Click on each speaker’s name below to learn more about them and find links to their websites and Twitter handles.

  1. Andy Stanley
  2. Bill McDermott
  3. Aja Brown
  4. Ed Catmull
  5. Cmdr. Rorke Denver
  6. Rudy Giuliani
  7. Seth Godin
  8. Bill and Giuliana Rancic
  9. Malala Yousafzai

Event Hosts

Scott Miller

President & CEO, Interstate Batteries

bio_scott-miller
Scott Miller is the President & CEO of Interstate Batteries. He graduated from Colorado Christian University in 1991 with a degree in business management.

Upon graduation, Scott joined the Interstate system and has held a variety of positions including National Account Executive and Manager, Independent Distributor Regional Manager, Director of Marketing, Director of Interstate-owned Territories and Vice President of Creative Communication & Events.

Outside of Interstate, Scott enjoys spending time with his family, golf, fishing, and is a fan of Manchester United.

Rev. Paul Rasmussen

Senior Minister, Highland Park United Methodist Church

bio_paul-rasmussen
Paul Rasmussen is Senior Minister at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. Prior to entering seminary in 2000, Paul served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Centenary College for five years. During his tenure, Centenary was one of seven NCAA schools to graduate 100% of its players. Paul left coaching in 1997 to pursue a career in sports marketing where he served as the National Sales Director for SportsCare USA, Inc. Paul left the corporate world to pursue his call to ministry in 2000. He has since served on the staff at Highland Park United Methodist Church.

Paul began an internship at HPUMC in 2000 while studying for his master of Divinity form SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. In 2001, he began preaching at Cornerstone, Highland Park United Methodist Church’s contemporary worship service. Under his leadership, Cornerstone has expanded to include one service on Saturday night and two services on Sunday Morning with a weekly attendance of 2000. He lead the project to renovate and restore the satellite Munger Place Church UMC campus in East Dallas and also played a key role in HPUMC capital campaign to expand the contemporary worship and youth Ministry area.

Paul is dedicated to continuing an outreach emphasis. “ For almost 100 years HPUMC has led the way of Christian service in the city of Dallas and we never let up on that charge. God has blessed this church in so many ways and we have an obligation to leverage those blessings for the greater good of the city.”

A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Paul is a fourth generation United Methodist minister. He holds an undergraduate degree in History from Centenary College of Louisiana, a Master of Arts from the University of Richmond, and a Master of Divinity from Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology.

Paul and his wife Ashley, a real estate agent in Dallas, have three children: Paul, Jr., Arden, and Luke.

Favorite scripture: I Corinthians 9:22

“Whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.”