Not only is Ike a successful businessman, but he’s also been instrumental as a pastor leading New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA to a membership of over 5,000. As Founding Pastor of Northstar Church in Kennesaw, GA, Ike built the denomination’s 2nd fastest growing church in America to a membership of over 2,000 in record time.

Ike earned both a Doctor of Ministry and Master’s of Divinity from Luther Rice Seminary along with a Bachelor’s degree from Mercer University.  He is a published author of three inspirational books and a highly sought-after speaker for both church and business functions. He has been married for 20 years and is a loving father of two daughters.

After serving for seven years in the United States Army, Pat spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office. He also spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization.  Since 1968, he has been affiliated with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers, and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995.  Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the NBA playoffs and five have made the NBA finals.  In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history by a national publication.

In his NBA career, he has traded Pete Maravich, traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Penny Hardaway, and won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992 and 1993 and most recently in 2004.  He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Twelve of his former players have become NBA head coaches, while seventeen have become assistant coaches.

Pat and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 21 to 34. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time.  Pat and his family have been featured in Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, Focus on the Family, New Man Magazine, plus all of the major television networks, The Maury Povich Show and Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power.

Pat helps teach an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church of Orlando and hosts a weekly radio show.  In the last 11 years, he has completed forty marathons, including the Boston Marathon 11 times, and also climbed Mt. Rainier.  He is a weightlifter, Civil War buff, and serious baseball fan.  Every winter, he plays in Major League Fantasy Camps and has caught Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, Rollie Fingers, Gaylord Perry, Phil Niekro, and Tom Seaver.

Pat was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his master’s degree at Indiana University. He has a doctorate in Humane Letters from Flagler University.  He is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame after catching for the Deacon baseball team, including the 1962 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship team.  Pat is also a member of the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.

As CEO, Andy has been involved in strategic planning and direction for the Center.  He serves as an executive coach to senior leaders as well as facilitating and leading sessions with our customers.  He also speaks on behalf of the Center at a variety of functions as well as spending time teaching in both the Advance Degree and Master’s Degree programs at John Brown University.

Prior to his tenure with the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics, Andy spent 25 years as an innovative leader at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He dedicated more than 10 years as Vice President and Officer of Store Operations, supervising over 100 stores and 10,000 associates in the Southern, Southeast and Western regions of the United States.  Most recently, he served for 6 years as Vice President of People Division (HR) for all domestic store operations, including over 700,000 associates and management staff.  He assisted in Succession Planning, HR People Measurement Systems, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits Systems and executive Coaching.  Andy speaks globally on the issues of Leadership, Ethics, Retail Store Operations and Human Resources.

Currently Andy Wilson serves as the Executive Leader of the Ministry and Operations at the First Baptist Church in Springdale and the Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, AR.  He is head of the Communications department at these churches and his missional vission matches that of the church in that his goal is “to reach Northwest Arkansas, America, and the World for Jesus Christ.”

Asa became the first Under Secretary of Homeland Security in January 2003, shortly after the department was created in the wake of the 9-11 attacks.

Prior to his tenure with DHS, Asa served as an Arkansas Congressman from 1997-2001 and was a prominent member of the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.  He was appointed by President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), where he combined tough law enforcement initiatives with advocating increased investment in treatment and education programs.

Asa received his bachelor’s degree from BJU in Greenville, S.C., and his J.D. from the U of A School of Law, Fayetteville.  He practiced law in Arkansas for 21 years and, at the age of 31, was appointed as the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation by President Ronald Reagan.

Asa has appeared on many major news shows from “Meet the Press” to “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher.

Hutchinson also serves as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Fortress International Group (FIGI) and Saflink (SFLK).

Asa resides in Little Rock, Arkansas and continues to be involved in politics.  He is a former state Chairman of the Arkansas GOP and continues to be a voice for change in the state.

Zig Ziglar calls Jay Strack, “entertaining, powerful, inspiring and informative.” As an effective communicator, Jay Strack is acclaimed by leadership in government entities, the business world, and educators as a dynamic speaker and author.

President and founder of Student Leadership University, Jay Strack consistently leads others to imagine and execute positive change in themselves and in their teams. His versatile style has been presented across the nation and in 22 countries, including: NASA, Wal-Mart, Chick-fil-a, Johnson & Johnson, General Motors, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, WenSouth, Homebanc, Universal Studios, SunTrust, Bank, Florida Homebuilders Associaton, RDV Sports and more -professional Sports teams in the NFL, NBA, & MLB, including as a featured speaker for players of the NBA All Star Games.  Also, he has spoken for the Air Force Academy faculty & students, over 9,000 high schools & some 100 universities, as an appointed member of the President’s Drug Task Force under Nancy Reagan, William Bennett, & President Bush.

Having overcome his own drug addiction and past problems, Jay Strack believes, “If I can overcome the past and believe in the future, anyone can. Your dreams determine your destiny.” His is a powerful message of hope, inspiration, and “future tense” thinking for leaders.

Jay is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including, The Three Success Secrets of Shamgar. This popular book grew out of a message presented to the players at the NBA All-Star Game.  As the featured speaker, Jay presented a message entitled “How to Turn Your Season Around,” based on the three success secrets of Shamgar, an ancient but forgotten warrior.

Strack is able to use one of his favorite techniques; that is, applying strong principles from history and tradition to modern-day situations.  From the locker room to the board room, he believes that we can capture the future if we understand that the more things change, the more some things remain the same.  Strack believes anyone can overcome obstacles and achieve great things if you:
-Start where you are
-Use what you have
-Do what you can

Previously, Mortensen served as the NFL columnist for The Sporting News and was a contributing writer for Sport magazine.  He covered the NFL for The National (1989-90), where he was one of the first writers hired by editor Frank Deford.  He also worked as a consultant with CBS Sports’ NFL Today in 1990.

From 1983-89 Mortensen filed investigative reports and covered the Braves (1983-85), Falcons (1985-86) and the NFL (1985-89) for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In 1987 he was honored with the coveted George Polk Award for his reporting.  Since starting his career with the South Bay (Calif.) Daily Breeze in 1969, Mortensen has received 18 awards in journalism and been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes.  In 1978 he won the National Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting in all categories.

The author of Playing for Keeps: How One Man Stopped the Mob from Sinking its Hooks into Pro Football, Mortensen attended El Camino College, and then served two years in the Army during the Vietnam era before he was honorably discharged.

Mortensen has been married to his wife Micki for 25 years.  The couple has one son, Alex, and one daughter, Shannan DiSanto, son-in-law Joe DiSanto, and three grandchildren: Chelsea, Ava and Vincent.

During his tenure, Balfe implemented an aggressive initiative against child predators.  Designated “Project Safe Childhood”, this initiative partnered the United States Attorney’s Office with federal, state, and local law enforcement to track down and prosecute child sex predators and child pornographers.  During the past four years, indictments for Project Safe Childhood crimes have increased 800%.

In 2008, Balfe’s office joined with the Internal Revenue Service to initiate a new task force dedicated to identifying and prosecuting those committing financial crimes and, under his direction, also emphasized the prosecution of violent crime, drug trafficking, white collar fraud, and immigration violations.

As United States Attorney, Balfe also served as Chairman of the Controlled Substances and Asset Forfeiture Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, a group of 30 United States Attorneys across the country focusing on the Department of Justice’s efforts against drug trafficking.  Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Methamphetamine Working Group and was a member of the Border and Immigration Subcommittee and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Working Group of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee.

Prior to his term, he was the elected prosecuting attorney for Benton County from 2001 to 2004.

Defensive end Reggie White, known as the “Minister of Defense,” was named the Defensive Player of the Year in 1987 and 1988.  He was a Pro Bowl player 13 consecutive seasons from 1986 to 1998 and he is career sacks leader with 68½.  In 1997 and 1998, he helped take the Green Bay Packers to the Super Bowl, coming away with a victory in Super Bowl XXXI.  And in 1999 the Green Bay Packers retired his number, 92.  A devoutly religious man, White has been as controversial off the field as he was tremendous in the huddle.  Reggie has had numerous accomplishments and has always been regared with the upmost respect for his unwavering integrity.

In 1997, Reggie and Sara White founded Urban Hope, a nonprofit program based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  It encourages growth in Green Bay and the surrounding Brown County by helping entrepreneurs launch new businesses.  Applicants do not have to fit into any particular categories of race or income; the program is for everyone.  The Whites live in the Green Bay area.  In addition to raising their two children, Jeremy and Jecolia, they have also raised several foster children.

Janet attended college at Ouachita Baptist University.  Later in life, she would finish her degree at John Brown University, graduating with honors in organizational management.

As First Lady she often honors speaking requests from all over the state.  She is an active Co-Chair for the Campaign for Healthier Babies in Arkansas.  She is a member of the Friends of the Zoo and the Central Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross. Janet serves as a member of many boards including the Baptist Health Foundation, the Arkansas Hospice Foundation, Arkansas State Baptist Convention Executive Board, and co-chairs the Red Ribbon Week for the Arkansans for Drug-Free Youth program.

Some of Janet’s favorite pastimes include skiing, jet skiing, swimming, basketball, and piloting an airplane.  She has also gone bungee jumping and parachuted out of an airplane.  Janet has also completed two marathons.

Janet and Mike Hucakbee have three children: John Mark, David, and Sarah.  The family also includes three dogs: Jet, Sonic, and Toby.