About Dr. P

Dr. Heidi Petak is a communication strategist, Dove Award-winning scriptwriter, speaker, voiceover artist, and women’s ministry director for The Ascent Church. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University, a M.A. from the University of Arkansas, and a B.S. in Broadcasting and an A.A. in Art and Design from John Brown University. She trains leaders, organizations, and everyday people to be strategic communicators and is an affiliate professor for Colorado Christian University and in the graduate program of Denver Seminary where her students call her “Dr. P.” Heidi’s most daunting endeavor was co-founding the Heart Perception Project, an effort to help Americans learn to connect across the political divide. She and her husband Brian parent four boys, one dog, and a one-eyed cat who challenge their communication skills daily.