Founders Wil and Jacquie Chevalier

"Training & Nurturing the Christian Community in the Areas of Marriage & Family"

Dr. Wil Chevalier is the co-founder and executive director of LifeBranch Institute International, a non-profit corporation dedicated to leadership development and marriage enrichment. He holds an M.A. from Biola University, an M.Div. from Asian Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Trinity Seminary. Wil also did some postgraduate work at the Asia Graduate School of Theology, Manila. Wil was a former middle manager for Pacific Telephone and served as a share-owner relations manager for AT&T. Upon leaving Pacific Telephone, Wil became the Asian director of Guidelines, Inc., a missions’ agency dedicated to reaching the family through print and broadcast media.

Wil is a certified mediator, trained through Dispute Resolution Services (DRS), a non-profit corporation of the Los Angeles Bar Association. He received training through the Barristers Domestic Violence Project (L.A. Bar Assoc.), the Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program Cross Training of Orange County, and was a member of the Orange County Task Force for Promise Keepers’ Ethnic and Denominational Reconciliation (1995-1997).

Jacquie Chevalier is the co-founder of LifeBranch Institute and the founder of Balance in Beauty, a seminar designed to help women develop their inner godly character as well as enhance their outer beauty. Jacquie holds an M.A. in Family Mediation. Her experience includes more than six years co-hosting a weekly television series, the World of Women, which aired throughout the Philippines. She has authored the book Balance in Beauty and speaks internationally at conferences and retreats.

Wil and Jacquie attended the C. S. Lewis Summer Institute at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (1998), and the RZIM Zacharias Trust Summer School at Oxford University (2006). Additionally, they work together at LifeBranch’s conferences and leadership development seminars. For more than 24 years, they have conducted training in the areas of conflict management, communication, and marriage/family issues. Wil and Jacquie are members of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the International Press Association.

Wil and Jacquie served as missionaries to the Philippines for 12 years. They travel widely, speaking throughout the United States, Asia, Africa, New Zealand, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, and Ukraine. The Chevaliers have authored several books, including The Agony & Ecstasy of Intimacy, More Than Love, Marriage Beyond the Garden, and Parenting the Coming Generation. Additionally, Wil wrote Shaking the Family Tree and recorded three music albums that reflect the message of love and reconciliation.