JBU Welcomes Best-Selling Authors for Leadership Week

John Brown University and The Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics welcome Bob Goff and Jon Acuff for Leadership Week 2013. Goff will speak during chapel services in the Cathedral of the Ozarks on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 10:30 a.m. and Acuff will be speak on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 10:30 a.m.

Bob Goff is a New York Times best-selling author of “Love Does.” He is also founder of Restore International, a non-profit human rights organization operating in Uganda and India. Additionally, he serves as the honorary consul for the Republic of Uganda to the United States, and is an adjunct professor at both Pepperdine Law School and Point Loma Nazarene University. Goff is an attorney who shares leadership in a Washington law firm, Goff & DeWalt.

Jon Acuff lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two daughters. He is a regular contributor to CNN.com, speaks nationally on a variety of subjects, and is the author of “Quitter;” “Gazelles, Baby Steps and 37 Other Things Dave Ramsey Taught Me About Debt;” and “Stuff Christians Like.” In addition to publishing and regular blogging, Acuff works with a variety of companies, including The Home Depot, Bose and Chick-fil-A.

John Brown University is a private Christian university, ranked No. 2 overall and No. 1 Best Value among Southern regional colleges by U.S. News & World Report and listed as one of America’s Best Colleges by Forbes. JBU enrolls more than 2,200 students from 40 states and 39 countries in its traditional undergraduate, graduate, degree completion and concurrent education programs. JBU is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and a founding member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

Jon Acuff

Bob Goff