James Muffett
SSI Founder & President - Speaker & Instructor

James Muffett has a passion for the Lord and an enthusiasm for life. He offers a clear message of hope and inspiration for people of all ages. His dynamic teaching style, humor, and depth of historical knowledge leave a lasting impression. He speaks from the heart to reach the heart.

He established and is President of Foundation for Traditional Values, a Michigan-based education and research organization, which conducts the Greatest Story Never Told (GSNT) American heritage seminars and trains leaders to uphold traditional values in their local schools and communities. SSI & GSNT are ministries of Foundation for Traditional Values.

Additionally, James is also President of Citizens for Traditional Values and a Sponsor of Christian Heritage Week in Michigan. His work at Citizens for Traditional Values has been featured in The Christian Right in Michigan: Mixed Success by Dr. Jim Penning at the American Political Science Association and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

He was also featured in With God On Their Side, a national PBS television special documenting Christian involvement in politics. Other citations include The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, CNN, National Public Radio and the Christian Broadcasting Network.

For more than a decade, James has spoken to hundreds of audiences, including public and Christian radio and television, churches, schools and school associations, home school conferences, civic and public policy groups. In 1999 he addressed the national Reclaiming America For Christ Conference hosted by Dr. D. James Kennedy.

James received the 2002 Homeschool Hero Award, given at Michigan's I.N.C.H. Conference.

Originally from Salina, Kansas, James received his Bachelor's Degree from Western Kentucky University. He and his wife of more than 25 years, Margot, have five children: Christopher, Emily, Jason, Justin and Joel.

Dan Armstrong
Anchor/Reporter, WEYI NBC Channel 25 - Media Instructor, Coach, Speaker

Since Dan was young, he enjoyed being in plays and performing in front of people. The television news business is a good fit for him. It allows him to express himself creatively while fulfilling the responsibility of being the community's eyes and ears.

Dan joined NBC 25 MID-MICHIGAN in July, 2003, as a reporter. He's originally from Ortonville, MI, in northern Oakland County. He's a high school graduate of Faith Baptist School in Davison, MI. He later majored in Radio and Television Broadcasting at Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. After getting his college degree, Dan began his reporting career at WLUC, the NBC affiliate in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Dan's passion is to tell the news in an interesting and creative way. He makes viewers feel the emotion of the story. He's one of the most trusted reporters in Mid-Michigan.

Dan admits that he's an extremely competitive person. He always wants to have all the facts and from all the sides. Dan says, "Many times the quietest person has the most compelling story, you just have to find that person." Dan believes the best part of his job is the awesome responsibility of informing people. He looks at his reports as the "first draft" of history.

Dan is married to Amber, and they have one child, Ashleigh Paige, who was born in June of last year.

Adam Barr
President, Borderlands - Speaker

Adam serves as president and founder of Borderlands. In conjunction with our board of directors, he is responsible for developing resources, building ministry partnerships and leading our worldview experiences. Adam possesses a unique set of qualifications for this ministry—a pastor’s heart, a scholar’s mind and an evangelist’s zeal.

He graduated magna cum laude from Hope College with a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy. While earning his MDiv, Adam served as a pastoral intern with Corinth Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, MI. Following seminary, Adam served as an associate pastor at Fountain of Life Church in Lombard, IL. There, he worked with youth, worship, and family ministries. While at Fountain of Life, Adam earned a second masters (ThM) at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, concentrating on philosophy of religion and systematic theology. Adam has continued his education, completing PhD courses at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. In addition to his academic background, Adam has worked in publishing. In 2004-05, Adam revised, edited, expanded, and wrote for the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Commentary, originally edited by F. F. Bruce.

But Adam’s first calling is as a husband and father. Together with Jennifer, Benjamin, and Samuel, he seeks to embody the ideas he has been called to communicate.

John Beck
High School Teacher - Advanced Biblical Worldview Instructor

John Beck is a High School Government/History Teacher at Heritage Christian Academy in Kalamazoo and part-time instructor at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. He has a BA in History, MA in Political Science and is working on his masters in History. John is married with 3 children.

Glynn Blackwell
High School Athletic Director - Speaker

Glynn Blackwell earned his B.A. in Program Management, specializing in Athletics and Recreation, from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1989. Upon graduation, Glynn pursued his basketball career with the NBA on the Seattle Supersonics team. After being released, Glynn traveled through Europe, playing professional basketball in Turkey and Greece. From 1992 through 1995, Glynn served a mayoral appointment as Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation in Highland Park, Michigan. From 1995 through 1998, Glynn traveled abroad once again to pursue the game of basketball in Mexico, the Philippines, Cyprus, and Estonia.

Glynn worked for the Highland Park School District as the Student Assistant Coordinator and After-School Coordinator for the program, PROJECT LINK, from 1998 through 2002. There he was responsible for developing an extensive after-school program for both sports and academic enrichment. From 2002 through 2007, Glynn served as the Assistant to the Athletic Director at Faith Christian Academy, a ministry of Word of Faith International Christian Center. Glynn is a licensed and ordained minister of the gospel, seeking passionately to connect sports and ministry, for the glory of God.

Glynn now serves as Athletic Director of Franklin Road Christian School, developing a complete K-12 competitive sports program. Glynn and his wife, Jillian, are happily married, and have three sons: Mackenzy, Johnathan, and Robert Gabriel.

DeeDee Briski
Author - Instructor, Media Coach

DeeDee Briski holds a Liberal Arts degree from Macomb Community College with a specialization in journalism and certification in Behavioral Sciences. A former newspaper journalist, she is also certified with the Macomb Literacy Partners as an English as a Second Language and reading tutor.

She authored the book "Impressive Deception / Creation or Evolution-You Decide" in 2004.

DeeDee is a member of Concerned Women for America, Creation Research Institute, Access Research Network, Answers in Genesis, Creation Worldview, American Family Association, and Media Research Center.

She can be contacted through her company's website at www.gistings.net, or via email at evidence@gistings.net.

Gary Britten
Assistant Professor of Business, Spring Arbor University - Business Instructor & Coach

Gary W. Britten is a 1973 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Business and a 1976 graduate of the University of Detroit School of Law. Gary has been on the faculty of the Gainey School of Business at Spring Arbor University for seventeen years, teaching law and strategy courses. He is also "of counsel" to Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices, PLLC, an elderlaw firm with offices in Lansing, Jackson and Ithaca. Gary and his wife, Kim, live near Parma, Michigan, and have four children, all home-educated.

Chuck Bultman
Founder, Creation First! - Instructor

Chuck attended Christian schools all the way through high school and came out believing the Bible was completely correct. Then at a Christian college he accepted the belief that God had used evolution to get everything we see. After graduating from Stanford University with a teaching degree, creation remained an issue for his science-friendly mind and he kept trying to reconcile evolution andthe Bible. After attending summer school at U of Colorado, U of Washington, U of Wisconsin, Michigan Tech, and Grand Valley State U, (all of which assumed evolution in their teaching,) he heard a presentation by ICR’s John Morris and AIG's Ken Ham which brought his theistic evolution to extinction. When they pointed out the implications of “no death before Adam” and a truly globe covering flood, there was no room left for his theistic evolution compromise.

His next journey then became how to explain all of the geology and biology that he had been taught- but now within a creation model. Many great family trips out west and to museums have resulted from this on-going quest. Now, after 40 years, he has retired from teaching in the public high school and looks forward to helping others resist the claims of evolutionary science, by demonstrating that these claims are scientifically answerable from a biblical world view.

Brian Calley
State Representative, - Speaker

State Rep. Brian Calley was elected to a second term in the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2008. He represents the 87th District, which includes all of Barry County and a large portion of Ionia County. Calley graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration, and Grand Valley State University with a master's in business administration. He has spent the last decade in the banking industry. Calley is a former Ionia County commissioner and Board of Public Works member. He has served on the Mid-South Substance Abuse Council, Ionia County Economic Alliance Board of Directors, Local Emergency Planning Committee, and Ionia County Personnel Finance Committee.

Brian also is an active member of Portland Baptist Church, where he has served as a Sunday school teacher, member of the deacon board and pulpit committee, and song director. Brian has been married to wife Julie for 12 years. They have two children; a son and a daughter.

Larry Carter
President, Great Lakes Christian College - Speaker

Mr. Carter received a B.S. in Biblical Studies from Cincinnati Bible College. While a student, he served as Youth Minister of the New Burlington Church of Christ and the Felicity Church of Christ, as well as Youth Coordinator of an inner city Salvation Army. He then received a Masters of Christian Ministries degree from Huntington College, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Mr. Carter served as the Senior Minister at Coburn Corners Church of Christ, Indiana, for four years (1973-1977), Senior Minister of the Delta Church of Christ, Ohio, for seven years (1977-1984), and then served as the Senior Minister at the Kentwood Christian Church, Michigan, from 1984 until 1999, when he accepted the position as President of Great Lakes Christian College. Mr. Carter also teaches classes in Personal Spiritual Formation, and other Christian Ministries classes as the need arises. He and his wife, Judy, have three grown children.

Bishop Ira Combs
Pastor, Greater Bible Way Temple - Speaker

Biship Combs is Founder & Pastor of the Greater Bible Way Temple Church, located in Jackson, Michigan. He is also Founder & Executive Director of Christ Centered Homes, Inc. and President & Chairman of IRCO Housing Development, Inc., in Jackson.

Bishop combs is very active in his community and Michigan and National politics. He is married to Kimberly Marshall, who has stood tirelessly with him in labor and love in the ministry and community endeavors. They are the parents of two children, Sarah and Ira III.

Rachael Denhollander
Attorney - Moot Court Instructor

Rachael Moxon is a graduate of Oak Brook College of Law, and a member of the California Bar Association. She has been active in the legal and political arena through teaching, speaking and speech writing, for the last six years. Rachael has been involved with SSI since 2000, and has been instructing the Moot Court track at SSI for the last three years.

Rachael married Jacob Denhollander in August of 2009, and, with her husband, plans on pursuing full-time ministry teaching students and families comprehensive Biblical worldview as a natural outgrowth of a life devoted to Christ Jesus.

John Hayden
Pastor - Speaker

John Hayden studied political science at Adrian College, George Washington University, and University of Maryland/Far East Division, partly while serving as a linguist and administrative specialist with the Army Security Agency in Thailand and Vietnam. Later, while a student at Michigan State University, he was also a page in the Michigan House of Representatives and then an Ingham County commissioner. Upon completion of a pre-law B.A., he spent several years in regional and statewide business and trade association activities prior to relocating to Indiana, where he earned his M.Div. from Grace Theological Seminary.

After three years as director of Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of Fort Wayne, IN, John accepted a pastorate in Jewell, IA, where he also gained experience as a radio announcer and college instructor. Since 1997, he has been an elder at Columbia Road Baptist Church, in Mason, MI. He currently teaches Bible and Writing, part time, at Spring Arbor University School of Graduate & Professional Studies and is a part-time funeral director associate for Gorsline-Runciman. He is also pastor-advisor to CEF of Michigan and a member of the Lansing State Journal Community Panel. John and his wife, Linda, have six daughters (one of whom is a 2010 SSI participant) and three sons.

Rusty Hills
Campaign Manager, Bill Schuette for Attorney General - Instructor

Rusty has had more than twenty years of experience in management, communications and public policy positions. After degrees from both Michigan State University and Notre Dame, he went on to work for the Michigan Republican Party in the late 1980s. From there he moved to the Office of the Governor, working as both Director of Communications and Director of Public Affairs for ten years.

Going back to the GOP, he served as Chairman of the Michigan Republican State Committee, as well as instructing classes at both MSU and University of Michigan.

Steven M. Jentzen
Attorney - Trial Instructor & Coach

Attorney Steven M. Jentzen has been in private practice for over 27 years, participating in landmark cases in the areas of family law, land development and constitutional law.

A Fellow of the Michigan State Bar, Jentzen is a member of Who’s Who in American Law, and is affiliated with several national attorney associations.

Jentzen has been an active member of Citizens for Traditional Values since its inception. He has also been involved with numerous organizations to promote conservative values, including Alliance Defense Fund and American Center for Law and Justice.

Jentzen and his wife Mary have been married for 27 years and have homeschooled all of their seven children, now ages 7 to 26.

Jeffrey M. Jentzen
Medical Examiner - Trial Instructor

Dr. Jentzen received his M.D. from Wayne State Medical School in 1980. He completed a transitional internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1980-1981 followed by residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota during the period 1980-1985. Following this, he completed a Forensic Pathology Fellowship at Hennepin County from 1985-1986. Dr. Jentzen also received an M.S. (1997) and Ph.D. (2007) in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He served as Medical Examiner for Milwaukee County and was on staff at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals from 1987-2008. He also served as Medical Examiner for Fond du Lac County from 2000-2006. He was the Co-Director of the Forensic Pathology (1989 - 2008) and Tixicology Fellowship (1998-2008) Programs at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In 1997, he was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1998. He also held the rank of Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Health and Allied Sciences at the University of Wisonsin from 2000-2007.

Dr. Jentzen is a member of numerous professional organizations including the National Association of Medical Examiners where he served as Vice-President in 2007 and is currently President-elect. He is a fellow in the College of American Pathologists and the American Academy of of Forensic Sciences and served as Chairman of the Forensic Pathology Subcommittee for the American Association of Clinical Pathology from 1988-1994. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the National Association of Medical Examiners in 2001, the Outstanding Service Award from the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators in 2002 and the President's Award from the National Association of Medical Examiners in October 2007.

He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Pathology. Dr. Jentzen joined the faculty of the Department of Pathology for the University of Michigan in March 2008 as Professor and Director of Autopsy and Forensic Pathology Services. Dr. Jentzen also serves as Deputy Medical Examiner for Washtenaw County. He is married to Dorianne and has two grown daughters.

Kathleen Lavey
Reporter for the Lansing State Journal - Media Coach

Kathleen Lavey is a news reporter at the Lansing State Journal. She also has worked in the features department, on the news copy desk and as an assigning editor. She has a degree in political science and communication from the University of Michigan and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Western Michigan University. She has been a journalist for 25 years.

Lennie Mailand
Business Owner - Instructor

For over twenty-five years, Mr. Mailand has worked in the field of education at the college and secondary level as an administrator, teacher, and coach. He has taught classes in Bible, apologetics, logic, history, government, economics, introductory Greek, and comparative worldviews utilizing an adaptation of the “Understanding the Times” curriculum. His other contributions have included curriculum development and teacher training.

Mr. Mailand is also a guest lecturer at the Student Statesmanship Institute in Lansing, Michigan, where he speaks on comparative worldviews and biblical leadership. His passion is teaching people to think and live out of a Biblical world and life view, standing confident and ready to give a defense for biblical faith. Throughout the years, it has been his privilege to teach students, parents, educators, and administrators the truths found in the Bible and the importance of teaching from a Biblical perspective.

Mr. Mailand earned his M.Ed. at Seattle Pacific University. In 2001 he founded a young men’s academic/leadership academy with the financial backing of a local church. Several years ago he started Dominion Services, Inc., a hardwood and laminate installation contracting business. He and his wife Brenda (28 years) have 2 adult sons. Britton, 24, who having finished a tour in Iraq as a US Marine reservist, is now a college student. Braden, 22, is currently serving in Intelligence Services with the Marines. Their younger children Sarah 15 and Midas 13 are educated at home. They reside in Grand Ledge, Michigan with their dogs, cats, goats, chickens, and other critters as they become available.

Jonathan Maire
Attorney - Trial Instructor & Coach

As an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ingham County, Mr. Maire tried hundreds of cases – misdemeanor and felony – many of which were jury trials. Prior to that, he was an associate in the law firm of Reid, Hildebrandt, King, Weed, Smith and Brown. As a municipal judge, he presided over trials – jury and non-jury – of misdemeanor cases and preliminary examinations in felony cases, as well as various civil matters. As a private practitioner, he practiced in most areas of the law, excepting domestic matters. As a partner with Street, Grua, Maire and Young, P.L.C. he was engaged primarily in civil litigation, trying personal injury, product liability, employment, real estate, and commercial cases.

Mr. Maire retired in 2000, and has since been a volunteer in providing legal services to the poor, in Savannah, Georgia (Georgia Legal Services) and in Lansing, Michigan, as founder of Christian Legal Aid for Greater Lansing.

Kerry Morgan
Attorney - Trial Instructor & Coach

Kerry Lee Morgan is "Of Counsel" to Pentiuk, Couvreur, & Kobiljak, P.C. His chief areas of practice involve municipal law, employment discrimination, litigation, environmental law and educational policy. Prior to his current legal affiliation, he served as an Attorney-Advisor with the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington D.C.

In addition to practicing law, since 1980, Mr. Morgan received his Masters of Arts, magna cum laude, in Public Policy from Regent University. He has also written a number of thought-provoking articles in the areas of natural law and unalienable rights. He recently completed an extensive legal review of religious liberty principles and Supreme Court cases titled, Unalienable Rights, Equality and The Free Exercise of Religion. In 1997, University Press of America published his book, Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education, a scholarly work that articulates the legal and Constitutional case for parental rights and against governmental control of American Education.

Mr. Morgan's 2006 bid for the Michigan Supreme Court was recently featured in Michigan Lawyers Weekly. The interview focused on his commitment to natural rights and belief that they must be protected more stringently than they have been in the recent past. Also discussed was his legal philospphy -- " The Constitution [and] the statutes, they are the organic documents that make up our laws," Morgan said. "The job of the court is to go back and determine what the constitution says, not what the court says the constitution says."

Christopher M. Murray
Michigan Court of Appeals Judge - Moot Court Judge

Chris Murray is a Judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals. Previously he was a Wayne Circuit Court judge, serving in the Family Division. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hillsdale College in 1985. In 1990, he received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit School of Law.

Judge Murray practiced law with Keller, Thoma, P.C., in Detroit from 1990 until 1995, while from 1995 to 1997, Judge Murray served as deputy legal counsel to Governor John Engler. In 1997, Judge Murray returned to Keller, Thoma, and remained there until his appointment to the Wayne Circuit Court on January 10, 2000. Judge Murray was elected to a six-year term on the Wayne Circuit Court in November 2000. He was appointed to the Court of Appeals on January 16, 2002, and was elected to a full term on November 5, 2002.

While in private practice, Judge Murray also served as chairman of the State Board of Ethics, and as a member of the Local Government Claims Review Board. He has had several articles published in Michigan legal periodicals, including "State-Tribal Issues: A Legal Perspective," in The Michigan Bar Journal (October 1996). Judge Murray is a member of the Michigan Bar Association, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, is Treasurer for the Irish-American Lawyers Association, a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, and is on the Board of Directors for the Catholic Lawyer’s Society. He is also a member of the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee.

Judge Murray is married with three children.

Paul Opsommer
State Representative, - Speaker

State Rep. Paul Opsommer was elected to a second term in the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2008 representing residents of Clinton and Gratiot counties. Opsommer graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in secondary education. He is the former vice-president for Action Management Corporation, a governmental and corporate training firm. Opsommer is a former DeWitt mayor and city councilman. He also has extensive experience on many local government agencies and boards, including DeWitt Schools Strategic Planning, Clinton County Conservation District, DeWitt Downtown Development Association, the DeWitt Area Community Alliance, and the Tri-County Ground Water Management Board. Paul also is active in economic development and has helped secure grants for the Looking Glass and Stoney Creek watersheds. Paul and his wife of 35 years, Barbara, have lived in Clinton County for the last 32 years. They have two sons and two grandchildren.

Scott Robe
Attorney - Trial Instructor & Coach

Scott M. Robe, Esq., earned an A.B. degree summa cum laude in History at Ohio University in 1984. He received a Master of Public Policy and a Juris Doctor degree from Regent University in 1986, and 1989 respectively. He passed the Virginia Bar Exam in 1989, the District of Columbia exam in 1990, and the Ohio exam in 1991, and is admitted to practice in each of those jurisdictions.

From 1989-90 he was a judicial law clerk at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in the office of Special Master for vaccine injury litigation. Since 1990 he has engaged in the general practice of law, emphasizing probate and trust law, estate planning, business organization, real property, municipal law, personal injury, and civil litigation involving those subject matters. He has scholarly interests in the areas of the history and philosophy of law, and in the history, foundation, and relationship of ideas, particularly in regard to legal and constitutional systems.

Matthew Schneider
Federal Prosecutor - Trial Instructor & Coach

Matthew Schneider is a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice. He was appointed by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Schneider was sworn in as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan on May 1, 2003.

Schneider prosecutes drug traffickers, bank robbers, child pornographers, weapons offenders, and other violent criminals in the Detroit office’s Criminal Division. He has a particular focus in prosecuting organized crime, including street gangs and outlaw motorcycle gangs. Schneider also prosecutes antiterrorism cases, and he holds the United States government’s highest security clearance, known as Top Secret S.C.I. He has also taught and written as an adjunct professor of constitutional law.

Prior to becoming a federal prosecutor, Schneider served on the legal staff of President George W. Bush. President Bush appointed Schneider to the position of Senior Advisor and Assistant General Counsel in the White House Budget Office during the President’s first term. Schneider helped to develop the President’s major policy, budget, and legal initiatives at the White House. Among other things, he drafted the President’s Executive Orders and Signing Statements, and advised senior policy makers on the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.

Before his appointment, Schneider practiced international law with the Washington, D.C. firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP, where he represented American companies in suits against foreign governments for unfair business and trade actions.

Schneider graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in May 2000. He received a degree in International Relations from Michigan State University’s James Madison College in 1996, graduating as a member of the Honors College. After graduation, Schneider served on the staff of Michigan Governor John Engler. In 2000, he was the campaign manager for Michigan Supreme Court Justices Stephen Markman, Clifford Taylor, and Robert Young, who were all elected.

Matthew and Rebecca Schneider have one daughter, Ava.

Blaine Schultz
CFO of Advance Employment - Business Instructor & Coach

Blaine Schultz is the Chief Financial Officer of the Advance Employment family of companies. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the financial, accounting and computer operations. His organization is divided into three administrative departments; accounting, payroll / billing center and a Human Resource Outsourcing division.

Prior to joining Advance in 1991, Blaine was Controller of the Michigan Republican State Committee from 1990 - 1991, and an accountant at Lindell Drop Forge from 1988 - 1989. Blaine received a B.S. in Accounting from Michigan State University in 1986.

Jeff & Jennie Visscher
C.O.O. and Summer Program Director of SSI - Speakers

In January of 2001, Jeff Visscher became the Chief Operations Officer and Summer Program Director at SSI, a ministry of Foundation for Traditional Values.

Previously, for more than ten years, Jeff served as the Executive Director of Citizens for Traditional Values, a non-profit civic league which mobilizes citizens for grassroots political action and lobbies for traditional family values in the public arena.

Jeff is a 1991 graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, finishing with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Jennie was homeschooled and received her teaching instruction in violin at the Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Jennie is a home-schooling mom and an accomplished violinist, who up until recently taught violin out of her home. She also serves as the String Director and Senior Orchestra Conductor for the Home School Music Association. In addition, Jennie works along with Jeff at SSI’s Summer Program, serving as Head Chaperone and Camp Nurse.

Jeff & Jennie are members of Faith Bible Church in Lansing, where Jeff serves as a lay leader. Both haved ministered extensively in short-term missions around the world, serving in China, Russia, Austrailia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Peru.

Jeff has spoken on a variety of topics including politics and grassroots activism. Jeff and Jennie have also spoken to a variety of audiences on courtship.

Jeff and Jennie, with their two children Andelisia and Nicholas, reside in Eaton Rapids, Michigan.

Michael Warren
Circuit Court Judge - Mock Trial & Moot Court Judge

Hon. Michael Warren was appointed to the Oakland County Circuit Court in December 2002, retained the position in an unopposed election in 2004, and won re-election in 2006.

Judge Warren has published How to Kit: Obtain a Finding of Contempt of Court for Failure to Obey an Order or Judgment of the Court with the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), and Contempt of Court & Broken Windows, Why Ignoring Contempt of Court Undermines Justice, the Rule of Law, and Republican Self-Government in Engage, The Federalist Society’s Practice Group Publication. ICLE has committed to publishing his book on contempt of court as well. He has also published a large number of guest commentaries regarding the law, education, and civics in The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, and other newspapers. He has participated as a member of the faculty for various ICLE conferences.

Judge Warren is a former member of the Michigan State Board of Education. After leaving the State Board of Education, he served on the State Board of Education’s Task Force on Social Studies. He also served on the Advisory Boards of the Michigan Civics Institute and Michigan School Board Leaders Association.

A former partner of the Detroit based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLC, he concentrated on business transactions, corporations, and securities work. He also served as the Executive Director (and in other capacities) for The New Common School Foundation (a Detroit based foundation working to build models of excellence in urban education).

Judge Warren is a 1992 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (Juris Doctor Degree, Cum Laude) and a 1989 graduate of Wayne State University (Bachelor of Arts Honors History, Magna Cum Laude). Following graduation from law school, Judge Warren was a clerk to Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley.

Anthony Weber
High School Teacher, Assoc. Pastor - Advanced Biblical Worldview Instructor

"Born and raised a Mennonite in the backwoods of Alabama, the valleys of Oregon, and the wilds of Ohio (go Buckeyes), I eventually ended up at Cedarville University. There I received a Bachelor's degree in English Education, making me officially unilingual.

"I met the lovely and gracious Sheila in Bible college in 1987 B.C. (before Cedarville) We eventually married, and we currently have three handsome boys who clearly favor their mother.

"I have been teaching at Traverse City Christian School for 10 years (English, BIble, Logic) as well as coaching (girls and boy's basketball). For the past three years, I have also been a youth pastor. I earned a Masters Degree in Christian Theology and Philosoply last year, and my brain is officially full."

Craig Wieland
President of Wieland-Davco Corporation - Speaker

Since becoming President of Wieland-Davco in 1987, Craig Wieland has put his personal stamp on the Wieland-Davco Corporation. Craig's energy level and enthusiasm for the construction industry has resulted in Wieland-Davco becoming one of Michigan's premiere design/build contractors in Michigan.

Having served the company for 23 years, in capacities as varied as carpenter, project manager, Vice President, and now President, Craig continues to drive the vision of Wieland-Davco forward in the 21st Century.

In March of 2000 Craig led Wieland-Davco towards a strategic alliance with the Wolff & Mueller Construction Company of Stuttgart, Germany, an alliance that gives Wieland-Davco a competitive advantage in business development overseas.

Kendall Wingrove
Communications Director, Michigan Senate Republicans - Media Coach

Kendall Wingrove is the Communications Director for the Senate Republican Office, where he started in October 2005 after many years as a press secretary in the Michigan House.He received a master's degree from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University. Kendall also is a free-lance historical writer and columnist who is regularly featured on the editorial page of several Michigan newspapers.

Dr. Levon Yuille
Pastor & National Director of the National Black Pro-Life Congress - Speaker

Elder Dr. Levon R. Yuille has been the Pastor of The Bible Church in Ypsilanti, Michigan for over thirty years. Along with his work in the ministry, he has been a community activist for well over thirty years, which has afford him the opportunity to work with numerous groups and individuals for the good of society. Pastor Yuille is currently Chairman of the Hope Clinic Pastoral Advisory Board. This board serves Washtenaw with free medical, dental, and other related health and social service needs. In addition, Pastor Yuille is National Director of the National Black Pro-Life Congress. This position has allowed him to speak for over a decade around the country and three providences in Africa (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania) on behalf of the unborn. He has also spoken throughout the state of Michigan for Michigan Right to Life.

Pastor & Mrs. Yuille were the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Right to Life of Michigan. Pastor Yuille has received over forty awards and citations for his involvement with quality of life causes. He has received various awards from the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan for Citizen of the Year, Pregnancy Counseling Center Community Service Award, Heartbeat International 2009 Servant Award, and numerous awards and accolades which reflect his concern for humanity.

Pastor Yuille received his initial ministerial training at the Avery Church and Bible School of Chicago, Illinois. His insatiable appetite for the word of God and theology has driven him to many books, scholarly presentations and exposures to numerous other sources of learning for over twenty years. In 2005 the Mid-Atlantic Conference Board Scholars conferred a Doctorate of Divinity upon Pastor Yuille.

Dr. Yuille is also host of Radio Talk Show: Joshua's Trail heard Saturdays on radio stations WDTK 1400 AM in Detroit, Michigan, WAAM 1600 AM in Ann Arbor, Michigan and streams live on the internet.

Pastor Yuille’s best friend and traveling companion Sally. Mrs. Yuille, a quiet warrior, has been part of Pastor Yuille's numerous activities and ministry for many years. They have been blessed to raise eight children and an abundance of great and great grandchildren. In their decades of marriage they have been fortunate to travel throughout the world including all fifty states, Canada, Mexico, Africa and England.

Brian Zahra
Michigan Court of Appeals Judge - Moot Court Judge

Judge Brian Keith Zahra resides in Northville Township with his wife, Suzanne Casey, and their two children.

In 1984, Judge Zahra committed himself to the legal profession, and in 1987 he earned a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Detroit Law School, where he served on the Law Review (1986-87) and was the Articles Editor to the State Bar of Michigan’s Corporation and Finance Business Law Journal (1986-87). Upon graduation from law school, Judge Zahra clerked in the United States District Court before joining and becoming a partner in the Dickinson Wright law firm. Judge Zahra taught evidence as an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (1994-2003) and has on many occasions served on the faculty for the Michigan Judicial Institute.

Governor John Engler appointed Judge Zahra to the Third Circuit Court in 1994. When appointing Judge Zahra to the Court of Appeals in December, 1998, Governor Engler stated that Judge Zahra “is exceptionally well-prepared to accept the challenge that awaits him on the Michigan Court of Appeals. He has a reputation as a hard working and scholarly member of the 3rd Circuit Court.” Judge Zahra ran unopposed for the Court of Appeals in 2000. In 2004 Judge Zahra ran a spirited but unsuccessful campaign for Michigan Supreme Court. In December, 2005, Judge Zahra was appointed Chief Judge Pro Tem to the Michigan Court of Appeals.