Davenant Board

Ryan Elliott is the Chief Growth Officer (CGO) for DC-based Andrew Morgan Consulting, a veteran-owned government management consulting firm. Throughout his 26-year career, he has held numerous leadership positions with firms such as PwC, GovCIO, and ManTech Digital. His executive responsibilities have included mergers & acquisitions, corporate planning, go-to-market strategy as well as overall growth, and proposal management. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Bob Jones University and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. He lives in western Loudoun County, VA with his family, is an elder at Ketoctin Covenant Presbyterian Church, and serves on several community and educational boards, including the prestigious George Washington University (GWU) Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, DC.

Rick Littlejohn holds a B.A. Cum Laude from Princeton University, and co-founded the Davenant Institute in 2013. He has been vitally interested in Christian ethics and public policy since studying under the late Paul Ramsey. After spending the first portion of his career in the supermarket industry, he has been involved in real estate management and financial fields since the late 1990s. He is currently employed as a financial consultant with Thrivent Financial. He serves on the founding vestry of Christ the King Anglican Church of Moscow, Idaho, and spends as much time as possible reading and enjoying his 13 grandchildren.

Ben Miller grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York. In 1999, he received his juris doctor degree from Oak Brook College of Law, and was subsequently admitted to the California bar. Thereafter, he attended Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, receiving his master of divinity degree in 2005. He served as associate pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, New York, from December 2005 to September 2011. In September 2011, he became the organizing pastor of Trinity Church, in Syosset, New York, where he still serves. He and his wife Sarah have been blessed with four children, Katie, Andrew, Kenton, and Brieyn.

Joy Mosley serves as Vice President of Government & Strategic Relations at the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), where she advocates on Capitol Hill for our member institutions. Joy leads initiatives like the Board Governance Institute and the Legal and Public Policy Conference, equipping campuses to navigate legal, policy and mission-related challenges. She also plays a key role in legal advocacy, including filing regulatory comments and supporting amicus briefs in significant court cases. In addition to Davenant, Joy serves on the boards of Covenant College, Warner University, and the Association of Theological Schools, bringing practical insight to governance. Previously, she led HR initiatives at Covenant College, and she has experience in public charter education and special education, as well as working on the Hill and at the Center for Public Justice. She holds a Doctor of Law degree (J.D.) from Emory University School of Law, an MBA from Belhaven University and a B.A. from Covenant College.

Scott Pryor teaches at Campbell University School of Law in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. For 17 before joining the faculty at Campbell, he taught at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach. He has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. He also received an M.A. in theological studies from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. For 15 years, his legal practice emphasized creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, and he represented secured creditors, unsecured creditors committees, and debtors in bankruptcy. He has taught courses in Contracts, International Business Transactions, Sales, Secured Transactions, Comparative Law, and Bankruptcy. He also regularly leads a seminar on Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought. Scott has spoken at legal conferences on developments in the law and at symposia on legal theory and history and has been published in the areas of secured transactions and bankruptcy law, the history of the law of contracts, as well as law and religion. Scott returns to the Davenant board as a well-known former board member and chair.

Myron Steeves is an attorney practicing in Newport Beach, California. His practice serves nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and churches by offering sound legal guidance from a faith-based perspective. He is an active member of the nonprofit committees of both the California Bar Association and the American Bar Association. A graduate of Biola University and Georgetown University Law Center, Myron has also served as a Christian missionary to the Middle East. He is the Dean Emeritus at Trinity Law School, a Christian law school devoted to championing a biblical view of human law and government. He frequently speaks on a wide array of issues involving Christianity and the law, including the integration of faith and law, legal careers as tools for Christian ministry, law and public policy, and law and theology.

Mr. Jerry Timmis is a longstanding technology sales and development professional with leadership roles that span start-up organizations to multinational software firms, including Oracle Corporation and Salesforce, Inc. Jerry received his education at Michigan State University, and is currently enrolled in the MA in Theological Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary. At Westminster, Jerry is on the Senior Team, who is responsible for constituent engagement, stewardship and financial sustainability.

Jerry has been blessed to be a husband of thirty-six years, the father of six married children and eleven grandchildren. He is an ordained Ruling Elder (OPC), and currently a member of the Presbyterian Church of America. Jerry currently serves on the boards of The Detroit Project, a PCA church-planting initiative, and Cloud 9, a supply chain software company.