Willie Thomas Butler is the Founder and President of Kingdom Seed Foundation and its educational affiliate, the LifePlanning Institute (LPI). With over 20 years in the financial services profession, Butler has served as as Certified Financial PlannerTM and as a Registered Investment Adviser and Financial Consultant with Salomon Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch. He also served in several Christian organizations such as Operation Blessing, Inc., Love and Caring Homeless Shelter, Canaan Ministries and The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. as a board member, development officer, operational and policy adviser, and fundraiser.

Butler authored his first book True Prosperity in 1997 and established LPI as a non-profit organization providing financial education curriculum combined with practical training in Biblical Stewardship and money management. His current book, The Kingdom Life Approach: A Purpose-Driven Strategy for Living Your Best Life Ever, is available through Xulon Press and all the online bookstores, including BarnesandNoble, GoogleBooks and AmazonBooks.

Willie is a graduate of Regent University with a Master of Arts in public policy and holds a Bachelors of Science in business management from Adelphi University. He is also a graduate of the Institute for Financial Planning in New York.