Administration
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Jeremiah Callihan
Partner with Axis through JeremiahCOO and Cofounder of Axis
Jeremiah has a B.S. in Business Administration from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY. After receiving his degree he served as the Associate Director of the Bryan College Worldview Teams. he also served as a staff member for Summit Ministries East from 2001-2005. In 2005, he became the Associate Director of Admissions for Focus Leadership Institute. In 2009 Jeremiah joined Axis full time. Originally from New York, he lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Kim and his three sons Nehemiah, Elijah, and Jonathan.
Favorite Quotation: “Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.” — Blaise Pascal
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Meghan Libassi
Partner with Axis through MeghanField Coordinator
Meghan is a graduate of the Focus Leadership Institute. In 2007, she joined Axis and has moved from Team Member to Field Coordinator. She is responsible for booking events, setting up contracts, coordinating all travel for both teams, and several other related tasks. Meghan is very good at planning events, and is an indispensable part of the Axis team. Originally from New Mexico, she currently lives in Colorado Springs.
Favorite Quotation:“‘Oh, Aslan,’ said Lucy. ‘Will you tell us how to get into your country from our world?’ ‘I shall be telling you all the time,’ said Aslan. ‘But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.’” — C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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Daniel Day
Partner with Axis through DanielDirector of Content and Marketing
Daniel has a B.S. in Business Administration from Appalachian State University, and is a graduate of the Focus Leadership Institute. In 2005, he spent a summer in Romania helping run a summer camp for orphans. Daniel spent two years as a sales associate for Cornerstone Bookstore. He then became the Director of Marketing for Asheville’s Fun Depot, Fun Expedition, and Brookstone Lodge in Asheville, NC before joining Axis in 2010. Originally from North Carolina, Daniel lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Rebecca and their two sons Noah and Finley.
Favorite Quotation: “Rather than being defined by its cultural achievements, its intellectual and artistic vitality, its service to the needs of others, Christianity is defined to the outside world by its rhetoric of resentment and the ambitions of a will in opposition to others.” — James Davison Hunter, To Change The World
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Nicholas Gerber
Partner with Axis through NicholasAssociate Director of Team Development
Nicholas is a graduate of Focus Leadership Institute and the YWAM discipleship school in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Nicholas worked with YWAM in Mexico before joining Axis in 2011. Originally from Ohio, Nicholas and his wife Amanda now live in Colorado Springs with their dog Oliver, and are expecting their first child in Spring 2012.
Favorite Quotation: “The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.” — C.S. Lewis
Communications
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David Eaton
Partner with Axis through DavidCEO and Cofounder of Axis
David has a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from LeTourneau University where he served as Student Body President. After receiving his degree he attended Focus Leadership Institute. He then joined the staff of Summit Ministries as the Assistant Director of Summit East. David has spent a total of 10 months in seventeen foreign countries, including a trip to India with the renowned philosopher Dr. Ravi Zacharias. Originally from Texas, David currently lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Lindsey.
Favorite Quotation: “Socrates said that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living.’ At Axis we like to say, ‘The unexamined faith is not worth believing.’”
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Melanie Mudge
Partner with Axis through MelanieAssociate Director of Research
Melanie has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico and is a graduate of the Focus Leadership Institute. In 2009 and 2010, she was on staff as a writing intern with Summit Ministries in Colorado. Originally from New Mexico, she currently lives in Colorado Springs with her husband Josh.
Favorite Quotation: “Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” — C.S. Lewis.
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Daniel Giddings
Partner with Axis through DanielTeam Director
Dan has a B.A. In English Literature from Cedarville University in Ohio. After college, he spent a year working as a groom and navigator for H’ND Stables in Aiken, South Carolina where he had the privilege of participating in the Royal Windsor Horse Show. He spent several summers on staff with Summit Ministries until becoming the Associate Director of Summit East in 2007. After Summit, Dan spent three years teaching English in South Korea at the Yale Foreign Language Academy. Originally from South Carolina, Dan currently lives in Colorado Springs.
Favorite Quotation:“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.” — Blaise Pascal
