Frances Barkley A self-taught baker and businesswoman, Frances Barkley knows all about doing whatever it takes to guide a business to success. After using half of her divorce settlement to launch Tennessee T-cakes in 1993, Barkley now sells over one million Tennessee T-cakes per year to customers around the world. She has gone from pawning her diamond earrings (multiple times!) in order to afford extra ingredients and employee wages and from driving a cargo van across the South for four months selling T-cakes at Christmas fairs to being featured on Oprah when Tennessee T-cakes were lauded as one of the four best cakes in the country. Barkley has guided Tennessee T-cakes from their online marketplace into Nashville restaurants and into specialty stores in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Most recently T-cakes have entered the retail marketplace via Whole Foods and Krogers. Noting that T-cakes are not “a cake, candy or cookie but a confection,” Barkley bakes delectable treats from an old Southern recipe that appropriately comes complete with a romantic legend of a Southern girl who won a Southern officer’s heart with her Civil War-time T-cakes. Barkley lives in Nashville and has three grown children.

Daniel K. Bregman, M.D. Anterior Segment Surgeon Cataract & Refractive Specialist dbregman@eyehealthpartners.com Dr. Bregman received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. During his Army service, Dr. Bregman was Chief of Ophthalmology at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He has practiced in Nashville as part of this practice since 1993, and has performed more than  20,000 LASIK procedures, 20,000 cataract procedures, and was one of the first surgeons in Tennessee to perform the Visian ICL procedure which received FDA approval in 2005. Dr. Bregman specializes in cataract surgery, LASIK, ICL surgery, pterygium surgery, and treats clinical patients with glaucoma, neurophthalmic, and corneal disorders. In addition to his board certification by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dr. Bregman has extra surgical certification in cataract and LASIK surgery by the American Board of Eye Surgery. When performing cataract surgery, Dr. Bregman uses premium intraocular lens implants (IOLs), such as ReStor and Toric. Dr. Bregman is the proud father of three children, and he and his wife also have two wonderful dogs. Dr. Bregman loves all kinds of music, and is known to hum or sing in the clinic and operating room on occasion. For more information about Dr. Bregman's surgical treatments, please contact our offices in Nashville, Murfreesboro, or Columbia. Topics to expect with Dr. Bregman, On The HomeStretch: Music (he has over 4,000 CD's and 500 albums!), vegetarian cooking,  and of course an array of eye related issues such as pink eye, traumas the eye, sports injuries, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetes and the effects of cigarette smoking on the eye.

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.

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.