Christopher Willard has more than 20 years of local church and para-church leadership experience. As an adjunct member of the Auxano team, Chris brings hands-on expertise in strategic planning, organizational development and fund development.

For several years, Chris served as the Executive Pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando, and helped navigate Discovery through a season of unprecedented growth.  During Chris’ tenure at Discovery, the church successfully launched 3 new Discovery Church venues and strategically added staff and systems to help sustain growth.  In fact, in 2004 and 2006, Discovery was one of the 100 fastest growing churches in America, according to Outreach Magazine. 

Chris currently serves full-time as a Leadership Community Director with Leadership Network, an organization dedicated to catalyzing innovation in the church.  Through this coaching and facilitating role Chris has the opportunity to work with the leaders of many of the most innovative and effective churches in the country.  His education includes an MBA from Belhaven College and a BA from the University of Massachusetts.