Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over ideas to transfer power over health care decisions...

Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over ideas to transfer power over health care decisions to doctors and patients. She has served on several federal commissions, including the Long Term Care Commission, the National Advisory Board for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Medicaid Commission. She testifies regularly before Congress, has been published in hundreds of newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today. She edited Empowering Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform and has contributed to numerous other books. Grace-Marie speaks extensively in the U.S. and abroad, including Harvard University, the London School of Economics, Oxford University, and the Gregorian University at the Vatican. She received the 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award for Promotion of Consumer Driven Health Care from Consumer Health World. In the mid-1990s, Grace-Marie served as executive director of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform. For 12 years, she was president of Arnett & Co., a health policy analysis and communications firm. She worked as a Washington correspondent for the Copley newspapers from 1976-1983 and received several Ring of Truth awards for her writings on politics and economics. She is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Born and raised in England, Graham McAleer attended universities in England, Canada, the USA, and Belgium. His doctorate is from Louvain, Belgium, where he wrote on medieval philosophy and theology. A...

Born and raised in England, Graham McAleer attended universities in England, Canada, the USA, and Belgium. His doctorate is from Louvain, Belgium, where he wrote on medieval philosophy and theology. Author of five other books on ethics and moral theology, McAleer is a member of the Judicial Ethics Committee of the State of Maryland and a regular contributor to the national online magazine Law & Liberty, where he writes on culture and politics. McAleer is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University in Baltimore, MD. He has taught at Loyola for 30 years and was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2014. He regularly teaches course on ethics, security, strategy, war, and law.

Grant Skeldon serves as the director of Initiative, a network whose aim and mission it is to gather 18-35 year olds in the city of Dallas to develop unity in diversity, to mobilize the Saints, to cham...

Grant Skeldon serves as the director of Initiative, a network whose aim and mission it is to gather 18-35 year olds in the city of Dallas to develop unity in diversity, to mobilize the Saints, to champion the Church, and to build character in young adults. He co-founded a missional organization, Breakdown Ministries, when he was 20 years old. He now trains and encourages organizations to capitalize on one of the most neglected assets in the church, millennials. He also works with Tim Keller's Movement Day efforts and serves on the executive advisory board for Movement Day Dallas.

Greg is a purebred cattle auctioneer and a high school career and technology agriculture teacher and director. Tina is a high school business and marketing teacher. Both are employed in North Richlan...

Greg is a purebred cattle auctioneer and a high school career and technology agriculture teacher and director. Tina is a high school business and marketing teacher. Both are employed in North Richland Hills, Texas by Birdville Independent School District. Greg and Tina have been married 35 years and they have 3 children. Emily (31) is married to Kurtis and lives in Lubbock. Carly (30) has two daughters, 6 and 3, and lives in North Richland Hills. Chance is 27 in heaven and he is the reason that LIVEBIG began.

Prior to his ministry with InterVarsity, Greg Jao was an employee benefits attorney in Chicago. He is the author of Your Mind’s Mission (2012) and The Kingdom of God LifeGuide Bible Study (2003) and c...

Prior to his ministry with InterVarsity, Greg Jao was an employee benefits attorney in Chicago. He is the author of Your Mind’s Mission (2012) and The Kingdom of God LifeGuide Bible Study (2003) and contributed to Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents (2009), all published by InterVarsity Press. Greg also helped develop the Daniel Project, a leadership acceleration program for InterVarsity ethnic minority staff and fraternity/sorority ministry staff. He was the emcee for the Urbana Student Missions Conference in 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012. Currently, Greg serves on the boards of Wheaton College and the Evangelical Covenant Church. He has also served as a Trustee of Langham Partnership USA. Greg and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

Greg started out thinking he was too smart to become a Christian and ended up giving his life for the defense of the Christian faith. A central theme of Greg's speaking and writing is that Christianit...

Greg started out thinking he was too smart to become a Christian and ended up giving his life for the defense of the Christian faith. A central theme of Greg's speaking and writing is that Christianity can compete in the marketplace of ideas when it's properly understood and properly articulated. Greg's teaching has been featured on Focus on the Family radio, he’s been interviewed for CBN and the BBC, he’s debated atheist Michael Shermer on Hugh Hewitt’s national radio show, and did a one-hour national television debate with Deepak Chopra on Lee Strobel's “Faith Under Fire.” Greg has been quoted in U.S. News & World Report and the L.A. Times. An award-winning writer, Greg has written or contributed to 14 books, including Tactics—A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions, Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air with Francis J. Beckwith, and Precious Unborn Human Persons. Greg has published nearly 200 articles and has spoken on 70 college and university campuses both in the U.S. and abroad. Greg received his Masters in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Talbot School of Theology, graduating with high honors, and his Masters in Christian Apologetics with honors from Simon Greenleaf University. He is an adjunct professor in Christian apologetics at Biola University. He’s hosted his own radio talk show for over 25 years advocating clear-thinking Christianity and defending the Christian worldview.

Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship® in Riverside and Irvine, California, began his pastoral ministry at age 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people. Since then, God has transf...

Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship® in Riverside and Irvine, California, began his pastoral ministry at age 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people. Since then, God has transformed that small group into a church of some 15,000 people, making Harvest one of the largest churches in America. In 1990, Laurie began holding large-scale public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades®. Since that time, more than 5 million people have attended Harvest Crusades across the United States, in locations ranging from the annual event at Angel Stadium, Calif., to Madison Square Garden in New York City to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Harvest Crusade events have also been held in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Another 1.5 million people have attended Harvest events virtually, via live or archived Internet webcasts. Laurie is the featured speaker of the nationally syndicated radio program A New Beginning which is broadcast on more than 700 radio outlets around the world. In addition to speaking and assisting other ministries, Laurie has authored over 70 books including As I See It, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Married.Happily, Essentials, Upside Down Living, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Revelation: The Next Dimension, As It Is in Heaven and more. Laurie, has been married to his wife, Cathe, for 41 years and has two sons, Christopher and Jonathan, and five grandchildren. His son Christopher died in a 2008 automobile accident at age 33.

Greg J. Matthews has been an US Air Force and civilian firefighter, emergency medical technician, special operations rescue technician, rescue helicopter pilot, fugitive recovery agent, World Trade Ce...

Greg J. Matthews has been an US Air Force and civilian firefighter, emergency medical technician, special operations rescue technician, rescue helicopter pilot, fugitive recovery agent, World Trade Center attack first responder, and international consultant on emergency management and security. He currently serves as the US Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division antiterrorism officer. He is the founder of Chase What Matters ministry (ChaseWhatMatters.today). He lives in Plano, Texas, with his wife of seventeen years, Rhea, sons Casey and Benjamin, and daughter Ciara.

Greg Strause charted a meteoric rise in the film world since moving to Hollywood in the mid-90s, from self-taught visual effects wizard to renowned feature film director and producer. Greg founded VFX...

Greg Strause charted a meteoric rise in the film world since moving to Hollywood in the mid-90s, from self-taught visual effects wizard to renowned feature film director and producer. Greg founded VFX company Pixel Envy in 1996, creating visual effects for The X-Files, Band of Brothers, and Titanic. He then founded Hydraulx in 2002, and was awarded work on blockbuster films like The Avengers, Avatar, 300, Captain America, 2012, Iron Man 2, Battle: Los Angeles, San Andreas, Social Network, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Day After Tomorrow, Rampage and Netflix’s series Stranger Things S2. Greg co-directed Aliens Vs. Predator Requiem for 20th Century Fox Studios in 2007, which grossed over $130 million at the worldwide box office. Next he directed, produced, and financed the sci-fi action film Skyline for Universal Studios in 2010, launching a trilogy of independent films. In 2004 Greg created Lola VFX, the premier digital cosmetic retouching company in Hollywood. Lola VFX completed stunning age reduction work on Brad Pitt for Benjamin Button, Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible franchise, as well as many films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Greg exited Lola VFX in 2014. Greg has been at the forefront of film making technology for decades, building his own data centers, architecting complex high speed storage area networks, and overseeing large teams of artists, software, and A.I. developers to create ground breaking technology. In recent years he has expanded his focus into machine learning and A.I. automation for consumer based apps. Greg’s first app on the market is FOY (Fountain of Youth), and it brings fully automated, Hollywood quality beauty retouching to the visual effects market.

Greg is the president and founder of Grace Products and The Visual Biography Company. Grace Products is one of the leaders in the production and distribution of Christian films for 40 years. He is th...

Greg is the president and founder of Grace Products and The Visual Biography Company. Grace Products is one of the leaders in the production and distribution of Christian films for 40 years. He is the winner of two Television Emmys for his educational series IN SEARCH OF THE HEROES which is used in over 40,000 schools and libraries. Through his offices in Richardson, Texas he works directly with over 85,000 churches. Greg is also the founder & author of Letters from Dad, which helps men leave a Legacy of Faith, Hope, and Love to their families through the lost art of letter writing. Through his Visual Biography Company, he has preserved hundreds of family legacies in documentary-style, personalized productions.

Greg Wark is a chaplain for federal law enforcement, and holds a Masters in Theology and D.Min, has counseled military members and veterans for more than twenty-seven years through mentorship, crisis...

Greg Wark is a chaplain for federal law enforcement, and holds a Masters in Theology and D.Min, has counseled military members and veterans for more than twenty-seven years through mentorship, crisis intervention, and reintegration programs. Wark guides these respected men and women in identifying the source of their trauma, admitting their need for help, seeking professional support, and breaking free from the hold of their past. Wark believes that while the United States is best in class in combat, our nation needs to do better at caring for the physical, mental, and moral injuries that our service members suffer and provide them with free, life-saving medical attention.

Dr. Gregory A. Hudnall is a former high school principal and associate superintendent with the Provo City School District. He has been involved with suicide prevention for the past twenty- five years....

Dr. Gregory A. Hudnall is a former high school principal and associate superintendent with the Provo City School District. He has been involved with suicide prevention for the past twenty- five years. Dr. Hudnall is the founder of HOPE4UTAH, a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. The school-based program, Hope Squad, has been responsible for over 2,500 students referred for help and over 300 hospitalized. His Hope Squad program is now in over 600 schools around the world. For over fifteen years Dr. Hudnall has led a state-wide volunteer suicide crisis team that has responded to over fifty-four youth suicides. Dr. Hudnall is considered one of the leading experts in community and school-based suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. He lives by the mantra, “while it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire community to save one.”