22. Jess Stainbrook - Faith and an Open Door

With 8 Emmys Awards and 34 nominations, Jess Stainbrook is known for building successful media teams and championing significant visual storytelling. His clients include all the major networks from MTV to ESPN, the Discovery Channel, A&E and PBS. He has produced and directed major sports programming at events such as the Olympics, World Cup Skiing, Grand Prix/NASCAR racing, and the NFL where he broadcasts Faith, Family and Football programming live from each year’s Super Bowl location with FSPN. He happens to be the CEO of Faith & Sports Programming Network, (known as FSPN) which features encouraging sports interviews and stories that inspire people in their daily decisions to “be a light” and positive influence in this world through his many interviews. As Executive Producer, Jess led all of the creative and business efforts for Seven Days in Utopia, featuring Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Melissa Leo, which garnered Movieguide®’s “Teddy Award”. He was an exclusive advisor on The Bible program miniseries and Son of God movie by Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, Shark Tank) and Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel) leading international marketing efforts. Jess is sought out regularly for his “out of the box” thinking as well as expertise in developing movie/media projects from the ground up. He also serves Athletes in Action as their Director of Broadcast/Sports Media as well as recently jumped in with CCU as the Director of Digital Media teaching and mentoring students into creative disciplines through his apprentice-style instructional experiences. Jess is a contributing content provider and writer for Outreach Magazine and YouVersion’s The Bible App and just so happens to be the Executive Director for the Invisible Disabilities® Association with all his spare time. Last but not least Jess and his wife, Keena, live in Colorado and have three daughters in college. They can most often be found extreme snow skiing, rock climbing, mountain biking or just power-walking with their two mini-Australian Shepherds, Rodeo and Alula. YouVersion READING PLAN (FSPN) - Faith Family Football Plan on You Version. The Bible program miniseries /  Son of God movie _______ Like this show? Consider subscribing and leaving a review but then SHARE it!! We depend on listeners like you to help us spread word and thank you for tuning in to The Places Between. Visit us on Instagram to say hi @the_places_between Did you know we also just released a YouVersion Plan to encourage your daily bible reading and faith too? Its called STAY IN THE STORY and you can find it here!