Speakers

Our speakers will be sharing their experiences, strategies and knowledge. Who are you going to watch?

Laura Howe B.S.W., R.S.W., C.A.P.M.

Founder
Hope Made Strong

Dr. Xavier Amador

President
LEAP Institute

Kent Annan MDiv

Co-Founder
Spiritual First Aid

Mark Arnold

Additional Needs Ministry Director / Co-Founder
Urban Saints / Additional Needs Alliance

Jamie Aten PhD

Co-Founder
Spiritual First Aid

Greg Atkinson

Founder and CEO
First Impressions Conference

Rev. Dr. Thad S. Austin Ph.D.

Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Congregational Engagement
Duke University

Karl Benzio MD

Medical Director
American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)

Catherine Boyle

Mental Health Ministry Director
Key Ministry

Mindy Caliguire

Co-Founder & CEO
Soul Care

Kobe Campbell LCMHC

CEO & Lead Therapist
The Healing Circlee

Raymond Chang

President and Co-Founder
Asian American Christian Collaborative

Dr. Danny Cheah

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
#dontjustprayitaway

Co-Founder
Christian Asian Mental Health

Tanner Clements MDiv

Secretary/Treasurer & Pastor
Uplift Appalachia

Brenda Cochran LCSW

Director of Counseling & Trauma Informed Care
Pure Heart Church

Matt Curtis

Owner
Lunchtime Heroes

Rev. Jermine D. Alberty

Executive Director
Pathways to Promise

Andrea D Clements PhD

President
Uplift Appalachia

Amy Deutscher

Youth Resource Developer
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries

Madz Deyzel

Founder & Director
Edify - Building the Soul

Christie Dondero Bettwy

Executive Director
Rock Recovery

Dr Kia Everett

CEO / Founder
Finding Your Way, LLC

Rev. Jean Pierre Gatera

Refugee Church Consultant
International Association For Refugees

Dr. Corey Gilbert

Founder, Speaker, Professor, Coach, Counselor, & Teacher
The HealingLives Center

Stephen Grcevich MD

President and Founder
Key Ministry

CEO & Consultant
BeckyHaas.com

Joel Harris

Head of Youth & Students at Kintsugi Hope
Kintsugi Hope

Paul Hemminger

Mobilizer/Convener
Coalition of Care

Pastor Brad Hoefs

Founder & Ex. Director
Fresh Hope for Mental Health

Shonna Ingram

Founder
Shonna Ingram Training and Consulting

Kwajera Z. Jackson

Founder & Director
Iama Center, LLC

Gregory Jantz

Founder
The Center • A Place of HOPE

Dr. Jared Pingleton

Minister & Psychologist
Independent Clinical Practice

Diane Langberg Ph.S.

Psychologist and Director
Diane Langberg Ph.D. and Associates

Dr. Lakita Long

Founder/Strategic Trainer
LDL Empowerment Group, LLC

Janyne McConnaughey PhD

Board President
Attachment & Trauma Network

Curtis McGown LPC, LMHC

Executive Director
Valeo

Chris Morris

Speaker & Author

Justin Nava

Founder
Nava Church Marketing

Rachael Newham

Mental Health Friendly Church Project Manager
Kintsugi Hope

Co-founder
REBOOT Recovery

Dr. Kelli Palfy

Psychologist
Peaks and Valleys Psychology

Hospital chaplain & author

Wilson Phang PhD DMin MA MSW

Founder
Ministry Personnel Care

Joel Pukalo

Registered Psychologist
Pastoral Care Canada

Patrick Regan OBE

CEO and Co-Founder
Kintsugi Hope

Avrey Royal

Founder
Sacred Roots Training LLC

Sathiya Sam

Founder
DeepClean Coaching

Marty Sawyers

President & CEO
Full Strength Network

Karl Shallowhorn M.S., CASAC

Founder, Mental health advocate, and educator,
Shallowhorn Consulting

Cassandra Smith

Founder
Change Your Narrative

Matthew Stanford PhD

CEO
Hope and Healing Center & Institute

Kayla Stoecklein

Widow, Author, & Advocate

Jeremy & Anastasia Thomas

Founders/ Directors/ Practitioners
Daybreak Academy

Dr. Brie Turns LMFT, ASDCS

Associate Professor
Arizona Christian University

Rich Villodas

Lead Pastor
New Life Fellowship Church

Mark L Waltz

Founder / Consultant / Coach
Mark Waltz & Partners

Daniel Whitehead

CEO
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries

Jessica Young Brown PhD, LCP

owner
Choices to Change, LLC