Jeff serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Volunteers of America Northern Rockies (VOANR). He joined the organization in August 2001. Under his leadership, VOANR has grown from a revenue base of one million dollars to one that today exceeds $40 Million in services. He leads a professional staff of more than 475 individuals in Wyoming, Montana and Western South Dakota. Under Jeff’s leadership the organization continues to remain focused on the impact of its mission. His professional passion is building organizations through empowered leadership that embraces a social entrepreneurial spirit through the passionate delivery of human services. Personal interests are spending time with family and enjoying outdoor activities such as bird hunting and fishing.

Ravi Nair is the Founder and CEO of Rich Minds. He worked with The United States Government for 14 years, before moving to the private sector, where he served in leadership positions for 16 years. These 3 decades gave him ample opportunities to travel across the globe, and work with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and different walks of life. Here are a few highlights from Ravi's professional journey:

• Alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
• Lucknow Founder of Rich Minds, dedicated to empowering individuals to unlock their full potential
• Co-founder & Director of Teamedge Corporation, India's premier staffing & security company
• Certified NLP Practitioner trained under Richard Bandler's program
• Guinness Record Holder for successfully completing an Ultra-Marathon
• Author of the Amazon Best Seller

Bryce Hansen is the Founder & CEO of Arts For All, a California-based nonprofit providing one-on-one music education to underserved youth, particularly children with disabilities and financial need. A working musician and community organizer, Bryce launched the organization in 2022 with the belief that music can change lives when it’s made accessible to all. His programs include weekly live showcases, scholarship-funded private lessons, instrument donation initiatives, and collaborative events like Taco Tuesday Live in Dana Point, CA.

Dr. Kent Ingle serves as the 15th president of Southeastern University (SEU) in Lakeland, Florida- one of the fastest-growing private institutions in the nation. Since assuming leadership in 2011, SEU’s enrollment has grown from approximately 2,500 students to more than 10,500, with a network of over 200 extension and regional campuses across the country. A champion of innovative educational design, Dr. Ingle has pioneered accessible and affordable education models that are transforming higher education.

Before becoming president of SEU, Dr. Ingle held leadership positions in higher education, pastoral ministry, and the nonprofit sector. He is widely recognized as an expert in organizational turnarounds, having successfully led teams through transformational change in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.

Prior to entering professional ministry, Dr. Ingle spent a decade as a television sports anchor for NBC and CBS affiliates, beginning his career at the age of 18 in Bakersfield, California, and concluding in Los Angeles. During his career, he covered major professional sports teams and interviewed iconic athletes including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, Muhammad Ali, and Carl Lewis.

Dr. Ingle is the author of several leadership books, including Framework Leadership, 9 Disciplines of Enduring Leadership, and The Modern Guide to College. He is also the creator and host of the Framework Leadership podcast. In addition, he is a frequent columnist for Fox News, Influence Magazine, Forbes Business Council and Newsmax. Dr. Ingle also has appeared on national outlets such as Fox & Friends, CBSN, CNN, HLN, and The Ingraham Angle.

Beyond higher education, Dr. Ingle serves on the Global Leadership Council for Pray, a social network for faith-based organizations and nonprofits, and on the board of the Florida Chamber Foundation. An ordained Assemblies of God minister since 1988, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and a Master of Theological Studies from Vanguard University of Southern California, as well as a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.

Dr. Williams was appointed to the post of Head of School of Trinity Christian Academy in Dallas, Texas July 2022. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Dr. Williams studied Christianity and Communications at Baylor University and Houston Baptist University. He later received his Master of Arts in Counseling from Denver Seminary and his Doctor of Education: Administration and Supervision from the University of Houston.

He has held the post of Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice. He was school counselor, as well as Middle and Upper School Head, and Head of School at Second Baptist School in Houston, Texas for 17 years. He also served as President of the Houston Association of Independent Schools (Heads of School). He was the Head of School for King’s Ridge Christian School in Alpharetta, Georgia and served as the secretary for the Atlanta Christian School Association.

Dr. Williams currently serves on the Board of Trustees for As Our Own which is a Christ-based, community-driven movement in India that rescues vulnerable children from certain enslavement and exploitation, caring for them as our own. He is a member of the Christian Education Charitable Trust Core Team focused on empowering and enriching the Christian school endeavor. He also serves on the Baylor Center for School Leadership Advisory Board. He was honored to be certified as the third Head of School with Distinction by the Council on Educational Standards and Accountability.

His interests include spending time with family, studying God’s word, reading, golf, fly fishing and backpacking. Dr. Williams lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, Allison and they are active members of Park Cities Baptist Church. They have three adult daughters.

Peter Larson is the Founder and Senior Salesforce Consultant at One North Coast, LLC, where he helps organizations design and optimize Salesforce systems to streamline operations and scale growth. He also serves as Chief Operations Officer at Culture Apparel, a fast-growing screen-printing and merch company, where he drives efficiency, fulfillment, and long-term growth strategy.

Russell James, J.D., Ph.D., CFP® is a professor in the School of Financial Planning at Texas Tech University where he directs the on-campus and online graduate program in Charitable Financial Planning (planned giving). He graduated, cum laude, from the University of Missouri School of Law where he was a member of the Missouri Law Review and received the United Missouri Bank Award for Most Outstanding Work in Gift and Estate Taxation and Planning. He also holds a Ph.D. in consumer economics from the University of Missouri, where his dissertation was on charitable giving.

Prior to his career as an academic researcher, Dr. James worked as the Director of Planned Giving for Central Christian College in Moberly, Missouri for 6 years and later served as president of the college for more than 5 years, where he had direct and supervisory responsibility for all fundraising. During his presidency the college successfully completed two major capital campaigns, built several new debt-free buildings, and more than tripled enrollment.

Dr. James has published research in over 75 peer-reviewed scientific journal and law review articles and has been quoted on charitable and financial issues in a variety of news sources including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC News, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, the Associated Press, The Economist, Bloomberg News and the Chronicle of Philanthropy and his financial neuroimaging research was profiled in The Wall Street Journal’s Smart Money Magazine. He is a member of the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners.

Richard D. Jones is the Founder and Executive Director of the Respond2Grace Foundation, a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Clinton, Maryland. The Foundation was born out of Mr. Jones’s deeply personal and transformative experience with housing insecurity more than two decades ago. For 529 consecutive days, Mr. Jones lived without stable housing. Yet, in the midst of adversity, he pursued his faith and future by enrolling in Cottonwood School of Ministry, where he earned his degree in Biblical Studies.

Since then, Mr. Jones has dedicated his life to serving God and serving the housing insecure community. Under his leadership, Respond2Grace operates through a unique model of prevention, transformation, and restoration, engaging data-driven solutions and community-based coalitions—called the Alliance of Grace—to holistically address the root causes of homelessness.

A proud graduate of Florida State University and a committed member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Mr. Jones brings a wealth of experience from the corporate and healthcare sectors. His impressive professional résumé includes leadership roles such as Vice President, Director of Business Development, and senior advisory positions within healthcare organizations, where he strategically advanced community health outcomes and organizational growth.

In addition to his nonprofit and corporate accomplishments, Mr. Jones serves as the Associate Pastor of New Hope Fellowship Church, where he helps lead a vibrant ministry that reaches the housing insecure population with food, water, clothing, shelter—and most importantly, the Word of God. He believes ministry is not confined to the pulpit, but must be lived out in the streets where pain and promise intersect.

Mr. Jones is happily married to Dr. Sherita McLamore Jones, a distinguished professional in her own right, and they are the proud parents of their son, Isaiah Richard Jones. Despite his many titles and accomplishments, Mr. Jones humbly declares that his greatest achievements are being a husband, a father, and a child of God.

With a heart forged through hardship and a purpose anchored in faith, Richard D. Jones is a voice of hope, a vessel of service, and a living testimony that grace is not only sufficient—it transforms.