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When Timothy and Janepher Kakooza moved to Katosi on the shore of Lake Victoria in Uganda, they planned to establish a church. What they found when they got to the fishing village was crushing poverty, unschooled children, and orphans who lost their parents due to AIDs. Before they knew it, there were 25 children living in their home alongside their own four. As they continued to meet the needs of...

Mike Lindstrom has delivered more than 3,000 corporate speaking and training events. But his real legacy will be in the impact he’s made on the lives of individuals, from youth to underserved women to dads. Mike has a law degree and a great career as an executive coach, starting as a corporate consultant for international author and speaker Tony Robbins. Beyond that, he has thrown himself into hel...

In a short period of time Cindy Humes lost her beloved husband Lee to COVID and her mother also passed away. Her grandson was born prematurely at 26 weeks, and her daughter was very ill. It was an overwhelming season of loss. But she had a purpose. Twenty years ago, she and her husband had opened Deep Within Rehab, a self-supporting men’s residential drug and alcohol recovery facility. And those m...

It is no small feat to make a lasting impact on the fifth largest city in the county. But in more than 30 years in urban ministry, Billy Thrall has done just that. He’s worked with a diverse population in a ministry resource center context, and has connected churches to serve the underserved in our community. The list of organizations he has partnered with includes Mission Increase, CityServe Ariz...

Jeff Berggren earned three bachelor degrees: in radio and TV broadcasting, business administration, and public relations. That combination helped make him the perfect person to open a location for Huntington University in Arizona. The main campus of the university is in Huntington, IN, where Jeff served as Chief Enrollment Officer for 21 years before being asked to lead the team to start Huntingto...

Pastor José González is one of those people “everyone” in the community knows, but ask each of those people what he does and you will get a wide range of answers. That’s because José has touched lives in many ways. He is the founder of the Annual Law Enforcement and Firefighters Prayer Breakfast. He has coordinated large events including evangelistic crusades, Christian concerts, and training even...

Life has its challenges, but it’s how we handle them that makes the difference. David Blakeslee started out with a lot of those challenges, ranging from homelessness to addiction. Fortunately, his story didn’t end there. Today he not only is a successful Realtor, but is head of a nonprofit called Blessing Broker, that works on special projects both locally and around the world to encourage generos...

Research indicates that at least 70 percent of students arriving on college campuses with Christian leanings ultimately lose their faith. John Leggat wants to arm students with the tools they need to bring the light of Christ into both Christian and secular college settings. “The Warrior Class is a four-day course for recent high school graduates with TED talk type training videos on topics rangin...

He grew up the son of missionaries in Mexico and Texas, then went on to study communications. All those pieces of his background are invaluable in Levi Park’s current position as Chief Ministry Officer with the Luis Palau Association. The Palau Association has shared Jesus Christ with more than one billion people around the globe for more than 60 years. Levi oversees festivals and City Gospel Move...

Jeff Blake’s children are all fourth-generation students at Phoenix Christian Preparatory School. And as the school superintendent, nothing could make him happier. Phoenix Christian was founded in 1949 as the state’s first Christian High School, and now serves infants through 12th-graders in the heart of the city. Jeff himself began as a teacher there in 1997, and is passionate about how the role...

Robert Vera has a background filled with accomplishments. Bestselling author. Triathlete. Entrepreneur. Photographer. Investment banker. Staff assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy. He believes the right relationships deliver hope, and are conduits to new ideas, resources, and beliefs. His mission is to infect everyone he meets with an “epidemic of hope.” As founding director of Grand Canyon Univers...

David I. Deyhimy, MD, built a career as a respected anesthesiologist, when he turned his focus onto reducing pain of a different sort. As an addiction medicine specialist, he approaches addiction not as a moral failing, but as a chronic and treatable disease of the brain. He is dedicated to helping those suffering from drug addiction and preventing overdose deaths from opioids using medical resear...

At one point in Mia Koehne’s life, she sank so low into sin and shame that she felt broken beyond repair. Today, however, she rejoices in her restoration, and shares a story of hope through her singing and songwriting. Her life as a performer and speaker takes her on the road much of the year, an interesting proposition for someone who describes herself as an extreme introvert who loves people. In...

Ryan Dickinson has learned you don’t have to graduate from seminary to be a minister. He says God has placed him in a series of assignments throughout his career to help others learn how to minister in the marketplace. That journey brought him to lead the Fellowship of Companies for Christ International (FCCI). He believes you also don’t have to become a pastor to help others find Jesus. Anyone ca...

John Hanrahan has led a super-charged life, from a world-class wrestler to model on magazine covers and trainer for the stars. But it was his struggle with addiction and near-death experience that gave his life meaning. When he saw his son heading down the same path, John resolved to do everything he could to help young people gain a strength far different from the physical training he was known f...

Dan Volcko has served on the Phoenix Fire Department more than 20 years as an engineer and paramedic. But 10 years ago, he started working with a new series of partners who use their super powers of scent to find buried victims. Dan is a canine handler, combining his expertise as a structural collapse specialist with the powerful abilities of his canine partners, Merlyn, a 7-year-old black Labrado...

Ken Priddy is trained as a pastor with degrees including a Doctor of Ministry and a Doctor of Philosophy. But his calling is in helping to motivate and equip other pastors and leaders to revitalize their churches. His skills are in more need than even as denominational churches are dealing with issues from fallout from the pandemic closures to reaching a younger audience and political polarization...

Linda Pauling’s story starts as unspeakable tragedy for her family, but she has helped turn it into a story of unspeakable joy for families all over the world.   In the spring of 1980, her 7-year-old son Chris had already been battling leukemia for years. His doctors told Linda he may be approaching the end of that struggle. Knowing that Chris loved all things to do with the police, his mom reache...

Jane Babcock is third-generation Army, and as she says, “damn proud of it.”  And that’s why she’s dedicated herself to helping veterans get the help they deserve. She served four terms of active duty, and 13 years in the Army Reserve. Today she’s “serving” in another way, by donating her time to veterans and their families to help them get the benefits they need through counseling them, group pres...

Doug Mummert’s 36-year career as a fire fighter covered a lot of territory, from firefighter to EMT, paramedic, hazardous materials technician, engineer, captain, public information officer, battalion chief, division chief and ultimately fire chief. He is using that wealth of experience to continue serving the department as president and chairman of the board of the Phoenix Fire Foundation, the de...

Dr. Loretta Cheeks is a powerhouse, in every sense of the word. She is  recognized globally as a senior executive leader, an entrepreneur, a proud GEM Alumni, a recognized expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI), computing and technology. She’s all that and more. Yet despite the accolades and honors, what makes her heart beat quicker is helping underserved kids succeed in the sciences as a STEAM ed...

Dawn Trapp holds a degree in travel and tourism, but her life-work has taken her on a “journey” of a different kind. When she first started as a volunteer with Camp Civitan, it was a 15-acre wheelchair accessible facility in Williams, AZ that offered programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities, operating on a budget of $250,000 year. In 2001 she became the first executive dire...

Carey Peña is an Emmy award–winning journalist, having spent more than two decades in front of the camera covering news and politics in Arizona and nationally. Today, she’s using her storytelling talents to inform, inspire, and engage communities with the power of optimism. As founder and CEO of Inspired Media 360, she is able to be more personally involved in her stories than she could working at...

When Josh Newell started with The Jesus Film Project in 1998, the movie had already been circling the globe for nearly 20 years. After three years in production and filming, Warner Brothers, in cooperation with Campus Crusade for Christ® (Cru®), released “JESUS" in 1979.  Filmed on location in Israel and starring local actors, the impact of the two-and-a-half-hour film was only beginning. Today, T...

Amy Fa'atoafe, the youngest of six, remembers when her father’s entrepreneurial spirit was crushed by the need to support his young family. While is was a disappointment to him at the time, it led to his using his degree as a marriage and family counselor and ultimately the formation of the Native American Fatherhood & Families Association. Twenty years later, Amy serves as executive director...