Brian Butler is co-founder and president of Dumb Ox Productions, Inc., a nonprofit organization that offers retreats, speakers, programs and resources focusing on chastity and vocation formation for teenagers, and he coordinates vocation formation initiatives for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana. Prior to his work with Dumb Ox, Brian served as the associate director for youth catechesis in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He has taught and coordinated campus ministry at the high school level for five years, and has more than twelve years of experience in youth ministry. He is the co-author of Theology of the Body for Teens, the first published curriculum which applies the Theology of the Body to the lives of teenagers, specifically addressing questions relating to chastity and sexuality, as well as The Bible Thumper (vols. 1 & 2). He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of New Orleans and a master’s degree in theology from Notre Dame Seminary School of Theology. Brian enjoys music, sports, and spending time with his wonderful wife, Lisa, and their four children.

Jason Evert speaks to more than 100,000 students each year as an apologist and chastity speaker for Catholic Answers. He is the author of six books, including If You Really Loved Me and Pure Love, which challenge young people to embrace the virtue of chastity. As the founder of Catholic Answer's Pure Love Club, he is internationally-recognized as a leading chastity speaker and teacher. Jason earned a master's degree in theology, and undergraduate degrees in counseling and theology, with a minor in philosophy from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He and his wife, Crystalina, are the parents of two young boys.

Crystalina Evert has shared her inspirational testimony to hundreds of thousands of teens around the world as a member of the Catholic Answers Speakers’ Bureau. She is the author of the book Pure Womanhood and is a frequent guest on radio programs throughout the country. Together, she and Jason host the EWTN series, The Pure Life. Their other television appearances include Fox News, Donahue, WGN, and the BBC. They also serve on the board of directors for the National Abstinence Clearinghouse, and were presented with the 2003 Impact Award by the National Abstinence Clearinghouse in recognition of their success with teens in America.

 

Colin MacIver currently serves as a religion teacher, Theology Department chair, and associate campus minister at St. Scholastica Academy in Covington, LA and as youth minister at St. Anselm Parish in Madisonville, LA and as a speaker and worship leader for Dumb Ox Productions. Colin studied at Boston College before transferring to Franciscan University where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Beginning in 2002, he taught at Jesuit High School in New Orleans for five years where he was named theology department chair in 2005. He is currently resides in Mandeville, LA with his wife Aimee and is completing graduate studies in theology at Our Lady of Holy Cross College where his research heavily incorporates the exciting insights and implications of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body.