Speaker Bios
Mike Williams
Mike Williams is a seasoned nonprofit leader, specializing in fundraising and organizational development. Mike's experience includes leading fundraising efforts during two of the most challenging fundraising climates of this century - The Great Recession and The Pandemic. Previously, Mike served in lead development roles with United Way, Workmatters, and Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. Mikeled the design and launch of the Food Bank's 2027 Strategic Plan and $25 million capital campaign with a goal of expanding Northwest Arkansas's capacity to deliver nourishing, healthy food. Today, Mike serves as founder and principal of Williams Group. Here, he leverages two decades of nonprofit management experience to help nonprofits enhance their fundraising efforts and expand their mission's impact. This work includes fundraising training and capacity building, board development and training, strategic planning and executive coaching.
Rosemary Flaaten
Rosemary loves people. She is passionate about seeing each person become all they were created to be, living with purpose and joy, receiving and giving love.
Rosemary serves as the Executive Director of The Center for Healthy Relationships at John Brown University.
It has been a circuitous route for Rosemary to get to Arkansas. A Masters of Arts in Christian Counseling led to publishing her first book A Woman and Her Relationships (Beacon Hill Press). Pioneering a ministry to support Christian professional women led to her second book , A Woman and Her Workplace (Beacon Hill Press).
As an Adjunct Professor at a number of higher educational institutions, her academic skills were broadened as she taught leadership development and spiritual formation. She ran a consulting business where she offered corporate workshops on building healthy relationships in the workplace, as well as personal life coaching and spiritual direction. She served at Centre Street Church in Calgary, Canada, in various leadership roles, including being part of the preaching team. Rosemary also obtained her Doctorate of Ministry in Leadership at Denver Seminary.
Whitney Kinne
Whitney Kinne is a thoughtful, engaging speaker who helps professionals leverage their unique strengths, opportunities, mindsets, and habits for the benefit of their specific mission and purpose at work and in life. As a natural maximizer, she brings positive energy, big ideas and sound solutions to help people, projects and teams move from good to great.
For as long as she can remember, Whitney’s dad encouraged her to “show some leadership.” Those three words, along with years of experiences and friendships in 4-H and FFA, launched Whitney to her role connecting with and helping the people around her. As the Assistant Director of Career Services for the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Whitney served more than 2,000 undergraduate students with career development resources and training. Whitney also has extensive insight to employer needs. She leverages this to support established professionals in reaching their career goals. She coaches clients through professional transitions, self-discovery, and more. Whitney has a heart for professionals aspiring to live authentic lives tailored to their unique gifts and passions. She desires to help others create harmony in their personal and professional endeavors.
Julie Gumm
Julie Gumm is the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for John Brown University. Her 30-year career has spanned a variety of communications and marketing roles for private industry, higher education, churches, and non-profits. While she currently leads a department, she’s also been a one-woman team doing everything from writing to design to social media. Julie is an active member of Community Christian Fellowship, serving in the children’s ministry and as part of the women's ministry board. Julie and Mark have four adult children from two continents - Luke, Noah, Beza and Natalie - and a Goldendoodle named Buddy. She is the author of an award-winning book on adoption and has been featured on the Dave Ramsey Show and the Rachel Cruz Show.
Dianna Lyon-Wagner
Dianna Lyon-Wagner is the Compliance Director at My HR Pros. She manages a team of Compliance Officers that assist clients in Human Resource best practices through consultation. Dianna is responsible for keeping the Compliance Team up-to-date on the ever changing regulations.
In addition to being My HR Pros' Compliance Director, Dianna is over the internal Human Resources and responsible for ensuring My HR Pros is in compliance with Federal and State regulations and Employee Relations.
In her previous role, Dianna worked as a Project Manager over internal projects and program transitions. She also worked as a Client Advocate and Onboarding Specialist managing client retention and customer service, and Distribution.
Dianna has had partial ownership in My HR Pros since 2017. From 2010 to 2020, Dianna shared ownership for a small staffing company called Core Staff Support. Dianna has over 13 years of experience in General HR as both an HR Professional and a Business Owner.
Jules Glanzer
Jules Glanzer is called many things. For almost 14 years many called him Mr. President while he served his alma mater, Tabor College, in that role. To some, he was Dr. Glanzer both as college president and seminary dean at George Fox University prior to serving at Tabor College. Others call him Dr. J, but not because of his basketball skills. Religious types are known to call him Rev. Glanzer. And some still call him Pastor Jules from 25 years of pastoring and church planting. But to most he is just Jules, a ragamuffin leader with a visionary and creative action-oriented style, who is dedicated to serving and influencing people helping them grow and become all that God intended them to be. He is committed to living a God-arranged life by honoring and trusting God with his life by being a person of influence, inspiring and impacting with relevance and integrity the lives of those who will influence others… one person at a time. He loves his family (wife Peg, and three grown children, all of them are married, and nine grandchildren), and sports (especially college sports), and baseball (avid Astros fan). If you want to push his button and end up talking hours with him, just mention the word leadership or stewardship. He believes that everything hinges on leadership and that all of life is a stewardship entrusted to us. Jules has authored one book, Money. Money. Money. – Actions for Effective Fundraising.
Scott Harris
Scott is the Vice President of Church and Global Engagement with Mission Increase. Mission Increase coaches and consults faith-based nonprofits to help them flourish – all at no charge to the ministry. Scott’s specific role is to help nonprofits and churches work better together to disciple God’s people to reach all peoples.
Born in San Jose, California, Scott grew up as an MK in the Caribbean and then lived in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong as a student minister and church planter with the International Mission Board (IMB). From 2009 –2017 Scott served as an IMB Trustee and was Chairman of the Trustees in 2016-2017. For 18 years he served as Missions Minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Scott also serves as on the Board for Deaf Pathway Global – www.deafpathway.com; Deaf Pathway is bringing God’s Word to millions of Deaf people around the world through innovative Bible translation and technology twinned with church planting strategies.
Scott lives in Brentwood with his wife, Beth, and two children, Elizabeth and Jonathan. Beth was born in Taiwan to missionary parents and spent 30 years in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.