#245: Mac Lake is a trusted voice in Christian leadership and church multiplication. With over 30 years of experience equipping leaders, Mac is passionate about helping individuals and organizations develop the character and competency needed to lead themselves—and others—with purpose.

In 1997, Mac planted Carolina Forest Community Church in Myrtle Beach, SC. He later served as Leadership Development Pastor at Seacoast Church in Charleston, where he helped create scalable systems to identify and equip leaders at every level. In 2010, he became the founding architect of the LAUNCH Church Planting Network, a model adopted by the North American Mission Board, where he served as a leadership strategist.

Today, Mac leads The Multiply Group, an organization dedicated to helping churches and businesses build intentional leadership development cultures. He’s the author of seven books, including The Multiplication Effect, Leading Others, and Leading Yourself, a practical training guide with a foreword by John C. Maxwell.

#244: Tim Walton is the head coach of the University of Florida Gators softball program where he has led the team since 2006 and amassed well over 1,000 career victories, numerous SEC titles and Women’s College World Series appearances, including back-to-back national championships in 2014 and 2015. He has been selected 5 times as the SEC Coach of Year and was inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame.

Walton has also made significant contributions on the international stage, serving as an assistant coach with the USA Women’s National Team, helping guide Team USA to medals at events such as the World Games, Pan American Games, and WBSC World Cup, as well as assisting the U.S. junior national teams to world titles

Before coaching, Walton played collegiate baseball at Oklahoma and briefly in the Philadelphia Phillies’ minor league system; he also coached at Wichita State and served as an assistant at Oklahoma early in his career.

For more on Coach Walton you can check out floridagators.com as well as all social platforms.

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#243: Dave Berke is a retired US Marine Corps Officer, TOPGUN Instructor, and now a leadership instructor and speaker with Echelon Front, where he serves as Chief Development Officer. As a F/A-18 pilot, he deployed twice from the USS John C Stennis in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spent three years as an Instructor Pilot at TOPGUN, where he served as the Training Officer and the senior staff pilot responsible for the conduct of the TOPGUN course.

He then served as an ANGLICO Forward Air Controller supporting the Army’s 1st Armored Division during extensive urban combat operations on the ground in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. Dave led his supporting arms liaison team on scores of combat missions into the most dangerous neighborhoods and accompanied SEAL Task Unit Bruiser on virtually every major operation in the Battle of Ramadi.

He was the only Marine selected to fly the F-22 Raptor, having served as an exchange officer at the Air Force’s 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron as the Division Commander. He became the first operational pilot ever to fly and be qualified in the F-35B, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps’ first F-35 squadron from 2012-2014.

Dave holds both a Master's in International Public Policy and an MBA from The John Hopkins University.

Upon his retirement from the Marine Corps, Dave joined Echelon Front providing unmatched experience and a unique perspective on combat leadership, analytical decision making, risk mitigation, and creating winning teams.

He serves as Echelon Front’s Chief Development Officer, as well as a leadership instructor, speaker, and strategic advisor.

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Need-Lead-Instructors-Leadership-Challenge/dp/125036163X