Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Journey to Freedom: Ukraine Conference Keynote Speakers

In June, MDI is hosting a conference in Odessa, Ukraine, featuring Nashville keynote speakers Scott Reall, Author/Founder of Journey to Freedom and Jason Hancock, Chairman of the Journey to Freedom Ukraine Advisory Board. Here is some more information on our keynote speakers:

BIO. JTF: Scott Reall

Scott Reall is an author, recovery coach and teacher. He is founder and executive director of Restore Ministries of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee in Nashville.

Scott began his journey with the YMCA over 20 years ago when he became the Senior Wellness Director of the Green Hills YMCA. In this position he found his passion for helping people change their lives by overcoming life-controlling issues so they can achieve their full potential in spirit, mind and body.

In 2000, he began Restore Ministries. He is now the author of five books in the Journey to Freedom series published by Thomas Nelson. Journey to Freedom is now being used by YMCAs, churches, corporations, and prisons all over the USA and other countries across the world.

Journey to Freedom has been translated and published in Russian. It is currently being translated into Spanish. Through Restore Ministries, he has helped close to 10,000 people overcome obstacles of change in their lives truly making Restore a life changing program of the YMCA.

BIO. JTF: Jason Hancock

Jason Hancock grew up in a small agricultural community in the Panhandle of Texas in the United States. He attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and majored in Advertising. He joined his father’s advertising agency and worked with him for several years, and then went to work for a larger regional advertising agency.

It was during this time that he became involved as a board member of the local chapter of Big Brothers / Big Sisters, a program that provides mentors for children in single-parent homes, and later served as the Board Chairman. He was also on the board of the YMCA of Midland, Texas, and was the Communications Committee Chairman of the United Way of the Permian Basin.

He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1998 and worked for the largest advertising agency in the Southeastern US, managing the Out-of-home advertising division. In 2005, he started his own company, Hancock Advertising.

Jason and his family were members of the Green Hills YMCA, and after a chance meeting with Scott Reall, he became involved in Restore Ministries as a Board Member, Journey to Freedom participant, and facilitator. He served the Board as its Chairman for 4 years.

He has seen the direct impact of faith-based community recovery both in his own life and in many others. He is currently serving on the Green Hills YMCA board as the Restore Ministries liaison.

Jason and his wife, Amy, have a daughter, Mollie, who is 17.

In his spare time, he enjoys golf, riding his scooter, gardening and computers.

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