-selling H3 Leadership: Be Humble, Stay Hungry, Always Hustle. Brad also hosts the H3 Leadership Podcast, where he curates weekly insights for high-capacity leaders and interviews world-class thinkers and authors. He continues to serve as a strategic advisor for various organizations while writing, speaking, and convening conversations in the global leadership space. An Oklahoma native now residing near Atlanta, Brad holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma. He is an outdoors enthusiast who enjoys hunting, skiing, and golf—and humorously hopes someday to host a hunting show or play on the Senior PGA Tour.

CJ Alvarado is an award winning brand strategist and marketing veteran helping brands take new ground. His work includes grammy-award winning products used by MTV, Pixar, Sky Walker Ranch, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, U2 and many more. He is a champion for new ideas and future focused strategies. He was recognized as a 40 Under 40 business leader, has built and sold businesses and currently leads Bamboo Creative Inc., a brand strategy and digital agency in Sacramento serving clients such as History Channel, Stanford University, Yamaha and more.

Dr. Jason Young is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant who helps leaders and organizations thrive by growing personal leadership, building healthy teams, and creating remarkable customer experiences. With an earned doctoral degree in hospitality and a Ph.D. in leadership trauma underway, Dr. Young brings a rare blend of academic insight and practical expertise to every engagement. His clients include Chick-fil-A, Ford Motor Company, Gorilla Glue, FedEx Ground, Delta Airlines, Life.Church, North Point Ministries, Bayside Church, Prolink Workforce Solutions, Rooms To Go, and other respected churches and businesses.

Ed Young is the founding pastor of Fellowship Church and a New York Times bestselling author. Ed and his wife Lisa have been married for over 40 years and have four children, one who is in Heaven. Fellowship Church is known for creatively and boldly communicating the Bible and equipping people for the challenges of everyday life. ‍ Through his leadership as founding and Senior Pastor of Fellowship Church, the church has been consistently ranked as one of the most attended churches in North America over the past decade. Since 1990, Fellowship has grown from 30 families to multiple campuses in Dallas/Fort Worth (TX) and an online campus as well. With a passion to equip and train leaders in the church, Ed began C3 Global, CreativePastors.com and the Creative Church Conference (C3) in order to provide resources to thousands of pastors and leaders around the world. Ed has also had the opportunity to publish several books on the topics of leadership, Christian living, marriage and parenting. Ed is a New York Times best-selling author and his books include: Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse. His other books include: The Marriage Mirror; The Creative Leader; and Outrageous, Contagious Joy. Ed’s latest book, The Creative Marriage, was released in 2022.