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Dr. Calynn Lawrence is a Chicago-based CEO, Founder, Social Scientist, and Trauma Specialist who advances equitable change by integrating trauma-informed, holistic wellness principles with corporate and civic leadership strategy. Across organizations and community systems, she helps leaders move from reactive culture to proactive, human-centered practices that support resilience, belonging, and long-term wellbeing. In her work, Dr. Lawrence translates social science insight into actionable, values-driven leadership frameworks that strengthen decision-making, collaboration, and organizational effectiveness. She partners with executives, public sector leaders, and mission-driven teams to design programs and policies that reduce harm, improve relational trust, and create measurable pathways toward a more progressive, equitable world.
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I have spent nearly three decades across financial markets, finance law, capital deployment and the operational reality of building and running businesses where the gap between a result and its absence is the difference between survival and failure. I began in financial services at Generali before joining Clifford Chance, where I worked on the collapse of one of Europe's largest corporate groups, a multi-billion euro accounting fraud. I went on to administer a €3.3 billion CVC Capital Partners fund, then joined one of the offshore magic circle firms, where I worked on private equity structures, cross-border corporate finance and listing mandates for clients including AXA Real Estate, Santander UK, State Street, Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (formerly, HCP Inc.), Harrison Street and other global financial institutions. My observation of how power, accountability and leverage actually operate has been built from the inside. Through my advisory and venture capital firm, I have built a food venture from start-up to £23 million in revenue and led the post-pandemic transformation of a £70 million pound, among other mandates. I also work with investment firms and senior executives on strategic communications, including investor-facing materials, shareholder letters and public positioning. I am the author of The Re-Alignment Era, a structural analysis of how effort and outcome have become disconnected across modern institutions. I am a long-standing member of the Institute of Directors.
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Calvin Hall is a Behavioral Science Trainer & Facilitation Specialist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He helps organizations translate complex human problems into practical action by using behavioral science, facilitation, and training to improve how teams make decisions, deliver services, communicate, and learn together. His work supports leaders and practitioners in understanding how people think, respond to change, engage with services, and apply information in real-world settings. Calvin specializes in making complex topics clear and actionable for diverse audiences, including trauma-informed care, inclusive service delivery, ADHD and workplace functioning, behavioral science, data interpretation, and organizational change, with an emphasis on evidence-informed implementation for nonprofit, healthcare, public-sector, and other mission-driven organizations. Calvin has presented at 20+ national, regional, and community-based conferences and events and has delivered 60+ training sessions, keynotes, and facilitated sessions for colleges, law enforcement, military leaders, nonprofits, public-sector agencies, and community-based organizations.
$1,501 - $5,000
A proven global business development leader with a career spanning more than 30 years & expertise which includes building practices, client firms & her own successful consulting firm. Combining her media & BD background, she Hosted Government Contracting Weekly, prior to the Sunday morning Power Block on W*USA- TV9, the Washington DC affiliate of CBS. She is currently featured extensively on national business media, is a National Golf Course Rater for GolfWeek, serves on the Wells Fargo Championship Advisory Board, is the LPGA Championship Media Services Chair & serves on the British American Business Association’s Board of Directors & Chairs the Programming Committee. Hilary’s nationally top ranked keynotes are perfect for corporate or association events where attendees learn how to increase business through her unique approach to building strategic relationships. While highly inspirational & motivational, her sessions are both tactical & practical & ‘edutainment’ at it’s best. Hilary served as head of global business development for international accounting & consulting firm KPMG where she worked for over a decade in a number of the firm’s offices including Manhattan, Long Island & Washington as well as overseas in Amsterdam. Stateside, she served as James Martin & Co.’s (now Headstrong) Vice President of Global Marketing & was a member of the firm’s Executive Board. She has held other executive positions at leading firms including Beers & Cutler, PLC (the largest DC regional accounting firm) & as Managing Director at Qorvis Communications, LLC, a full service PR, IR, & Public Affairs firm. In addition to speaking & working with Fortune 500 professional service firms Hilary has presented at leadership, trade & professional conferences for multiple organizations. Her extensive keynotes include The World Congress, (NCMA), US Chamber of Commerce, United Professional Sales Association, American Marketing Association, National Press Foundation, PGA Merchandise Show, Information Technology Services Marketing Association, Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Greater Washington Board of Trade, Microsoft’s Annual Marketers Conference, Legal Marketing Association, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) & Women in Technology (WIT), among many others. Hilary has competed in the US Women’s Southern Amateur & has won 4 Club Championships. She was a business & golf expert on ABC’s Capital Golf Weekly as a regular commentator of “Hilary’s On Course” as well as Golfing with Hilary” on Washington Post Radio’s Metro Talk, 107.7FM. She also lectured & helped design the curriculum for the University of Maryland’s “Golf for Business and Life” program, a PGA sponsored 3-credit course offered to graduate business students. Hilary has written a monthly expert opinion column on business development for the Washington Business Journal & Smart CEO. Her advice has been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN, FBN, NBC, Newsy, NewsNation, NewsMax and in the Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN Fortune, Chicago Tribute, NPR’s Marketplace, USA Network, CBS Market- Watch, Legal Times, AOL Sports, The Wall Street Journal, CareerBuilder.com & many other national & regional media outlets. Hilary served on the boards of The First Tee, Easter Seals & Junior Achievement. She has also held many leadership positions with a number of organizations including but not limited to, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), American Air Museum in Britain, the March of Dimes and the Board of the British American Business Association (BABA). She is a member of the Economic Club of Washington DC & Congressional Country Club. Born in England, she became a US citizen in 1982 & graduated Magna Cum Laude from UVA at Mary Washington College. She resides with her children in the Washington, DC area.
More than $10,000
In Richmond, Virginia, Markita Brooks is a Speaker, Author, Coach, CEO, President, and Ministry Leader who helps people and organizations reclaim identity and move from wounded patterns to wholeness. Her work centers on inner healing, leadership formation, and practical transformation that strengthens individuals, teams, and communities from the inside out. Markita guides leaders and groups through reconciliation, alignment, and vision that can be sustained over time. By combining teaching, coaching, and Kingdom-minded leadership principles, she supports organizations and regions as they develop resilient leaders, restore relationships, and create shared direction that transforms culture and impact.
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Matthew Kilbane is Founder and CEO of TUGEND, LLC, based in Maryland, where he builds and commercializes a diversified robotics and embodied AI portfolio. He partners with organizations to translate advanced AI capabilities into practical, deployable systems that improve decision-making, operations, and customer outcomes. Also, as the CEO of Athena's Zephyr LLC, an organization that focuses on enterprise-level implementation, Matthew helps teams of any size move from strategy to execution. His work emphasizes responsible adoption, integration with real workflows, and measurable ROI, supporting leaders across industries who need reliable AI in production, not prototypes in a lab.
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Thought Leader | Key-Note Speaker | Research Agricultural Economist
Hernando, Mississippi
I am Malorie Ross, a key-note speaker and economist focused on one central idea: meaningful change -- personal or societal -- requires investment. With a background in agricultural economics, policy analysis, and community-based research, my work sits at the intersection of human behavior and economic systems. I've contributed to research shaping conversations around food access, rural development, and policy investment -- with a focus on how policy decisions impact real lives at scale. My personal journey through anxiety, depression, an autoimmune disease, and significant health challenges gives me a grounded understanding of what happens when individuals are under-resourced, and what becomes possible when they are supported. I don't speak about change as an abstract concept. I break down how investing in people -- through health, access, and opportunity -- drives stronger economics, more resilient communities, and long-term societal return. Through a combination of personal narrative and economic insight, I challenge audiences to rethink the way we view support, responsibility and growth: not as opposing forces, but as aligned drivers of sustainable change.
$5,001 - $10,000
Keynote Speaker | Executive & Leadership Coach | XR Program Designer & Facilitator
Australia
Most organisations don't have a performance problem. They have a self-understanding problem and it shows up most visibly under pressure. Kelly Magowan works at the intersection of behavioural science, immersive experience design and leadership development to help organisations close that gap. Her signature program, The Level Up Program™, combines extended reality (XR) with MBTI personality insight to make invisible team dynamics visible and fast. Teams don't just learn about communication. They experience, in real time, how their assumptions, decision-making and collaboration patterns shift under pressure. With over 20 years across executive coaching, HR and organisational development including roles at Ernst & Young, General Electric, and as an Executive Coach at Melbourne Business School — Kelly brings both strategic depth and practical application. She is the founder of Diversitas Consulting and has worked with organisations including Melbourne University, Coles, Cell Therapies, Austin Health, Planet Innovation, Department of Defence, and Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Her keynotes and workshops are designed not to inspire and leave they are designed to shift behaviour. Audiences leave with shared language, practical tools, and a different understanding of themselves and each other that they can use the next day
$1,501 - $5,000
Faculty - Skills and Livelihood, Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru, Karnataka State, India
India
Dr. Gangadhara Y. V. is an academic and training professional with over 15 years of experience in teaching and research and 3 years of experience in training government officers in Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru. Core areas of expertise include Skills and Livelihood Development, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Research and Statistics. Also specializes in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. Dr. Gangadhara Y. V. has strong proficiency in soft skills development, particularly in Communication, Team Building, Leadership, and SWOC Analysis. Work focuses on capacity building, evidence-based research, and enhancing professional competencies among government functionaries and students.
$0 - $250
Conflict ROI Architect: Navigating Dark Personalities, Intersectionality, and the Future of Human Work
Portland, Oregon
Conflict isn't just a communication breakdown; it’s a neural one. Most leaders treat conflict as an inevitable cost of doing business, but in reality, it’s a massive leak in your productivity. On average, every employee loses 2.8 hours per week navigating workplace friction. For a mid-sized team, that is hundreds of hours of paid time annually drained by everything from everyday misunderstandings and toxic personalities to the complexities of disability accommodations and the stress of adopting new technology. For owners and HR directors, that is a staggering amount of lost capital and human potential. As a 3x TEDx speaker and conflict resolution architect, I show organizations how to reclaim that time. My work is built on a proprietary neural framework: Processing (Neural) + Interpretation (Conflict) + Behavior (Resolution) By training teams to understand that processing is physiological and interpretation is where conflict takes hold, I provide a clear path to behavioral resolution that scales. Beyond standard skills training, I specialize in high-stakes intersections: from disability belonging and trauma-informed leadership to my specialized series on skillful termination and more. Backed by a track record of developing trainings that help businesses reduce costs and improve ROI, including speaking engagements at SHRM and SIOP, I am currently bridging the gap between human psychology and innovation. I am leading a team to develop an AI framework designed to dismantle systems of oppression and boost human effectiveness. My goal is simple: I transform those 2.8 hours of lost time and the stress it brings into skillful interactions that reduce costs, protect your culture, and produce an ROI that makes sense.
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AI Transformation & Governance Speaker | Founder - Afrodeities Institute
United Kingdom
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Chinenye Egbuna Ikwuemesi is a business and technology transformation professional with more than 25 years of experience working across data, analytics and enterprise systems in complex organisations. Alongside her work in technology and organisational change, she has spent many years researching African civilisational knowledge systems and the governance principles embedded in them. Her work explores how ideas such as Ma’at, Ifá and Ubuntu can inform modern discussions about leadership, institutional design and ethical decision-making in an AI-driven world. Chinenye is the founder of the Afrodeities Institute, an independent research initiative examining African mythology, history and knowledge systems as forms of civilisational infrastructure. Her speaking and writing connect two fields that are rarely brought together: the realities of modern technological transformation and the long historical traditions that societies have used to organise power, responsibility and collective decision-making. Drawing on both corporate experience and historical research, she explores how institutions can think more deeply about governance, risk and consequence as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in organisational systems. Chinenye speaks on topics including AI governance, organisational transformation, African knowledge systems and the relationship between history, power and modern institutions. She can help CHROs, boards, and transformation leaders encode intelligence before layering AI, using decision systems that were designed to survive disruption, not just manage it.
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Speaker, International Certified Life Coach | Mental Health First Aid Instructor | Community Leadership Advocate Executive Director & Consultant specializing in Holistic Wellness, Emotional Intelligence, and Corporate Resilience.
Springdale, Arkansas
Arisbeth Garcia, CHW | Bilingual Keynote Speaker, Executive Life Coach, and Community Advocate: Empowering communities through resilience, emotional intelligence, and strategic leadership. With over 20 years of experience spanning the legal, educational, and non-profit sectors, Arisbeth Garcia (known professionally as "La Ticher") is a dynamic bilingual speaker dedicated to bridging the gap between community needs and emotional well-being. As the Deputy Director of Arkansas United and Founder of ALAS Health and Wellness, Arisbeth has mastered the art of delivering high-impact messages that resonate with both corporate executives and grassroots community members. Her unique background as a former attorney and career educator in Mexico—combined with her extensive work in community advocacy in the U.S.—enables her to address complex topics—such as mental health stigma, immigrant rights, and workforce development—with unparalleled cultural sensitivity. Arisbeth doesn't just speak; she provides tangible tools—such as her "Pulsos de Vida" framework—to help audiences achieve emotional regulation and professional growth. Keynote Topics 1. Breaking the Stigma: Mental Health in the Hispanic Community Ideal for: Health conferences, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions. Description: A deep dive into the cultural nuances of mental health, providing strategies to combat stigma and foster emotional resilience in diverse settings. 2. Leadership with "ALAS": Soaring Toward Professional Excellence Ideal for: Corporate wellness programs, leadership retreats, and professional associations. Description: Drawing on her experience as an executive and coach, Arisbeth shares a framework for leading with empathy, emotional intelligence, and strategic vision. 3. Community Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships Ideal for: Government agencies and community-based organizations. Description: How to build state-level coalitions and formalize alliances that generate lasting social impact for underserved populations. 4. Emotional Intelligence for Youth and Educators Ideal for: School districts and youth-serving organizations. Description: Focused on suicide prevention, anti-bullying efforts, and stress management, this talk equips educators and youth with the skills necessary to navigate the emotional challenges of modern life. Speaker Details Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Professional). Areas of Expertise: Emotional intelligence, life coaching, public health, non-profit leadership, mental health first aid. Honors: 2023 Community Champion of the Year (ALBA). Format: Keynote speeches, interactive workshops, panel moderation, virtual training sessions. Areas of Expertise: Crisis intervention and family advocacy Emotional intelligence and self-leadership Bicultural community outreach and social impact Educational leadership and organizational psychology Mental Health First Aid Emotional intelligence Wellness and quality of life Burnout prevention Stress management Self-care Resilience Corporate wellness Leadership development Soft skills Conflict resolution Employee engagement Bicultural leadership Community empowerment Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Hispanic and Latinx community outreach Non-profit leadership Social impact Domestic violence awareness Educational leadership Women's empowerment Parent and youth support
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