Meet Our Speakers

Dr. John Trent - Head Coach

Dr. Trent is founding president of StrongFamilies.com, a ministry committed to strengthening marriage and family relationships worldwide. Dr. Trent is a bestselling author and popular speaker with over 25 years experience serving and strengthening families. John and his wife Cindy live in Phoenix, AZ, have been married since 1979 and have two daughters. John has spoken to over 100,000 people in over 65 major cities in the past five years alone, as well as 750,000 men at Promise Keepers conferences. He has authored and co-authored more than a dozen award winning and best-selling books – including The Blessing, The Language of Love, Heartshift, and Breaking the Cycle of Divorce. His most recent books include The 2 Degree Difference, Superhero Swamp, (a children’s book), and Skinny Rabbits.

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Kurt Bruner - Offensive Coordinator

Kurt is currently Pastor of Spiritual Formation at Lake Pointe Church in the Dallas area, and Executive Director of the StrongFamilies Innovation Alliance. He served as Group Vice President over Media for Focus on the Family where he led the teams creating films, magazines, books and radio drama such as Adventures in Odyssey and The Chronicles of Narnia. Kurt is a best-selling author of books with combined sales of over 700,000 copies including Your Heritage, Finding God in the Lord of the Rings and The Family Night Tool Chest series. Kurt and wife Olivia have been married since 1985 and have four children. Kurt is co-founder and executive editor of The Heritage Builders Association, a ministry that motivates and equips parents to become intentional about passing a strong heritage to the next generation.

Jeff Thibault - Assistant Coach

For two decades, Jeff was both an area and then Metro Director for Young Life in the Phoenix area. He brings a blend of organizational and management skills that make him a key part of the StrongFamilies team. Jeff holds his Masters Degree in Christian Leadership from Fuller Seminary and was a high school football coach for 12 years. What an asset it is to have a “coach” on our staff as we develop StrongFamily Coaches! Jeff and his Debbie have been married since 1985, have four children and live in Chandler, AZ.