Our Team

Dr. Ellis brings strategic alignment and clarity of vision to CHI's global education initiatives. He has founded or led organizations in North America, Brazil, Africa, and Europe. Educated at the University of Oxford (DPhil and MTh), Trinity Western University (MNT), and Union University (BA Biblical Languages). His family was instrumental in launching both the classical education movement and the homeschool movement in Brazil.

Aaron has worked in public administration, community development, and global operations for mission organizations. Graduate education in Public Administration (Columbia University), Management and Public Policy (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo). Undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering and Political Science (University of Southern California).

Andrew leads the CHI Academic team, integrating academic blueprints, programs, and classes from publishing partners into Hall operations. He also leads the Conservatory Project, which brings Performance and Visual Arts into the CHI ecosystem.

Joey provides leadership for Christian Hall sites in training, process, systems, and organizational development.

Leads the theological design team, engaging religious leaders, theological scholarship, and the intersection of Christian thought and community flourishing. Has written extensively on biblical interpretation, Christian origins, and biblical languages.

Researches the impact of educational institutions on urban communities, with special focus on city movements, urban development, and urban planning across North American and Brazilian cities.

Written widely in British and European Romanticism, poetics, intellectual history, literary theory, cultural apologetics, education, and hermeneutics. Served for years in urban pastoral ministry in Toronto; founding Board Chairman of Westminster Classical Christian Academy.

Brings decades of experience in church, para-church, and classical Christian school leadership. Headmaster Emeritus of Providence Academy (Green Bay, WI), founding Headmaster of Valor Classical Christian Academy (Neenah, WI), and Director of Classical Programs for Christian Halls International.

Professor of Medical Humanities at the Creighton University School of Medicine and Msgr. Curran Fellow in Moral Theology at St. Joseph Seminary, New York.

Singer, voice teacher, and researcher committed to serving educational and artistic communities. Has performed internationally as an operatic tenor in the United States, Italy, Brazil, and Ecuador.

More than eighteen years of business experience — President and CEO of a privately-held marketing company, then building a real estate investment firm. Since 2017, one of the top 100 owners of Manufactured Housing Communities in the United States.

Global strategic leader and COO, with experience across multiple continents. Graduate and undergraduate education in Economics at The University of Edinburgh. Deep commitment to Christian formation matched with corporate accountability.

Financial expertise from business and nonprofit management. Former President of Chart Energy and Chemicals ($250M in sales, ~1,000 employees); former Senior Manager at Ernst and Young.

Provides leadership for Christian Hall sites in training, process, systems, and organizational development.

Serves as Senior Field Guide for the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Florida.

Serves as Field Guide for Ohio and the broader Midwest region.

Serves as Field Guide for Northern Wisconsin and for the network of ACCS, SCL, and other classical school networks seeking to build collegiate programs onto their schools.

Field Guide for North Texas, providing training, process, and site support. Also leads the CHI Trail Life partnership, bringing the CHI model to fathers and young men in the Christian Scouting movement.