Keynote Speakers

 

Dr. Jim Belcher

 

Chi-Dooh (Skip) Li

 

Randy Singer

 

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez
Thursday, October 20 | 7:30-9:30pm

Rev. Rodriguez earned his Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Lehigh University. Currently, he pursues a doctoral degree in Organizational Management and Behavior.

As the leading spokesperson for Hispanic Evangelicals, Rev. Rodriguez has been a featured speaker in White House and Congressional meetings on Hispanic American issues and justice concerns, currently serving in President Obama’s White House Task Force on Fatherhood. His non-partisan commitment enables Rev. Rodriguez to meet with both sides of the aisle while above all contextualizing the nexus of both Kingdom and Society.

Rev. Rodriguez is the Current President of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (The Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals), America’s largest Hispanic Christian Organization with 30,621 member churches. Rodriguez leads an organization identified as the Hispanic Faith Leaders in Support of Life, Family, Great Commission, Stewardship, Education, Justice and Youth. He frequently meets and consults members of both parties in Congress and participates in White House meetings on social justice, Latino, and values issues.

Globally, via NHCLC and 3DBN a Global network of top tier Evangelical ministries, Rev. Rodriguez is committed to the presentation of the Gospel while simultaneously addressing issues such as poverty, AIDS, human trafficking, and social justice.

In September 2010, Rev. Rodriguez was called to start a multi-ethnic, Christ-centered, spirit-filled, and Bible-based church in Sacramento, CA. He resides in California with his wife, Eva, celebrating 21 years of marriage.

Sean Carter, Esq.
Friday, October 21 | 10:00am-12:15pm

Mr. Carter is the founder of Lawpsided Seminars, a company devoted to solid legal continuing education with a healthy dose of laughter.  Mr. Carter graduated from Harvard Law School in 1992. His ten years of legal practice focused on corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions. During this time, he represented such clients as GNC, Experian, The Boston Beer Company, Homeside Lending, Safelite Auto Glass, J. Crew and many others.

Most recently, he served as in-house counsel to a publicly-traded finance company.In 2002, Mr. Carter left the practice of law to pursue a career as the country’s foremost Humorist at Law. Since then, Mr. Carter has criss-crossed the country delivering his Lawpsided Seminars for state and local bar associations, law firms, in-house corporate legal departments and law schools. Each year, he presents more than 100 humorous programs on such topics as legal ethics, stress management, constitutional law, legal marketing and much more.

Mr. Carter is the author of the first-ever comedic legal treatise -- If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit?: Your Humorous Guide to the Law. His syndicated legal humor column has appeared in general circulation newspapers in more than 30 states, and his weekly humor column for lawyers appeared in the ABA e-Report from 2003 to 2006.

Mr. Carter lives in Mesa, Arizona with his wife and four sons.

Anne Graham Lotz
Saturday, October 22 | 7:00-9:00pm
Annual Christian Legal Society Banquet

Called ‘the best preacher in the family’ by her father, Billy Graham, Ms. Anne Graham Lotz has traveled the globe speaking with the wisdom and authority of years spent studying God’s Word. Whether in front of a stadium crowd or a TV camera, Ms. Lotz’s message is simple: People can know God and find His purpose for their life when they seek Him in the pages of Scripture.

The New York Times named Ms. Lotz one of the five most influential evangelists of her generation. She’s been profiled on 60 Minutes and appears frequently on television programs such as Larry King Live; The Today Show; Canada’s The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos and countless others.

Whether a delegate to Davos’ Economic Forum; a commentator to the Washington Post or a groundbreaking speaker on platforms throughout the world, Ms. Lotz consistently puts forth the belief that a world turned back to God could experience restoration of families, schools, churches, and communities.

Anne is a best-selling and award-winning author. Her most recent book is The Magnificent Obsession. On September 11, 2011, she will host her first worldwide Simulcast, A Wake-Up Call for God’s People. She is the President of AnGeL Ministries, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ken Sande
Sunday, October 23 | 10:00-11:30am

Ken Sande is president of Peacemaker Ministries and author of The Peacemaker, which has been translated into twelve languages. He is passionate about bringing the life-changing power of God’s peacemaking principles to people all over the world. His early years in engineering and law actually birthed his desire to dedicate his life to biblical peacemaking; in 1982, he founded Peacemaker Ministries. Ken has used biblical peacemaking principles to help people in hundreds of conflict situations ranging from simple personal disputes to complex conflicts in families, churches, and businesses. He’s written many resources on biblical conflict resolution and is in demand as a conference speaker. His wife, Corlette, published a biblical peacemaking curriculum for children that is used in several countries.

The Sandes have a teenage son and a married daughter.

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