Kary Oberbrunner

Author & Founder

Kary founded Redeem the Day, a movement connecting people to a process that ignites their Souls on Fire. Author of Your Secret Name, The Fine Line, Called and The Journey toward Relevance, Kary earned a Doctorate in Transformational Leadership and a Master of Divinity. Besides life coaching and a Founding Partner on the John Maxwell Team, he serves as a pastor at Grace Church in OH.

He and his soul-mate, Kelly, have 3 kids. In his free-time Kary enjoys reading, the outdoors, and playing disc golf. Visit KaryOberbrunner.com

David Branderhorst

Program Director & Speaker

David spent 13 years as an analyst in the banking industry before God took his life in a new direction. A few years ago he moved with his wife Christiane and 3 kids to Columbus, OH where he discovered his Secret Name in a small group at Grace Church. David brought  his talents for strategy and planning to Your Secret Name, developing the Teacher and Partipant study guides.

David is committed to teaching truth through blogging, writing, and speaking (listen to sample here - wait for download). Rare for OH, David is an Iowa Hawkeye fan.

Desiree Arney

Teaching & Specialized Ministry

Desiree encourages others to embrace God’s acceptance and love through an intimate relationship with Jesus. Holding a deep conviction to be authentic with God, herself, and others, Desiree shares openly and honestly from life experience and God’s Word, offering grace and hope.

Desiree is the author of a children’s book titled Once Upon a Tea Pot and is a biblical lay counselor with the American Association for Christian Counselors AACC. As a gifted communicator, Desiree speaks to all types of audiences including women’s and children’s groups. She and her husband Jim live with their family in New Jersey.

Watch Desiree’s story of God revealing her Secret Name.

Elias Kanaris

Adjunct Faculty – Murrays Bay

Auckland, New Zealand

Elias Kanaris runs his own company committed to providing values-based Coaching, Mentoring and Training to passionate, smart and ambitious business owners. He was involved in setting up and running a Christian Political Party as well as a Sr. Consultant in the IT & Telecomm. sector.  But his career has not always been positive…

Told that he was an “idiot” from an early age, Elias self-sabotaged his career and his personal life, unable to fulfil his potential for a long time.  Until he heard a travelling Pastor talking about the power of words.  Elias’s journey to discovery has been an exciting 14 year journey where he has developed clear insight into key areas that lead to a successful business.

Elias’s vision is to positively impact 1,000,000 households around the world.

Steve Broughton

Founding Partner – Bellville, Ohio

Over the last 20 years, Steve has had the privilege of serving in ministries both internationally and domestically. He is currently the Discipleship & Worship Minister at New Life Church in Bellville, Ohio.

Steve founded Restoring Hope Ministries as a ministry of reconciliation born out of his Secret Name. He utilizes Your Secret Name Conferences, speaking engagements, biblical counseling, and discipleship training to deliver a message of hope to those who long to be set free.

Steve and his wife Kristina have been married for nearly 20 years and have two teenage children.

Rob Edwards

Founding Partner—Norfolk, Virginia

For over 25 years, Rob has been a catalyst for sustainable change leading to individual, organizational and community transformation as he has led faith-based nonprofit organizations.

He has served in local churches and in military & crisis care chaplaincy. Rob is a certified growth coach and consults with churches on strategic planning, discipleship and small-group ministries, and community engagement. Currently he serves as a Pastoral Care Associate with Sought Out, Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA.

Rob and his wife have two children and four cats.

Janie Garber

Founding Partner – Los Angeles,

California

Janie Garber is a Certified Life Coach and along with her husband Ken, serves as a Lead Pastor of a church in Southern California.

After years of substance abuse and broken relationships, Janie gave her life to Christ at age 23. This began a miraculous journey of turning her life around.  Because of what the Lord has done for her, Janie confidently brings healing to people facing great hardship and struggles, knowing the Lord is the full Restorer of our souls. Janie loves to help people love, laugh and live again.

Janie and her husband are very proud of their Marine son, daughter-in-law and precious grandchild.

Matt Harmon

Founding Partner - West Liberty, Ohio

Matt is a junior at Liberty University Online working on his B.S. in Theology for Pastoral Ministry.

Before and after accepting Christ as a senior in high school, Matt struggled with depression, suicide, and self injury. After starting college, he resonated deeply with the name Unstable. Throughout 2011, God brought significant healing, love, and reassurance of his identity in Christ as Confident. God continues to reveal how his Secret Name is who God made him and empowers him to be. Matt is passionate about teaching God’s word and setting captives free by the healing that comes from knowing who God is and who you are in Christ.

Matt serves faithfully in a number of ministries in his local church, blogs regularly, and is anxiously awaiting seminary.

Heidi Hartmann

Founding Partner – Burlington,

New Jersey

Heidi is a gifted speaker with a deep desire to set people free by experiencing God’s overwhelming love.  She encourages others to discover the truth about God according to His Word and find their significance in Him.

Heidi has a powerful story of redemption – openly sharing how God transformed her life from one of resentment, depression, guilt and shame, to joy, healing, freedom, and thankfulness! Today, she walks boldly in the knowledge of her Secret Name.

Heidi speaks to small groups, women’s retreats and conferences.  She is also a speaker forCup of Hope - Christian Women’s Tea Society.  Heidi and her husband Joe live in New Jersey, enjoying the gift of God’s grace.

Linda Outka

Founding Partner – Sioux Falls,

South Dakota

Linda Outka has been a coach, speaker and trainer in the business world for nearly 20 years. She is a Founding Partner of the John Maxwell Team and is certified as a coach, speaker and trainer. Linda owns Breakthrough Solutions which creates space where people can feel safe to be real. Where people find common ground and new perspective when they are in conflict with one another. Where people explore new insights in places they feel stuck and discover breakthrough solutions that open doors to their potential.

Linda is married to her soul-mate Troy, and they have three children.

Bob Price

Founding Partner – Virginia Beach,

Virginia

For over 15 years, Bob has served in key leadership positions in business, military, and nonprofit organizations, driving successful organizational transformation.

A former Infantry Marine non-commissioned officer, Bob went on to serve in youth ministry, international evangelism, and Senior Pastor positions. He has over 10 years pastoral counseling experience and has completed graduate and postgraduate studies in pastoral psychotherapy, counseling, psychology, clinical pastoral education, & theology.

Bob currently serves as the Executive Director of Sought Out, Inc., in Virginia Beach, VA.

Gill Scott

Founding Partner – Doncaster,

South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Gill Scott is founder of Motive Leadership and a founding partner on the John Maxwell Team. A certified speaker and trainer, Gill helps people increase self-awareness and gain confidence and courage for their journey.

Gill is a graduate nurse focusing in hospice and palliative care, pain management and grief support. She held a dual clinical and teaching role and has deep empathy for dis-empowered individuals, whether caused by serious illness, de-personalizing systems, institutions, ignorance or controlling relationships.

Gill co-pastored a contemporary church for six years and lives with her daughter and son.

Jim Watters

Founding Partner – Milwaukee,

Wisconsin

For more than two decades Jim has served as a leader and innovator in several Christian ministries including World Vision, World Relief and Pastors Retreat Network.  In addition, Jim has served in the corporate world as VP of Sales and Marketing for an international corporation.

As a Founding Partner of the Your Secret Name team, Jim is committed to sharing the liberating message of freedom available to each one of us when we learn who we really are is often very different than what we have been told.

Jim and his wonderful wife Char live in a quaint little cottage, where they intermittently have the joy of hosting their widely dispersed adult children and three “perfect” grandsons.

Terry Wood

Founding Partner – Warsaw/

Winona Lake, Indiana

Terry Wood has been a marketplace business owner-operator for 25 years and College Ministry leader for the past 26 years.

His life was interrupted by the Your Secret Name message in 2011, leading him to passionately share his life transforming experience with virtually everyone he meets. Terry is actively engaged in speaking and testifying to the redemptive freedom and personal healing found in Christ alone. Terry works with ministries reaching the homeless and disciples and mentors the next generation of leaders.

He is thankful for his faithful companion Becky and two sons Zachary and Jacob as they share in this life changing ministry together.