John Parker
John Parker was born and raised in the Northwest Region of Indiana. After graduating high school, John joined the Air Force where he served for three years Active Duty and one year in the Air Force Reserves. During his time in the Air Force, he met his wife and still best friend Teresa. Together they have lived in Indiana, Europe, South Dakota and now the state they call home Montana. While stationed in Germany, John earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Management and Supervision from the University of Maryland European Division. After returning to the United States, John and Teresa were station in Rapid City, SD where he left government service to take a sales position with a local company. John spent a total of 19 years with this company serving in such positions as Sales Manager, Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Training and Recruiting. John is currently employed with a local MT company where he serves as Director of Training. John has discovered his passion for teaching mainly in the realm of faith and leadership while serving as a trainer for these two companies. Because of this passion, he has created a company called People 1st with the goal of getting involved in more venues outside his place of employment where he can influence the development of people. He has led leadership classes with a group of managers employed with the Transportation Security Administration. Facilitated a leadership workshop with a group of 25 senior managers serving with the MT Air National Guard and was honored to be the keynote speaker for a group of 1000 Air National Guardsman. John is also currently facilitating a weekly Men’s study with his local church. In 2015 John was named John Maxwell’s Top 100 Leaders in the country.
John and Teresa have been married for 27 years and have three children Taylor, Jordan and Jake.