Dr. Kathy Hodge Dudley is Founder and President of Imani Bridges (IB), founded in 2004. Between 1982 and 2002, Dr. Dudley founded and led Voice Hope Ministries and Dallas Leadership Foundation in Dallas, TX. She received her Doctor of Ministry from Bakke Graduate University (BGU) in 2005 and subsequently served as Africa Area Director and Professor of African Studies from 2005-2007. She later served as Director of Cross-Cultural Empowerment and Professor of Leadership and Community Development at BGU from 2010-2012.She has received numerous awards and honors throughout her career. She authored the Urban Youth Development Manual and contributed to other publications.Kathy is married to Sayres Dudley and they co-own Dudley & Associates, an executive search firm. She has two children and four grandchildren and lives in Frisco, Texas.