Dr. Chris Elisara

After growing up in New Zealand Dr. Elisara moved to the United States to undertake graduate studies at Eastern University (MBA) and Biola University (Ph.D.), where in 1995 he and his wife Tricia founded the first Christian undergraduate environmental study abroad program, entitled the Creation Care Study Program (CCSP), with campuses in Belize and New Zealand.  In 2010 Dr. Elisara founded the Center for Environmental Leadership before being invited in 2012 to start the WEA’s Creation Care Task Force.