It was fun talking to David Welch again. Here's his bio:
David M. Welch joined Joel C. Rosenberg’s The Joshua Fund
building strategic partnerships in Israel and the Middle East with/for
Christian higher education & Christian affinity groups. From 2016-2022,
Welch served as the Executive Director of LU Send, Liberty University's
centralized hub for student travel/international education where he managed the
team responsible for all study abroad and international travel. Welch designed
and implemented numerous faculty FAM trips, study tours and study abroad/internship
opportunities. He sourced and negotiated
multiple contracts with major study abroad firms/universities for Liberty
University, including a strategic partnership with The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. Welch is a citizen of both
the US and Israel and lived in Israel from 2008-2011. He holds an MA in Public
Policy/Int’l Conflict Resolution from Tel Aviv University, and is also a
Certified Travel Industry Executive. In
2011, Welch relocated back to the US, serving in both the Risk Management and
the Israel Travel industries between 2012-2016, before agreeing to join Liberty
University. He is married to Rachel and they have a boy, Moshe (2020) and a new
baby girl, Tikvah (2022). The Welches reside in Williamson County, Tennessee.
