Where’s Your Treasure?

Callie Briese

Callie Briese is manager of external relations for Thrivent Financial, a not-for-profit financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously. Thrivent serves more than 2.3 million Christians in the U.S. and provides guidance on their journey to a healthy money mindset. Callie is responsible for creating and executing Thrivent’s external communications strategy and leads  the organization’s media relations program. Prior to joining the organization, Callie worked at a PR firm in the Twin Cities.

Callie obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Montana in Missoula. She, her husband Ryan and their three young children reside in Minnesota.

As someone who believes in the importance of giving back to others, she serves on a board of directors for NeighborWorks Home Partners, a Twin Cities nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals and families buy, keep, and maintain their homes. She also volunteers in children’s ministry at her church.

Dennis Rainey

Dennis Rainey hosts FamilyLife Today®, a nationally syndicated broadcast bringing help and hope to nearly 1000 communities in the U.S. Along with his wife, Barbara, the Raineys co-founded FamilyLife®, a ministry committed to helping marriages and families survive and thrive in our generation. Dennis and Barbara live in Little Rock, Arkansas. They have six children and an impressive number of grandchildren.

Mary Hunt

Randy Alcorn

Randy Alcorn is an author and the Founder and Director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching principles of God’s Word and assisting the church in ministering to the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world. His ministry focus is communicating the strategic importance of using our earthly time, money, possessions and opportunities to invest in need-meeting ministries that count for eternity. He accomplishes this by analyzing, teaching, and applying the biblical truth.

Before starting EPM in 1990, Randy served as a pastor for fourteen years. He has an MA degree in Biblical Studies from Multnomah University and an Honorary Doctorate from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon and has taught on the adjunct faculties of both.

A New York Times bestselling author, Randy has written more than forty books, including the bestsellers Heaven, The Treasure Principle, and the Gold Medallion winner Safely Home. His books in print exceed seven million and have been translated into over thirty languages. Randy has written for many magazines including EPM’s quarterly issues-oriented magazine Eternal Perspectives. He is active daily on Facebook and Twitter, has been a guest on more than 700 radio, television and online programs including Focus on the Family, FamilyLife Today, Revive Our Hearts, The Bible Answer Man, and The Resurgence.

Randy resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci. They have two married daughters and are the proud grandparents of five grandsons. Randy enjoys hanging out with his family, biking, tennis, research, and reading.