After graduating from the University of Miami, William M. Diamond worked as a certified public accountant. Now retired, he’s traded tax planning for golfing, cooking, reading, numismatics, art collecting, investment management, watching sports, and traveling. 

He’s a member of the New Hope Church in Southwest Ranches, Florida, and has shared his love of Jesus as a Sunday school leader. He and his wife of forty-eight years, Patricia, are currently raising their eight-year-old great-granddaughter. 

The late Robert W. Fredricks graduated from Central Bible College (now Evangel University) in Springfield, Missouri. He spent more than fifty years as a pastor of Assembly of God churches in Indiana and Missouri. He served as the seniors department director for more than fifteen years, leading retreats and evening events, as well as hosting bus trips to various parts of the United States. He had been married to his wife, Marjorie, for more than fifty-seven years, and they have two daughters, Cathi and Kimberly.