Marilee Pierce Dunker is a publisher author, accomplished speaker and serves as the Ambassador Emeritus for World Vision.  As the second daughter of Dr. Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision, Marilee grew up with a heart for God and a deep sense that He had called her to use her gifts and talents for His service.  And her heart for God has only grown bigger and deeper over her lifetime.

When her father passed away in 1978, she felt called to write the book, Man of Vision, the compelling and candid story of the challenges her family faced as God used them to give birth to two ministries that are still changing the world today.  God called her to come on staff with World Vision in 2001, as a writer, speaker and ambassador for the organization.  During the next 19 years, Marilee traveled to over 40 countries and spoke thousands of times to share about the incredible work World Vision is doing to bring community development, clean water, education, healthcare, and the hope of the Gospel to millions of people around the world every year.

During her travels with World Vision, Marilee met people who had known and worked with her father.  They told her remarkable stories that she had never heard, and she began to write another book that would focus on her father’s journey from a 12-year-old street preacher to, to quote the Rev. Billy Graham, the greatest missionary statesman of his generation.  Her new book is entitled The Audacity of Faith and aptly subtitled, Stories My Father Never Told Me. Marilee prays that it will inspire a new generation of world-changers.