DIANE K. HOUGHTON is an entrepreneur based in Tennessee and a founder of Ursula Street, a Christian leadership academy committed to providing a strong foundation for leaders to grow, starting with our youth. At Ursula Street, setting the foundation for great leadership begins with learning that you are made for more, that you must aim for excellence in all things, and how to formulate a vision for your future self and hone the life skills to implement it. Through a series of powerful seminars and workshops, radio and television programs, online and live events and resource materials, and books, Houghton is able to reach an international audience and seed the planet with great leaders, peer mentors, and ultimately global ambassadors and influencers. With a background in commercial real estate, a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Irvine, and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, she brings a fundamentally unique approach and perspective to her audience. She is the author of several books, including a middle-grade novel, Leann Shaney of Memory Lane, and Leann Shaney—This Is Your Time!, which is a leader formation guide and companion piece to the novel and a resource for teachers/parents/educators to incorporate in their curriculum.
Diane feels that she was created for times like this, to help pull back the numbing fog that has settled into millions of people’s lives in the form of complacency, atheism, apathy, and blame. She wants her audience to understand their role, influence and potential impact. Her prayer is that an uncommon boldness overtake her audience so they begin sounding the trumpet as to the danger that is changing the face of our communities. Her seminars are designed to show her audience how to dismantle the thought programs that center around a growing sense of lack, which in turn has brought on a personal identity crisis and suffering for millions of people. As someone once said, our biggest victory in life will not be what is on the outside, but what is on the inside. She does this by making them understand the misinformation they’ve attached to so they can step into their truth and the truth thereby giving them a different life experience. One filled with peace, joy and impact.
Diane’s prayer for her audience is that they gain wisdom and revelation as to their calling, divine and glorious inheritance and God’s power to all who believe (Ephesians 1:17-19).
God doesn’t leave us where He finds us, and we can’t leave our youth where they are at. We must remind them that they are made for more and exhort them to aim for excellence in everything, under the leadership of the Almighty.
I send you to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God.
Acts 26:17–18