Mosaic Collective’s Board
Dr. Liz Rios/Advisor
Dr. Rios has a number of passions but one thing is certain, she has always been an advocate for the local church and a supporter of the people who lead in it. Since April 2008, Dr. Liz has served as Consulting Editor for Outreach Magazine, a national magazine for church leaders, pastors and planters. Dr. Rios serves as a board member of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition which is a national network of Hispanic evangelical congregations, leaders, and not-for-profits committed to Gospel-centered transformation in the work of justice and mercy. In addition, she is a senior consultant Freedom Road, LLC which coaches, consults, trains and designs experiences to help groups in multiple sectors do justice in just ways. Dr. Rios also serves on the Send Institute's Missiologists Council which is a think tank for evangelism and church planting. The council is composed of thought-leaders and practitioners committed to expand evangelism and church planting in North America. One recent product of the council's work was the Church Planting Manifesto. Dr. Rios is also an Adjunct Instructor at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Daniel Sadlier
Daniel is husband to Amanda and father to six children: Liam, Elijah, Markeysha, Isaiah, Lucy, and Judah.
Currently Daniel is the founding pastor of Mosaic Church NYC, a multicultural family of churches in NYC and its metro region. In addition, he chairs the board of The Mosaic Collective; a new network of like minded churches in global cities in the United States, while also serving as the executive director of The Mosaic Community Center. The Mosaic Community Center is currently known for its work in New York City, primarily in West Queens. Daniel is passionate about community development on a local and global level, adoption and foster care, multi-faith work, and the development of young leaders for future leadership in the public square.
Melissa A. Wade
Melissa works and lives in NYC. Currently she works with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, NY State Unified Court System. In her current role Melissa supports the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce for the New York State Unified Court System. Previously, Melissa worked within the Child Welfare Court as a judicial liaison, and currently serves on the the leadership team of Mosaic Church NYC as a co-planter of its first church located on Roosevelt Island where she currently resides.
David Swanson
David is the founding pastor of New Community Covenant Church, a multiracial congregation on the South Side of Chicago. He is also the CEO of New Community Outreach and previously served as a Director of Church Planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church. David and Maggie have been married for 22 years and have two sons.
David’s book, Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Discipleship, is available from InterVarsity Press.
Pastor, Johanna Burleson
Johanna serves as the co-lead pastor of Timberidge Church in Stephenville Texas. The church launched in 2011 in Stephenville, and has since been a part of launching 30+ churches around the United States. Johanna and her co-pastor Nic Burleson have specialized in collegiate church planting.
Rich Johnson
Rich Johnson is the pastor of Sanctuary Columbus Church; a church that is uniquely focused on multiplying healthy followers of Christ who cherish diversity and are commited to service. It is a racially and spiritually diverse community, leaning into the character of God and the compassion of Jesus. Sanctuary started in 2011 with 30 founding members and currently has grown to nearly 300 regular attenders.
Rich has been in vocational ministry for 20 years speaking, developing others, and networking leaders to illustrate the unity of Jesus in and around Columbus. Rich is a leading voice in the Evangelical Covenant Church with a focus on justice, mercy, and systemic change.
Damon and Jill Maneice
Damon and Jill Maneice reside in metro Detroit. Damon is a software developer who advocates for diversity and inclusion in tech. He also thinks deeply about the ethical responsibility of tech companies to the societies they impact. Jill is a 16-year public educator who supports middle and high school leaders, educators, and students in deepening reading comprehension.
Separately and together, they have led at and sought out authentically multi-racial communities who reflect the heart of Jesus - a search that continues. Damon and Jill are on the verge of becoming foster parents, which has motivated them to join the Mosaic Collective’s Board and take part in creating the churches they long for themselves.
Maurice Cox
Maurice is a Teaching Pastor at Ascent Community Church in Louisville, Colorado. He and his wife, Aisha, moved from Los Angeles to Colorado in 2016 following their passion and God's call as ministers. Maurice deeply senses the urge of God to be a bridge-builder across cultural backgrounds and create spaces where people pursue the multi-ethnic reconciliation that we see in scripture.
Jason Charles
Jason was born and raised in Calgary, but don’t hold that against him. He is proud to call BC home! He has a wide range of educational background including a Masters of Divinity, but if you ask him, he never expected to end up a pastor. He had the privilege of serving and leading youth and young adults ministries at Calgary Life Church over the course of ten years. It was there he felt his passion for people and the local church flourish. In the summer of 2017, he along with an incredible team moved from Calgary to start City Collective. Jason and Adrianna were married in the winter of 2019 and are proud parents to their little girl, Mia. Adrianna is from the lower mainland, an accountant and passionate about all things City Collective and reality TV.
They are known for their big smiles, love for people, and passion to see people discover a relationship with Jesus.
Michaell Dupin
Michaell (and her husband Clint) have been serving alongside each other in the local church for 20+ years. After spending the last fifteen years being a part of two incredible churches in Michigan, it’s been a privilege to move back to Northern California - one of the most innovative and influential areas of the world to plant Eastown Church.
Michaell has spent years communicating a deep belief that God has an incredible, adventure-filled story not only for each of our individual lives and the lives of our families, but also for the impact we can make on our world both locally and globally when we come together.