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ICE Board

Robin Harris, President

Robin has M.A.s in Intercultural Studies and Ethnomusicology and a Ph.D. in Music/Ethnomusicology. She served for decades in cross-cultural contexts, including 10 years in Russia, and now speaks at colleges and conferences about topics such as ethnodoxology and ethnomusicology. Her publications include co-editing Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook (William Carey Library, 2013) and The Sakha Olonkho: Safeguarding a Siberian Epic Storytelling and Song Tradition (forthcoming with University of Illinois Press). She currently serves as Director of GIAL’s Center for Excellence in World Arts and as an Arts Consultant for SIL Int’l. For more detail, see Robin's faculty profile.

Frank Fortunato, Vice President

Frank holds an M.A. in ethnomusicology and a doctorate in worship from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. He founded Heart Sounds International, an ethnic music and arts ministry of Operation Mobilization, and serves as OM’s International Music Consultant. He directs the Webber Institute Center for Global Worship Renewal, and also teaches at the Institute. He co-edited All the World is Singing: Glorifying God Through the Worship Music of the Nations and Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook.

Brian Schrag, Vice President of Education and Training

Brian holds an M.A. in Intercultural Studies-Ethnomusicology and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology. He is head of SIL International's Ethnomusicology and Arts Group, founded the Center for Excellence in World Arts at GIAL, and wrote Creating Local Arts Together: A Manual to Help Communities Reach Their Kingdom Goals. He has worked as an arts consultant in Central Africa. Brian also encourages invigorating creativity in communities affected by Huntington’s Disease (MakeLifeHD.org, HDBlues.org). More information is available here.

Josh Davis, Social Media Coordinator

Josh Davis is a multi-ethnic worship leader, clinician, songwriter, ordained minister, and music missionary. A third-culture person himself, Josh served as a missionary to the Dominican Republic before founding Proskuneo Ministries, a ministry that exists to bring nations together in worship on earth as it is in heaven. Josh is the co-author of the book “Worship Together [in your church as in heaven]” and helps to lead the international Multicultural Worship Leaders Network. In his spare time, Josh loves to jog, learn languages, and drink coffee. Josh lives with his wife and four children in Clarkston, GA where over 60 languages are spoken in a 1.5 mile radius.

Katie Hoogerheide, Website Content Manager

Katie Hoogerheide serves as associate director of the Center for Excellence in World Arts in Dallas, Texas, having previously lived several years in both Europe and the Middle East. Her work and graduate-level studies include experience in the areas of organ performance, ethnoarts, linguistics, and education. She also works as associate editor for the Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith.

Jean Ngoya Kidula, Trustee

Jean has a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and is an accomplished musician in a variety of styles. She is professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles on topics in Kenyan music and history, as well as Music in the Life of the African Church (co-author, 2008), and Music in Kenyan Christianity: Logooli Religious Song. She has served as music director at churches in both Nairobi, Kenya and the United States and as an MC for the Global Consultation on Music and Missions in 2006.

Jaewoo Kim, Edox in Other Languages Coordinator

Jaewoo is a founder and executive director of Arts in Mission Korea, an organization for mobilizing and training Korean and Third-Culture artists for cross-cultural ministries. Born in Korea, Jaewoo moved to the United States when he was a teenager. Today he works with Artists in Christian Testimonies International and LausanneArts group, equipping artists for missions.

James Krabill, Trustee

James R. Krabill served from 1978–1996 as a Mennonite mission worker teaching Bible and church history in oral culture settings among African-initiated churches in West Africa. Currently serving as senior executive for global ministries with the Mennonite Mission Network, Krabill has authored or edited various works, including Music in the Life of the African Church (with Roberta King and others, 2008) and Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook (2013).