Bio
Kent Annan is Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, where he co-directs the M.A. programs in Nonprofit Leadership and in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership. He is project leader of Good Samaritan Stories, which includes developing a documentary series. He co-founded Spiritual First Aid, which equips people to provide emotional and spiritual care for everything from mild stress to mass trauma. He is the author of four books, including You Welcomed Me and Slow Kingdom Coming.
Previously, Kent co-founded Haiti Partners, a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti. His work with refugees included living in England, France, Albania, and Kosovo. He served on a philanthropic board focused on anti-human trafficking. His writing appears in national publications like the Washington Post and Christianity Today, he co-hosted The Better Samaritan podcast, and he speaks regularly around the country. He holds an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He lives near Chicago with his wife and two children.
