Kerby Anderson hosts today’s show. First, Danny Lopez and Elizabeth Wirmani will join him in studio to talk about ACT – empowering inner city neighborhoods to become safer. Up next, Jerry Tuma will join Kerby in-studio to talk about the stock market and the current economy. Kerby’s final guest is Alex Berenson. An award winning author, Alex will share his latest book, “Tell Your Children.”
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Danny joined the Act team in 2014 as a West Dallas Community Advocate and is now serving as the West Dallas Neighborhood Transition Manager, overseeing the transition of Act’s model in West Dallas from that of active casework to that of continued community leadership development and empowerment. Passionate about the power of the Gospel to transform lives and communities, he desires to see families and people live to their fullest potential, acting no longer in fear but with courage.
Experienced in handling a litigation team and building community within law firms, she is responsible for overseeing the success of Act’s field teams in West and South Dallas, managing the teams with great care and wisdom. She also possesses savvy in conducting investigations and using sound judgment and sharp decision making skills regarding Act’s legal strategy in its target neighborhoods. A natural leader who has played an integral part in developing Act’s legal model, she is passionate about seeing men and women live in transformed and safe communities.
Education: As a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington (BBA, 1979), Jerry studied under one of the nation's top economic forecasters, a disciple of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman.
Organizations: A founding member of Kingdom Advisors, Jerry has been a vital part of this nationwide Christian Financial planning organization. Jerry also sits on the board of Heritage Alliance, a non-profit organization designed to return America, through the political process to its Godly roots and General’s International a global prayer and reformation network.
In 1999, he joined The New York Times. At the Times, he covered everything from the drug industry to Hurricane Katrina; in 2003 and 2004, he served two stints as a correspondent in Iraq, an experience that led him to write The Faithful Spy, his debut novel, which won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel.
He has now written eleven John Wells novels and one work of non-fiction, The Number. He left the Times in 2010 to devote himself to writing fiction, though he still contributes occasionally to the Times.
Alex lives in Garrison, N.Y. with his wife, Dr. Jacqueline Berenson, their children Lucy and Ezra, their badly behaved dog Maggie, and Maggie’s dog Teddy.