TEAM
Gabe and Rebekah Lyons
Founder, Fermi Project
Gabe and Rebekah Lyons founded Fermi Project in 2003, a broad collective of innovators, social entrepreneurs, church and societal leaders working together to make positive contributions to culture. Gabe recently engineered Fermi Project's first book, unChristian, which reveals exclusive research on pop-culture's negative perception of Christians and convenes 27 of Christianity's most influential voices to address what he describes as "the steady erosion of Christianity's reputation in America". Prior to Fermi Project, he co-founded Catalyst, a national gathering of young leaders, while serving as Vice President for John Maxwell's INJOY organization. Gabe, Rebekah, and their three children reside in Atlanta, Georgia. glyons@fermiproject.com rlyons@fermiproject.com
Courtney Fahey | Team Coordinator
Courtney leads the Rwanda Clean Water campaign while also providing wide-ranging support to the entire Fermi Project team and network. Her persistence, warm personality and ability to manage integral systems and processes that fuel Fermi allow our team to operate at optimal efficiency. In short, Courtney makes things happen and without her, we’d be a mess. Courtney lives in Atlanta with her dog Coal.
courtneyf@fermiproject.com
Rob McCloskey | Project Coordinator
Rob McCloskey serves as the Q Event and Fermi Project Coordinator. He carries a strong belief and sincere passion in the initiative, which - along with a focus and attention to detail and organizational processes - makes him a fantastic contribution to the team. Rob is a “Music Guy” and currently lives in Atlanta.
robm@fermiproject.com
Allie Tsavdarides | Director of Marketing
Allie works to engage people and invite them into a larger, collective story, hosted by Fermi Project and Q initiatives. Allie has a background in integrated marketing, creative development and project management, nurtured in both non-profit and for-profit agencies. Allie shares a house in Atlanta with two quirky musicians and her (spoiled) white boxer rescue, Winifred. She also likes to roller skate.
alliet@fermiproject.com
Eric Brown | Research Assistant
Eric strives to bring about excellence in all Fermi Project initiatives by assisting in our collaborative efforts and project research. His commitment to work diligently and effectively in providing a landscape of different needs serves as a great necessity to the team. Currently, Eric may reside in Canton, GA or Cleveland, TN at any given moment.
ericb@fermiproject.com
Jason Locy | Brand Developer, Fermi Advisor
Jason Locy is Creative Director and Principal of FiveStone, a small branding and design firm based in metro-Atlanta. He and his wife, Heather, live in a home with a small yard along with their two raucous sons and beautiful daughter. On Fridays they eat pizza and french fries after the kids have gone to bed.
ericb@fermiproject.com
Norton Herbst | Editor, Q Words
Norton Herbst is Pastor of Worship, Teaching, and Administration at New Denver Church in Denver, Colorado. He graduated with an engineering degree from Virginia Tech and a masters degree from Denver Seminary. Before moving to Denver, Norton served at North Point Community Church in Atlanta, Georgia and helped write the Starting Point curriculum and study notes for the Starting Point Bible. He spends most of his time with his wife, Janis, and their three energetic children under three!
norton.herbst@newdenver.org
Andy Crouch | Fermi Advisor and Host of Fermi Podcast
An award-winning journalist and essayist, Andy is editorial director
for The Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today, a
member of the editorial board of Books & Culture, and a senior
fellow of the International Justice Mission's IJM Institute. His book
Culture Makers is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. He
is a son, brother, husband, and father of two children. He lives in
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. andy@culture-makers.com
Rusty Pritchard | Environmental Economist and Fermi Advisor
Rusty is the associate director of the Evangelical Environmental
Initiative, a part-time professor at Emory University and has a doctorate
in Economics and Environment. His work has led the way on the topic
of Creation Care.