Board of Directors and Advisory Committee

Fanchon Stinger

Founder, CEO

Speaker, Host and Former News Anchor

Fanchon is the 15-time Emmy award winning co-host of Morning on Merit Street, a national morning lifestyle show airing on Dr. Phil’s network Merit Street Media. Fanchon is also a national speaker, former investigative journalist and TV news anchor. Fanchon inspires & motivates audiences by sharing the wisdom she’s learned from overcoming life’s challenges & disappointments both personally & professionally. What you see in Fanchon now, is cultivated grace undergirded by her faith & the courage to push forward. Fanchon’s story of grit & grace has inspired her to galvanize other women & together they share valuable life lessons with others nationwide, particularly young ladies. Fanchon’s love of animals and western life as a little girl led to her love for PBR. When she became a bull owner with her dear friend Chad Berger, it was a dream come true! Grit & Grace Bulls: Stinger (named after Fanchon) and Lil Hott. It was also the birth of Grit and Grace Girls, Ladies Who Lead and their historic alliance with the PBR

Board of Directors

Fanchon Stinger

Anica Isch

Chad and Sarah Berger

Candis Gleason

Katie Lucas

Caroline Stroud

Rebecca Norberg, SHRM-CP

Lacey Dale Gracia

Karen Jenkins

Rebecca Hitchcock

Lacey Dale Gracia

Stacy James

Advisory Committee

Forrest and Charlotte Lucas

Dr. Alveda King

Jeff Simmons

Michelle Robinson

Robby Greene

Rhonda Errer

Gigette Bejin

Mandi McCary

Kelsey Murphy

Tracey Bernstein

Hollynn Lobsiger, MSN, RN

Terina Perry

Marla Hill, Cedar Gate Publishing

Becky HItchcock, Author

Heather MacWilliams, WXIN Fox 59 Sales

Staci Horn, Cedar Gate Publishing

Raquel Koehler, Cowboy Channel

Advisory Committee

Grit & Grace Girls is a 501(c)(3) that cultivates young ladies who lead with courage in the areas of self-development, character, animal welfare, and western sports.


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