Gary Montgomery

Bio

What is the message we want to share with people we encounter each day? What are the key ingredients of Christian Leadership? Where does the courage come from to share our Catholic faith and traditions?

Explore the questions and find the answers during a presentation, mission or retreat with Gary Montgomery. Gary has been helping Catholics explore their faith walk with his "LEAD BY INFLUENCE" presentations.

Gary Montgomery is a living example of the message he shares wherever he travels. As a youngster he read the newspaper as though he was presenting the evening news. He had dreams of becoming a television broadcaster. Gary made that dream come true and now continues another dream ... helping audiences and businesses become the best they can be, in fact better than they think they can be, by living life with an "I CAN PLAY" attitude. It's a fun way of discovering the talents God has given us and the courage and hope He provides so we can walk by faith and lead by the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Gary was an award winning sportscaster in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. He shared the local and national sports scene every night on WDRB-Fox 41's "The News @ 10" in Louisville, Kentucky. After nearly three decades, Gary retired from the nightly schedule on August 31, 2007.

Gary now devotes his full attention to "Prime Time Productions" the professional speaking company he founded in 1993. He helps businesses and individuals grow by developing communication and leadership skills. As an inspirational keynote speaker Gary presents his message of success with audiences all over the country. He shares the formula he lives: build the vision, create a positive atmosphere, and go beyond the obstacles by becoming a creative risk taker. That's the simple "I CAN PLAY" formula but the courage, wisdom, knowledge and understanding to follow the path comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Gary's "LEAD BY INFLUNCE" presentations focus on the guidelines used by our earliest motivational speakers, the prophets. Like today's encouragers, the prophets focused on guiding people to follow the path to success, using their talents and abilities in service to the Lord!

Gary is both a motivational communicator and a storyteller. In his unique style he connects with the audience and demonstrates ways of stepping up to the proactive approach to life. His audiences discover how simple adjustments have helped managers, sales reps, moms and dads, athletes, and everyday people, move beyond the obstacles and achieve goals. The formulas he shares are simple, easy to understand but profound in how they are life changing ... and they are fun!

Each Sunday Gary is working to motivate teen-agers at his church, St. Bernadette, in Louisville, KY. For the past 15 years he has worked to prepare teens for Confirmation both in the classroom and in teen retreats. In 2004 the Archdiocese of Louisville Kentucky presented him with the Roncalli Award for excellence in catechesis.

Gary is also a coach. For over twenty years he has taught youngsters to develop and grow in all types of sports. Today he uses the same simple techniques he learned in the sporting world: Set the goal, build a positive atmosphere, believe, risk, and go past the obstacles.

The participants aren't in uniform and the setting is often a meeting room or a parish hall instead of a playing field, but the message and the techniques are the same when Gary coaches from the platform. Learning is easy when it is entertaining, exciting and fun!