Dr. Greg Bixler, Ph.D., P.E. (right), is Co-founder and CEO of humanitarian engineering nonprofit Design Outreach. Greg started his mechanical engineering career at Battelle, a global research and development organization based in Columbus, Ohio, where he worked with interdisciplinary teams of engineers involved in a variety of R&D programs. He came up with the idea for Design Outreach in 2007 after seeing extreme poverty up close and personal in Central Asia and realizing that he could help alleviate suffering using his engineering skills. In 2010, Design Outreach was born. Greg’s endeavors have led him to 26 countries where he has witnessed the need for appropriate technology firsthand. In addition to serving on the leadership team of Design Outreach, Greg also teaches an appropriate technology course at his alma mater, The Ohio State University.

Abraham Wright (left) is Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Design Outreach. Previously, he worked for 20 years in the medical device sector and is named as an inventor on 30 U.S. patents. Abe not only helped to launch Design Outreach back in 2010, he also has played a significant role in building and leading the Engineering Solutions team to include an extensive network of full-time staff members, volunteers, and Fellows, many of whom are world-class subject matter experts in their respective fields. He studied mechanical engineering and received a Bachelor of Science from Messiah University and a Master of Science from University of Denver.

Scott Hackman is a partner and executive advisor at Lacher Business Consulting, where he helps family-owned and closely held companies navigate the complexity of transferring wealth, business, and values from one generation to the next. Over his career he has guided thousands of leaders through growth and change, and hundreds of businesses through thoughtful succession and transition.
Scott trained in executive coaching for organizational performance at American University and is a member of the Society for Process Consultants, where he was trained and certified as an Executive Process Consultant. His work rests on a conviction that ownership transitions succeed or fail on the strength of relationships and the clarity of the values behind them, not on structure alone.
He found his calling in the business sector at the Delaware Valley Family Business Center, where he became a partner and developed next-generation successors through leadership development. He went on to found his own executive advisory practice, built it through strong relationships, and merged it into Lacher Business Consulting. Earlier in his career, he co-founded One Village Coffee, a founding B Corp, and served as a para-church leader and youth pastor, experiences that shaped his belief that enterprise can be a vehicle for generosity.
Scott's greatest joy is launching his children into the world and applying family governance and values-based leadership to his own life, family, and business ventures. He facilitates from a simple conviction: generosity is not what follows success. It is how you lead