Dr. LaGrange founded His Story Coaching and Counseling in 2011 and his goal has been to develop an affordable, high quality coaching and counseling practice that meets the needs of individuals, families, and organizations throughout our community. He has put together an outstanding team of certified life coaches and licensed counselors offering comprehensive mental health care located right in the heart of the DFW Metroplex.

Born and raised in southern Indiana, Dr. LaGrange lettered in basketball, track, tennis, and cross-country at Washington Catholic High School graduating in the top ten in his class. He then went on to attend Marian College in Indianapolis majoring in psychology. While at Marian, he played on the collegiate basketball and tennis teams and served as the president of the student body. After graduating cum laude, he went on to St. Louis University where he studied clinical psychology, earning a Masters of Science Degree with distinction in 1992. He completed his doctorate at Purdue University in clinical psychology in 1996.

Dr. LaGrange came to Texas in 2003 after being called into full-time ministry at Highland Meadows Christian Church. Shortly after arriving, he was asked to oversee the pastoral care ministries at the church that includes pastoral counseling, Stephen Ministry, and Celebrate Recovery. Over the past 10 years, he saw amazing growth in these relational ministries that resulted in the need to add additional staff, ultimately leading him to launching His Story as a stand-alone ministry in 2011.

Outside of His Story, Dr. LaGrange served for 7 years as the chair of psychology at Dallas Christian College and continues to teach life coaching courses as an adjunct professor. He is active in his church and several mission’s programs. He has led or participated in sports, educational, and construction trips to Poland and Mexico. During his career he has served on the Board of Trustees at GRACE

He is devoted to his beautiful wife of 25+ years, Melissa, and is actively involved with his children, Lucas and Ellie. He is an active sports enthusiast, and loves reading, cooking, traveling, and working.equipping leaders to fulfill their calling.

Kadi is a true visionary, ahead of her time in teaching churches to harness the God-given talents in their congregations. While we are all called to serve, Kadi helps men and women navigate the unique challenges that may arise in pursuit of that call together. Kadi is an engaging, practical, and down-to-earth speaker and writer on a variety of topics related to leadership, organizational
development, spiritual growth, parenting, and living a full life.

Jenni Catron is a leadership coach, author, and speaker. Her passion is to lead well and to inspire, equip and encourage others to do the same. She speaks at conferences and churches nationwide, seeking to help others develop their leadership gifts and lead confidently in the different spheres of influence God has granted them. As Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group, she consults organizations on leadership, team culture, and organizational health.

Jenni is the author of several books including Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence and The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership. She loves a fabulous cup of tea, great books, learning the game of tennis and hiking with her husband. Jenni can be found on social media at @jennicatron and at www.get4sight.com.

Nicki Koziarz is a two-time best selling author and speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries. She is a wife to Kris and mom to three girls: Taylor, Hope, & Kennedy. Nicki’s family runs a small farm just outside of Charlotte, NC they affectionately call The Fixer Upper Farm.

Nicki speaks nationally at conferences, retreats and meetings. She has also been featured on Life Today.

An evangelist at heart, Nicki inspires others to become the best version of who God created them to be.

You can connect with Nicki at www.nickikoziarz.com or on all forms of social media @NickiKoziarz.

Jessica Bealer has been leading children’s ministry for 19 years. Six of which were spent overseeing standards, systems, staffing and atmosphere for the children’s ministry of Elevation Church. She has overseen the launch of twenty locations, and is considered a specialist in kidmin multisite. Jessica currently oversees the Family Ministry Services Division of Generis, an organization dedicated to helping churches see their mission accomplished. Jessica is a mother of four, published author and host of the Women’s Leadership Workshop podcast. She is married to Frank, the CEO of Phase Family Centers and Executive Director of Leadership Development at Orange.

Nathan R. Elson joined the CDF Capital team in late 2015. Nathan has spent over 20 years following his two passions, ministry and marketing. Nathan has helped denominations, large ministries, local churches, and Christian publishers tell their stories and engage their audiences. Prior to joining CDF Capital, Nathan served on the Executive Team of Rock Church, a megachurch in San Diego, overseeing Sundays, creative, and communications. Nathan attended Talbot Seminary and holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Biola University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from California State University, Long Beach.

Founded in 1995, Dad's Garage is an award-winning non-profit theatre company that brings in over 30,000 people a year at our new Ezzard Street home in Atlanta's historic Old Fourth Ward, public events across the continent, and festivals around the globe. Each season features original plays and world premieres created by our performers; this creates the backbone of our programming. Dad's Garage serves a younger demographic not typically served by traditional arts organizations. We introduce them to other arts organizations—such as The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Opera, and Atlanta Ballet—through strategic programming collaborations. We have established ourselves as a “Gateway Drug to the Arts” and are dedicated to building a new generation of arts consumers.