Brad Willits has served as Pioneer Bible Translators’ Field Ministry Officer since 2015, overseeing the work of all field personnel and opening new field locations. He regularly holds on-site workshops for national and expat translators and also serves as a Bible translation consultant. In 1988 Brad closed 16 years of ministry as a church planter in Italy and moved to West Africa, where he served as a Bible translator, literacy evangelist, and director of the West Africa team. He led a team that translated the full Bible into the Susu language. He has also taught linguistics at the university level. Brad holds a Ph.D. in Bible translation from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. He and his wife Estel have four adult children.