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DJ Thielen live comes from some seriously humble beginnings. Being raised by a single mom and parent his mother was his hero. Growing up poor financially, having no Dad, having some abuse, having ADHD, and hating school were just a few of the challenges he had to overcome. Due to his athletic ability he was the 6th pick of the San Francisco Giants the MLB Draft in 1991 and played professional baseball for 6 years before retiring. However when baseball abruptly ended is when the true Entrepreneur kicked in. DJ started his first of many Companies at the age of only 28 years old. Since then he has started multiple Companies, written 2 Best Selling books, is a public and keynote speaker, has sold over 3,500 properties equaling over $350,000,000, is the CEO of one of the top "Turn-Key" Real Estate Investment firms in the Country Empire Real Estate Builders, LLC, and has created a "Brand Partnership and Training Mentorship" that has earned him the nickname.
$251 - $1,500
Dr. Courtney Hinton, a Board-Certified Family Physician, is the Founder and CEO of TheSnatchBack, LLC. The mission of this organization is to provide the pathway to healing for historically marginalized birthing people recovering from premature birth and the NICU. As a black NICU mom, Dr. Hinton is able to use her medical expertise and lived experiences to provide resources, guidance, and support to people finding their way both during and after navigating the NICU. Dr. Hinton received her Bachelor of Science degree from Howard University in Washington, DC and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. While completing her medical degree, Dr. Hinton also pursued and successfully completed a Master of Business Administration degree at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. To round out her education, she completed her residency training in family medicine at Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Delaware County, PA in 2017 before moving to North Carolina. While in residency training, Dr. Hinton was selected to be in the inaugural class of the “Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leadership Institute”, a program to breed future leaders organized by the American Academy of Family Medicine (AAFP) Foundation. In her final year of residency, she served as Co-Chief Resident of her program. Since completing residency, Dr. Hinton has sought additional education in inclusive excellence and the strategic application of inclusivity in the workplace. She values continual learning as part of her work in educating and serving others. Dr. Hinton began her medical career in the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) area providing Primary Care services, eventually transitioning to College Health and Leadership. Adding an extra dimension to her training, Dr. Hinton is a certified QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) instructor, allowing her to teach the QPR curriculum for suicide prevention as part of her overall dedication to the community. Dr. Hinton’s interests lie in postpartum education, adolescent and young adult health and wellness, health equity, performing arts medicine, sports medicine, preventive care, and providing inclusive medical services to her patients, no matter the background or identity. In her spare time, Dr. Hinton is an active member of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Her other primary passion is the Performing Arts; thus, she enjoys seeking out opportunities to dance, sing, act, or attend a local performance. She enjoys traveling, film, live sporting events and spending time with her spouse, her twin sons, extended family, and friends.
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As a passionate advocate for homeschooling and empowering families, Aerielle has been homeschooling her three children since 2018, cultivating vibrant communities and support networks across South West Florida. Recognizing the importance of social interaction and support for homeschooling families, she has organized numerous mother's social events and family-connecting events, fostering greater community cohesion and enriching the parenting experience for all involved. In addition to her community-building efforts, Aerielle has developed a comprehensive "Homeschool 101" course over the past three years, providing new homeschooling families with essential tools and knowledge for a successful educational journey. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by families balancing homeschooling with other responsibilities, Aerielle specializes in empowering mothers to achieve financial independence while successfully homeschooling their children. Through mentorship and guidance, she equips mothers with the skills and resources necessary to integrate homeschooling into their work lives, enabling them to pursue their professional aspirations while prioritizing their children's education.
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Founder of "One Education One World," Nogol Andishehjoo is a beacon of hope for children in remote communities across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. With a decade of dedication, she's transformed her vision into action, providing quality education where it's most needed. An educator at heart, researcher by trade, and visionary by nature, Nogol harnesses the power of storytelling in her classroom to connect deeply with her students. Specializing in adolescence, she's committed not just to teaching but to advocating for the fundamental right to education for every child, everywhere. Through her relentless effort and passion, Nogol embodies the change she wishes to see in the world, making education accessible, one child at a time.
$1,501 - $5,000
Mitzie Hunter is an accomplished, dynamic leader driven by strong values with a moral compass of giving back to the community. Her 30 years of leadership experience spans the private sector, nonprofit and government. Her achievements include championing vital infrastructure projects, advocating for community improvements and co-founding initiatives like the Prosperity Project. Mitzie is a former Toronto Mayoral Candidate, a former long-time Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament appointed to various high-level ministerial roles, and a social advocate who champions progressive change in all sectors. Mitzie is a proud Toronto arts, culture and sports enthusiast, cyclist, reader, and advocate for women's economic opportunity.
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3X Founder | CEO | Author | Speaker
Nashville, Tennessee
I've spent my whole life doing one thing: making rooms feel something. It started on a stage in Marion, Ohio, the youngest cast member in the local theater's production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. My entertainment fire kept burning through Second City in Chicago, through Universal Studios, through twenty years of a show I built called Comedy You Can Dance To. I've opened for Jimmy Buffett and NSYNC. I've turned thousands of strangers into one electric room and watched them leave changed. And over my career, I have been in front of over 10 million people. Seriously, we ran the numbers. Here's what all of it taught me: nothing matters without the human element. Not the lights, not the tech, not the cleverest idea in the world. People remember how you made them feel and what they learned. Then I took that gift and turned it into transformation. For years after entertainment, I led experiential learning programs for Fortune 500 companies, facilitating for hundreds of thousands of people across ten countries. I took what I learned about holding a crowd's attention and turned it into a tool for real change inside organizations. That's where entertainment met structured learning, and where I found out I could move not just a room, but a whole company. Then I bet everything on technology, and it almost broke my core lesson in half. I founded High There, the first social network in the cannabis space. It was called the Tinder for Tokers by the media, I will send you the news clip if you ask. We hit 300,000 users in under eleven months, 1.4 million when I sold it, faster than Twitter's (X) first year. But the very tech meant to connect people was isolating them. I gave a TED talk about the human cost of over-customization, about a user facing cancer and loneliness while the apps in her pocket pulled her further from people. (I added that one on my profile.) Laughter and tears in the same room. That talk set the course for everything I do now. So, then I built HIVE, and I planted a flag: Amplify, Not Automate. Have you noticed that humans have lost passion, connection and real communication skills? I certainly have. My 131 presentations in 2025 said the same thing. Everyone in AI is selling replacement. Faster, cheaper, fewer humans. I'm selling the opposite. I help teams use AI to become more human, not less, and the results aren't hype. At the company I built, HIVE, we trained over 120,000 professionals with a 97% implementation success rate, where the industry average sits at 6%. Fortune 500s, the NBA, MLB, IndyCar teams, energy, healthcare, hospitality and even at MPI. I've stood in front of audiences in twelve countries and the reaction is always the same: they walk in afraid of AI and walk out dangerously excited to use it. Here's the part most speakers can't offer: I don't just talk, I transform with practical lessons, tools and wisdom. Real wisdom. The cost of raw knowledge is now basically ZERO thanks to AI, so you need wisdom. The kind of wisdom that moves people. A keynote lights the fire. But when you're ready to actually change how your people work, my team and I come in and build it with you. Hands-on AI enablement, human-skills development, the practical training that turns a one-hour spark into lasting capability. That's why our implementation rate is 97% and not 6%. We don't leave your team inspired and stranded. We leave them equipped. What you actually get when you book me: A keynote that feels like a performance, not a lecture. Twenty years of stagecraft aimed straight at your audience's attention. AI that's practical on Monday morning, not theoretical someday. Real tools, real adoption, the proof to back it. A team behind me ready to go deeper, from the mainstage keynote to full enterprise training and transformation. A relentless focus on your people. I make them feel irreplaceable, because in the age of the machine, the human edge is the only edge that lasts. Why I do this. My grandfather earned three Bronze Stars in WWII and never said a word about it. I think about him a lot, about the wisdom we lose when people disappear, about what's worth protecting as the world races forward. That's the heart of it for me. Technology should serve what makes us human, never the other way around. I get to stand on stages and remind people of exactly that. There's no better job on earth. Let's make your event the one people stay 30 minutes after to talk about. (That's a real quote, by the way. It happens a lot. See below a few more and I am happy to connect you.) More REAL quotes. We can connect you to them for conversation if needed. Some are high profile however, and the opportunity must match the level of the individual. What People Are Saying About Mitch "600+ delegates. Outstanding opening keynote. Energy, authenticity, and stage presence that set the tone for the entire event. Attendees called it inspiring, energizing, and a highlight of their Pharma Forum experience." — Lily Nagy, Conference Producer, Informa Connect / CBI "Mitch is an excellent speaker! The session I attended had people, including myself, staying more than 30 minutes after the session ended just to hear more from Mitch! His understanding of AI is powerful, and he presents it in a very interactive, approachable way. Very engaging and great energy on stage!" — Rachel Benedick, Chief Revenue Officer, MPI "Impressive." — John Ferrer, Walt Disney "Loved it!" — Charles Freeman, Orlando Magic "You brought a fresh perspective to a world in need of direction. As HR professionals, we're always shaping and delivering messages, and your insights provided valuable new tools. It was inspiring to see biases challenged, transparency rewarded, and meaningful connections formed." — Lindsay Powers, Accounts, IMA "Perfect timing. We just started playing around with it to craft communications to clients. I loved the comment about how using AI can improve our everyday communication with people. Thank you." — Dottie S., Hyatt Place Denver "This information is crucial. It allowed me to break out of a 10-year situation with my living situation and business. I'm so glad you exposed this group to AI in such a warm and approachable way!" — Anthem F., Anthem and Aria "I have never witnessed something this powerful. He used language PERFECTLY. It rocked the house." — Justin Tomlin, Pharma Forum "This partnership with Mitch is about more than technology. It's about equipping our organization with meaningful tools that support our commitment to future innovation and long-term growth." — Greg Feasel, President, Colorado Rockies "The information was incredibly helpful. I was honestly extremely tired coming into this and was engaged with all of the points that were brought. It brought awareness to the use of AI as a tool that can help us and not harm us." — Don S., Colorado Christian University "This was the most impressive and amazing AI presentation I have ever witnessed." — Eduardo Antonio, Sr. Sales Exec (West Coast), Team Leader, Visit Lauderdale "It was the best keynote I've heard on AI, because it was easy to digest, fun, engaging, and had an encouraging tone to it. It wasn't telling us how AI is going to replace us, it empowered us." — Caleb Paull, Better Talent "I have attended countless presentations on it. This was the best, most engaging and most informative one I have ever been a part of." — Leonard Hoops, CEO, Visit Indy
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Kara Higgins, first and foremost, is a mother to six children, biological, adopted, and fostered. After adjusting to life parenting her children from hard places, Kara recognized the significant impact that trauma has on every aspect of life. Working as a midwife in a large community health center, delivering more than five-hundred babies of women who were trafficked and abused, often immigrants and refugees, she began studying and immersing herself in trauma informed care, learning all that she could to meet the needs of not only the children in her own family, but of children in local delivery rooms and in Rwanda as well. She and her husband founded Imana Kids: Orphan Care Ministry, an educational sponsorship program in Rwanda with a focus on trauma informed interventions, learning, and care, setting it apart from other international orphan care programs. As founder and co-director, she believes that the only long term and viable solution for ending the orphan crisis is to provide a safe space for healing and a toolset for breaking the cycle of poverty. Kara has been trained and certified in Cultivating Connection, a parent to parent program under the umbrella of Empowered to Connect. She facilitates classes as well as one on one coaching for foster and adoptive families, social workers, counselors and medical students on applying trauma informed care, TBRI (trust based relational interventions). Kara has more than twenty-four years of experience as an international healthcare provider and orphan care advocate for some of the most vulnerable populations of women and orphans. She has performed speaking engagements with women’s groups and international missions’ conferences. Kara loves good coffee, meaningful conversations, snuggling babies and 90s hip hop.
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Chrystal Rae is a dynamic and inspiring speaker whose life journey embodies resilience, transformation, and the profound power of love. A near-death experience, during which her car plummeted 80 feet off a cliff, served as the catalyst for a profound spiritual awakening and a pivotal realization: “Love is all that matters.” This revelation has since guided every aspect of her personal and professional endeavors. As the founder of Gaia Flow Yoga, Chrystal has created a thriving community focused on mindfulness, growth, and connection, training hundreds of yoga teachers and offering transformative programs. Her creative talents extend to her work as a celebrated artist, known for her large-scale pieces that inspire reflection and serenity, and as the author of Love Letters to Your Soul, a heartfelt exploration of love as a transformative force. Through her roles as an entrepreneur, publisher, and host of the podcast And Then, More Love, Chrystal connects deeply with audiences, weaving her message of authenticity and empowerment into every interaction. Her ability to inspire and motivate others stems from her unique combination of personal insight, artistic expression, and professional excellence. Chrystal Rae’s presence as an international speaker is impactful and memorable. She shares her journey of overcoming adversity and embracing love as the ultimate force for healing, growth, and connection.
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Bree is a Queer Licensed Clinical Social Worker, writer, healer, activist, and educator with a rich background spanning over a decade in the mental health field. She is a survivor of the psychiatric system, is a self-harm warrior, and has experienced chronic depression and suicidality. She spent most of her life in and out of the psychiatric system where westernized approaches to her mental health did not prove to have lasting impacts on her overall wellbeing. This led her on a deep soul-searching journey to find her purpose, breaking the cycles in her family and experiences so that they wouldn’t be passed down to her own. Her passion for advocacy has been centered in her work with LGBTQIA+ youth, drawing from both lived and professional experiences to ensure that queer kids receive the support they deserve so that they are growing up to become queer adults. Throughout her career, Bree has engaged with queer youth across diverse environments, including in the medical field, providing therapy, putting on queer events, working with various GSA’s, and collaborating with countless organizations. She has developed inclusive programs within institutions and agencies, aiming to improve the quality of care and support available to LGBTQIA+ youth. Bree speaks at conferences across the nation on the critical intersection of mental health, queerness, and self-harm. She speaks from an anti-oppressive, healing justice, and holistic framework using lived and professional experience to discuss and integrate unspoken voices often left out of critical research in the mental health world. Her LGBTQIA+ trainings and workshops have equipped numerous healthcare professionals, social workers, and educators across prestigious institutions with necessary tools to work with queer teenagers. She practices from a holistic, non-carceral, decolonized, and anti-oppressive lenses where she integrates lived experience, creative expression, art in all forms, and spirituality to help guide folx into becoming the most authentic, bold, and brave versions of themselves. She is committed to dismantling and resisting against oppressive systems providing awareness of how systemic inequality shapes individual lives. Fueled by a belief in the collective healing and the transformative power of collective storytelling of lived experiences, she seeks to empower individuals to reclaim their boldest, bravest, and most authentic selves, guiding them back to their true essence. Bree’s poetry book, “The Fight to Stay Alive” is available on her website. Revolutionizeyoursoul.com
$5,001 - $10,000
Throughout his 25+ year career as an educator, leader, and speaker, Dr. Huston has embraced an adaptive and collaborative leadership perspective that prioritizes innovation, inclusive communication, and harnessing the potential of powerful partnerships and diverse vantage points. Early in his career, Huston worked within the bustling Central Florida construction industry, providing project management, financial analysis, and digital information modeling for multi-million dollar commercial and light industrial mechanical projects. It was within this landscape that the true value of collaborative leadership and the partnership dynamics of team coordination emerged for Dr. Huston as transformative aspects of his leadership perspective. In 2005, under a reciprocal agreement, Huston was selected as a Lockheed Martin TMAST Scholar, studying at the University of Central Florida, bringing his unique leadership perspective to the Education industry in central Florida. Huston earned a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership with a specialization in Higher Education Administration from UCF, placing a central focus of his studies on change and conflict management, workforce-integrated partnership development, industry applications of adult learning theory, and organizational strategy and implementation practices. Huston has served in instructional and leadership roles within both the K-12 and collegiate environments providing extensive operational support functions and delivering enterprise-wide transformation through his powerful partnership perspectives. He pioneered a state-leading model of course-integrated academic support that has been replicated nation-wide, dramatically improving student achievement outcomes within college gateway courses. Within his leadership roles, Dr. Huston has been integral in securing millions of dollars in new funding through partnerships, donors, competitive grants, and state and federal funding sources. A common focus of Huston’s work has been establishing enrollment and employment pipelines by securing powerful community and regional partnerships including work with fortune 500 corporations, state and local governments, regional contractors, businesses, community organizations, and more. Huston has been the recipient of multiple awards including a two-time recipient of the Pathfinder Award for Outstanding Innovation & Organizational Leadership. He holds degrees in Finance, Mathematics Education, and Educational Leadership, and has delivered presentations, keynotes, and development workshops at all levels from leadership retreats to national-level conferences. Additionally, Huston has facilitated bargaining and negotiation proceedings, brokered partnership agreements and contracts, and delivered world-class workshops and presentations across a diverse spectrum of industries.
$1,501 - $5,000
Omer Salem is a Senior Fellow of the Foundation of Religious Diplomacy, New York City, and is the founder of the Ibn Rushd Institute for Peace based in Egypt and the USA, an interreligious research association. Salem promotes and encourages the use of Islamic moral values as the basis for conflict resolution. Salem has been invited to various places of worship and international conferences, where he has spoken before audiences that included members of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. Salem is an honorary member of the Worldwide Association of al-Azhar Graduates. He holds a Ph.D. from the Islamic studies department at GTF (dissertation supervised by Al Azhar University professors), a master’s degree from the Yale University Divinity School and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Salem is the author of three books. (1) The Missing Peace: The Role of Religion in the Arab- Israeli Conflict and (2) The Struggle for the Holy Land. (3) Seek the Peace of Jerusalem, published by Westbow Press. Other backgrounds: Salem, an American Muslim, was born in Egypt (1960), spent a career in engineering, and real estate development in California’s Silicon Valley, and is a frequent preacher among the New Haven, Connecticut Muslim community. In California, he assembled a group of representatives of various faith communities in the USA and the Middle East to consider options for peace in the Holy Land that are based on Biblical and Quranic moral values. The group produced a related white paper that has gained support from various religious and civil society organizations and Stanford University. • Salem presented and discussed research papers on a proposed Islam-West dialogue at the al-Azhar University Graduates’ annual conferences. In 2009, 2012, and 2014, Salem travelled by car from Cairo to Jerusalem on fact-finding tours and to meet with Muslim and other religious leaders in the Levant. • Salem has led several presentations and workshops about the religious undercurrent of the Middle East conflict through the International Organization for Peace (“IOP”), an ad hoc multi-religious research group in Palo Alto, California. • Salem currently lives with his wife and five children in Windsor, Connecticut USA.
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