PRESIDENT & CEO of Dahlborg HealthCARING Leadership Group (DHLG) and Host of GAME FAITH.

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A congenital heart defect survivor, one who has undergone multiple open-heart surgeries and procedures throughout her life including a life-changing visit to the ER where she narrowly escaped cardiac arrest and was defibrillated 3 times is sharing her story of resilience and lessons for living victoriously.

She is the best selling author of the book, From Vulnerable to Victorious: Turning Your Chronic Illness Into Your Victory Story.

Growing up, she was an avid athlete, participating in volleyball, basketball, and track in high school. She went on to play volleyball at Corban University and later join the track team at George Fox University as a high jumper.

With a heart for others affected by chronic illnesses such as CHD, she started a lifestyle blog where she shares lifestyle and chronic illness tips. Part of her mission is to have a “heart that beats for others.”

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A licensed social worker, author, Co-host for That's the #Truth podcast, and photographer.

She is the Co-founder of Muscatell Ministries, Valiant Works Publishing, The Heart Community Collection, and serves as creator and Editor in Chief for CHD Magazine. She has established an extensive reservoir of expertise specializing in crisis intervention, health systems, and end-of-life care.

Her best-selling book, The Journey of Faith and Open Heart, shares the story of how she found faith battling for her daughter's life against odds in a true but inspirational journey of trial and triumph. Through faith-filled presentations, heartfelt written words, and photography, her mission is to give voice to the vulnerable, hope to the hurting, and to make way for the unspoken to be told.

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An experienced Chief Nurse Executive with 40+ years of healthcare experience. She has worked in integrated healthcare systems across the country and understands the importance of a contemporary nursing practice model that continuously evaluates innovations, which influence professional nursing practice.

She has extensive experience in developing and executing population health management clinical and quality programs with system integration across the continuum of care.

Her strong background in critical care, education (adjunct professor at both the undergraduate and graduate level) and quality has been instrumental in developing and executing care redesign strategies, creating the work force of the future.

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An altruist physician, who for the past two decades has served in municipal government as a health director and health officer.

Through direct and efficient facilitative/collaborative leadership, he has strategically implemented successful city/county-wide programs with innovative approaches, secured needed funding, effective organizational change and workforce development. And led proactive health policies locally, nationally, and internationally.

He leads and collaborates to implement health policies, initiatives, and programs that improve access to quality and affordable healthcare, social services and wellness programs.

His overall objective is to continue to provide leadership on health policy and management leadership on public policy-related healthcare services, education and programs and to improve access to those in need so everyone can live a life of optimized wellbeing.

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It’s with great excitement we share once again with you our Game Faith Faculty Member from 4/28, Dr. Kolawole Bankole.

We hope Dr. Bankole’s second message further resonates and leads to additional change in this world.

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Born in Vietnam, she immigrated to the United States in 1980 at the age of five with her mother and cousin.

She graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in Sociology and worked in the technology and telecommunications sector for twenty years. After her mother’s death in February 2017, she left her corporate job to write her debut novel SNOW IN VIETNAM as a tribute to her mother’s heroic decision to flee Vietnam after the fall of Saigon.

She is the founder of Quill Hawk Publishing and helps authors indie-publish their work. She’s also the cofounder of The Heart Community Collection, a resource for the CHD community.

She calls the Pacific Northwest and Oklahoma her home. Her greatest joy is spending time with her husband, son, and their pets.

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A survivor (a survivor of a suicide attempt when he was in 4th grade) who now at 25 years old and as the Program Director, TBKid Youth Sports Programs, uses what he has learned over the years to develop and lead revolutionary youth sports programs designed to help children to overcome and excel in sport & life.

Also, through his Repair and Grow program, he coaches young men to maximize their potential, connect with their true power of self, and survive and thrive in every facet of their lives.

He is getting married this coming October to his beautiful fiancée Allie, and they live together with their adorable weiner dog named Brady.

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Recognizing the Lord as the Author and Finisher of her faith, at 52, Shernita has no other choice but to look towards the hills from which cometh her help. And believe her, she says,…it ALL comes from God! She loves how the Lord has allowed her to tell other people’s stories in order to inspire, motivate, and encourage goodness. But Shernita acknowledges that she would not be able to continue without telling her own. She was born with the creative means to become an artist and her love for reading inspired her to become a writer. To those gifts, God added the ability to sing, write poetry, educate, minister, and direct, and motivate others as a speaker…whoa Breathe! She is reminded that "To whom much is given, much MORE shall be required" and the Lord has required her to operate in many gifts all for His glory. In this season, Shernita has found her purpose as the founder of Hattie M. Wiggins Beacon of Light, Inc., a domestic violence organization that helps to heal and advocate for survivors of abuse and chronic illnesses with a large focus on mental health and wellness.

As a professional, Shernita holds a B.S. Degree in Art Education and M.A. in Technology Integration in education certified to teach K-12th grades. As an educator, she worked hard to make an impact in the lives of her students. Blessed with three adult children (Stephon, CJ, and Tia) and 8 grandchildren (7 granddaughters and 1 grandson), all of whom help her to become a better servant. She is the wife of Dr. Lawrence Wynder and Shernita desires to leave a legacy of Love, Life experiences, and the purpose given to her by her one true love, her Lord.

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Tom Hansen is a Learning and Development Manager in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a co-author with his wife Kat of Hope and Courage: Real-life Lessons from the Parents of a Child with Congenital Heart Disease, co- host of The Hope and Courage Podcast for CHD Parents. Starting his career as a high school math teacher, Tom has always had a passion for helping people learn, grow, and reach their full potential. He has specialized skills in leadership, public speaking, and content development, and he enjoys going on adventures with his family (Kat, Audrey, & Harding).

Kat Hansen is the Director of Content, Marketing, and Social Media for the Hope and Courage platform, co-author with her husband Tom of Hope and Courage: Real-life Lessons from the Parents of a Child with Congenital Heart Disease, co-host, editor, and producer of The Hope and Courage Podcast for CHD Parents, a public speaker, and full-time mom to Audrey & Harding. She has volunteered as a parent contributor with multiple cardiology-related organizations such as the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and is passionate about making a positive impact.

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Teresa is the Founder and Healer at Less Fear, More Flow. She is passionate about helping individuals discover the blocks that are holding them back from living a truly fulfilled, happy, and healthy life. Teresa found her calling after nearly a decade of chronic illness. When the doctors couldn't get her well, she turned within. There she discovered the answer she needed to recover her health. And now she teaches others how to do the same. Teresa is a born teacher and believes that forgiveness is a crucial element to healing - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

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Kevin is a graduate of St. Clair College’s Journalism, Print and New Media Program. Kevin has an extensive history of promoting employment equality for individuals with disabilities most recently, as the Job Developer and Enhanced Employer Support Facilitator with the YMCA of Windsor-Essex County. He also continues the effort of promoting inclusion for people with disabilities through his motivational speaking efforts.

Kevin worked with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce on the Discover Ability Network project in the region of Windsor-Essex. In this role, he was responsible for linking businesses to the Discover Ability Network website; an online job matching portal for employers and job seekers with a disability.

Kevin was instrumental with the implementation of the WEareAble Project. The Project was a new initiative in Windsor-Essex aimed to educate local business and hiring managers about the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities. By eliminating the barriers and stereotypes, we can create a positive pathway towards these individuals gaining competitive employment within our community. The project lasted 13 months and resulted in28 individuals with disabilities securing employment.

He also has experience in the sports journalism industry, through the 2Man Advantage Podcasting website, an endeavor he was involved with for many years. Producing over 300 interview and commentary podcasts for the initiative. Kevin has been successful in securing interviews with many prominent and accomplished coaches, athletes and television personalities in Michigan and Ontario.

After graduating Kevin acquired experience as a Multimedia Journalist in his role as an Assignment Reporter with CFTV34.

Through his role as a reporter, Kevin gained the confidence and notoriety to expand horizons. In 2013, he launched a new business venture called Mobilizing Media Innovations. It's through this company; which Kevin can remain an active contributor to the community. Kevin is a proud recipient of the 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his commitment to promoting equality for individuals with disabilities. He was also the recipient of a Community Excellence Award from Community Living Essex.

Additionally, in 2015 he was awarded with the Influential Advocate Award from Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario, for his work in promoting employment and societal equality on behalf of individuals with disabilities in Windsor-Essex. In October 2014, Kevin’s passion for disability awareness issues afforded him the opportunity to hold a press conference at Queen’s Park. The platform for the press conference was to compel the Ontario Government to make a commitment in setting the tone in the hiring

of persons with disabilities and creating programs which will encourage businesses and companies to do the same. During the conference, Kevin was clear in identifying that there is an untapped market of individuals with disabilities who have skills, experience and education. After the press conference the province of Ontario, took immediate and swift action and appointed a Special Advisor to “champion employment opportunities for people of all abilities in the public and private sectors.” Kevin works closely with Taras Natyshak MPP Essex to bring awareness to employment challenges for individuals with disabilities.

Challenging others to reach their fullest potential by maximizing their productivity in life, work and play is Kevin’s primary message as a motivational speaker.

Kevin’s greatest thrill doesn’t come through personal achievement or accolades it comes from the success and enthusiasm of people he touches along the way.”

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Casey Jones has over two decades of leadership experience with expertise in Hospitality, Healthcare, Technology, and Municipalities. He is a City Council Representative in Pensacola, FL, where he is raising two young children with his wife Kristin.

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Carli Valentine is a children's book author and illustrator who has always been passionate about writing and storytelling. From a young age, she admired the magic that exists within the pages of a book and has been entranced by it ever since.

As a child, Carli consistently begged her parents for visits to the library so she could hand-pick from the vast collection of magical works. Her parents frequently caught her hiding under her bed covers sneaking a book she could not put down long into the night. It must have been the warm, soft glow of the reading light that gave her away!

Her goal, as a mother and author, is to share the magic of books with children so they can join her in her obsession for reading. Carli loves to create fun stories by gathering inspiration from her kids. She also strives to make a difference for children in areas she has personal personal ties to including: congenital heart defects, ADHD, emotional regulation, executive dysfunction, and airway disorders.

When she's not working on her children’s books, Carli likes to hang out with her family and volunteer at her son’s elementary school. She dedicates her time to various charities who serve children with heart defects. She has written CHD articles, and has been included in CHD magazine interviews.

Carli resides with her husband and two boys (Finnegan and Lochlan) in Ogden, Utah. She has authored several books including: Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch, Turkey Trot, Christmas is a Feeling, BIG Plans for Tomorrow, and EXTRA Special Heart, with many more in the works.

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Lisa DeLong is a registered nurse with insights from both sides of the curtain, that of caregiver and patient. Lisa has lived every parent’s biggest nightmare, two sons with cancer, one in Spirit and one in physical. Over twenty years ago, Lisa found herself at the bedside of her teenage son saying these words, “Let him go!” Now her greatest joy is to guide others to let go of fear, self-doubt, and worry and to embrace the freedom of spiritual exploration.

 Along with over 40 years of healthcare experience Lisa’s wisdom shines through to show us how to navigate our way out of the darkness of fear, anxiety, and helplessness and into to the light of love, self-empowerment, and abundant joy!

 Lisa is the author of Blood Brothers, a memoir of faith and loss while raising two sons with cancer, her life changing story of resilience and spiritual uplift. She is an international speaker, TEDx presenter, bereavement facilitator, plant medicine nurse and shamanic practitioner. She is the Chief Spiritual Officer of Thriving Leader Collaborative, where she teaches individuals how to attend to their inner well-being so they can lead themselves and others from a place of love.

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Len has been a chemical engineer for the past 25 years and a martial artist for more than 35 years years. His martial arts training has taught him discipline and focus. Now, his mission is to inspire everyone to destroy distractions and have a growth mindset. He is the author of Split Up by the Sea, a memoir, where he wrote about the struggles as a "Boat People" during his journey to find freedom.

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RaNae is the Patient Experience Leader at TriHealth, Inc., and an Advisor for Healthcare Plus Solutions Group. Her background includes operational leadership and executive coaching. With 34 years of healthcare leadership experience and 10 years of higher education academic experience at Xavier University, she has demonstrated success in operational excellence and cultural transformation. She has worked with over 200 healthcare CEO’s in her consulting career, and her passion is driving results through collaborative relationships.

RaNae is the Patient Experience Leader at TriHealth, Inc., and an Advisor for Healthcare Plus Solutions Group. Her background includes operational leadership and executive coaching. With 34 years of healthcare leadership experience and 10 years of higher education academic experience at Xavier University, she has demonstrated success in operational excellence and cultural transformation. She has worked with over 200 healthcare CEO’s in her consulting career, and her passion is driving results through collaborative relationships.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RaNae is a healthcare executive with leadership experience in large systems and in leading community market segment. She has committed herself to help healthcare organizations achieve clinical and operational outcomes. Her commitment to healthcare extends into the academic sector with a background in teaching leadership curriculum at Xavier University in the Master of Healthcare Administration program as well as Strategic Planning and Marketing in the undergraduate program. She has a deep background in working with rural and community hospitals to achieve quality, service, and engagement success. RaNae’s expertise in working with senior leadership groups includes a focus on results and with an emphasis on effective communication skills and leadership accountability.

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Chrissy L. Whitten holds a bachelor of science in leisure service management and a master of interdisciplinary studies in educational psychology, REMS, and leisure service management from Oklahoma State University (OSU). She has over thirty years’ experience working in youth programming and teaching fitness. She grew up in the Cushing and Stillwater, Oklahoma communities before marrying her husband, Michael, in December 2003.

They lived in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, for fourteen years, where Chrissy was the Tulsa County 4-H extension educator for five years and Juntos 4-H educator for over a year and a half. She founded the Warrior Princess Foundation after Lilian passed away and ran it for five years to raise money for trisomy 13 and 18 children. She organized seven races with Ken TZ Childress. Many donors and volunteers helped with fundraising efforts. It was a healing experience.

Michael’s work moved them to Tuttle, Oklahoma, with their two children (on earth), Piper and Daphne. She enjoys going on adventures around the world with her family, discovering and exploring together. She loves getting involved with her church and volunteering for her girls’ schools and extracurricular activities where needed.

Chrissy facilitates Calm Waters Grief student support groups in schools in Blanchard, Bridge Creek, Moore, Mustang, Newcastle, Tuttle, and Yukon and virtually throughout the state of Oklahoma. She teaches local fitness classes—barre, Pilates, PiYo, kickboxing, yoga, and a fitness mix at Steppin' Out Dance Studio. She’s currently working on book two of four of her Journals from a Warrior's Mother series.

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Samantha is a creative and a girl's girl by nature. At the age of 19, she won her first ever pageant and the title of Miss Maine USA 2014 - which quickly made her realize the importance of having a personal brand. Since then, she has been featured on Sports Illustrated online, Cosmopolitan, Nylon Magazine, BostonMan Magazine, walked in NYFW, hosted BFW, starred in music videos, movies, nationally broadcasted commercials & more. She knows first-hand what it's like to feel like a nobody (she was severely bullied all throughout her school years) and she also knows what it feels like to be seen by what feels like everyone. Samantha has spent her 20s on both sides of the camera modeling, developing her personal brand, building her career and instilling confidence in the women around her.

She is the founder and director of DAHLBORGdesigns, a home base for tools to design your life. The branches of DAHLBORGdesigns are:

• Studio Citrine - a modern creative studio for her

• She Feels Citrine - mentorship, courses, workshops, events and more (total big sister energy)

• Citrine the Label - merch that supports the mission of She Feels Citrine

• The Dahlsmiths - home design & interior decor

Samantha believes your intuition guides you through challenges and bliss and with that, you have the power to design your life.