Phil was appointed as President and CEO of Avant Ministries in 2023. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Columbia International University Seminary and School of Missions. He and his wife, Lori, have a long history with the organization. In 2022, they celebrated the milestone of 30 years of service, having joined CAM International (which later became Camino Global) in 1992. They served as church planters in Mexico City before being called to Camino's home office in Dallas in 2002. During his time there, Phil served as Director of Mobilization, Director of Organizational Development and Communication, and Executive Vice President/COO. At the time of Camino's merger with Avant in 2019, he was the Integration Director, facilitating the logistics of uniting both organizations. He then served approximately 4 years as Avant’s US Director and Vice President of Public Ministries. Phil also serves as the Board Chair for Missio Nexus, an assocation of mission sending agencies and churches, of which Camino Global was a founding/charter member in 1917. The O'Days live near Avant's headquarters in Kansas City, MO and have three young adult children.

Mike became the Canadian executive director for Avant in 2015. In this role, he oversees all the activities at Avant’s Canadian Service Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mike has a bachelor’s in Intercultural Studies from Briercrest College where he met his wife Carolyn. Both Mike and Carolyn grew up on the mission field. Mike’s family served in Austria with GEM and Carolyn’s family served in Bolivia with Avant. In 1993, Mike and Carolyn were appointed by Avant to serve in Bolivia with the Guarani and 15 years later moved to Uruguay as leaders of a Short-Cycle Church Planting team. In total, their family served in South America for 20 years. Mike and Carolyn’s five children are active in ministry with their oldest son Devan becoming a fourth generation missionary to serve in Bolivia with Avant.