Eternal Leadership

Duane Donner serves on several faith-based ministry boards including Bridge2Rwanda and Highlands College. Duane has been an active member of Church of the Highlands since 2001. He has a passion for connecting and investing in high-capacity leaders for Kingdom purpose, which is what led him to start the Heritage Forum in 2017. Duane has started, operated, bought, and sold businesses and advised clients across a range of industries over his 25-year business career. He is the Founder and CEO of Founders Advisors, a middle market M&A advisory firm he started in 2003. Duane is a native of Lafayette, Louisiana and holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Alabama. Find more here: http://heritageforums.com/speaker/duane-donner/

Bob Lotich is a high-performance financial coach, Certified Educator in Personal Finance (CEPF®) and has been named a top-20 influencer in personal finance. His writing and advice has been featured in Men’s Health Magazine, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Inc., Beliefnet, Time, and many others. For the last 15 years he’s shared his best lessons with over 52 million readers and listeners on his award-winning blog, SeedTime.com and SeedTime Money Podcast.  Find his website here: https://seedtime.com/

Michael Phillips was pushed to the margins of the school system.  As a kid, a teacher essentially told him he’d never amount to anything. That was followed by a series of losses—his father’s death, getting in a life-altering car accident, and losing his college scholarship—which led him to abandon his hopes of a better life and turn to dealing drugs. But when he was arrested, a judge gave him a second chance at college rather than 30 years in prison if convicted, and that changed his whole life trajectory. Enough so that his son even attended and graduated from Harvard!  Michael would love to share what we can do individually to create change and give every child an opportunity to dream and succeed. Find his website here and his Ted talk here!

Steve White's path from the housing projects to president of Comcast West was punctuated by defining, and often heart-wrenching, moments. These moments helped him identify what matters most and how he positively made a difference in his life and in those around him. Steve's hard-won insights will help you find your fight, pursuing what matters most and discovering where you can make the biggest difference. Find more about Steve on his website! https://www.stevewhitespeaks.com/

Darryl Lyons is one of PAX Financial’s three founders and current CEO. Before PAX, Darryl was on track for a future on Wall Street, but his love for Texas and dreams of a more rewarding career led him to create PAX Financial instead. In his time outside of PAX, Darryl has lobbied in DC for small business reform, chaired a board that redeveloped part of San Antonio, published books and articles, and co-founded a non-profit in Moldova Join us for a conversation about how to manage high level growth, and how to invest with a kingdom forward mindset. Find more about Darryl here: https://paxfinancialgroup.com/team_member/darryl-w-lyons/

John Busacker is a writer, speaker, coach and the Founder of Life-Worth, a personal leadership development firm. He has delivered keynotes, facilitated workshops, coached leaders, and orchestrated conferences on six continents with clients ranging from Medtronic, Duke Corporate Education, Thrivent Financial, PwC, CommonSpirit Health, National Football League, NGL, Ameriprise Financial and Kingdom Advisors. John is the author of four books including his latest, Gasping for Breath: Inviting God's Spirit Into Your Overwhelmed Life.  Find out more on his website! https://www.johnbusacker.com/

Teresa McCloy is the creator of the REALIFE Process®, Keynote Speaker, Podcaster and a Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, as well as Accredited Enneagram Professional. Through speaking, training, coaching, and consulting she serves her clients to move from living with their hair on fire to discovering clarity about the life they want to live each day and the business they want to lead. Find out more about Teresa here: https://www.therealifeprocess.com/

For more than a decade, readers of the bestselling Go-Giver series have been clamoring for a book on how to apply the philosophy at the heart of The Go-Giver to their personal relationships. From the original story’s coauthor and his wife, a clinically trained therapist, this long-awaited sequel shows readers how to unlock a deeply satisfying, abundant relationship based on simple, everyday acts of generosity. Find more here! www.gogivermarriage.com

Sterling Harris is a former NFL Player and federal prisoner, who's life was radically changed by starting and developing an intimate Love Relationship with Jesus. Sterling is a person who tried all life had to offer and found no true peace and fulfillment, until God moved him from being a lukewarm and religious Christian, with no intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit, to hearing God's voice and being on Fire for Jesus! In Sterling’s new book How to Hear God, 10 Ways God Speaks, you will experience your spiritual senses being increased in all kinds of amazing ways so that you can hear God’s voice with greater clarity and encounter God’s activity in your everyday life. This powerful book has been an Amazon Best Seller. It is a simple and practical step by step guidebook which will help anyone, no matter where they are spiritually, to have a closer relational connection with Jesus.  Find more on Sterling on his website! https://sterlingharris.org/

Dr. Weiss is a nationally known author, speaker, and licensed psychologist, and has been featured on many prominent television shows such as Dr. Phil, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Doctors, Good Morning America, and more. He has several decades of experience working with prodigals and parents of prodigals. He is the President of the American Association for Sexual Addiction Therapy (AASAT) and the Executive Director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs. Find more on his website: https://www.drdougweiss.com/

Darren Shearer is the founder and director of the Theology of Business Institute, which helps marketplace Christians to explore and apply God’s will for business. He has authored three books, including Marketing Like Jesus: 25 Strategies to Change the World and The Marketplace Christian: A Practical Guide to Using Your Spiritual Gifts in Business.  Darren is also the founder and CEO of High Bridge Media, a multimedia agency specializing in publishing and promoting the world-changing ideas of inspiring thought leaders. Its imprint, High Bridge Books, has published 135+ books since 2013.  Find out more on these websites! https://s.surveyanyplace.com/christcenteredco https://www.theologyofbusiness.com/

On April 29, 2020, Steve's wife, Elizabeth, was hospitalized with double pneumonia and a blood infection ... despite them both being tested negative for COVID (her 2nd negative test), Steve wasn't allowed to be by her side. On her 21st day at Univ. of CO Hospital-Anschutz, she was set to come home, but a blood clot hit her lungs and killed her. Steve didn't get to see her until she was gone. The NEVER Alone Project exists to mobilize a community to raise awareness about the dangers of isolation in the healthcare system and heal together so that we can work to pass the necessary regulatory/legislative change to protect people from forced isolation. Find more on their website: https://www.neveralonepandemic.org/

Michael Hudson is a strategic advisor, consultant, & speaker who helps leaders and influencers be heard and understood when the stakes are high. During his tenure in academia he spearheaded two nationally recognized business programs, one at Cornell University and the other at the University of Illinois, before leaving the academic world to turn to his entrepreneurial passions. Since then he has helped over 3,000 businesses, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, and government agencies create their strategic visions and communicate them into existence. Find out more at Aspire Leadership!

Jeff is a Transformational Coach and the Founder of Coaching Transformation Academy, a program that trains coaches who change lives. He has been practicing transformational coaching professionally since 2001 and certifying coaches since 2017.  In addition, Jeff is the President of Convergence Point Coaching since 2009 and co-founder of Soul Care with Mindy Caliguire. He is the author of 8 published books, including The Habits of Hope and Transformational Coaching. Find more on his website!

Bill is the President and Founder of FiveTwo, a network that equips faith-based entrepreneurs to launch a variety of sustainable startups and nonprofits. In 2015, the network launched a “Mother Teresa meets a friendly Mark Cuban” training process that helps entrepreneurial leaders to launch and grow ministries, nonprofits, and businesses that make an eternal difference in financially sustainable ways. Over the past decade, Bill has led countless entrepreneurs grow their businesses and better communities across the country. Find more on their website!

Founded in Dallas, Texas, on January 1, 1984, Marketplace Chaplains has expanded every year for the past 37 years. Founder Gil Stricklin’s visionary leadership and willingness to obey God’s call, along with support and encouragement from his wife Ann, fueled him to persistently present the idea to Dallas-area business leaders for years. Over 1,700 chaplains now serve from California to Massachusetts, providing personal care for more than 1,085,000 employees and family members. Find more on their website!

Warwick Fairfax is the founder of Crucible Leadership, a philosophical and practical breakthrough in turning business and personal failures into the fuel for igniting a life of significance. Fairfax was only 26 when, as the fifth-generation heir to the Australian media empire bearing his family name, he led―and lost―a multibillion-dollar public takeover bid. The result? The company founded by his great-great grandfather slipped from family control after 150 years, leaving him to examine not only his own shortcomings and losses, but also his life’s principles and the lessons he learned from family members who came before him and some of history’s greatest leaders. By shaping these insights as a leadership adviser, Fairfax has enabled others to learn from what he describes as their own “crucible experiences” and emerge to lead lives driven by vision and passion and dedicated to serving others. Find Warwick's latest book here!

3 life-threatening illnesses have given Tom Hulsey a wonderful perspective on life. He never intended to take this journey, but through his cancer and a heart attack, he found a sense of a higher meaning in his plight by switching from nursing his personal sense of tragedy(s) to encouraging empathy for others. Tom's journey has created a passion in him to help others battle adversity. As both a survivor and advocate, Tom is passionate about utilizing his lived experiences to fuel positive changes and impact the health of our world.  Check out his book here!

Jim and Martha Brangenberg committed their lives to full-time ministry as teenagers and later recognized that their workplace answered that call. As entrepreneurs and business owners, Jim and Martha learned their work was significant in the Kingdom of God and able to reach people who would never set foot in a church. Since 2013, Jim and Martha have co-hosted the iWork4Him Talk Show challenging thousands across the globe with the simple message that your workplace is your mission field. They have recently added podcasts for iRetire4Him and sheWorks4Him into their line-up. In addition to the podcasts and radio spots, speaking, and mentoring, they have co-authored the collaborative books of iWork4Him, sheWorks4Him, and iRetire4Him. Learn more about Jim, Martha, and iWork4Him at www.iWork4Him.com.

Dr. Johnny Parker is the Director of Counseling and Men’s Ministry at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. As an executive coach, keynote speaker and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Johnny Parker helps pro athletes, CEO’s, ministry leaders and high-achievers experience authentic success by viewing their life as a story so they flourish in what matters most. Dr. Parker has served as life coach and consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins and Washington Mystics and he regularly helps pro athletes (NFL, NBA, PGA and WNBA) and CEO’s develop healthy personal/professional lives and strong relationships. Find his book Turn the Page: Unlocking the Story Within You here!