Staff Bios

Matthew Sleeth, MD - Executive Director

A former emergency room physician, Dr. Matthew Sleeth felt like he was straightening deck chairs on the Titanic saving one patient at a time while the whole ship (Earth) was going down. Together with his wife and two teenaged children, he began to bring his lifestyle in line with his values, cutting back on their fossil fuel by two thirds and electricity use by nine tenths. Following a new calling, Dr. Sleeth resigned from his position as chief of the medical staff and director of the ER to teach, preach, and write about faith and the environment throughout the country. Dr. Sleeth is a graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine and has two post doctoral fellowships. He is the author of Serve God and Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action (Zondervan, April 2007), the introduction to the Green Bible (2008, HarperOne), and will release a second book, The Gospel According to the Earth: Why the Good Book is a Green Book, in spring 2010.

Nancy Sleeth, Program Director

In addition to being an expert on integrating more environmentally friendly practices and perspectives into everyday life, Sleeth is the Program Director of Blessed Earth. After a spiritual and environmental conversion experience, Sleeth and her family radically altered their footprint, reducing their electricity use to one-tenth and thei r fossil fuel use to one-third the national averages. Along with her husband, Matthew, Nancy now travels throughout the U.S. speaking and writing about faith and the environment. Prior to heeding this environmental calling, Sleeth served as communications director for a Fortune 500 company and as a high school and college educator and administrator, most recently at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. Sleeth is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds a masters degree in journalism. Nancy Sleeth is the author of Go Green, Save Green: A Simple guide to saving time, money, and God’s green earth, the first-ever practical guide for going green from a faith perspective. She and Matthew are the proud parents of Clark, who is preparing for a calling in missionary medicine, and Emma Sleeth, a student at Asbury College and author of It’s Easy Being Green (Zondervan, Spring 2008).

Will Sears, Director of Communications

Will Sears joined Blessed Earth as full-time Director of Communications in January 2009. His experience in media, web strategy, public relations, project management and publication design lends to a well-rounded approach for disseminating Blessed Earth's message. Will graduated from Asbury College and completed six communications-related internships during his undergraduate education.

Jeff Rogers, Director of Faith Partnerships

With twenty years of nature photography experience as well as a lay pastor background, Jeff brings an appreciation for God’s creation as well as spiritual guidance. His wife, Melissa, an emergency room physician, shares his passion for serving God and preserving the beauty of nature. Jeff not only provides follow-up resources and correspondence, but shares creation reflections periodically via various Blessed Earth communications.