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	<title>The Summit &#187; Spring 2003</title>
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		<title>Buddy Pilgrim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founder and C.E.O. of Integrity Leadership]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world is watching to see just what kind of &#8220;Christian testimony&#8221; we provide in our words, decisions and behavior in the workplace. The world makes judgments about us and about the God we serve, based on how much of Jesus they see in us each day at work.</p>
<p>The basic truths embodied in those statements have become the foundation for a ministry called Integrity Leadership. Its founder and C.E.O. is Lindy M. Pilgrim, better known as &#8220;Buddy&#8221;, a man who has enjoyed more than 20 years as a successful veteran of the business world. Buddy is an ordained, licensed minister who has dedicated his life to this new ministry created for the purpose of encouraging and instructing Christians on how to apply Biblical principles in everyday business decisions.</p>
<p><span>Buddy</span> practices what <span>he</span> teaches through on-going involvement in a variety of successful business  ventures. <span>He</span> is perhaps best known for <span>his</span> work as President of <span>Pilgrim&#8217;s</span> <span>Pride  Corporation</span>, a company with almost  50,000 employees.</p>
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		<title>Pat Summeral</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former American football player and television sportscaster]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pat Summerall is a former American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, Fox, and ESPN. While at the U of A, Summerall played  defensive end, tight end, and placekicker positions. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1953.</p>
<p>Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox. Summerall has broadcast 16 Super Bowls on network television with CBS and FOX, more than any other announcer. He also contributed to 10 Super Bowl broadcasts on CBS Radio as an analyst or pregame reporter. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Summerall National Sportscaster of the Year in 1977, and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1994.</p>
<p>At 66 years of age, Summerall was baptized at his small church in Texas, surrounded by lots of little kids.  After his long, prestigious career, he was saved later in life and wants to be known not as Pat Summerall the anouncer, but as Pat Summerall the Christian.  Summerall also recently preached a sermon at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, Texas.</p>
<p>Summerall makes his home in Southlake, Texas, where he has lived for 12 years.</p>
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		<title>Stan Heath</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former head coach of the men's Razorback basketball team]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stanley Heath III is the head men&#8217;s basketball coach at the University of South Florida Bulls. Heath is the former head basketball coach of the University of Arkansas and Kent State University, whom he led to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in 2002. Heath, 45, arrived at USF after serving as head coach at the University of Arkansas for five seasons. While with the Razorbacks, Heath guided the program to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances and an overall record of 82-71. </p>
<p>Heath is married to the former Ramona Webb and the couple has two sons: Jordan and Joshua.</p>
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		<title>Mike Huckabee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fall 2004]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Arkansas governor and host of "HUCKABEE"]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is the host of the number one rated weekend hit &#8220;HUCKABEE&#8221; on the Fox News Channel, and is heard three times daily across the nation on the &#8220;Huckabee Report&#8221; on the ABC Radio Network, the fast growing new program on the ABC Radio Network in years.</p>
<p>He is the author of 6 books, the most recent being <em>Do the Right Thing</em>, which spent its first 7 weeks of release in the top ten of the New York Times Bestseller list.</p>
<p>From 1996-2007, Huckabee served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas and was recognized as a national leader, having been honored by several renowned publications and organizations for his numerous accomplishments.  Governing Magazine named him as one of its &#8216;Public Officials of the Year&#8217; for 2005, Time Magazine honored him as one of the five best governors in America, and later in the same year, Huckabee received the American Association of Retired Person&#8217;s Impact Award.  In 2007, he was presented with the Music for Life Award by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) for his commitment to music education.  He served as the Chairman of the prestigious National Governors Association as well as the Education Commission of the States and the Interstate Oil and Gas Commission.</p>
<p>Huckabee became governor in July 1996.  He was one of the youngest governors in the country at the time.  Huckabee was elected to a full four-year term as governor in 1998, attracting the largest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas, and was re-elected to another four-year term in November 2002.</p>
<p>Huckabee first was elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election and was elected to a full four-year term in 1994.</p>
<p>A significant part of his early adult life was spent as a pastor and denominational leader.  He became the youngest president ever of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, the largest denomination in Arkansas.  Huckabee led rapidly growing congregations in Pine Bluff and Texarkana.  He said those experiences gave him a deep sense of the problems faced by individuals and families.</p>
<p>Huckabee&#8217;s efforts to improve his own health have received national attention.  Diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2003, he lost 110 pounds. Barely two years later, he had completed four marathons: The 2005 and 2006 Little Rock Marathons, the Marine Corps Marathon and the ING New York City Marathon. As a result of his accomplishments, The Road Runners Club of America named him its &#8216;Southern Region Runner of the Year&#8217; and USA Track &amp; Field has named him their &#8216;Athlete of the Week&#8217; for the country.</p>
<p>Continuing to call for a national emphasis on living a healthy lifestyle, Huckabee completed his fourth book, <em>Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife and Fork</em>.  This 12-stop program is a no-nonsense approach to managing one&#8217;s health through lifestyle change rather than a simple diet and exercise plan.</p>
<p>Huckabee, 53, was named one of the 25 most influential people for conservation by Outdoor Life magazine, and has was named as Man of the Year by the American Sportfishing Association in 1997.</p>
<p>The former governor and his wife, Janet, live in North Little Rock. They have three grown children: John Mark, David and Sarah.</p>
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		<title>Johnelle Hunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fall 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2003]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mrs. Hunt was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas.  She attended the University of Central Arkansas in Conway where she majored in elementary education.  She met Johnnie Hunt when she was a junior in high school and four years later they were married.</p>
<p>In 1962, the J. B. Hunt Company, a rice hull packaging company, opened its doors in Stuttgart, Arkansas.  Mrs. Hunt worked part-time to help her husband get started in the business.  As the company grew, she found herself working more and more &#8211; helping with correspondence, financial statements and doing bookkeeping.  Before long she was working full time.  In 1969 the couple co-founded and built J.B. Hunt Transport from the ground up, and its success is a tribute to the Hunt’s entrepreneurial spirit and hard work.  J.B. Hunt Transport is one of the largest transportation logistics providers in North America and is the largest truckload, dry-van carrier in the United States.  Among Mrs. Hunt’s jobs was the position of credit manager, which she held until 1986 and the board position of Corporate Secretary which she held until 2008.  At her retirement from the Board of Directors of the company in 2008, Johnelle was recognized as being an active and important partner contributing to the company’s development and success.</p>
<p>She currently holds a seat on The Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute Advisory Board.  She is a member of the Advisory Council for the Ozark Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  Mrs. Hunt is the founding chairman of the United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society for Washington County.  In May of 2000, she accepted the position of Campaign Treasurer for the University of Arkansas’ Leadership Team entitled Campaign for the 21st Century, a major fundraising drive that raised over one billion dollars.  Following the Campaign for the 21st Century, an Advisory Board was formed which Mrs. Hunt now serves on the Executive Committee.  In 2003 she accepted the invitation to serve on the Board of Directors for The Beau Foundation benefiting prenatal care in Northwest Arkansas.</p>
<p>In 1990, she and Mr. Hunt were chosen as the Arkansas Easter Seal Arkansans of the Year, the first couple to receive this award.  In 1992 she was one of four women to receive the Worthen Professional Women of Distinction Award and has been included in “The Top 100 Women” list for Arkansas from 1994-1998.  In 1996 the March of Dimes honored the Hunts as Citizens of the Year.  In 2001 she and Mr. Hunt were inducted into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame.</p>
<p>Since the passing of her husband in December of 2006, Mrs. Hunt has taken a very active roll in projects developed and managed by The Pinnacle Group.  The Pinnacle Group is an office and retail development partnership founded by Mr. Hunt in 2001.  The group is primarily responsible for the conception and development of the more than 600 acre project in western Rogers known as Pinnacle Hills.  Mrs. Hunt is also actively involved with many other ongoing projects and companies started by Mr. Hunt including The Central Group, Northwest Arkansas Quarries, Haskell (Oklahoma) Sand and Gravel, Central Mortar and Grout (Muskogee, Oklahoma), J.B. Hunt Gas and Oil Drilling and a new rock quarry project in Honduras, Central America.</p>
<p>Johnelle and J. B. were married over 54 years and have two children, Jane Hunt Hardin and Bryan Hunt, as well as seven grandchildren.</p>
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		<title>Jimmy Dykes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basketball sportscaster for ESPN]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-top: 0px;">Basketball sportscaster Jimmy Dykes joined ESPN at the start of the 1995-96 men’s college basketball season as a game analyst.  He now primarily calls the SEC <em>Super Tuesday</em> games and ABC’s national telecasts of Saturday games.</p>
<p>During the college basketball off-season, Dykes is a popular motivational speaker.  He regularly addresses organizations and companies about team building.</p>
<p>Dykes was a student manager for the University of Arkansas men’s basketball team before walking on to the team.  He lettered for three seasons (1982-84) under then-coach Eddie Sutton.</p>
<p>From 1986 to ’92, Dykes served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Arkansas, Appalachian State, Kentucky, Arkansas-Little Rock and Oklahoma State.</p>
<p>A Tulsa, Okla., native, Dykes was a standout athlete at Estes Park (Colo.) High School and Fayetteville (Ark.) High School.  He is a 1985 graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he received a bachelor’s degree in speech education.</p>
<p>Jimmy Dykes lives in Springdale, AR.</p>
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		<title>Neal Jeffrey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spring 2003]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associate pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church and former NFL quarterback ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neal Jeffrey was born on Thursday, July 23, 1953 in Fort Worth, TX.  He is a former All-American quarterback at Baylor University and NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers as well as one of the most sought after speakers and Bible teachers in America.  Neal travels the country speaking at churches, men&#8217;s groups, sports events, as well as at corporate conventions, conferences and training seminars.  He is known as a dynamic communicator and entertainer who inspires audiences to go &#8220;higher, swifter, stronger&#8221; in the critical areas of life!</p>
<p>As the quarterback who led the Baylor Bears to their first Southwest Conference Championship in 50 years, Neal brings a level of enthusiasm and passion to every presentation that is rarely seen anywhere.  Neal holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas.  For the past several years, he has been the featured speaker for Prestonwood&#8217;s Friday morning Bible study that is attended regularly by 400 to 500 men.</p>
<p>Neal and his wife, Sheila, have three children.</p>
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		<title>Barron Witherspoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President of Global Operations at Procter and Gamble]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barron Witherspoon, Sr. is a VP in global operations at P&amp;G.  He works across all functions and geographies in his current capacity, and is located at the company&#8217;s worldwide headquarters in Ohio, USA.</p>
<p>Previously, he was VP and General Manager, Customer Business Development for Procter and Gamble’s Southern Asia business, responsible for all the company’s customer-facing operations in ASEAN (Southeast Asia), Australasia and India from 2003 to 2008.  Based in Singapore, he worked across many countries to grow P&amp;G’s business in a trading environment of over seven millions retails outlets – the highest store concentration in the world.  His region served a third of the world’s consumers.</p>
<p>Mr. Witherspoon joined Procter and Gamble’s general advertising department in 1985 and held numerous line and staff positions in marketing and customer business development.</p>
<p>Mr. Witherspoon was a college exchange student in Konstanz, Germany and has earned degrees in education from Brevard College in Florida and in Economics from Tuskegee University.</p>
<p>He is a licensed and ordained minister and leads a ministry in Cross Cultural worship. He has held numerous board positions including the positions of Chairman, ECR Asia Board, and Chairman, Board of Elders at Singapore Baptist Church.</p>
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		<title>Fay Boozman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former head of the Health Department of Arkansas]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A conservative Republican, he had made pro-life comments and controversial comments that some thought might influence his decisions as head of the Health Department.  But what most in the media overlooked was that he was a Christian and saw what he did as being a servant of God. </p>
<p>Former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee, has said of him, “Dr. Fay Boozman was not only one of my most trusted team members, but he was a close personal friend and Christian brother. One of my happiest days as governor was when he became director of the Department of Health.&#8221;</p>
<p>Boozman ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1998, losing to Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. He returned immediately to Republican Party politics and was appointed to lead the Health Department just three months after the election loss.</p>
<p>Boozman first got involved in politics helping on Huckabee&#8217;s first campaign and became a state senator from Rogers when Huckabee was lieutenant governor.  Boozman had taken on an even more important role in the Huckabee administration in the last year as the governor pushed his Healthy Arkansas initiatives and earned national attention for his commitment to weight loss.</p>
<p>Fay is married to Vickie, and the couple have three children.</p>
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