2023-2024 Fellows Cohorts Program

Multi-Sector Business and Entrepreneurship 

- Partnership with the SPU Center for Faithful Business (Dr. JoAnn Flett)

How do Christians integrate their faith with successful business acumen? How can a young adult marry their concerns with future success with their values and ethical concerns?
This upcoming cohort will be an opportunity for 20-somethings and their intergenerational mentors to dialogue with leaders in PNW businesses (big and small, non- and for-profit) to reflect on the challenges facing young christians integrating their spirituality and their professional lives as well as reflection on how to navigate and create strong intergenerational business relationships.
For a representative sample of the voices past and present that will participate in this year's cohort see the websites for The Center for Faithful Business and
Faith & Co. film series.

Young adults and mentors who participate in this program:
  • Will have access to leading PNW and National voices in ethically- and spiritually-informed business practice;
  • Will network with peers as well as intergenerationally across the greater Seattle area;
  • Will receive a stipend and create a deeper relationship with their mentor;
  • Will have a clearer sense of how their commitment to  their faith and business practice are related and inform each other;
  • Will gain confidence navigating intergenerational business communities as christians and with christian values.

Program Schedule
Program Kickoff Banquet: SEPTEMBER 29 5-8pm, Location TBD
Monthly evening meeting by Zoom (Each Facilitator will choose a different regular night: SEE BELOW)
Program Conclusion Banquet: APRIL 19 4-10pm, Location TBD
Facilitators and special guests (TBA)

Meet our Facilitators

Levi Davenport

President of C3 Leaders
Levi Davenport is the President of C3 Leaders, a faith-based non-profit that serves Christian business owners and leaders in the Pacific Northwest. With a B.A. in English Literature and a Masters of Science in Leadership and Ethics, Levi has spent the past 20 years working in administration and as adjunct faculty at three different universities. He and his wife and daughter live in Duvall, WA. Levi has a passion for connecting business leaders to one another and helping equip business leaders to integrate their faith in their work.
  • Levi's Cohort will meet 2nd Thursdays 5-7pm on 10/10, 11/14, 12/12, 1/9, 2/13. 3/13, 4/10, 5/15

Shannon Zastrow

Executive Advisory Board of the SBGE
Shannon Zastrow is an MBA graduate of SPU and entrepreneur who currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the SBGE. His 25+ year career in marketing has taken him from leadership roles at T-Mobile and Starbucks, to now leading an 11 person growth marketing agency and consultancy. Shannon is active in the church serving on worship teams, mentoring, and leading life groups with a particular passion for helping Christians integrate faith and work. Much of his consulting work is focused on helping business leaders understand value creation in a way that is sustainable, profitable, and missional.
  • Shannon's Cohort will meet 2nd Wednesdays 5-7pm
    on 10/9, 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 2/12. 3/12, 4/9, 5/14