John Ogden Sr. is the CEO/Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Christian Motorcyclists Association. He and his wife, Rebecca, have been members of CMA since 1982, serving in various ministry and leadership roles and have been involved in evangelism for over 40 years. John served as one of the CMA National Directors prior to 2000 before he was appointed as the CEO/Chairman of the Board of Directors. John spent over thirty years in the corporate world as a leader and executive before God called him to his current position. Today, he leads CMA USA into being a more effective ministry and travels around the USA and the world, teaching leadership and team building skills, seeking to encourage and grow CMA nationally and internationally.
Gary Hall has served on the Board of Directors of MVI for many years and currently serves as its Chairman. He is a Vietnam veteran where he served two tours. The first as a rifle platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division and the second as the company commander of Company P (ranger), 75th Infantry along the DMZ. He has a BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an MSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University. He has been on more than 35 mission trips with MVI in Asia, Africa, Europe, Central and South America. His heart is church planting and has led teams to Africa that have planted at least 25 churches. He currently serves as an elder and treasurer in his home church.
Bill Snell served as President of MVI from 2016-2024 and now serves as President Emeritus. Bill has been a pastor in the Orlando area since 2000, and formally served as Director of U.S. Operations for MVI from 2007 to 2009, and as a member of the Board of Directors from 2011-2024.
Bill earned his Bachelors degree in Education from Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, and a Masters Degree in Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. He has been in professional ministry for over 35 years serving as a senior pastor to three churches in California and Oklahoma, as well as serving in executive and/or management pastor positions in large churches both in Colorado and Florida. Bill’s business experience in mortgage banking, small business ownership, consulting and real estate adds to his list of the very attributes MVI will benefit from as their ministry continues worldwide.
In an organization that truly aims to serve others, Bill sheds a new light on what it means to be a servant leader, and Missionary Ventures and all of its partners around the world will most certainly benefit from it.