2024 CCB Mentoring Conference
November 7, 2024
5:30-7:30 PM
Dillon 2 Conference Hall
Speakers:
David Ambrose
David Ambrose is the founder and owner of The Ambrose Group, which provides appraisal, tax consulting, and related real estate services to clients in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio through its various entities including The Ambrose Appraisal Co., Ambrose Tax Consulting, Ambrose Cost Segregation, and Appraisal Review Solutions. Fresh out of college David worked at a real estate appraisal firm in Houston for six years before starting his own company in answer to God’s calling. He has served on the boards of A Child’s Hope, and Bethel Heavenly Hands, among others, during his career. He has been an elder at the Hope Church and currently pastor’s Grace at The Gathering Church. Through 25 years of participating in foreign mission trips to places such as Zambia, Burundi, South Sudan, China, North Korea, and Haiti, he gained much insight into God’s heart for people all over the world. David graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in Real Estate/Finance and an MBA. David is married to his best friend, Kathy, whom he met while attending Baylor. God has blessed them with 5 children – 4 biological, and one adopted from Cameroon, Africa, and 12 grandchildren.
Raleigh Jenkins
Raleigh Jenkins is the owner of ABC Home and Commercial Services in Houston, Texas, that provides pest control, lawn, pool, and landscaping services to residential and commercial clients. He and his wife, Kimberli, founded ABC in 1986 and grew it from a sole operator to today’s 275 associates with over $40 million in annual revenue. He has served on the board of the Better Business Bureau and is on the board of Boys and Girls Country. While serving as president of the National Pest Management Association in 2010, he did several mission trips to deal with pest issues in Haiti after the big earthquake hit the country. Along with family and friends, he founded A Child’s Hope, a non-profit organization in Haiti that cares for abandoned children. ABC and the Jenkins family philosophy is to give back to others. Over the years they have supported Habitat For Humanity, Boys and Girls County, Northwest Assistance Ministries, Houston Food Bank, St. Jude’s Hospital, and Elijah Rising, among many others. Raleigh is a graduate of Texas A & M University and the University of Houston. The Jenkins have 3 grown children and 7 grandchildren.