CCB Networking Luncheon and Seminar

Raleigh Jenkins is Chairman of the Board and retired President, ABC Home & Commercial Services in Houston, Texas, which he and his wife, Kimberli, co-founded in 1986. Together they grew the company from a one-man operation into an organization employing over 300 people. As a devout Christian, Raliegh has extensive involvement in missions and ministry, including as Chairman of A Child’s Hope (caring for abandoned children in Haiti) and board member of Boys and Girls Country, Mission Lazarus, and HCU’s Center for Christianity in Business. He has also been actively engaged in business associations such as the Better Business Bureau and the National Pest Management Association and strong supporter of charities such as Habitat for Humanity, Northwest Assistance Ministries, and the Houston Food Bank, among others. He is a graduate of Texas A&M and the University of Houston. He and Kimberli have been married for 42 years and are proud parents of 3 grown children and grandparents of 8 grandchildren. .

Ross O’Brien serves as Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Carter School of Business, Dallas Baptist University. Prior to joining DBU in 2002, he started and ran an Internet services firm in Birmingham, Alabama after working for AT&T’s Business Network Sales division as an Account Executive. He began the undergraduate entrepreneurship program at DBU as well as the Center for Business as Mission. In this capacity he works closely with the Lion’s Den DFW, serving on the core team. He assisted in launching the Patriot Angel Network, an angel investment network and served on the Board of Beyond Angels. Ross holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington in Business Administration and an MBA from Dallas Baptist University. Ross and Lisa have been married 39 years and live in Waxahachie, Texas where Lisa runs their independent bookshop, O’Brien’s Bookshop.

Bob Reader joined the faculty of business as Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Dallas Baptist University in 2024, teaching in the areas of business law and technology entrepreneurship. Prior to DBU, he spent 30 years in business, where he used his science, business, and law backgrounds to co-found six technology startup companies and coach a couple dozen more. He has a passion for world missions and founded Emerging Fields in 2019, a 501c3 nonprofit with a unique IRS approval to use 100% of donated funds to build for-profit businesses, so long as they serve within the mission of spreading the gospel among the least reached nations. Bob holds an LL.M. from Texas A&M University and a J.D./MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He and his wife, Mary, have eight kids, four of whom are still at home!

Todd Stewart is first and foremost a follower of Christ one who seeks to live out kingdom principles and pursue kingdom growth on a daily basis.

Beginning as a forklift operator and later becoming CEO of Gulf Winds, he charted an unusual course for the company: faith first-and profit followed. Todd graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1996 before joining his father in the bold logistics venture of Gulf Winds. His wife, Nikki, has adventured side by side with him through his rise to CEO; the raising of their two beautiful children, Lexi and Lane; and his travels across the globe, sharing the gospel of Christ with family, friends, and colleagues-and with those hungry to hear.

Through the years, Todd has been honored by C12 with the Hero Award and by International Cooperating Ministries with the Rock Award. Todd personally lived the Gulf Winds story-as a son, an employee, the CEO, and finally through the sale of the business. As he dared to run the family company with the mission of impacting eternity and a determination to put God first in it all, he saw firsthand the incredible things God will do with a business devoted to Him.

Moderator

Rick Martinez serves as Interim Associate Dean, Carter School of Business, Entrepreneurship Department Chair, and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Dallas Baptist University since June 2022. He has served in numerous administrative posts in Christian Higher Education institutions and has published extensively in numerous peer-reviewed journals.Rick is the recipient of the 2020 Sharon Johnson Award (for contributions to the integration of Business and the Christian faith) from the Christian Business Faculty Association.Prior to his academic career, Dr. Martinez spent six years in the U.S. Navy operating nuclear power plants on surface ships. He holds an MBA from Baylor University and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Texas A&M. Rick and his wife, Peggy, live in Fort Worth, TX and are the blessed parents of 3 amazing young adult children.