Jon Acuff

Bestselling Author

Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of six books and was named an INC top 100 leadership speaker. His work is taught by the NFL Player's Association and each year he talks to some of the biggest brands in the world including Microsoft, Nissan, Comedy Central, and FedEx.
Acuff.me

Daniel Amen, M.D.

Founder, Amen Clinics

Psychiatrist, brain disorder specialist, founder of the Amen Clinics, bestselling author, Change Your Brain, Change Your Mind.
Amenclinics.com

Steve Arterburn, M.Ed.

Founder, New Life Ministries

Founder and chairman, New Life Ministries and New Life syndicated radio program, founder of Women of Faith, bestselling author, including Every Man’s Battle.
Newlife.com

George Barna

Barna Research Group

Founder of the Barna Research Group, leadership expert and bestselling author of many books, including Master Leaders.
barna.org

Karen Bergstrom, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Safe Families for Children

Karen Bergstrom optimizes her over thirty years of experience as an executive in nonprofit agencies and enjoys her role as a leadership coach and directing Safe Families for Children.
safe-families.org

Ken Blanchard

Bestselling Author

Management expert, founder and spiritual director of the Blanchard Companies, Founder of Lead Like Jesus, speaker, bestselling author, including One Minute Manager.
kenblanchard.com

Greg Brenneman

Chairman, CCMP Capital

Past President of Continental Airlines, past CEO of Burger King; past CEO of Quiznos; past CEO of Price Waterhouse Cooper Consulting.
ccmpcapital.com

Dave Browne

Board Member, Athletes in Action

Former CEO LensCrafters and Family Christian Bookstores.
athletesinaction.org

Jim Burns

President of HomeWord

Jim Burns speaks to thousands of people around the world; he has over 1.5 million resources in print in over 25 languages including Faith Conversations for Families.
homeword.com

Anita Carman

Founder & President of Inspire Women

Speaker, author, teacher, and leader of an organization that invests in equipping women to serve God’s purpose in missions and ministry. Inspire Women reaches thousands of women each year through its citywide events, programs and Leadership Academy curriculum.

Gary Chapman, Ph.D

Bestselling Author

Psychologist, marriage and family expert, founder of the Gary Chapman Chair at Moody Bible Institute, author of many books, including the New York Times bestseller The Five Love Languages.
5lovelanguages.com

Henry Cloud, Ph.D.

Bestselling Author

Leadership expert, business consultant, psychologist and bestselling author, including Boundaries for Leaders.
drcloud.com

Jim Daly

President and CEO, Focus on the Family

Popular author, including the title Finding Home.
focusonthefamily.com

Austin Davenport and Christi Davenport

Stage actors

A Dallas-based couple that spends their after-work hours as speakers, stage actors, and advocates for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Qideas.org

Dennis Del Valle, M.A.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Executive Coach, Therapist, Townsend Leadership Program Director.

Roy Englebrecht

Sports Entrepreneur

In a long-term career, Roy has owned minor league baseball, hockey, and football teams. He has sold his fight promotions company 4 times.
Socafights.com

Anthony Flynn

CEO, WorkFaith Connection

Anthony is a highly sought-after adviser to CEOs, Key Executives, and their companies. He has been a leader with numerous Fortune 100 giants (e.g., Kraft Foods, RJ Reynolds, and 3M) and a pioneering executive in several multi-million dollar non-profit ventures. Anthony has been a featured speaker at Harvard University, Emory University, TEDX, and many podcasts and keynote addresses. Anthony has authored three books: The Execution Pipeline, The Happiness Map, and The 120 Planner.

He formerly served as CEO of The 100 Black Men of Atlanta, in addition to scaling his consulting practice. He currently serves as CEO of WorkFaith Connection, headquartered in Houston, TX.

Anthony serves on many nationally renowned boards. His clients include many high-net-worth individuals, companies, professional athletes, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and churches. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Sales from The University of Memphis, and he also holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Memphis Theological Seminary, where he graduated with honors.
www.amazingCEO.com

Ines Franklin

Founder, Trochia Ministries

President and Founder of Trochia Ministries providing Christian discipleship online, a Teaching Pastor at Mariners Church, host of Uncharted Podcast, and CFO of J.D. Franklin Holdings.
inesfranklin.com

Eric Geiger

Senior Pastor, Mariners Church

He has served as senior vice-president for LifeWay Christian and authored the bestselling church leadership book, Simple Church.
marinerschurch.org

Bob Goff

Author and Founder, Love Does

Bob Goff is the author of the New York Times bestselling books Love Does, Everybody Always, Dream Big, and Undistracted. He is the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Uganda, an attorney, and the founder of Love Does—a nonprofit human rights organization operating in 14 countries. He's a lover of balloons, cake pops, and helping people pursue their big dreams. Bob continues to be inspired by friendships he’s developed with others around the world who live their lives pursuing strategic ways to help others. You can typically find Bob writing and taking calls from his boat, welcoming people to The Oaks—his Southern California retreat center, or speaking at an event. Bob's greatest ambitions in life are to love others, do stuff, and, most importantly, hold hands with his wife, Sweet Maria Goff, and spend time with their amazing kids and grandkids.

BobGoff.com, LoveDoes.org

John Gottman, Ph.D. and Julie Gottman, Ph.D.

Co-Founders, The Gottman Institute

Relationship researchers, clinicians and bestselling authors, including The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.
gottman.com

Mart Green

Ministry Investment Officer, Hobby Lobby

Founder and past CEO of Mardel Christian and Education bookstores, and co-host of illumiNations, a collective impact alliance working to eradicate Bible poverty.
illuminations.bible

Steve Green

President, Hobby Lobby

Chairman of the Board for the Museum of the Bible. Steve started working at Hobby Lobby when he graduated from high school when there were only 8 stores. Today Hobby Lobby has over 900 stores in 47 states.
hobbylobby.com

George Gregory and Tondra Gregory

NFL Chaplains, Los Angeles Chargers

George and Tondra Gregory have worked with many current and retired couples throughout the National Football League and started a marriage ministry called Journey for Life.
journeyforlifenow.org

Howard Halderman

CEO, Halderman Companies

Halderman Companies is one of the largest family-owned professional farm management and real estate organizations in the United States.
halderman.com

Richard Halderman

CEO, Teays River Investments

Teays River Investments is a food and agribusiness company with over 1,200 employees.
teaysinvestments.com

Ray Hilbert

CEO, Truth at Work

Ray is also the Co-Founder of Truth at Work, an association which helps Christian business leaders build strong organizations, popular author, including The Janitor.
truthatwork.org

Lowell Hoffman, Ph.D.

Co-Director, BIPACT

Psychologist, psychoanalyst, co-director of The Brookhaven Institute for Psychoanalysis and Christian Thought (BIPACT).
bipact.org

Marie Hoffman, Ph.D.

Founding Director, BIPACT

Psychologist, psychoanalyst, founding director of The Brookhaven Institute for Psychoanalysis and Christian Thought (BIPACT), author Toward Mutual Recognition, When the Roll Is Called.
bipact.org

Steve Hotchkiss, DVM

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Thrive Pet Healthcare

Townsend Leadership Program Director
theparcvet.com

Mark Householder

President, Athletes in Action

Leading over 1,000 staff members in 65 countries who serve athletes and coaches.
athletesinaction.org

Nancy Houston

Therapist

Townsend Leadership Program Director

Michael Hyatt

Founder and Chairman of Full Focus

He has scaled multiple companies over the years, including a $250M publishing company with 700+ employees and his own leadership development company that has grown over 60% year over year for the past 4 years. Under his leadership, Full Focus has been featured in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America and in 2020 and 2021 the company was named to Inc.’s Best Work Places list.

He is also the author of several New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling books, including Living Forward, Your Best Year Ever, Free to Focus, The Vision Driven Leader, and Win at Work and Succeed at Life. He has been married for over 40 years to his wife Gail, has five daughters, and ten grandchildren.

Timothy R. Jennings, M.D., DFAPA

Founder and President, Come and Reason Ministries

Psychiatrist, speaker, author of The God-Shaped Brain.
comeandreason.com

William Kirwan, Ph.D., D.Min.

Master Clinician

Teacher and author of Biblical Concepts for Christian Counseling, Board Member for the Narramore Christian Foundation.
Ncfliving.org

Josh Kwan

President, The Gathering

The Gathering is a learning community of philanthropists motivated by their Christian faith. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and Partner at Praxis, a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship.
thegathering.com

Terry Ledbetter

Executive Coach

Retired Founder and CEO of State National Companies, Inc., a leading provider of niche property and casualty insurance services.

Kevin Leman, Ph.D.

Bestselling Author

Psychologist, best-selling author, including The Birth Order Book.

Patrick Lencioni

President, The Table Group

Pat is one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 13 books, which have sold over 8 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. As President of the Table Group, Pat spends his time speaking and writing about leadership, teamwork, and organizational health and consulting with executives and their teams. Before founding the firm in 1997, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase. Pat lives in the Bay Area with his wife and four boys.
www.tablegroup.com

Dave Lindsey

Founder and CEO, Defender Direct

Defender Direct is a $500m security and home automation company and founder of Companies With a Mission.
homedefenders.com

Michael Lyles, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Award winning psychiatrist, columnist, teacher and mental health advocate.
LylesandCrawford.com

John Mabee

CEO, Mabee Ranch

Chairman of The Mabee Foundation, M.S and an M.A. Psychology, M.S. , Counselor for 32 years.
mabeefoundation.com

Paul Meier, M.D.

Founder, Meier Clinics

Psychiatrist and bestselling author, including Blue Genes.

Donald Miller

CEO, Story Brand, Coach Builder

Author of several books including the bestsellers Building a StoryBrand 2.0, Marketing Made Simple, Coach Builder, and How to Grow Your Small Business. Donald lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Elizabeth and their daughter, Emmeline.
storybrand.com, coachbuilder.com

Johnnie Moore

CEO, Kairos Company

Kairos Company provides branding, strategy and public relations counsel to leaders and organizations.

Elisa Morgan

President Emerita, MOPS International

Co-Host Discover the Word, Speaker, Author.
elisamorgan.com

David Morris, Ph.D.

Vice President and Publisher, Zondervan

Zondervan is a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
zondervan.com

Elaine Morris

Executive Coach

Townsend Leadership Program Director
elainemorris.com

Gary J. Oliver, Ph.D.

Executive Director, The Center for Healthy Relationships

Psychologist, bestselling author, including Mad About Us: Moving from Anger to Intimacy with Your Spouse.
liferelationships.com

John Ortberg

Author

Leadership expert, former pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and teaching pastor at Willow Creek Church. Author of several books, including If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat.

Nancy Ortberg

Founding Partner, TeamWorx2

Business consultant, speaker, popular author, including Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands.
tbc.city

Les Parrott, Ph.D. and Leslie Parrott, Ph.D.

Bestselling authors

Psychologists, bestselling authors, including Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.
lesandleslie.com

Steve Perry

Co-Founder and Chairman, Sacred Harvest Foundation

Sacred Harvest Foundation is a ministry targeting Kingdom development worldwide.
sacredharvest.org

Todd Peterson

Retired NFL Placekicker

Todd Peterson played for 13 years in the NFL. He has been chairman of different non-profits, interim CEO and a member of four private company boards.

Anita Phillips, LCSW, Ph.D.

Trauma Therapist, Life Coach, Minister

Dr. Anita Phillips is a trauma therapist, life coach, and minister. Widely recognized as a thought leader at the intersection of mental health, faith, and culture, Dr. Anita holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the Regent University School of Psychology & Counseling and completed an NIH-funded post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her expertise and research interests center on culturally competent theory development and the application of that work to understanding how diversity impacts the way that faith communities conceptualize mental health. As a professor at the Townsend Institute Masters of Arts in Counseling, a clinical supervisor, and a mentor, she challenges students to think critically –even skeptically-- about everything they learn in hopes that one of their fresh ideas might one day change the face of professional counseling.

From The Potter’s House to Lakewood Church and from Woman Evolve to the IF Conference, Dr. Anita’s dynamic voice has been heard on some of the largest Christian platforms in the country. As a media personality, she has been trusted by the likes of Tamron Hall, The Talk, Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Red Table Talk, and the Today Show. Dr. Anita’s faith + mental health advocacy campaigns have reached hundreds of thousands, and her podcast, In the Light with Dr. Anita, has more than two million downloads. She is also the author of the paradigm-shifting book The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins.

Pete Scazzero

Founder, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

Pastor. Bestselling author, The Emotionally Healthy Leader, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, The Emotionally Healthy Church.
emotionallyhealthy.org

Freddie Scott

Founder, Unlock the Champion

Former NFL Player, Current NFL Ambassador. Certified Transition Coach for the NFL Player Engagement Program and family expert for the NFL Players Association, conducting workshops across the country helping players transition from playing football professionally to becoming better leaders, husbands and fathers. Author of The Dad I Wish I Had, which has received national attention on CNN, HLN, Fox News, TBN, and Family Life.

Fred Smith

Founder and CEO, The Gathering

The Gathering is a learning community of philanthropists motivated by their Christian faith.
thegathering.com

Joshua Straub, Ph.D. and Christi Straub

Co-Founders, Famous at Home

Authors, speakers, marriage & family strategists at LifeWay. Famous at Home help leaders build emotional intelligence and 22:6 Parenting.
famousathome.com

Curt Thompson, M.D.

Founder, Being Known, LLC

Psychiatrist. Author of Anatomy of the Soul.
curtthompsonmd.com

Theresa Clement Tisdale, PhD, PsyD

Professor, Psychoanalyst, Psychologist

Professor of Clinical Psychology at Azusa Pacific University. Private practice clinical psychoanalyst and psychologist. Co-author of Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue.

Zeke Turner

CEO, Mainstreet Investments

Popular leadership speaker.
mainstreetinvestments.com

Wayne Williams

Strategic Advisor, Amphenol Telect

Telec is a company specializing in connectivity, and a futurist thought leader.
amphenol-ns.com

Tessa Wolf, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst (BIPACT)

Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in Roswell, GA. Clinical consultant, speaker and facilitator of women’s retreats.
drtessawolf.com

John Wright

Executive Coach

Consultant, author, founder of third largest Direct Marketing Agency, as a Private Equity partner, he has helped grow and sell five companies.
johnwrightunlimited.com

Paul Young

Bestselling Author

Writer, Author of the New York Times bestseller, The Shack.
wmpaulyoung.com