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Willard F. Harley, Jr., PhD, LP

Willard F. Harley, Jr., PhD, LP

Bill is best known as author of the internationally best-selling book, His Needs, Her Needs: Building An Affair-proof Marriage. Over four million copies have been purchased, and it is available in twenty-six foreign translations.  He has written 19 other books on marriage, and thousands of articles on a variety of subjects.  He earned a Ph.D. degree in psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1967 and has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Minnesota since 1975. For the first ten years after earning his degree, he taught psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. From 1976 to 1993, he owned and managed the largest network of mental health clinics in Minnesota (thirty-two locations) with over one hundred psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and chemical dependency counselors working with him to provide a full range of mental health services. He became the exclusive provider of mental health and chemical dependency services in ten counties, and had offices in other counties as well. In 1995, he launched a website, Marriage Builders, which provided free guidance for couples with marital conflicts.  Its emphasis was to help couples restore romantic love and it is still very popular today. Dr. Harley and his wife of 62 years live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. They have two adult children who are now working with them as marriage coaches, four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.  Bill serves as President and Treasurer.

Thomas Pritchard, MA, JD

Thomas Pritchard, MA, JD

Tom is the President of Forever Adventure, a nonprofit organization which seeks to help spark a marriage movement by identifying, encouraging, and supporting marriage champions in our churches and communities.  It does this through regular Marriage Roundtable gatherings, podcasts with marriage leaders in Minnesota and across the US, and sharing information on marriage events and programs occurring in the Twin Cities.  Tom is also the team leader for Twin Cities Marriage Initiative which seeks to help churches across the Twin Cities in Minnesota start or expand marriage ministry among the people in their congregation and their community.  Tom has been married to his wife Lois for 34 years.  They have four adult children.

Steven W. Harley, M.S

Steven W. Harley, M.S

Steven graduated from St. Cloud University with a B.A. degree in psychology.  He received an M.S degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, which gave him extensive training in successfully developing and coordinating plans for behavioral change. He has over 30 years of marriage coaching experience having personally coached over 5,000 couples, the majority of whom were struggling with and found help for their infidelity related issues. He has guided couples from all 50 states in the U.S.A. and over 40 countries. He has worked with his father, Willard F. Harley, Jr., since 1995, developing the Marriage Builders website. He and his wife, Valie, have been married for 35 years and are parents of two children and six grandchildren.  Steve serves as Vice-president and Secretary.

Frank C. Masserano, Jr., MDiv, ThM.

Frank C. Masserano, Jr., MDiv, ThM.

Frank is a graduate of Memphis State University and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the USAF.  He then graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a MDiv in the Reserve USAF Chaplaincy program. He is also a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary with a ThM degree.  He was a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists for over 40 years. He served as Director of Special Projects at Oral Roberts University, establishing a major scholarship program, a private Foundations office and an office for Government Grants.  As a partner in Career Systems, Inc. located in Washington DC, Frank traveled for five years selling and negotiating US Labor Department grants and contracts for clients.  He managed programs in Houston TX and Phoenix AZ and assisted in developing US HUD 236 Housing Projects in Georgia and Maryland.  In 1972 he returned to Christian ministry as Minister of Education under Lead Pastor Dr. Paul Walker at megachurch Mount Paran Church of God in Atlanta GA with over 300 teachers in his programs on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings.  Frank served in two other megachurches, Valley Cathedral (Phoenix AZ) and Soul's Harbor (Minneapolis MN).  From 1980 to 1986, he served as a therapist and as Operations Director for the Harley Clinics of Minnesota.  He founded International Ministerial Fellowship, in 1986 and served as the Founder and General Overseer until 2019.  He grew the organization from 13 pastors to over 1300 members. The Fellowship continues to grow and expand in other countries.  He and his wife, Carol, have been married for 62 years. They have three children and eight grandchildren.