Our Leadership And Adviser Team
We are all committed to help plant and establish healthy growing local churches in Albania and beyond.
Dan Peterson
President of Illyricum Movement
Dan, husband of Deb, father of Kate and Daniel, and grandfather of four, is a pastor of St. Lucas Community Church in Lake Elmo, MN. He enjoys fishing, hiking, basketball, and reading and watching true inspiring stories. One of his favorite verses is Revelation 5:9 – And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by our blood you ransomed people from God from every tribe and language and people and nation…” Dan and his family live in Minnesota.
Lindsey Williams
Vice President of Illyricum Movement
Lindsey is the Pastor of Midtown Community Church in Raleigh, NC. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1997. After working for IBM, he received his Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary. After serving as the associate pastor at Uptown Church in Charlotte for 5 years, he moved to Raleigh to plant Midtown Church. Lindsey and his wife Kara have been married 14 years, and have 3 children.
Robert (Bob) Cordell
Treasurer
Is serving as the treasurer for Illyricum Movement since mid-2016. He taught high school math and science, worked in a medical office doing accounting work, and was a Child Protective Services social worker for the state of Washington for 28 years. He’s been married for 45 years and have three adult children and one grandchild. He lives in Seattle.
Thomas G. Adair
Board Member
Thomas is a dedicated follower of Christ and very active member in his local church. He works as a Physician Assistant in Fresno. He is married to Diane and have two adult children. He has been involved in Illyricum Movement ministry since 2012. Thomas and his family live in California.
Trina Hottes
Board Member
Trina Hottes was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She became a Christian as a young child, and when she was in seventh grade, she read some articles about communism and atheism in Albania. The Lord moved her heart to begin praying for Albania. She jumped at the opportunity to go to Albania in 1999 and was on a ministry team with Edi Demo, who later began Illyricum Movement. Trina was working at Boeing as an engineer at the time and got married to Chris Hottes in 2004. Chris and Trina now have four children, and Trina works in asset management, homeschools the children and enjoys gardening and reading in her spare time.
JD Hamby
Board Member
JD Hamby graduated from North Carolina State University in 2015 from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. He is working for Restoration Systems, LLC as a project manager overseeing stream and wetland restoration sites across the state. JD is married to Shanley and have two children. JD and his wife are actively involved in the young adult ministry in their local church. They live in North Carolina.
Eduart and Valbona Demo
Albanian Ministry
Both were born and raised in atheistic Albania, came to know the Lord at a young age after the fall of communism in 1991. They met each other when they were in college as they were involved with a Christian ministry. Edi became full-time missionary in 2001 and Valbona in 2002. They married in 2004 and have two children, Noel and Sion, who love and follow the Lord. Noel is a student at the Masters’s University and Sion at Liberty University. Edi has a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in international relationship, currently is a student in RTS. Valbona has graduated for horticulture. Being the first generation of Christian believers in Albania, they saw the need for local churches in Albania and in other countries, thus in 2012 they founded Illyricum Movement Ministry.
Tom Hagensen
Board Member
He came to know the Lord in his mid 20’s. He is married to Ann they have 4 children and 14 grandchildren. Both have been involved in ministry and mission work for many years in different parts of the world. He worked in the plumbing and heating business as a manufacturers’ representative. He retired at the end of 2023.