CFO-HR Gathering

In 1979, as a teenager, he started a game publishing company in his parent’s basement, producing games he invented.

In 1987 he licensed the manufacturing and distribution rights of all his products. His most successful game is the worldwide bestseller “Phase 10” Card Game. It is available at every game retailer in the country. He has maintained IP (ownership) rights and he receives royalties on the worldwide sales. Currently his licensees include, Mattel, the maker of Barbie and Hot Wheels.

In 2020, Ken is the CEO & co-founded Spring Arbor Group, LLC. SAG is the only mission driving Private Equity firm. It provides Christian institutions a share of the profits produced by companies in it’s portfolio.

Ken has been married to his wife, Valerie, for 27 years. They have a 16-year-old son, Christian. They live in Franklin, Michigan.

Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño, president of Cornerstone University, has served in Christian higher education for over two decades. Committed to shepherding students to love God with all their minds and hearts, Moreno-Riaño’s expertise includes the history of political philosophy with an emphasis in early modern political ideas, democratic theory and political theology and ethics. He has published six books and 25 scholarly articles and book chapters, in addition to numerous interviews and publications featured in such outlets as The Washington Post, The Washington Examiner, CBN News, Fox News, Inside Higher Education, Virginia Business, Voice of America Radio and American Family Radio.

Scott Stewart has served at Cornerstone University for over 35 years.  He graduated from Cornerstone University (CU) in 1987 and earned his MBA degree from Grand Valley State University in 1992. After having served at CU in several roles, including Dir. of Hunan Resources and Controller & Compliance Coordinator, he was promoted to Vice President & CFO in June of 2019.  In January of 2022, Scott assumed his current position as VP for Finance & Business Operations.  In his current role, Scott oversees accounting & finance, student financial services, facilities, IT, campus safety, and food service.

Bill is the Founder of Innovation Finance and First American Commercial Bancorp, Inc.

While a student at Cornell Law School in 1996, Bill founded First American. Bill served as the CEO of First American (from its launch in 1996 until 2015). Today, First American serves as Royal Bank of Canada’s U.S. equipment finance business, with several Billion Dollars in annual loan originations (faef.com).

Bill has J.D. from Cornell Law School (’98), an MBA from the Anderson Business School at UCLA (’92) and a Bachelor of General Studies degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (’88). 

In 2009 Bill served as the Chairman of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, serving the $1 trillion per year U.S. industry in Washington DC.