Joe can be reached by:
Phone: 704.607.9825
or by E-mail:
joe.weatherly@visionplanners.com

Biography of Joe Weatherly

A graduate of North Carolina Wesleyan College with a degree in English and Philosophy, Joe attended Duke Divinity School after graduating from Wesleyan. He pastored several small United Methodist Churches for 4 years while in college and divinity school. While pastoring a church in Durham, NC, Joe developed a vision for congregational social outreach. He directed the creation of a plan to provide daycare and counseling services to residents of a low-income housing project near the University through the church. He recruited a volunteer staff from the University to provide these much-needed services.

This was during the height of the Vietnam War and Joe felt compelled to volunteer for service in the U.S. military. A member of the United States Army, he served his country in the Republic of South Vietnam.

Upon separation from the military, Joe joined a major financial services company. He retired from this company in 2000 after 28 years of service. During his tenure with this company, he served a leadership role both in field organizations and in the home office. Among his major achievements, he was responsible for the creation and implementation of a management identification and development strategy reporting directly to the president. He also ran a sales division of the Company covering four states, the District of Columbia and the division's European operations. In this role, he was responsible for an organization comprised of over 1000 employees with an annual operating budget of $15 million.

In March of 2000, Joe retired and moved on to start Covenant Consultant Group LLC, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations create vision, engage in strategic thinking with practical support in tactical implementation. He was also led to return to seminary to complete his theological education. In 2002, Tom Lutz, Mark Sherren and Joe Weatherly decided to join forces to enhance both the scope and impact of their efforts to assist visionary leaders in creating plans to advance their visions.

As with Tom Lutz, the breadth and depth of Joe's experience especially positions him to coach and support visionary leaders both in the church and the business world.

Joe and Sherry, his wife of 28 years, have 4 children and 3 grandchildren. They live in Charlotte, NC.