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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ed White Don Pratt Todd Knaack Fred DeMouey Helen Campbell Preston Brown Tom Walter

BOARD OF DIRECTORS	PERSONAL STATEMENT TOP
Rev. Ed White Founder and Honorary Board Member email	Prison and Jail rehabilitation are very fruitful areas of ministry. Our (FIT) 100hour curriculum is the best tool I have seen to get the results the state wants to reduce the decidivism rate in our prisons and jails. We have a growing network of instructors across the state. Our goal is to have the curriculum in every prison, jail and transition center that will allow it. We also wish to place a transition house near each prison that does not already have one. Also, we are praying for a center where we can house registered sex offenders. They are the "lepers" of our day. TOP
Dr. Don Pratt President Executive Director, Sarasota Region email	We are not interested in reinventing the wheel. Most of the materials used in our program have been successfully used in both churches and prisons for years. What we want to do is to train prison workers how to most effectively use these tools to really make a difference. It is a big project but doable if we all work together. After training, a 4 to 12-week commitment of teaching prisoners once a week is all we ask for. The choice is then yours as to whether to recommit yourself and when. TOP
Todd Knaack Vice President email	After giving my heart to the Lord in 1988, I became involved in volunteering and have done so ever since. I found a real need for mentoring in prison and have now found a great tool to assist me with the men I mentor to, it’s Florida Integrity Training. I liked the material so much that I became a board member and trainer of this incredible scripturally-rich curriculum. If you have a heart for prison, re-entry, after-care or outreach ministry, this material will only make your work easier. TOP
Mr. Fred DeMouey Treasurer Executive Director, Lakeland Region email	Two years ago, the direction of my life changed completely. Since 2001 I had been preparing to teach special needs in the elementary education field, but a freak accident delayed these plans. The big change came in 2004 when I began working with homeless men which led to prison work and men in crisis. He so gently led me to the Lighthouse Rescue Mission and on to the Polk Correctional Institution (State Prison). What a journey I am traveling! I feel so honored to be involved in the 100 hour curriculum. TOP
Rev. Helen Campbell Secretary email	My vision is to see women free of issues that have held them back from accomplishing what God's purpose is for them. Through God's Word, His help, and our hands extended, they will be set free. The 100-hour curriculum is an excellent tool to provide Bible-based, Christ-centered guidance for life skills as well as a thorough understanding of how to apply the principles of God's Word to their everyday life. It is exciting to see the transformation in the lives of women whose lives are being changed through their development in God's Word. TOP
Preston Brown Board Member email	I have been called to encourage, strengthen, and educate in moral and ethical values. This is done by the application of sound teaching, the Bible, and by the Spirit of God. The 100 hour curriculum is a great vehicle for inner-healing involving Christian fellowship and practical teaching. It is a bridge for transformation through the renewing of the mind. What a tremendous honor to be part of the Florida Integrity Training Program. TOP
Rev. Tom Walter Board Member Executive Director, Brooksville Region email	I have a passion for the elderly and minister in many facilities. It took some time before I entered into jail and prison ministry in 1999. Now I minister in the Hernando County Jail and in state and federal facilities. I am blessed to be a part of the 100 hour curriculum. TOP

BIOGRAPHIES Ed White Don Pratt Fred DeMouey Tom Walter Helen Campbell

Ed White is Director of Men’s Ministries for the Peninsular Florida District of the Assemblies of God. He is a college graduate with an advanced degree in Education. He was a public school teacher for 7 years and a senior pastor for 25 years. Presently, his organization is training people to teach in correctional facilities, spearheading a disaster program (Network of Promise), supervising a boys ministry (Royal Rangers) WWW.floridarangers.com, and operating chapels at truck stops throughout the state. He also is the Honorbound representative to the Florida Men of Integrity (FMI) board (more info at www.honorboundfl.com). [BACK] [TOP]

Dr. Don Pratt has been Associate Pastor/Pastoral Care, Journey Assembly of God, Bradenton, FL since November 2004. He trained facilitators there for the Living Free/Turning Point curriculum and in 2006 became a certified faculty member of the Living Free national ministry, Chattanooga, TN. He also trained the staff and board of the Second Chance Women's Center in Lakeland, FL, a post-release residential center for women. He organized and directed an interdenominational conference in 2003 dealing with the small-group approach to these personal issues. Dr. Pratt earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida and has been a university teacher at Evangel University, University of South Florida, University of Wyoming, and Bloomsburg University of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. He has been active in church work for over 40 years, having served in such positions as board member, chairman of the board, choir director, and Royal Ranger boys scouting program. He was active in the areas of conflict resolution and organization development in church, university, and professional organization settings for over 20 years. He has been officer/member numerous boards at the national, state, and local level. [BACK] [TOP]

Todd Knaack is a 32-year veteran of the business world in Lakeland Florida. He is a founding member of the Sowing Seeds men’s prison re-entry center and is the current Vice President of the North American Youth Foundation and Florida Integrity Training Inc. Todd volunteers in prisons two days a week and is involved in numerous training sessions throughout the year. He is involved in men’s ministry, training, and outreaches. [BACK] [TOP]

Mr. Fred DeMouey graduated from Southeastern University in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in Bible and Theology. He has served as resident Vice President of the Lay Council at Southeastern. He received a teacher's diploma from ETTA incampbellmeh@netzero.net 1964. He has been involved in church ministry for over 50 years serving as youth director, on church board, taught Sunday School, men's ministry, and Royal Ranger leader. He has served on the board of Real Life Children's Ranch in Okeechobee, a member of the Lakeland Board of Realtors since 1973, served as treasurer, vice-president and president of the Lakeland Multiple listing service. He is a trained small-group facilitator with Overcomers, working with men with addictions. He is on the board of Central Florida Ecotours, land preservation and children education in ecology. He is on the advisory board at the Lighthouse Rescue Mission, conducts two chapel services a month and partners with LHRM taking their graduates into Sowing Seeds program for addition training. He volunteers at the (Lakeland, FL) Freedom Center's after-school programs. He is Co-Founder of Sowing Seeds Ministry, a re-entry housing and educational program for men in crisis from prison and jail. He does one-on-one mentoring at Polk Correction Institute. [BACK] [TOP]

Rev. Tom Walter is active in his home church and works with the God's Glory Jail Ministry. He ministers at the Hernando County Jail plus state and federal prisons. He has worked with the parenting unit and coordinates leader training in Hernando and Citrus Counties. [BACK] [TOP]

Rev. Helen R. Campbell is the Adult Ministry Director, Assemblies of God Peninsular, Florida. She graduated from Eckerd College with a BA in Business and is a graduate of University of Virginia's Darden Executive Education Program. Her husband of 44 years is Mike Campbell with 2 sons and 8 grandchildren. Thirty years in business as an executive in a large corporation as a training director allowed her to see many people develop and grow into their full potential. After retiring from business, she became the principal of a Christian school for 4 years, again allowing her to impact lives of elementary children in their learning experience.

Her service of thirty years as part of the volunteer leadership and later as pastoral staff member at Bethel Temple, Tampa, Florida, provided opportunity for teaching Sunday school for 29 of those years, as well as development and teaching of the Lay Leadership Volunteer Training program for 3 years. In addition she and her husband worked with middle-school and youth programs, many of whom are now in full-time ministry. Bringing this experience and knowledge into her work with mature and aging adults of Florida, she is now the director of Adult Ministries for Peninsular Assemblies of God. In this capacity she oversees state-wide events that bring these adults together for growth, inspiration, and fellowship. Her passion in working with mature adults is to provide encouragement and inspiration to pass on to those following behind, a spiritual heritage and legacy that will enable them to be successful in their spiritual growth and move forward, surpassing efforts of past generations.

Prison ministry has opened up through involvement with Kairos Prison Ministry in Hillsborough Correctional Institute in Riverview and at the Federal Women's Work Camp at Coleman. This now has expanded to weekly mentoring with several of the women at Hillsborough Correctional Institute and teaching numerous classes to include beginning the 100-hour curriculum. Hillsborough Correctional Institute is the only total Faith-Based Prison in the nation. She is also involved teaching the 100-hour curriculum at the Polk County Jail in the Faith-Based dorms. It is exciting watching the transformation of women who had never understood the Word of God, now experiencing God's love and sharing this love to others. [BACK] [TOP]

Pastor Preston Brown is an Associate Pastor of Consuming Fire International Ministries of Sarasota, Florida since January 2009. He is a Program Director of Joseph’s Storehouse of Florida Restoration Center (JSRC), located at 1027^th 9^th Street West in Bradenton Florida. JSRC is an eighteen-month faith based 40 bed, alcohol and drug treatment center where the 100 hour curriculum is implemented. He graduated from the Air Force Community College receiving his A.A. in Financial Management and through the University of Maryland. Awarded an A.A. in Business and Management. Preston is an Alumni of New Life Centers for Men of Word of Life Church, located in Fort Myers Florida where he earned a New Life Diploma. After completing New Life Centers Preston served as Director of Administration and later raised to Program Director. He is a proud husband to Daphne M. Brown and father of four beautiful children.

Preston’s commitment extends beyond his family and church. He serves his community actively participating with Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness - Sarasota, People Assisting The Homeless (PATH) – Bradenton , Manatee County Substance Abuse Coalition and the Florida Regional Gang Reduction Strategy Task Force - Bradenton. He is a minister in the Port Manatee Jail and co-facilitates the 100 hour Anger Management Module at Joseph’s Storehouse Restoration Center for anyone who has a desire to turn their heart to the Lord or is in need of healing.

He is a fifteen year Veteran of the United States Air Force. During his duration he was deployed to Operation Proven Force in the Gulf War, Operation Provide Promise for relief to the Turkish Kurds, and Operation Deny Flight in support of the “No Fly Zone” over Bosnia. His future endeavors are to continue to grow in the grace of the Lord and pursue a degree in the field of Social Service. [BACK] [TOP]