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The Heart Behind the Stage
Life has a way of taking our breath away. Grief, loss, illness, relationship struggles, career transitions, financial pressures, and personal disappointments can leave us feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about what comes next.
Cheryl A. Wesley understands these seasons deeply - not only through her
extensive four-decade background in counseling, city-wide social services, and
executive ministry, but also through her personal journey.
Three Core Speaking Pillars
Cross-Sector Coalitions
Strategizing the deep intersection of public education, nonprofit governance, and modern faith-based community mobilization.
Reclaiming Your Breath
A transformative framework for navigating grief, life transitions, and mental health barriers, prioritizing personal reclamation.
Leading Through The Storm
Fostering emotional intelligence, operational continuity, and personal resilience amidst systemic organization crisis or community hardship.
A Proven Legacy of Service
EXECUTIVE MINISTRY
As the Executive Pastor of Community Development & Care at Antioch Fellowship, Cheryl leads complex infrastructures serving thousands annually, managing crisis care coordination, counseling protocols, and public-private health partnerships.
FOUNDER & CEO
In establishing the Agape Community Development Corporation (CDC), she engineered programmatic solutions addressing regional food insecurity, unhoused community outreach, emergency financial stabilization, and long-term economic empowerment.
Fiduciary Trust & Leadership
Nine Years of Public Service
Serving as School Board Trustee and Board President for Cedar Hill ISD, Cheryl carried ultimate strategic responsibility for multi-million-dollar operational budgets, policy formulation, and district-wide equity advocacy.
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Directed transition frameworks and institutional continuous-improvement programs.
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Spearheaded critical structural improvements to serve over 8,000 diverse students.
$278.5M
Capital Bond Championed
Voices of Transformation
Discover how our community can find renewal, healing, and a renewed sense of purpose through dedicated support.
“Life is an accumulation of aches. They fill you up and take your breath away and you think you'll never breathe again…”
— Jennifer Niven, Breathless
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