John Lovell is the Founder & CEO of the Warrior Poet Society — a values-based community dedicated to physical protection, the pursuit of truth, and living for higher purpose. His message has garnered over 100 million views across social media and streaming platforms. John is a former war veteran and Special Operations soldier, having served in 2nd Ranger Battalion. After his military service, he served as a Christian missionary in Central America full-time. Today he is a video content creator, public speaker, firearms trainer, and homesteader. John lives on a small farm in Georgia with his wife and two sons.

Kaitlin M. Roig-DeBellis is the Founder & Executive Director of Classes 4 Classes, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization. Kaitlin founded Classes 4 Classes knowing that positive social change was needed. Classes 4 Classes is a social networking tool, for every student in the United States. Classes 4 Classes has been featured in People and many other national publications. She started C4C after the devastating events at her school, Sandy Hook Elementary on 12/14/12. Kaitlin speaks to audiences as a key note and commencement speaker, currently Kaitlin has addressed over 275,000 people in person. Kaitlin is the author of ‘Choosing Hope: Moving Forward From Life’s Darkest Hours’ published by G.P. Putnam & Penguin. Kaitlin teaches 2 courses, one that she created, at Bay Path University as an Adjunct Professor. In 2016 Kaitlin received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. She has also been honored as a Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year and L’Oreal Woman of Worth.

A graduate of Trinity International University, Carey served for nearly twenty years as the Youth and Assistant Pastor of the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, where he developed a nationally-emulated teen ministry model that reached thousands of inner-city youth in Chicago and in urban areas across the nation.

“God led me to plant Citadel of Faith Church in 2003 while in college in Dallas, TX in 1987.

Before coming to Detroit I served as a youth pastor for over a decade and then as assistant pastor at a megachurch in Chicago. It is my ultimate passion to see people who were once far from Christ being drawn into relationship with Him and fulfilling my role as senior pastor to teach, counsel, cast vision and shepherd. I am a gregarious introvert who loves folk music and playing guitar.

I was once mistaken for Wesley Snipes while preaching in South Africa in the early 2000s and after being unable to convince people otherwise I complied by taking selfies and handing out autographs… as Wesley Snipes!

I am married to my high school sweetheart, Nancy and together we have a wonderful daughter, Tiffany and her husband, Walter.”

Mark “Oz” Geist is the bestselling co-author of 13 Hours, a security and military consultant, and credited with saving 25 people in the attack on Benghazi.

Mark “Oz” Geist is a member of the Annex Security Team that fought the Battle of Benghazi, Libya, from September 11 to September 12, 2012. A Colorado native, Mr. Geist joined the United States Marine Corps in 1984. During his time in the service, he served in Barracks Duty in the Philippines, then with the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines Golf Company, as well as the Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon. He then was chosen to serve in the newly formed Marine Cadre program as an Anti-/Counter- Terrorism Instructor. Upon the completion of a very successful tour and re-enlistment, Mr. Geist changed his military occupational specialty to the Intelligence field, specializing in Interrogation Translation. He attended language school where he studied Persian Farsi.

After serving 12 years in the United States Maine Corps, Mr. Geist became a Deputy Sheriff in Teller County, Colorado. In that role, he was assigned as liaison with the Vice Narcotics and Intelligence Unit in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as an Investigator for Crimes against Children. Certified as a Forensic Interviewer of children, he investigated numerous case of abuse in which he helped to secure convictions of the perpetrators. He then took a job as Chief of Police in Fowler, Colorado. After leaving the Fowler Police Department, Mr. Geist began his own business in private investigations as well as bounty hunting and bail bonds.

In 2004, Mr. Geist began doing contract security work in Iraq. He worked for Triple Canopy, providing Personal Security Details for Department of State personnel in Baquba, Iraq. Upon the completion of that contract he worked for USIS, the United States Investigative Services, training Iraqi SWAT teams and Personal Security Details. He also served as a mentor/advisor to the Personal Security Detail of Dr. Ayad Allawi, the former Prime Minister of Iraq.

Mr. Geist finished his career as a security contractor in Benghazi, Libya, where he was credited with helping to save the lives of more than 25 Americans. Mr. Geist is still recovering from the injuries he sustained in the battle. He is a co-author of the bestselling book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi.

Vaughn Baker is the President of Strategos International, global firm specializing in security training, consulting, and executive protection services. With over 25 years of law enforcement experience under his belt, encompassing patrol, investigation, SWAT, and special operations, Baker brings a wealth of expertise to the field. Notably, he has trained tens of thousands of individuals—from school and healthcare personnel to government, law enforcement, faith-based and military. An innovator in the field, Vaughn has developed specialized intruder response curriculum for educational and religious institutions, and he is also the author of “The Church Security Handbook” and co-author of “Active Threat-Workplace 911” with Strategos Co-founder and Executive Vice-President, Mark Warren.