S. Douglas Birdsall (Th.M., Harvard University; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is president and CEO of American Bible Society. He is also the founding director of the J. Christy Wilson Jr. Center for World Missions at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and executive chairman of the Lausanne Movement. Before serving with Lausanne, Doug and his wife, Jeanie, served as missionaries in Japan with Asian Access.