Conference Director
Marc Papai is the division director for the Ohio Valley Division, and has directed several CROSSculture conferences. His desire is to see students and the campuses of West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania wholly transformed by the Scriptures and the fiery renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Main Speaker
While at Minnesota’s St. Cloud State University, Dave Warn placed his faith in Jesus Christ. Upon graduation, he spent the next fifteen years serving with Campus Crusade for Christ, including nine years spent directing the ministry at the University of Wisconsin.

While pursuing his master's degree in Christian studies from Denver Seminary, Dave launched Collegiate Impact in the fall of 2003. His passion is to see the hearts of students revived, as well as to see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit across North American campuses.

Worship Leaders

Brother Judah Early grew up in Cleveland and received a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management from Youngstown State University in 2005. He has sung worship most of his life, working with The Beatlab on an award winning hip hop album. He leads worship regularly, has his own production company, and loves to lead others to the throne of Jesus. Judah’s lovely wife Tiffany also leads in worship and loves students.

Julie Longacre appreciates the way God uses music to draw our focus to him, the healing effect of worship as we turn our devotion to him. She is married to Jon and is still madly in love; she spent a number of years in China but confesses that her heart is here in Ohio; and her idea of a really good time is being with college students. And did I say she loves worship?

Prayer Leader
Allison Brooks has recently moved to Kansas City to help spearhead Campus America, a project of 24-7 Prayer USA surrounding prayer on colleges and universities. Born and raised in Ohio, Allison is a graduate of The Ohio State University. Allison is a born pioneer and leader. She has come on the 24-7 USA team to mobilize prayer on college campuses nation-wide.

Ram Sridharan is on staff with IVCF as Team Leader of the Undergraduate Ministries at Ohio State. He grew up as a third culture kid, living most of his life in Tanzania, Kenya, South India and then the United States for his college education. In his spare time, Ram volunteers as a conflict mediator in the Ohio Small Claims Court, hangs out with a cool group of Catholic Benedictine monks and is a rabid fan of Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.