Geoff Tunnicliffe
Geoff Tunnicliffe is a global strategist, advisor, peace activist and author, born in United Kingdom. He was the Secretary-General for the World Evangelical Alliance from 2005 - 2014. Biography. He studied communications in British Columbia Institute of Technology and Wheaton College (Illinois) Graduate School. He got a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Leadership at Trinity International University. In 2007, he received an Honorary degree in Doctor of Ministry at Olivet University. Career. Dr. Tunnicliffe has served as the executive director of International Teams, an international agency and an organizational consultant. From 1999-2002 he led a multi-national  team to develop the Refugee Highway Partnership, a World Evangelical Alliance network that builds collaboration among the 350 organizations serving refugees around the world. He also served as Director, Global Initiatives for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, served on the board of Micah Challenge International. The Micah Challenge is a global campaign of the World Evangelical Alliance and the Micah Network to mobilize Christians against poverty. The campaign aimed to deepen Christian engagement with impoverished and marginalized communities, and to influence leaders of rich and poor nations to fulfill their promise to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. In 2005, he  became the Secretary-General for the World Evangelical Alliance until 2014. For 10 years Dr. Tunnicliffe served as the Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). The WEA serves and represents more than 600 million evangelical Christians, 7 regional and 129 national Evangelical Alliances, and over 150 member organizations. As Secretary General, he built trusted and warm relationships with the leaders of other international bodies including the Vatican, the World Council of Churches, the United Nations, Religions for Peace, and the World Bank as well as many global faith and humanitarian organizations. In addition to numerous magazine articles, Dr.  Tunnicliffe has authored several books, including "101 Ways to Change Your World."" After several decades of global leadership, Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe is now dedicating his time and trusted relationships to increase the world wide reach and impact of faith and value based media and business enterprises. He believes such initiatives can contribute to the positive good in the building of healthy nations, decreasing conflicts and creating a better world. Dr. Tunnicliffe is an author and has been a frequent speaker at universities and international conferences. He is sought out by the media to provide analysis and commentary on a wide  range of issues. Dr. Tunnicliffe through his company, Wilberforce Global Strategies, has served or continues to serve as an advisor/strategist/board chair to a number of media and business companies or projects including: While primarily based in Vancouver, Canada, he also has offices in New York City and Los Angeles. Personal life. Geoff was born in 1954 in Lancashire, U.K. and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Prior to the family immigrating to Canada, Geoff as a youngster lived in Barrowford, Lancashire, U.K., and Alvaston, Derbyshire, U.K.