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Karen Covell

As Founding Director of Hollywood Prayer Network, Karen speaks and teaches around the country on how people of faith can pray for the people in the entertainment industry. She is also a published co-author of two books: How to Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out and The Day I Met God. Aside from her leadership at HPN, Karen is Co-Founder and Producer for JC Productions, an independent TV and music production company. She has had extensive experience producing TV specials, documentaries and children's programming. Karen is a member of the Producers Guild of America, a founding member of PREMISE, and a board member of the Biola University Entertainment Task Force. She is a graduate of USC with a BA in Producing. 

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Dr. Craig Evans

Craig A. Evans is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Christian University in Texas. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, he received his M.Div. from Western Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Claremont Graduate University in southern California. He has also been awarded the D.Habil. by the Karoli Gaspar Reformed University in Budapest. A well-known evangelical scholar, Evans is an elected member of the prestigious SNTS, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. He also serves as the Director of the Christian Thinkers Society Fellows Program and Strategic Studies. Author and editor of more than seventy books and hundreds of articles and reviews, Professor Evans has given lectures at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Yale, and other universities, colleges, seminaries, and museums, such as the Field Museum in Chicago, the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. He is a Fox News Opinion contributor and also regularly lectures and gives talks at popular conferences and retreats on the historical Jesus, Archaeology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Bible. 

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Dr. Kevin Leman and Kristin Leman O’Reilly

Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, radio and television personality, educator, speaker, and humorist. He has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. He has served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America and frequently speaks to schools, CEO groups, and businesses, including Fortune 500 companies and others such as YPO, Million Dollar Round Table, and Top of the Table, as well as civic and church organizations. A practicing psychologist for over 40 years, Dr. Kevin Leman has helped millions of adults understand the dynamics of a healthy relationship between parent and child. The New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of over 70 titles on parenting, marriage, family, and education, including The Birth Order Book, Have a New Kid by Friday, Sheet Music, Making Children Mind without Losing Yours, Parenting the Powerful Child, Be the Dad She Needs You to Be, The Way of the Shepherd, 8 Secrets to Raising Successful Kids, 7 Things He’ll Never Tell You but You Need to Know, Why Kids Misbehave, and Planet Middle School.

Kristin Leman O’Reilly is the Director of Curriculum and Instruction at the award-winning Leman Academy of Excellence, a public, classical, charter school with nine campuses throughout Arizona and Colorado, overseeing curriculum and the Leman educational philosophy. She began her educational journey nearly three decades ago and has an M.A. in Teaching, a B.A. in Elementary Education, and a B.A. in Psychology. She has taught in both private and charter schools, holding various leadership roles as Curriculum Coordinator, Professional Development Administrator, and Vice Principal.
She is passionate about mentoring teachers and training them to be lifelong learners to inspire the next generation of leaders. She created the Teacher Recognition Program at Leman Academy to honor teachers and shower them with the appreciation they deserve. She annually trains nearly 400 incoming and resident Leman Academy teachers, as well as supporting them throughout the year with ongoing Professional Development workshops.

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