TVLeadership Team
Mike Huckabee was the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 until 2007, becoming one of the longest serving Governors in his state’s history. He left a legacy of tax cuts, job creation, the reconstruction of his state’s road system, K-16 education reform, and a nationally heralded and duplicated health initiative. Prior to becoming Governor, Huckabee served as a pastor for 12 years in Arkansas pulpits.
Huckabee is a two-time candidate for the Republican nomination for President and was runner-up to John McCain in 2008.
He previously had the number one rated weekend show on the Fox News Channel, from 2008 until 2015. He also hosted The Huckabee Report – which was heard across the nation on almost 600 radio stations from 2009-2015 – and is the bestselling author of 12 books. He is a contributor on Fox News and one of the nation’s most sought-after conservative speakers.
Governor Huckabee’s new TV show, HUCKABEE, airs on the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) and is a “big old front porch where we can all meet.”
Governing Magazine named him one of its “Public Officials of the Year” for 2005, and Time Magazine honored him as one of the five best governors in America. He served as the Chairman of the prestigious National Governors Association as well as the Education Commission of the States, the Southern Governors’ Association, and the Interstate Oil and Gas Commission.
Huckabee has been honored by numerous organizations for his commitment to music education, and his love of hunting and fishing led him to be named one of the “25 Most Influential People” for Conservation by Outdoor Life Magazine and “Man of the Year” by the American Sportfishing Association in 1997. The former governor and his wife, Janet, live in Florida. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Sealy Yates is senior partner at Yates & Yates, LLP, a law firm in Orange County, CA, representing some of the most well-known Christian Authors in the United States. Yates & Yates is a continuation of Sealy’s founding work as a lawyer beginning in October 1969. Sealy is a graduate of Baylor University where he earned a Bachelors in Business Administration in 1965 and of UCLA School of Law from which he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1968. He has served on the boards of directors for some of the most excellent and successful ministry organizations in the world including, Open Doors International, Insight for Living, Turning Point Ministries, Ransomed Heart Ministries, as well as the Pepperdine School of Law Board of Visitors. Sealy’s firm served as general counsel for 16 years for the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association where he assisted in the organization and launch of that trade association. Yates & Yates also serves as literary agents for the firm’s author clients.