Joe was born and raised in Southern California. He attended Azusa Pacific University where he earned a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in Theology. Joe served nine years at Azusa Pacific University where he was the founding director of their Office of World Missions and leader of one of the first multi-national high school mission congresses in Mexico City in 1996. The Lord then called him to Rolling Hills Covenant Church in 1998 where Joe served as the Global Outreach Pastor and later the Associate Pastor for Outreach Ministries. In July of 2008, Joe answered the call of God to become the fourth president of Asian Access, a leader development movement that began in 1967.
Joe strives to develop leaders for missional movements across Asia. His passion is to come alongside local leaders to encourage and empower them in their calling to reach the world for Christ.
Elliott Snuggs has been with A2 since 1983 when he served in Japan as short-term missionaries and currently serves as Executive VP at Asian Access and COO for A2.business. His primary responsibility is to assist the president in the area of organizational management. His primary focus is on strategic planning, launching new initiatives, and facilitating key leadership teams. He has invested significant time and expertise in helping launch A2.business, and building it to be a growing leader development program for the marketplace in several countries.
Elliott has an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and a Masters of Management Arts from the Peter Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He is from Texas and is a Dallas Cowboys fan.
Founder at Telos VC – a Christ-centered venture capital fund
David D. Kim has a corporate finance and corporate law background and has been advising and investing in startups for over a decade. David’s experiences include Wall Street with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, corporate law with Hogan Lovells, co-founding Mulix and Total Ventures in Silicon Valley. David holds a Bachelors of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center.
David is forever indebted to Jesus and to the Western missionaries who followed the call to Korea in the 1880s. In keeping with his family legacy, David committed his life to business and missions at the Urbana Mission Conference. David serves faithfully at his church, Menlo Pres in Silicon Valley as a ruling elder, and is active in the world of global missions in partnership with various agencies. David is also a member of the Asian Access board of directors, offering expertise and serving as a catalyst to help launch A2.business to empower marketplace leaders. David, like Elliott, is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan.
"A2.business comes alongside men and women who are well positioned in the marketplace to change and influence their society and culture. They are movers and shakers on one hand and seekers and humble servants on the other. The fact that they are already in positions of leadership makes the A2.business experience immediately useful to everyone and encourages them to go onto great things together."
"A2.business plays an important role in building Christian leaders in the marketplace. Its unique curation of leaders who are both influential in the marketplace and attentive to their calling provides a peer learning experience that leaders will value. I commend the A2 leadership on its commitment to stay increasingly relevant as a training ground in a rapidly changing world."
Sangeet Paul Choudary Best-selling author, WEF Young Global Leader and Council Member, Advisor to Fortune 500 CXOs // read more endorsements...
"There are plenty of ministries to help Christian leaders develop their skills. What sets A2.business apart is a focus on the transformation of a leader’s soul. A2 holds an integrated vision of life and leadership that refuses to separate a person’s calling in the world from his or her communion with Christ. By targeting this deeper level of existence, A2.business equips leaders with a new vision of faithfulness and not merely new tools of effectiveness."
Skye Jethani Author, Speaker, Consultant and Pastor. Former senior editor for Leadership Journal // read more endorsements...
"One thing largely missing today is leaders with integrity, humility and transparency in all sectors of society. This is why developing leaders is so crucial. I am thrilled that A2 is leveraging its legacy, credibility and experience in training church leaders as it now enters the marketplace arena. A2 is uniquely positioned to train marketplace leaders well, because they understand the pastoral heart—encouraging and equipping them to produce effective leaders, who will in turn transform businesses and communities toward God’s ends. There are over 1200 business leader development models out there, but A2.business is a distinct one aimed at Asia that I can wholeheartedly endorse."