President, Nehemiah Institute After serving honorably with the United States Air Force and a successful career in upper-level management, including 20 years with AT&T, Dan Smithwick founded the Nehemiah Institute in 1986, a nonprofit ministry providing Biblical worldview training and worldview assessment programs for use by Christian educators, students, families, churches, and media outlets. Upon founding the institute, Dan authored the PEERS Test, a worldview assessment program designed to reveal an individual’s worldview on Politics, Economics, Education, Religion, and Social Issues (PEERS). The PEERS Test and Nehemiah’s worldview training materials have received critical acclaim and support from high-profile organizations such as Focus on the Family, the Christian Film & Television Commission, Answers in Genesis, the Foundation for American Christian Education, The Colson Center, and Christian Broadcasting Network. Dan received the 2020 Verna Marie Hall Research Award.