Authors

Bud Bradshaw

William B. Bradshaw, a graduate of both the University of Missouri and Yale Divinity School, earned a PhD from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Bradshaw has served as a minister, a college English instructor, and a college president. The author of Fundraising: the System that Works and Sinister Among Us, Bradshaw resides with his …Read More.

Writing allows Carol Ann Collins to combine two of her favorite things, history and romance. Her work is a combination of historical fact, pure fiction, and a vivid imagination. An avid reader since childhood, she is also a New York Times bestselling author under a different pen name. Though she is an introvert who had …Read More.

Carolyn Gusoff is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist currently working the Long Island beat for WCBS-TV. She has covered some of the most high profile news stories in New York City. Prior to WCBS, she reported live daily for Good Day New York, Fox5 WNYW for 3 years, and was Long Island Bureau Chief at …Read More.

Charles C. Pettijohn Jr.

Charles C. Pettijohn was born in New York in 1918. A golf star at a young age, Pettijohn attended Georgetown University. After college he and his wife moved to Hollywood. Pettijohn took a job with the Motion Picture Production Code Board, and then went on to a career as a writer, and a production executive …Read More.

Chuck Davis

Chuck Davis is the Senior Pastor of Stanwich Church. He served 7 years as Professor of Intercultural Studies at Alliance Theological Seminary. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Fordham University. Prior to his assignment as a professor he spent 10 years as a missionary in Mali, Africa. He has served actively in vocational ministry for …Read More.

Cleve W. Stevens, Ph.D

Cleve Stevens has worked in leadership development for twenty-five years. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the UC Irvine, a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a PhD in social ethics from the USC. Cleve has taught at the graduate and undergraduate level and has published numerous articles on leadership and the …Read More.

Dante Paradiso

Dante Paradiso is a writer, lawyer, and career Foreign Service Officer who has served extensively in Africa and Asia. He is the author of The Pure Life, a novel, and has contributed opinion pieces to the online editions of Foreign Affairs, National Geographic Voices, and, through the Tribune News Service, the Miami Herald, the Tampa Tribune, the …Read More.

David Heeley was born in the north of England. After graduating from Oxford University in 1961, he joined the BBC in London, initially as an engineer, eventually becoming a staff director. In 1969 he moved to New York, where he worked first for public television’s WNET, and later Top Hat Productions, which he owned with Joan Kramer. He has …Read More.

For 15 years, Debra Beck has been a devoted mentor for teenage girls. She’s done workshops with Girl Power, a program that is devoted to helping “encourage and motivate 11 to 16 year-old girls to make the most of their lives.” She has also created and facilitated her own workshops and girls’ groups through Spirited …Read More.

Dr. Bud Zukow & Nancy Sayles Kaneshiro

Dr. Bud Zukow is Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics at Encino/Tarzana Regional Medical Center in Tarzana, California, where he is also in private practice. A father of grown children and now a grandfather, Dr. Zukow describes himself as a parent advocate and inveterate UCLA fan, not necessarily in that order. Nancy Sayles Kaneshiro …Read More.

Dr. Curtis L. Ivery

Dr. Curtis L. Ivery has been Chancellor of Wayne County Community College District since 1995. The multi-campus, culturally diverse District in metropolitan Detroit serves thousands of students in Wayne County, and is a focal point for community issues and solutions. Thus, he sees the challenges of urban youth at every level. More importantly, he champions …Read More.

Dr. Susan Biali Haas, M.D.

Susan Biali Haas, MD, is a medical doctor and executive coach, internationally recognized for her expertise in mental health, stress management, burnout prevention, and resilience. She has provided education on these topics to a wide range of organizations including the United States Navy, Google, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, The Coca-Cola Company and MIT. Her popular Psychology …Read More.