Board & Team

Advisors

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  Adam Dixon

  Advisory Council Member

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  Adam calls Sioux Falls, South Dakota home, where he manages software engineering teams at CNH. A JourneyPartners advisor and former board member, Adam's connection to the organization runs deep — he first traveled to Zimbabwe in 1995 as an elementary schooler, accompanying his mother Bonnie Dixon, who founded JourneyPartners. He has since returned seven times, including leading several trips himself.

  What keeps drawing him back is something he describes as a 'community-first' way of living: the people he has met in Zimbabwe lead with warmth, hold onto hope, and look after one another in ways that leave a mark on every traveler who shows up. Adam brings that same spirit of attentiveness to his advisory work, striving to shape programs that honor the communities JourneyPartners serves.

  Outside of work and volunteering, he is an adventurer, seeking opportunities to rock climb, cycle, and compete in various types of athletic events.

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  John Dixon

  Advisory Council Member

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  John calls home Franklinton, NC, after spending most of his life in Richmond, Virginia, and recently wrapping up a 49-year career in the emergency power industry. He brings that same steady, practical energy to his role on the JourneyPartners board, where he has been involved since the organization's earliest days — his wife founded JourneyPartners, and the work has been woven into his family life ever since.

  Over the years he has traveled with the organization four times himself, while watching his older son make two trips and his younger son nine. That depth of experience — seeing the programs from the inside, across generations of his own family — shapes how he thinks about what JourneyPartners does and why it matters. For John, it comes down to a straightforward conviction: these trips reach people who work hard and still struggle, and that connection is worth showing up for.