John was born in Dallas, grew up in Huntsville, AL, and has lived in Birmingham, AL, since 2005. He received an undergrad degree from The University of Alabama and an M.Div. from Beeson Divinity School; he is also a licensed and ordained minister and holds certifications specializing in addiction recovery and mental health.

Before founding Unbound Grace, John was a minister in Birmingham at a local church for 11.5 years. Unbound Grace was founded out of John's struggle with substance and alcohol. Its primary purpose is to help families and individuals find hope in the wilderness of addiction through counseling, discipleship, and community. Their niche focus is recovery in the context of real-life through relationships and the Word of God.

He is married with two beautiful daughters and a dog named Bear. To learn more about Unbound Grace, please visit www.unboundgrace.life. He is available for preaching and speaking engagements.

Mark Marino is an expert on the topic of health and wellness and is a leading physical therapist with 25 plus years experience. He has been sharing his message of “Awakening The Mind” and “The Proactive Mindset” to help people unleash their potential, overcome their obstacles and reach their goals. Mark’s journey was born out of the need to overcome his own obstacles. He was involved in a life threatening car accident with severe injuries and multiple surgeries. After suffering for years, he developed strategies in his mindset that allowed him to conquer his obstacles and reach his goals. Mark is a former adjunct professor for Columbia University, adjunct professor for Touro College and nationally recognized instructor for continuing education for physical therapy.

Zac Juergensen is a personal finance, real estate, and responsible debt educator. He currently hosts a podcast called DIY Wealth focused on providing free content in order to share in his self-learned wealth accumulation journey allowing others to learn and take action on their own money management and retirement goals. He also publishes short content pieces focused on providing real value that people can carry with them to help empower their money management journey. Zac Juergensen went from being in a fair amount of bad debt with poor money management and financial behavior patterns in his early 20’s to amassing a net worth of one million dollars by 31 through self education.

Ben Higgins is best known from season 20 of ABC’s hit series, “The Bachelor,” where he opened himself up to millions of viewers, giving them the chance to truly get to know him. The opportunity ultimately led to an enhanced platform that he now uses to share what he is most passionate about with others – his faith, his hope for humanity and his love of sports.

Steve Dailey is a pioneer in the business coaching industry, guiding thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners for over 3 decades to achieve best-ever income while having the time to enjoy it. Growing his first business to a multi-million-dollar enterprise in less than 2 years, he then began coaching small business owners to dominate their niche while creating legacy-driven businesses that work as well without them as they do with them. His mastermind community of seasoned small business owners - The Entrepreneur Excellence Alliance guides members in the mission, methods, and mindset for lifetime best success in Business and Beyond in the 2nd Half of Life.

Anton Gunn is a Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and the world’s leading authority on Socially Conscious Leadership. He has a Masters Degree in Social Work from USC and was a Resident Fellow at Harvard. He is the bestselling author of The Presidential Principles and has been featured in TIME magazine, the Wall Street Journal, BBC, NPR, and on Good Morning America.

From playing SEC football and being the first African American in history elected to the SC legislature from his district early in his career, to now working as a C-level executive for an academic health system and serving on multiple boards, he has spent his life helping people build diverse high performing teams and world class leadership culture.

Jay Stringer is a licensed mental health counselor, ordained minister, and author of the award-winning book Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing. Unwanted is based on a multiyear research project on over 3,800 men and women to address the key drivers of unwanted sexual behavior, be that the use of pornography, infidelity, or buying sex.

Matthew Blade is a bit of an anomaly. Once the guy terrified of public speaking, to now an actor based out of Los Angeles with a bachelors in the arts. Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, Matthew loves the outdoors. He was the Head River Guide at JH Ranch in Etna, California. He loves inspiring others to live a life of honesty, courage, and faith.

John is a full-time photographer specializing in empowering, creative portraits. John turned his lifelong hobby of photography into a full-time career after 15 years as a test engineer for NASA and military projects.

His work has appeared in many places, from National Geographic to Country Music Television. John believes in giving back and has led, and founded, many photo-centric community events and groups. His most recent project is the RE>Figured Project with the mission to turn scars, wounds, and hurts into celebrations of survival through storytelling and creative portraits.

John initially only photographed landscapes. He became known for images shown from unusual and captivating points of view. John eventually began applying his avant-guard photography style to creating portraits that capture the true essence of a person and showcases them in a light they have never been seen in before. He lives in Delaware with his wife and three children.

Tyler is a leader, speaker, and podcast host for the Impact Driven Leader. He gets excited about helping leaders in all industries get their teams to the next level. He has a degree from Cornell University, Logged over 20 years of experience starting multiple businesses that have generated more than $500 million in sales, Launched The Impact Makers Podcast, which featured interviews with world renowned leaders like Jon Gordon, Brad Lomenick, and Bob Burg, Became a member on the illustrious John Maxwell Network Marketing Advisory Council, and Grew to be one of the top 5 income earners for the network marketing company, Isagenix, together with my wife, Kelley.

In response to young people being labeled noncommittal, lazy, entitled, slacktivists, Grant Skeldon started Initiative Network when he was 23 with the goal to develop young leaders into Christ-loving, city-changing, church-investing, disciple-making local missionaries. Initiative has united and accelerated some of the most diverse and dynamic next gen leaders from across the country. In 2020 Grant got married and moved to Nashville to become the Next Gen Director for Q Ideas.

Stephen Scoggins is an award-winning, successful, multi-million-dollar serial entrepreneur exceeding 8 figures of annual revenue, best-selling author, and creator of Transform U, a proprietary Life Mastery System dedicated to guiding others toward lasting breakthroughs in any area of life.

Stephen has taken over three decades of setbacks, failures, breakdowns, losses, successes, and comebacks and transparently uses them to provide simple yet effective step-by-step lessons to help each of his clients to accelerate their progress. Stephen has helped Fortune 500 leaders, professional athletes, entertainers, hardworking individuals, and everyone in between to exceed their wildest expectations in their life, business, and career.

The founder of Content Remedy, an email marketing agency, Jeff helps small business owners build a loyal fanbase and grow their revenues with email marketing. As a marketer and strategist, he is intent on helping other creatives make a healthy living doing more of the things they love.

Before pivoting to a career in marketing in late 2018, Jeff spent 8 years in the coffee industry; founding Lula’s Coffee Co. and Batch Nine Coffee Co., both of which are still in operation today.

Now, Jeff and his wife, Lanier, live in Spokane, WA with two dogs and a little girl on the way.

Connell Barrett is the founder and executive coach of Dating Transformation. His mission is to help men find their soulmate as their most authentic, confident self.

He is the author of the book, Dating Sucks, But You Don’t: The Modern Day Man’s Guide to Total Confidence, Romantic Connection, and Finding the Perfect Partner. Rejection. Ghosting. Not knowing how to talk to women. For many men, dating just sucks. But it doesn’t have to. There’s a simple, yet powerful, way to gain instant confidence and attract a great girlfriend: Be authentic.

Whether you want to confidently approach women, get quality matches on dating apps, or learn how to avoid the “friend zone”, Dating Sucks, but You Don’t is your step-by-step blueprint for landing your soul mate.

Mike Ruman helps dads get unstuck in life. He does this at HealthyDads.com. As a coach he can help any dad get unstuck in life to experience winning in all areas of life through utilizing his 7 Step Healthy Dads Playbook.

He is the Author of the book, Creating a Family Brand, and he is rebooting his content through his new FREE Mini-Course @ healthydads.com/reboot

New Book Release! Corey Hilton is a well respected author on self worth. He has entertained thousands of clients internationally over the span of a 25 year career in the male exotic dance industry. With life experience and dedicated research on the subject of self worth. His book is being released January 17, 2022 and is titled, "Take It Off: Revelations of A Male Exotic Dancer".

Jack Gibson is an international, serial entrepreneur and financial thought leader. He began his journey at 19 in direct sales from his college dorm room in a nutrition distribution company, where he built a multi-million dollar venture before he was old enough to rent a car. Jack shares his dynamic message through his 5-star ranked, “High Return Real Estate Podcast” and his entertaining, raw and real, highly rated and 5 star ranked “Indestructible Wealth” podcast.

Jack believes in investing in the community. This core value led to a prestigious nomination as “Humanitarian of the Year” for fundraising a quarter of a million dollars for disadvantaged youth in Michigan.

Jack pioneered a 7-part process that empowers people to make financially smart and strategic decisions. His goal is to help people live fulfilled lives now instead of waiting for retirement.