Annie Whaley, J.D.

Her most cherished role is being the mother of a beautiful little girl named Layla, whose heart is already captivated by the love of Jesus. She is the daughter of Shannon and Jason Suttles.

Her life and leadership have been deeply shaped by her parents’ example and mentorship. Raised under their spiritual guidance, she was equipped not only in faith but also in leadership, prayer, and service. Their investment in her life laid the foundation for her calling and continues to influence her walk with the Lord.

Annie leverages extensive legal, compliance, strategic, and operational expertise across Firebrand Revivalists™, providing high-level oversight of the ministry’s accounting and financial functions. Her professional background includes serving as Assistant General Counsel and General Manager of Legal Operations for a railroad engineering company, where she led high-level initiatives spanning legal and operational strategy, complex issue resolution, corporate governance, and cross-functional execution.

At Sophion she leads operational execution across the firm, in a senior leadership role covering internal operations, client delivery, contract strategy, and organizational implementation. She brings over a decade of progressively senior experience in contract management, legal operations, compliance coordination, and organizational strategy across pharmaceutical, railroad engineering, construction, real estate, and nonprofit governance. Her background includes roles with Axiom, Johnson & Johnson, Holland L.P., and Firebrand Revivalists™.

Since October 2022 she has also served as a Board Member and Operations Committee Member at Choices Coordinated Care Solutions, a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting youth and adults with behavioral and emotional challenges. She has held leadership roles with the League of Railway Women, including Membership Chair, Finance Committee Member, and Parliamentarian.

Her areas of expertise include strategic issue resolution and problem solving, profit and loss management, complex legal, operational, and commercial negotiations, parliamentary procedure and policy drafting, safety and compliance oversight, company-wide operations management, IT systems oversight and data governance, HR policy development, process redesign, and organizational change management.

Annie’s life was radically transformed in October 2014 when she experienced a life-changing encounter with God, receiving His forgiveness, hope, and peace. In January 2024 she fully surrendered her life to the Lord, and has since witnessed miraculous and supernatural transformation through His power. Leaving behind her career in the rail industry, she now passionately serves the Lord through her mother’s ministry.

She holds a Juris Doctorate from Valparaiso University School of Law (2015) and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Social Work and Psychology.