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Photo Gallery

Karla McAlister addresses the second year of SALLT participants.
Tom Hill, Chairman of Kimray, Inc. and the founder of Character First
Executive Committee members Marc Nuttle and Kent Humphreys.
S.A.L.L.T. Executive Committee Training
The SALLT III Retreat was held at the beautiful Holland Ranch. Thanks to Marc Nuttle and his team for hosting the event. with Wes Lane
The SALLT III Retreat was held at the beautiful Holland Ranch
SALLT Fellowship Dinner August 21 2010 David Green welcoming guests to his home and to the SALLT program. with Tom Hill, Ben Nockels, Allison Garrett and David Green
The SALLT III Retreat was held at the beautiful Holland Ranch. Thanks to Marc Nuttle and his team for hosting the event
Marc Nuttle (left), the owner of the Holland Blue River Ranch, and the team from Strata Leadership, LLC. with Nathan Mellor, Kathy Hoffhines and Marshall Sayre
SALLT Fellowship Dinner
SALLT Fellowship Dinner with Robin Fisher Mitchell and Clark Mitchell
The SALLT 2010 2011 participants listen to Scott Pruitt, the devotional speaker, on Saturday morning with Sandra Park, Ben Nockels, Trevor Williams and Tommy Adler

Who We Are

The Mission of Salt and Light Leadership Training is to train leaders and future leaders to be salt and light by helping them in three ways. First, by understanding God’s purposefulness in calling them as leaders within their community and by helping them clarify how to best walk out that calling. Second, to help them understand that all humans possess a worldview that influences how they express their lives. As Christians, our goal is for our worldview to come into conformity with that of Jesus Christ and thus SALLT helps leaders cultivate a Biblical worldview. Third, by helping these leaders to think strategically and to work in unity toward influencing their community with the love of God.

SALLT helps Christian leaders to fully walk out God’s plan for their lives in service to their community.

Through this program, leaders from various walks of life participate together in an eight session leadership development program that increases understanding of the challenges facing their community. The vision is to cultivate perpetuating, multi-generational Christian lay leadership willing to be both “elders at the gates” and “watchmen on the wall”; men and women committed to influencing the culture of their community for Jesus Christ. Through this program, leaders are better prepared to make a positive and lasting impact on the future of their community, and in turn, communities find themselves healthier, safer and more productive places to live. 

Executive Committee

 

Jane Jayroe

Former Miss America, Oklahoma Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Janejayroe.com

Jane is a third generation Oklahoman, an author and speaker. A former Miss America, Jane’s career includes many aspects of the communications field, a lifelong record of community service as a volunteer and board member of many charitable and civic organizations. Jane is a graduate of Oklahoma City University with a Masters from Tulsa University. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2007. She is married to Gerald Gamble and has one married son, two grandchildren, and a feisty dog named Lily. 

 

David Green

CEO and Founder, Hobby Lobby

David earned his credentials in the retail business with T.G.&Y stores, where he served as Store Manager and Area Supervisor. His modest beginning, now called Hobby Lobby, will soon total 490 stores and has  four affiliated companies in seven states, as well as overseas. David & his wife Barbara are the parents of two sons and one daughter. Currently David serves on the Board of Reference for Oral Roberts University and is dedicated to a myriad of ministry projects. Cites Green, “We believe it is by God’s grace and provision that Hobby Lobby has endured. He has been faithful in the past, we trust Him for our future”.

Tom Hill

Chairman, Kimray, Inc., and Founder, Character First! Author of Making Character First. 

Tom is the Chairman of the Board of Kimray, Inc., and the Founder and Chairman of Character First! ® He has served as trustee or board member for the Character Council of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma Baptist University, the Institute in Basic Life Principles, Scope Ministries International, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Fellowship of Companies for Christ International, and Oklahoma City YMCA. Tom currently serves as a Board Member of the Academy of Leadership and Liberty at Oklahoma Christian University, Novo Ministries, Metro Tech Foundation, and Founding Board Member of S.A.L.L.T. Academy. Tom and his wife Kay are active members of Western Hills Church in Oklahoma City. They have been married since 1963, and have three married children and twenty grandchildren.
 

Kent Humphreys

Kent has been a business leader for forty years. While owning and operating a nationwide general merchandise distribution business for twenty-five years, he worked with the nation's largest retailers. Kent currently serves as a worldwide ambassador for Fellowship of Companies for Christ International. Kent and his wife Davidene have written a number of books and have three children and eight grandchildren, and make their home in Oklahoma City.

 

 

Kirk Humphreys

Chairman, The Humphreys Company and Former Mayor of Oklahoma City

Kirk served as Mayor of Oklahoma City from 1998 through 2003. He remains active in the community serving on the boards of OGE Energy Corp., the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and the Oklahoma City Airport Trust. Kirk also is co-host of Flash Point, a weekly televised commentary and debate on issues of local and national interest. Kirk and Danna have been married for 39 years and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren.
 

 Wes Lane

President, Burbridge Foundation and former Oklahoma County District Attorney, Author of Amazingly Graced. 

Wes served for over two decades as an Oklahoma County prosecutor. During his tenure, he accumulated an exceptional trial record, winning about 95% of his jury trials. Wes stood for election in the fall of 2002 and was honored to be elected District Attorney by the voters of Oklahoma County, serving another four years in that capacity. In January of 2008, Wes became President of the Burbridge Foundation, a Christian foundation dedicated to networking solutions to problems impacting our families and our culture. In early 2009, he brought to Oklahoma the methamphetamine television documentary “Crystal Darkness” which had between 1.5 and 2 million Oklahoma viewers and spawned community town hall meetings across the state on the subject of substance abuse prevention. In the same year, along with other Oklahoma City leaders, he founded (and now leads) Salt and Light Leadership Training, Inc. Wes is married to Dr. Lori Hansen Lane, a facial plastic surgeon. They have one child, Derrick, an Oklahoma County deputy sheriff who has served his country on two tours of infantry duty in the Middle East and now flies Chinook helicopters for the Army National Guard.
 

Karla McAlister

Lawyer, McAlister, McAlister & McKinnis, P.C.

Karla is a member of the Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and Texas Bar Associations and National Lawyers Association, Christian Legal Society and is a Master in the William J. Holloway American Inn of Court.  She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. She also volunteers at Faith Bible Church, teaching ladies Bible study groups, and with Trinity Legal Clinic which provides legal services to the poor and homeless. Karla is married to Lloyd, whom she met at Oklahoma State University, and they have three wonderful children.
 

Marc Nuttle

Managing Partner, Oklahoma Sovereign Development, LLC

Marc is an attorney based in Norman, Oklahoma, who specializes in international trade, international foreign policy and international political affairs. He is widely recognized for his expertise in forecasting political and economic trends.  Mr. Nuttle is the managing partner of Oklahoma Sovereign Development, LLC (OSD). He is Chairman of The Oak Initiative and author of the recently published book Moment of Truth: How Our Government’s Addiction to Spending & Power Will Destroy Everything That Makes America Great. nuttle.com
 

Dr. Mike E. O'Neal

President, Oklahoma Christian University 

Dr. O'Neal has served as President at Oklahoma Christian University since 2002. He holds degrees from Harding University and Stanford University. He served Pepperdine University from 1976 to 2002 as general counsel and vice president for finance and administration before being named vice chancellor in 1991. Dr. O'Neal has been a member of the California and Arkansas Bar Associations, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Oklahoma and Arkansas Boards of Public Accountancy. He served his country in the armed services, receiving the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service in Vietnam as an officer in the Navy.  Dr. O'Neal and Nancy, his wife of 36 years, have two children.

Welcome Mr. Chuck Colson to the SALLT Board of Reference 

Wes Lane, the president of the Salt and Light Leadership Training Academy, Inc (SALLT) announced today (6.20.2011) the addition of Mr. Chuck Colson to SALLT's newly formed Board of Reference. SALLT, which began in Oklahoma City in 2008 is a leadership program designed for community leaders seeking to work in collaboration to be "salt and light" in their cities. The inspiration of the program was the success of William Wilberforce and the Clapham Circle who worked together to eradicate slavery from the British Empire.

Mr. Colson, once known as the "hatchet man" for President Nixon became a Christian in 1974 following his role in the Watergate scandal. It was in the same year that Colson entered a plea of guilty to Watergate-related charges. Although not implicated in the Watergate burglary, he voluntarily pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. He served seven months of a one-to-three year sentence in Alabama's Maxwell Prison.

In 1976, he founded Prison Fellowship Ministries (now PFM), which is the largest outreach program to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families. He has written over 20 books which have collectively sold over five million copies. In recent years, Colson has focused his efforts on the value of developing a Christian worldview, and to the training of a new generation of leaders to contemplate how to renew the church and revitalize culture. You can learn more about the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview at www.colsoncenter.org and more about SALLT at www.sallt.com