Tom Crenshaw grew up on a small family farm in west Tennessee. Tom’s wife, Connie, is also a native of Tennessee. After completing graduate degrees in animal nutrition at the University of Nebraska, Tom and Connie moved to Wisconsin in 1980. Tom is motivated by research and enjoys opportunities to engage and advise students in his research and teaching position the UW Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences. Tom and Connie’s two adult children and their spouses have blessed them with s even grandchildren and one grand-son-in-law. Blackhawk has been their church home since 1999. In addition to serving Blackhawk as an Elder, Tom and Connie have enjoyed serving together as community group leaders, marriage mentors and greeters. Connie currently serves on the Care Response Team.

Dan Hummel was born into a missionary family, spending some of his childhood overseas and eventually ending up in Colorado. He met his wife, Veronica, in high school and they both attended Colorado State University, where Dan earned two degrees in History. They moved to Madison in 2010 so that Dan could pursue PhD work in American religious history, which he completed in 2016. After fellowships that took the family out of Wisconsin and then back again, Dan now works at the Stephen & Laurel Brown Foundation, directing the Lumen Center (located at Upper House), which includes writing and speaking about his areas of expertise in American religion, culture, and politics. Veronica works at Blackhawk as an Associate Director of Spiritual Formation. Together they have been part of Blackhawk since 2010 and have served in various roles including as Community Groups Leaders. They attend the Brader Way site. Dan and Veronica have three young boys: David, Jack, and Benjamin.