Dr. Nathan Mellor
Air Date August 21, 2011

Dr. Nathan B. Mellor is the president of Strata Leadership, LLC, a leadership development and management company located in Edmond, Oklahoma. Strata Leadership, LLC provides practical leadership resources for corporations, schools and churches.

In addition to regular speaking engagements and training programs for Strata, Dr. Mellor’s primary areas of focus include the development of Character First!, a leadership model used by organizations and individuals throughout America and in 34 countries and management services for the Salt & Light Fellowship.

Dr. Mellor has a passion for leadership development, education and ministry.
He has provided training services for clients including: The California State University System, Chico County Courts, the Department of Energy, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Lexis-Nexus, Nationwide Insurance and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Mellor holds the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Science in Education (MSE) degrees from Harding University, located in Searcy, Arkansas. He earned the Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law – Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and the Doctor of Education (EDD) in Organizational Leadership degree from Pepperdine University located in Malibu, California.

He has completed continuing education courses through the Harvard School of Law Program on Negotiation and was named a Summer Fellow at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody Professional Institute for Higher Education Management in 2008.

Prior to his work with Strata Leadership, LLC, Mellor was a consultant with C. Richard Barnes and Associates, LLC and Strategic Resolutions Group, LLC. He has worked as an administrator for Pepperdine University (Assistant Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution) and Harding University (Assistant Director of the Institute for Church and Family) and was a Pulpit Minister in Chattanooga, Tennessee for five years.

He currently is the Vice President for Community Engagement at Oklahoma Christian University (OC) and Assistant Professor of Leadership. While at OC, Dr. Mellor led programs such as the Four Star Debate program with General Tommy Franks and Peace Through Business Rwanda which have been highlighted on CNN Inside Africa, FOX News and numerous other news outlets. Prior to his work at OC, Dr. Mellor taught as an adjunct at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine School of Law and at Baker College.

Nathan has consulted, trained and lectured throughout America and abroad. In pursuit of educational, humanitarian and religious interests he has studied/taught in: Australia, Belize, England, Guyana, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Russia and Rwanda.

Nathan and his wife Christie have two daughters, Annalise and Arden.