ABOUT JAN

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Jan is living proof that God heals and transforms the improbable--He sets the captives free so they can tell the world about . From victim to overcomer: By God's grace, she survived, divorce, the death of her only biological child, cancer, a dysfunctional childhood, gang intrusions within her home, and more.

Jan writes and speaks with the conviction only a “healed overcomer” can communicate.

Raised in a Christian home, Jan publicly accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at age nine. She maintained her faith in Jesus throughout her childhood. However, as a teen full of shame and guilt from her perpetrators, she turned her back on her Christian faith. Then in 1982 a drunk driver killed her only biological child. Jan rededicated her life to Jesus on Easter Sunday 1983.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Park University, Kansas City, MO.

Community

Jan was one of the founding members of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), Kansas City, Missouri Chapter. As a Director of the Speakers’ Bureau for this MADD Chapter from 1982-1987, her role included extensive television, radio and platform speaking. She coordinated sales drive campaigns with 2,000-percent increase in local contributions.

Jan has assisted numerous ministries and community organizations over the past 20 years, including: Save Our Streets Ministry, Community Bible Study, Christian Women’s Club, Precept Ministries, Youth for Christ, AWANA, crisis pregnancy centers, pro-life organizations and more.

She is a member of Christ United Methodist Church, College Station, Texas.

Business

Jan is an author, speaker and consultant. She has worked in sales, marketing and creative writing for more than 30 years. She is the President and founder of Jan Coates Consulting (formerly CC/MS), a full service firm that provides training, coaching, keynote and breakout presentations, and consulting. Jan and her team have helped hundreds of organizations grow their business, ranging from Fidelity Investments to urban ministries.

As a professional speaker, she shares biblical topics and life applications with groups, ranging from small urban ministries to large Christian conferences. She has appeared on secular and Christian television shows, including guest appearances on At Home Live, The Harvest Show, Aspiring Women, Time for Hope, Total Living Network, Good Morning Brazos Valley, TV-50, Kansas City, Missouri, and major networks in Boston and surrounding areas. Her radio interviews include: American Family Radio, Keswick Today, WMIE, The Meeting House, Engaging Women, WWJC, Book Talk with Kathryn Fish, HomeWord, Moody's Midday Report, and more.

Prior to owning her own business, Jan was a Professor of Marketing for Eastern Nazarene College. For 10 years, she managed national account sales for Wang Laboratories, NCR and AM International - former office automation leaders - while exceeding sales expectations by up to 400 percent. Her warm, professional style allowed her to build solid relationships with national accounts resulting in multi-million dollar contracts. Prior to entering the computer industry, Jan was one of the investment banking industry’s first female corporate officers, managing municipal and corporate bond ROI for more than seven years.

Personal

Jan and her husband, Bill, have been married for 26 years. They have two teens, Matthew Jacob and Jordan Nicole.

A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Jan also lived in Boston and San Francisco. Jan and her family are at home in College Station, Texas where they have lived for 12 years.

She has shown Appaloosa horses, receiving numerous awards including Reserve World Championship. Jan enjoys family time, reading and fishing.

A bit of humorous trivia about Jan:

• Fellow students in her pottery class voted her out of the class because her clay kept flying off the wheel.
• She was nominated “class clown” in aerobics.
• Her kids refuse to shop with her because she gets lost in the revolving doors.