• DMin, Bakke Graduate University

• MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary

• BA, Western Washington University

Professional Experience: From 1988 to 1994 Dave Hillis was Associate Regional and Training Director for Young Life, Inc., responsible for the development of all urban work for Young Life in the Northwest cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland. He served as the Executive Director for the Northwest Leadership Foundation (NLF) since 1995, overseeing a variety of urban programs that range from tutoring for inner-city youth to an adult urban theological initiative to an urban youth outreach initiative. Dave Hillis assumed the position of President of the Leadership Foundations of America (LFA) on October 1, 2008. Teaching experience includes being an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary in their Youth and Family Department and at Trinity Lutheran College in their Urban Studies Department.