Leadership Summit 2026

Lt General (Ret) Jerry Boykin

Founding Member of Delta Force & Commander of U.S. Special Operations

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William G. Boykin serves as Family Research Council's Executive Vice President.

He was one of the original members of the U.S. Army's Delta Force. He was privileged to ultimately command these elite warriors in combat operations. Later, William Boykin commanded all the Army's Green Berets as well as the Special Warfare Center and School.

In all, Lt. Gen. Boykin spent 36 years in the army, serving his last four years as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He is an ordained minister with a passion for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and encouraging Christians to become warriors in God's Kingdom.

William and his wife Ashley enjoy spending time with their five children and growing number of grandchildren.

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Gowin

Virginia State Police

Lieutenant Colonel Gowin currently serves as the Director of the Bureau of Administrative and Support Services (BASS) for the Virginia State Police (VSP). Prior to that, Eric served as the commander of the Information Technology (IT) Division. Gowin graduated the VSP Academy in January of 2000 as a member of the 99th Basic Session. His first patrol assignment was with the Richmond Division Area 6 Office in Amelia County. In 2007, he transferred to the Aviation Unit and achieved the rank of Trooper-Pilot. Over the course of his distinguished career he has worked at the Training Academy, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI) Criminal Intelligence Division, where he led the Field Intelligence Agents and FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force officers, as well as served as Deputy Director of the Virginia Fusion Center.

Eric and his wife Carry, have two sons, and one grandkid!

Stan Grant

Pastor, Cloverhill Church

Pastor Stan Grant and his wife, Angie, have faithfully served the Midlothian community since 1997. With a deep passion for reaching people through the life-changing message of the Gospel, they have devoted their lives to the mission of the local church. Their heart is to see lives transformed as they lead others to become more and better disciples of Jesus Christ.

Vice Admiral (Ret) William "Dean" Lee

U.S. Coast Guard

Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee entered the U.S. Coast Guard in 1981 and retired in 2016 after serving nearly 36 years as a commissioned officer in various assignments along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts.  He concluded his career as Commander, Atlantic Area, serving as the operational commander for a force of 21,000 active personnel conducting all U.S. Coast Guard missions from the Rocky

Mountains to the Arabian Gulf, spanning across five Coast Guard Districts and 40 states.

VADM Lee concurrently served as Commander, Defense Force East, and also as Director, Joint Task Force East, responsible for the Department of Homeland Security’s joint interagency maritime Counter Narcotics and Alien Migration missions.  In total, Admiral Lee served fourteen tours of duty, commanding seven of them.

Vice Admiral Lee is currently a senior fellow at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk VA.   He has lectured around the nation in multiple Corporate, Educational, and Government venues including organizations such as the U.S. Air Force Air University,  Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, University of South Alabama, University of Maryland, and George Washington University, among many others.

As a private consultant who specializes in Corporate Leadership Development, he routinely speaks at seminars on the topics of leadership, ethics, and character development.  He is on the Board of Directors for SAFEBOAT International, and was recently selected by the Heritage Foundation as a member of their Military Advisory Panel.

Vice Admiral Lee’s most passionate and self-satisfying work is as a board member with HARP, a non-profit program designed to help victims recover from the ravages of drug addiction brought on by the current OPIOD/Fentanyl epidemic.  He generally spends one day per week in jail working with incarcerated addicts.

Vice Admiral Lee is a native of Richmond, Virginia.   He holds a Master’s Degree from George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Alabama.   He and his wife Mary have 2 grown children, and 5 grandchildren.

David “Goose” Mills

Founder & Director of Men’s Alliance

Lt Col David Mills, retired from the US Air Force having experienced firsthand the proven blueprint flying squadrons use to forge powerful brotherhoods.

Goose authored Answer with Truth to equip men with practical apologetics training, and he is leading the charge to reforge biblical masculinity in America. Through the ministries of Men’s Alliance and Carry the Fire, Goose trains men to become the husbands, fathers, and leaders God designed them to be. He’s been married for 25 years, has four kids, and serves as the Founder and Director of Men’s Alliance.