Dr. Jeff Russell is a licensed and certified athletic trainer with more than thirty-four years of experience in sports medicine, orthopaedics, and performing arts medicine. He serves as Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe) at Ohio University. In 1997, he and his wife Ruth co-founded The Kardía Foundation, an international ministry he leads as President that is focused on transforming healthcare by equipping, empowering, and engaging healthcare workers as servant leaders around the globe.