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Seed!Company!Appoints!Samuel!Chiang!as!New!President!and!CEO!
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Arlington,!TX,!June!9,!2015!—!Seed!Company!Chairman!Rick!Britton,!on!behalf!of!the!board!of!directors,!announced!today!the!
appointment!of!Rev.!Samuel!E.!Chiang!as!the!new!president!and!chief!executive!officer!of!the!Bible!translation!organization.!Chiang!
joins!Seed!Company!after!serving!as!executive!director!of!International!Orality!Network,!a!global!network!of!organizations!seeking!
to!radically!influence!the!way!oral!learners!are!evangelized!and!discipled.!Chiang!is!wellFequipped!with!insight!into!the!ministry!of!
Seed!Company,!having!served!as!a!board!member!for!the!last!three!years.!He!will!replace!Todd!Peterson,!former!chairman,!who!has!
served!as!interim!president!since!the!February!1,!2014!transition!of!Roy!Peterson!to!American!Bible!Society.!
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Chiang!was!born!in!Taiwan!and!grew!up!in!Canada.!He!has!a!master’s!degree!from!Dallas!Theological!Seminary.!He!previously!
worked!at!Ernst!&!Young!and!then!for!Trans!World!Radio!as!Chief!Operating!Officer.!He!served!with!the!Church!in!China!and!has!
written!extensively!on!China.!Currently,!he!serves!as!senior!associate–orality!for!Lausanne.!!
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Todd!Peterson!celebrates!God’s!call!in!Chiang’s!life!by!saying,!“In!my!years!of!service!on!the!board!of!Seed!Company,!I!couldn’t!have!
anticipated!the!even!greater!privilege!unfolding!for!me!now.!My!time!this!past!16!months!as!interim!president,!following!Roy’s!
departure,!has!been!rich;!and!I!am!so!excited!to!know!God!has!led!our!board!and!search!committee!to!see!His!calling!of!Samuel!to!
this!role.!Samuel!is!a!passionate,!experienced!colleague!and!leader!and!truly!a!man!after!God’s!heart.!Like!God,!Samuel’s!heart!is!for!
the!nations,!and!we!know!God!will!use!Samuel!to!move!Seed!Company!toward!the!mission!of!ending!Bible!poverty.”!!
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Chiang’s!response!to!this!new!assignment!is,!“I!am!humbled!to!be!granted!this!stewardship!with!such!a!great!team!in!place.!!With!
excited!anticipation!of!God’s!agenda,!I!look!forward!to!Seed!Company’s!continual!catalytic!role!within!the!Wycliffe!family,!and!to!
deep!collaboration!with!our!partners!globally,!so!that!the!Word!of!God!in!oral/digital/written!forms!comes!alive!for!all!Bibleless!
people!groups.”!
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Chiang!and!his!wife,!Roberta,!currently!live!in!Hong!Kong!and!will!be!relocating!to!be!near!the!Seed!Company!headquarters!in!
Arlington,!Texas.!He!will!assume!the!role!of!president!and!CEO!on!July!15,!2015.!
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About!Seed!Company:!
What!is!Seed!Company!about?!Bible!translation.!Life!transformation.!And!the!circle!of!partnerships!that!make!it!all!possible.!When!
Jesus!is!revealed!through!His!Word,!lives!are!transformed.!Because!of!this!—!right!now!and!in!over!90!countries!around!the!world!
—!local!Bible!translators!are!infusing!their!languages!and!cultures!with!the!authority!of!God’s!Word.!!Seed!Company!is!a!Wycliffe!
Bible!Translators!affiliate.!
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For!the!word!of!God!is!alive!and!powerful.!—!Hebrews!4:12!NLT!
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Contact:!Jesse!Lane,!Vice!President,!Connections!at!817F855F3219.!!
Learn!more!about!Seed!Company!at!http://www.theseedcompany.org!