Full Speaker Bios
Dr. Amanda Helman
Cognitive Release Coaching and Consulting - CEO, Healthy Roots LLC
Dr. Amanda Helman is an author and speaker who shares about the brain. She merges the fields of trauma/counseling, education, and leadership to help people and families heal.
Dr. Amanda is the author of Silent No Longer: Finding My Voice After Complex Trauma.. She coaches hundreds of men and women to unlock and unleash their voice by releasing negative narratives, rewiring the brain, and unlocking true potential. She firmly believes that true healing comes from knowing who you are and it leads to what you do. Balance is the kingdom key to true rest and well-being. Dr. Amanda enjoys spending time outdoors and loves working out.
Angela Hughes
Historical Epic Fantasy Author
Angela R. Hughes is a historical fantasy author best known for The Once & Future Chronicles, a series that reimagines Arthurian legend. The first book, Elanor and the Song of the Bard, sets the stage with its blend of Celtic mythology and legendary figures like King Arthur and Merlin. Her writing is heavily influenced by her time spent living in Ireland and her studies of Celtic history, mythology, and early Christian influences. In addition to her ongoing series, Angela is currently publishing her fourth book, The Lost Son of Orcades, which promises to continue her tradition of epic, myth-inspired storytelling.
She is also working on a modern Irish ghost story, Shadows of the Forgotten Shore, set to be released soon, showcasing her versatility in blending myth and contemporary themes. Hughes' stories often explore themes of magic, adventure, and Christian influences within the context of Celtic and Arthurian lore. She is also a co-host for The Ink Mages Podcast with author Stephanie Cotta. She works for Square Tree Publishing as a concierge (project manager) and is a writing coach. When she's not working on her books, she enjoys discussing fantasy and mythology with fellow enthusiasts. Based in Waco, Texas, Hughes draws on her love of folklore, legends, and early European history to craft her novels.
Anthony Brown
Professor and Nurse Practitioner
Anthony Brown is a Public Health Nurse and ordained evangelist. Since 1999, Anthony’s passion has been to serve the public by develop innovative ways to provide systemic resolutions for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders.
With his MSN in nursing combined with his personal life experience, his mission in life is to create and structure models of treatment to help assist those who experience addiction, brain disorders, and homelessness. He currently enjoys being thankful for each breath and gratefully lives every moment of his amazing life developing and giving back to the community.
Anthony's story is currently in development to be made into a movie and brought to the big screen.
Aurora Gregory
Speaker Brand Coach
Aurora Gregory is a seasoned Speaker Coach and Speaker Brand Strategist who believes that with the right tools and support, anyone can confidently take the stage. She helps entrepreneurs and corporate executives transform their speaking abilities, from crafting powerful presentations to delivering performances that captivate audiences. Her mission is to guide individuals to the microphone and audience that are the perfect fit for their message.
With a deep understanding of what it takes to command a room, Aurora draws from her own experiences, starting with her first speech at age 14. She focuses on storytelling as a key to connection and believes that the person with the microphone is the most visible and impactful presence in any space. Her passion lies in empowering others to find their confidence and connect with their audiences.
When she’s not coaching, Aurora can be found serving at her church, hiking, or watching old movies. She’s dedicated to helping her clients take the next step in their speaking journey, ensuring they’re stage-ready and confident, no matter the audience.
Beth Copeland
Leadership/Team Development Coach and Business Consultant.
Elizabeth Bailey Copeland has been self-employed since 1998, empowering people to be leaders in her role as a Leadership/Team Development Coach and Business Consultant. Currently, she serves as the Executive Director of Georgia Christian Business Network and God’s People Ministry, Inc.
Beth has a passionate desire to enlighten individuals of their awesome responsibility to walk in leadership. Beth is a magnetic presenter; captivating the audience and stimulating action for positive change. She has been successful in partnering with local and national organizations to facilitate cultural change, acquire next-level leadership skills and to develop a champion attitude.
Beth’s number 1 objective in ministry is to facilitate for every individual that… God has a plan… And I Am A Part of it!
Carrie Rene Thomas
💖Visibility Coach | Short-Form Video Director | Buyer Psychology Expert
“If you aren’t visible, no one can find you...and if no one can find you, no one can buy from you.”
I’m Carrie Thomas and I’m passionate about showing entrepreneurs how to get their audience’s attention and keep it using short-form video. I’m obsessed with helping them increase their visibility while staying true to themselves and their message.
I’ve worked with everyone from global corporate brands to YouTube influencers to deepen relationships with their audiences and tap into new markets to grow their businesses. I inspire and educate audiences from the stage on how to build a visibility strategy that aligns with their mission and values, enabling them to achieve the dreams they have for their business and their lives.
With my background in Human Psychology, I arm my audiences with the tools they need to understand their customers at a deeper level so they can create content that connects and converts.
Dr. Evelin Garcia
Clinical Psychologist, Public Speaker, and Square Tree Author
Dr. Evelin Garcia is dedicated to helping families dealing with mental health issues and developmental disabilities. She provides evaluations to help adults and children identify challenges and assess their situation for a more intentional and informed way to navigate mental well being.
Dr. Garcia also presents in national and international conferences and seminars to educate English and Spanish speaking communities on topics where issues of parenting, education and psychology intersect. Her expertise is regulary sought after for news segments, Christian radio stations and top spanish networks. She is a conversation-starter, pushing to educate Spanish and English speaking communities in how to identify and cope with mental and developmental disabilities, address family dynamic issues and how to navigate them with a faith based approach.
Dr. Garcia consults with large organizations such as regional centers, Kaiser Permanente, as well as schools and mental health organizations. Before consulting independently, she contributed to research on the topics of Latino family dynamics, worked at several psychological institutions and held a directorship position overseeing the assessment department and doctoral training programs. She has provided services to clients in South America, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, and throughout the world.
Heather Rosson
Lead Generation Specialist & Business Growth Strategist
Heather is the founder of Becoming Irresistible. As a marketing strategist and coach, Heather builds powerful marketing plans, using proven systems and processes.
As a certified Lifeforming Leadership Coach and a Certified Master Marketer, Heather has empowered hundreds of entrepreneurs to connect their passion with their purpose and create the life and business of their dreams. She believes we all have a message to share. That’s why she helps her clients embrace marketing strategies that feel good (and actually work!).
Heather lives in Tucson, AZ with her husband and is the mother of three adult children (Yay, they made it!). She continues to serve her local church weekly and is active in her community. She is forever grateful for the opportunities God has given her. It is her prayer that she can continue to help others experience the same joy of knowing who they are and fulfilling their divine purpose.
Jeanette Peterson
Leadership, Mindset, and Business Optimization Coach and Mentor
I'm Jeanette, Cyber Security engineer and USAF Veteran turned homeschool mom and Kingdom builder.
After a wildly successful marketing agency, I realized I was building a business for God and and not with God. Christian women should be millionaires.
You can make millions and build a Kingdom-growing business with kids at home, but it has to be God's way.
You deserve a coach that will point you to the best strategy, and help you hear from God for your next steps.
Dr. Jonathan Clark
Medical Doctor - Family Medicine and Square Tree Author
University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School graduate Dr. Jonathan Clark has a passion for the fascinating mystery that is human life.
As both a family practice medical doctor and an ordained minister, I have witnessed great advances in medical science and increased numbers of miracle healings over the past 30 years. I have seen firsthand incredible medical achievements and supernatural miracles—natural and supernatural solutions.
I am so blessed to have the opportunity to have multiple vantage points. It was this blending of observations that led Dr. Clark to research and write his book, Holy and Wholistic Health! through Square Tree Publishing.
His approachable writing style mixed with humor and “tidbits” of fascinating information makes this book an easy to understand and practical collection of insights.
Julie Chenell
Co-Founder Funnel Gorgeous and FG Funnels, Marketing Strategist, Business Coach
Julie Chenell is a seasoned entrepreneur and business strategist who has built multiple multi-million dollar companies over the past six years. Balancing her professional achievements with raising four children, she has navigated personal challenges to emerge as a resilient and inspiring figure in the business world.
As the founder of Digital Insiders™, an exclusive mastermind community, Julie provides support, accountability, and guidance to entrepreneurs aiming to scale their businesses to new heights. In collaboration with her business partner, Cathy Olson, she co-leads Funnel Gorgeous®, a platform dedicated to teaching effective sales funnel strategies and digital marketing techniques. Her approach is equal parts strategy and real talk—delivering the tools and mindset shifts her audience needs to grow businesses they love.
Julie’s passion lies in empowering everyday people to create businesses that align with their values and goals. She’s all about ditching the fluff, keeping it real, and showing up for life and business with grit and grace.
Krystal Parker
U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce - President
Krystal Parker is a former executive for a Fortune 200 oil and gas company with years of organizational management experience, leading hundreds of employees to provide J.D. Powers, award-winning customer service to over 2.1 million customers. A former college dropout, Parker advanced her education at Harvard Business School, focusing on innovation, globalization, and leadership diversity, and holds an undergrad in psychology and a master’s in marketing.
As a certified DISC behavioral specialist, trainer, and speaker, Parker opened Intent & Impact, a boutique consulting company helping businesses increase profit, reduce turnover, and enhance employee engagement. A best-selling author and professor, she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses.
Krystal is the president of the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce, where she has led initiatives such as the Global U.S. Christian Business Expo Conference and the formation of the Christian Chamber Coalition. She is a member of the board of directors for Missionary Ventures International, Founder Collective, and Central Florida Christian Chamber of Commerce, and the advisory board for Alpha Kingdom Capital.
A marketplace missionary with a focus on citywide transformation, Krystal believes in seeing faith in action in the marketplace.
Lindsey Hartz
CEO - Ignite Faith Media
Lindsey is the founder of Ignite Faith Media, a marketing, publishing, and media agency that empowers faith-fueled writers, speakers, and leaders to expand their audience, increase their impact, and grow their income.
Through her work at Ignite Faith Media, Lindsey helps clients create bold content that challenges the status quo, heals broken systems, and builds authentic connections. Her mission is to turn God-given visions into movements of influence, providing the tools and strategies needed to inspire lasting change. A visionary entrepreneur, Lindsey is committed to helping leaders step boldly into their calling and transform lives through their message.
Faith-fueled leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to inspire radical shifts in faith, culture, and leadership in a world hungry for authenticity and transformation. But the stories we’re too scared to tell—and the ones we tell ourselves about ourselves—are often the very things holding us back from stepping into our full calling.In this powerful session, Lindsey, founder of
Ignite Faith Media, will help you unlock the story you’ve been afraid to share, showing you how that vulnerability can help you inspire change and build trust. She’ll also uncover the limiting stories you tell yourself—the ones that keep you from embracing your God-given potential. This talk is a rallying cry to break free from fear, step boldly into leadership, and create content that challenges the status quo while fostering healing and transformation.
Nick Pavlidis
Ghostwriting School - CEO
Nick Pavlidis is a ghostwriter, investor, and entrepreneur who helps thought leaders, experts, coaches, and other high achievers leverage their knowledge into significant influence, impact, and income.
After leaving the practice of law to become a ghostwriter, Nick built one of the most reputable ghostwriting agencies that serves thought leaders. He then leveraged his influence and innovative approach to content into starting, acquiring, or investing in almost a dozen companies that help turn messages into movements, information into influence, and passion into substantial profit.
Nick’s portfolio includes an innovative full-distribution publishing company, the world’s longest-running podcasting and video content conference, an innovative bookstore, his ghostwriting agency, an online education company helping writers build successful ghostwriting businesses, a SaaS company helping authors use digital marketing funnels to turn their books into businesses, a SaaS company helping podcasters and other creatives run their businesses more efficiently, a marketing agency helping business owners scale their businesses, and a coaching company helping high achievers become thought leaders.
Noelle Schwantes
Therapist and Square Tree Author
Vanderbilt trained therapist, Noelle's 'gentle fire' personality drives her to develop content to support visionaries on their journey to change their $tories.
A dedicated introvert, Noelle loves being at her home in the country as well as visiting cities where she speaks and shares this message of hope. She is a wife, mama, and friend and spends much of her free time buried in fiction stories with characters that save the world.
Renee Hribar
Sales Strategist and Coach
Renee Hribar has been a sales professional since 1994 in New York.
Making her first million before she was 25 years old, she has gone on to sell millions of dollars in products and services and train thousands to sell for the first time. She is known in her industry as a fun, energetic sales coach who leads with heart.
A TEDx speaker who offers training sessions at global conferences, on-demand courses and virtual workshops, she skillfully breaks down her decades of sales expertise.
With her one-of-a-kind "laugh & learn" teaching style, you will certainly gain a new view of the "softer side of sales".
Sherry Ward
Executive Producer and Publisher - Square Tree Publishing & Productions, CEO
CEO and Executive Producer of Square Tree Publishing & Productions, Sherry Ward is a seasoned publisher with over eleven years in publishing.
Her authors have been featured on numerous media outlets including CNN, Fox News, Dr. Drew Show, and OC Register. Square Tree has helped give authors a voice, from local state task force conferences to the United Nations.
Sherry has also been featured on Good Morning America, The Home & Family Show, and media all over the world. She is also the executive producer of Infinity System, a Western sci-fi, and Forsaken Mercenary, a sci-fi thriller currently in post production.
Tamara Zantell
Raising a Mogul - CEO
A remarkable parent manager herself, Tamara Zantell turned her 9-year-old daughter’s kitchen table hobby into a million-dollar brand. As the founder of Raising A Mogul, LLC, and the Young Mogul Marketing & Design Firm she is committed to supporting parents as they transition to parent managers who aim to better position their children towards building a reputable family legacy. She believes that your children possess dreams and passions that can be potential game-changers in any business industry.
Tamara is a mother to five superstar innovators and changemakers. She is also a licensed mortuary scientist with a degree in business management, hence her decade of experience as a management consultant and small business strategist in both the medical and restaurant fields. For 15 years, she was the Chief Operating Officer for the largest medical specialty practices in Western New York.
She has successfully helped her clients build strong community relationships, deliver excellent service while creating systematic and diverse environments through culture, goals, and structure. She is equipped with advanced knowledge in launching an international brand, generating revenue, partnership development, and developing young moguls and family businesses for inevitable triumph.
At Christian Creators 360, we believe:
"You are changing culture and shaping environments, even as you rest, as your faith-filled message goes forth day and night to impact lives and inspire change around the world."
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This is Your Moment: Everything You Need to Build, Grow, and Scale Your Platform is Right Here
You’ve been called to create something extraordinary—something that reflects God’s purpose in your life and impacts the world.
Christian Creators 360 at Podfest is where your calling meets the clarity, tools, and support you need to make it happen.
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The Pillars of CC360
IMPACT
You’re called to make a difference—in your community, your nation, and the world. At CC360, you’ll gain the tools and support to step into your calling with confidence and amplify your influence. This is where your God-given mission begins.
INFLUENCE
You have the power to shape culture and inspire others. At CC360, you’ll learn to use your platform to elevate His name, break barriers, and lead confidently as a trailblazer. If you’re ready to influence the influencers, CC360 is your next step.
INNOVATE
You have the creativity to bring fresh ideas to life and overcome challenges. At CC360, you’ll learn to pioneer strategies and create products that inspire and empower others. If you’re ready to lead with bold innovation, CC360 is for you.
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At CC360 we innovate for impact, influence, and income with creations that transform lives, shift culture, and change atmospheres in business, podcasting, and publishing.
