A nationally known educator and expert on understanding men, Alison Armstrong is the CEO and co-founder of PAX Programs Incorporated. She is the designer of the widely acclaimed Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women® (CMSW) workshop, as well as other exceptional programs for CMSW graduates. Her research and experience is also the basis of the Amazing Development of Men™ and InSync with the Opposite Sex CD series. Alison is the author of Making Sense of Men - A Woman's Guide to a Lifetime of Love, Care and Attention from All Men plus Keys to the Kingdom. Alison, the mother of three, lives in Los Angeles with her second husband, Greg, and their two daughters.

Owner of Bishop's Salon and Day Spa, Mitzi Bishop is a native Nashvillian. She began working in her father's salon at age 15 and soon enrolled in beauty school. By age 17 she was working as a hairdresser and learning all she could about the business from her father who was known not only as a talented hairdresser, but also an astute entrepreneur. The following year, her father died suddenly. Devastated by his death and at a loss for what to do next, she decided to move to Los Angeles to further her career. There she initially worked at the renowned Cassandra 2000 with Geri Cuzinza. Over the following nine years she apprenticed and worked under a number of world-class hairdressers. In 1988 she returned to Nashville and opened Bishop’s Salon and Day Spa. Since then, Bishop’s has become one of Nashville's most successful high-end salons. They’ve has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, and Elle among others. As well, Bishop’s has been named one of America's Top 200 Fastest Growing Salons eight times by Salon Today.

Mitzi attributes the salon's success to the ardent training program all of her stylists must go through. She lives with her husband Jerry and son Timothy.

My dad told me once in an off-handed way that I just must be a lucky guy. That with all the twists, turns, and confusion, things just seemed to work out for me. And actually, as it turns out, he was right. Career-wise it showed up in that after no less than 6 different career transitions, my occupational destiny found me. And now, as full-time practicing psychologist and director of The Counseling Center at Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee, I get to be engaged in the courageous healing and sacred transformation of the hundreds of clients I care about.

Additionally, I get to join the professional and personal fulfillment of my graduate students as adjunct professor at Trevecca Nazarene University, where I teach master and doctoral level courses in Ethics and Professional Standards. But by far, my best fortunes have come within the ‘rapture and rupture’ of 26-years of marriage to my irresistible wife Debbie (on whose ring I inscribed and intend “all my love for life”), and through out the over 20 years of rollicking and wrestling with the three best sons on the planet: Bub, Kev and Chris. I really do lead the blessed and charmed Scottish-Irish life of love for God and family (…and Tennessee football)!

Dr. RoseAnne Coleman is a thirteen-year graduate of Vacation Bible School at her father’s churches. Later, she became a middle and high school English teacher. She is a single woman of the boomer generation who has been profoundly influenced by her lifelong friend and mentor, Miss Helen Wright. It is primarily through Miss Helen that RoseAnne has come to understand the joy of intimacy with God. RoseAnne is an accomplished musician, gifted singer, author of Moment By Moment: Touching The Face of God and conference speaker.

Debe Dohrer is an image-maker. She owns Custom Rags, the premier custom clothier for the discerning man or woman who desires unique clothing to enhance their lifestyle, both professionally and personally. She’s the only female clothier with the NFL Coaches Club and assigned to the St. Louis Rams, the Tennessee Titans, and the Arizona Cardinals. She’s also a personal image consultant to several high profile people involved in the NFL for public appearances.

Her education was in fashion merchandising and textiles and her background in retail has always been with high-end apparel, mostly in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her interests are clothing, clothing, clothing and SHOES.

Sandy lives her life as a message of hope. She’s overcome incredible obstacles including a painful childhood, sexual abuse, divorce, addictions and tons of medical problems.

In August of 1999 she was diagnosed with Leukemia and given only weeks to live. While still in chemo, she ran the 26.2-mile Nashville marathon. Then in 2005 after a heart attack, Sandy had open heart surgery. Though still battling cancer, she has set out into the mission fields of Nicaragua, Israel, India, Nepal and her favorite… Africa. ”Have cancer will travel” is her motto! Her next challenge is to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. “We are given the opportunity to conquer and overcome our circumstances, not ‘white knuckle’ our survival. You cannot be a conqueror without something to conquer.”

As a wife of 30 years, mother of three fantastic kids, staff pastor at Hope Center Nashville and local realtor, Sandy travels to speak encouragement to people with the option to fight and live.

Lark Foster has been involved in the field of horticulture for over 30 years.  She has appeared on multiple HGTV garden & DIY series. She and her father not only co-authored a couple of gardening books, but also hosted their own weekly call-in garden show for over 10 years.  Lark currently creates & designs gardens for clients such as Wynonna, Ashley Judd, Michael McDonald and more.

One of the things she loves best is having the opportunity to share her love for gardening & growing.  Sometimes the 'growing' isn't her experience in the soil, but simply in life. Lark stands firm on the belief that God has a plan in each of our lives & we’re meant to share our triumphs and struggles alike.

Sissy Goff has been the director of child and adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries since 1993. She’s been a guest on TV and radio programs across the U.S. and Canada, and speaks regularly to parents and girls of all ages. She’s written for CCM Magazine and co-wrote The Back Door To Your Teen's Heart, Raising Girls, Mirrors and Maps and Growing Up Without Getting Lost with Melissa Trevathan. Besides talking and teaching, Sissy loves to ski (water and snow), watch American Idol and play Wii. Sissy lives in Nashville with her little Maltese, Noel.

Buddy Greene brings a wide variety of southern Americana influences to his music to create a unique hybrid of country, bluegrass, folk, gospel and traditional blues. In addition to his solid reputation as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Buddy has established himself as one of Nashville’s finest harmonica stylists.

His long list of hits include: Mary, Did You Know?--his collaboration with Mark Lowry; “RUFUS” and Hymns & Prayer Songs releases, plus recordings by superstars such as Kenny Rogers & Wynonna, Kathy Mattea, Christopher Parkening & Kathleen Battle, Natalie Cole, Reba McEntire, Clay Aiken, Gary Chapman, and others. Songs penned by Buddy and recorded by other artists include He Is (Ashley Cleveland), Fall Down Children (The Whites) and Recovering Pharisee (Del McCoury).

Buddy’s latest project, HAPPY MAN, is a musical feast, overflowing with heroic harmonica playing, stellar picking, bodacious singing and outright FUN! Once again it’s a pickin’ party that picks up where “RUFUS” left off. Many friends gathered ‘round including guests of excellence like Jerry Reed, Bill Gaither, Bryan Sutton, Jeff Taylor, Pat Flynn, Aubrey Haynie, Ben & Sonya Isaacs, Christine Dente, Dennis Crouch, Steve Bryant, Byron House, Kenny Malone, Michael Card, & Ashley Cleveland.

Buddy and his wife, Vicki, live in Brentwood, TN and have two daughters.

Lisa Harper has been lauded as a master storyteller whose writing and speaking overflows with colorful contemporary characters and anecdotes that bridge the Bible era and modern-day America.

She’s the author of several books including Holding Out For a Hero, Tough Love and Tender Mercies and Relentless Love. Lisa resides in the quaint village of Leiper’s Fork, just south of Nashville, Tennessee and enjoys riding her Harley (especially to women’s conferences), drinking Starbucks coffee, and talking with friends about things that really matter.

As Vice President of Customer Service Operations for FedEx, Sheila Harrell is responsible for ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction at FedEx.  She oversees over 3,000 customer service representatives in call centers across the United States. Sheila’s been with FedEx for over 25 years, during which time she has exercised her talents in a number areas including Operations Engineering, Communications and Training and Sales. 

Before assuming her current position, Harrell served as vice president for Global Customer Services Strategic Planning for nearly ten years, during which time she worked closely with the Customer Service Operations team.

Sheila has received the revered FedEx FiveStar Award several times.  She is also an active member of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board through the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the International Woman’s Forum.