Staff and Partners
The Equipping Company is a group of professionals with backgrounds in higher education, organizational development and leadership, Christian pastoral ministry and missions, counseling and career development, marriage and family counseling, and conflict mediation. We look forward to meeting you and providing you with the tools and support you need to reach your destination.
Judi Iverson-Gilbert, PhD
Founding Partner
The Equipping Company
Contact Judi
- Leadership Coaching
- Transition Support
- Teleconference and On-Site Education
- Coaching Skills Training
- Vision Coaching
- Work/Life Balance Coaching
Judi is a creative and collaborative adult learning specialist with more than 20 years of experience in college, graduate-level, workplace, church, and community education. She has designed curriculum in health education, interpersonal and helping skills training, and family life education, and facilitates dynamic learning experiences both on-site and at a distance via telephone conference and the world-wide web. Judi is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, Schools of Psychology (PhD) and Theology (MAT) and Biola University (BA, Christian Education; MA, Marriage and Family Counseling). She has completed professional coach training through CoachU, Inc.
Roger Gilstrap, PhD
Senior Associate
Contact Roger
- Process Consulting
- Workshop Design and Facilitation
- Leadership and Executive Coaching
- Organizational Devlopment
- Conflict Skills Training
Dr. Roger Gilstrap is affiliated with Wycliffe Bible Translators where he currently serves as the Director of Administrative and Executive Recruitment. He has served in a variety of roles with Wycliffe, including International Vice President for Human Resources, CEO Wycliffe Canada, International Personnel Consultant, and Leadership Development Coordinator for both Wycliffe and its sister organization, SIL. He also volunteers as a consultant for the Center for Organizational Reform, a non-profit organization based in Washington state.
Roger’s educational background includes BS in Business Administration (Biola University), MA in History (California State University, Fresno), and PhD in Educational Leadership (Gonzaga University).
Dr. Gilstrap and Dr. Judi Iverson-Gilbert, ECo founding partner, have collaborated on a number of projects and have known each other since their undergraduate days at Biola University.
Curriculum vitae and references are available upon request.

