Speakers Bios

Michael Schindler:  Mike, founder of Operation Military Family, Navy veteran, and guest contributor to a national publication, is also a popular keynote speaker who reaches thousands of service members and their families every year. His book, Operation Military Family, endorsed by great Americans like Gen. Tommy Franks, continues to be a sought-out resource by licensed professionals and military families across the United States.  His workshops and seminars are thought-provoking, occasionally funny and packed with practical "how-to" tips on improving personal and business relationships. "What Your Mother-in-Law Didn't Tell You", "Battle-Ready Your Relationships" and "Lessons in Leadership" are a few of the most requested topics - though Mike prefers to customize each talk to his audience’ interests.  His combined military and corporate experience brings an understanding and dynamic to audiences in both worlds.

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Jay & Kathy Jenkins:  Training Coordinators; Jay is a Navy veteran and his father retired from the Air Force. Kathy is an Army veteran and her father, a veteran of World War II.  Jay and Kathy have spent much of the last 13 years studying and teaching different relationship curricula. Their passion is to teach couples; young and old, single or multiple marriages, successful or struggling, about ways to strengthen or improve their relationship. With each of them having a sibling either actively serving in the military or as a spouse having weathered multiple deployments, they filled a personal need to give back to the nation they once swore to defend.

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Patrick Snow: Patrick is a best-selling author, international keynote speaker, publishing coach, and Internet entrepreneur. For more than 20 years, he has studied the field of personal growth and development. As a result, he is called “The Dean of Destiny” by high achievers nationwide. Patrick’s “DESTINY” message has been recognized in major newspapers such as The New York Times, Denver Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times. Patrick is author of Creating Your Own Destiny: How to Get Exactly What You Want Out of Life, which has sold more than 150,000 copies since its first printing in 2001. Patrick's message resonates with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

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Tim May: Tim is a Naval Reserve Chaplain and the National Director for Shoulder2Shoulder Military Coaching.  The love of his life is his beautiful bride Jackie (of 17 years) and their two marvelous children Matthew and Melody.  His passion and purpose is to surround his family with happy and strong families.  Tim refuses to complain about the current condition of the American family, rather he is equipping people to take positive action towards changing the landscape of the American family.  If you are looking for a speaker who will inspire your audience to think bigger, live more passionately, act more courageously and love more boldly then Tim is the speaker for you.  He has been inspiring audiences to take relevant, results oriented steps for over twenty years.  The topics Tim speaks on are personal development/growth, strengthening marriage and families, and authentic spirituality.

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Mr. Allen Pratt: As a recognized industry leader, Alan is in demand as a speaker at regional, national, and international conferences dealing with family relationships, wealth preservation, and stewardship. In addition, he is well known as an expert in Advanced Life Insurance designs which is a key component in successful family wealth transition plans. Alan’s audiences include wealthy individuals and families interested in creating their personal legacy plans, as well as, professional advisors who desire to better serve and bring added value to their client relationships.  The following is a list of topics that Alan has spoken on this past year. He continues to build this list based on the demand he receives for presentations to address interests of wealthy individuals and families.  Current Presentations Offered:  Turning Your Life Plan Into Your Legacy, Legacy Planning from the Heart™, Breaking Through the Secrecy Barrier – The Family Dynamics of Wealth, The Pratt Family Private Discussion – a personal testimony, Values-Based Practice Management – Building business and advisory network around your strengths and values and Insurance Portfolio Management – proactive management of trust-owned life insurance.

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Frank Selden:  Frank’s seminars include “From Super Shy to Genuinely Gregarious”, “Mastering Group Presentations” and “How to Succeed in Life without Really Trying”. Raised in a small Dutch dairy farm community and now senior partner in a big city law firm, Frank brings a kaleidoscope of experience and a dry sense of humor to every speech and seminar he presents. A husband, father, grandfather, author and JAG officer with two Iraq tours, Frank’s one claim to fame is being just good enough at golf so he doesn’t need to let clients win. Frank prefers to personalize speeches for each event so advance notice and coordination is recommended.

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Diane Ridgway:  Diane Ridgway was a senior level federal employee.  During more than a twenty-year federal career, she was known as a subject matter expert/technical advisor for the Treasury Franchise Fund.  Her success and experience in management and administration of multimillion dollar, multiple award IDIQ performance based, non-personal services and requirements Contracts, customer relations, team building and staff retention continue to make Ms. Ridgway a sought after speaker at national and regional conferences in the subject area of establishing the Franchise Fund and running a successful business.

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Carolyn Douglas:  Emcee and Panel Moderator.  Carolyn Douglas is an Emmy award-winning TV news journalist and media relations expert with two decades of experience in the broadcast news industry and media consulting, dedicated to helping people and organizations tell their stories to the world through traditional media platforms and social media networks.  TV news anchor and reporter, active board member of the Alliance for International Women's Rights, honorary member of Rotary International, media advisor for the Fabric Of Life Foundation, public speaker for Edgar Martinez's Branded Solutions, marketing advisor for the Edmonds Center for the Arts, facilitator of Women's Wellness Retreats through Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.  Clients and partners include: KING TV, Branded Solutions by Edgar Martinez, Global Mojo, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fabric of Life Foundation, The Window Channel, Blue Pond Media, Wilson Strategic, Operation Military Family, Shari Storm, Edmonds Center for the Arts, The Alliance for International Women's Rights, Schillios Consulting Group and Tom Danowski Consulting.

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