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Jessica McNaull is an executive strategist, author, and transformational speaker who believes leadership begins with being brave enough to be human. With more than two decades of experience leading operations, partnerships, and revenue strategy across global experiential brands, Jessica built and scaled high-performing teams while managing multimillion-dollar portfolios and enterprise relationships. She is known for translating big vision into disciplined execution and for driving measurable growth in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Behind the professional success, however, is a deeply human story of resilience. After navigating significant personal health challenges, reinvention, and unexpected career shifts, Jessica turned her journey into a movement through her book, Barbies & Battle Scars, a #1 Amazon New Release. In it, she explores the intersection of ambition, mental health, identity, and the courage required to rebuild when life fractures. Jessica’s speaking engagements blend humor, candor, and practical frameworks that help audiences move from setback to strategy. Whether addressing corporate leaders or entrepreneurs, she delivers a powerful message: hardship does not disqualify you. It refines you. In addition to her leadership and resilience work, Jessica has been a dedicated animal rescue advocate for over 25 years and currently serves on the board of a nonprofit organization. Animal advocacy and rescue work are deeply personal passions, and she welcomes opportunities to speak to pet industry professionals, veterinary groups, nonprofit leaders, and advocacy organizations. Her talks in this space focus on mission-driven leadership, sustainable rescue operations, compassion fatigue, and building purpose-driven communities within the animal welfare ecosystem. Her mission is simple: to help people step into purpose, lead with authenticity, and build lives they do not need to escape from.
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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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Speaker, Author (Founder and CEO of Quaintise and CEO of Wellness Holdings, the manufacturer of HPD Rx, a line of women’s health and immunity supplements
Santa Monica, California
Based in Santa Monica, California, Raquel Baldelomar is a Bolivian-American entrepreneur, author, journalist, and speaker whose work explores the intersection of ambition, identity, and modern leadership. As the Founder and CEO of Quaintise and CEO of Wellness Holdings—the maker of HPD Rx, a line of women’s health and immunity supplements—she brings together her experience in entrepreneurship, finance, and wellness to share compelling insights on building meaningful success. Raised between cultures and shaped by her Latina immigrant background, Raquel’s perspective examines how resilience, identity, and mindset influence leadership, decision-making, and personal fulfillment in today’s high-performance world. In addition to building multiple companies, she is the host of The Mega Podcast and the author of the forthcoming memoir Padre Issues, which chronicles her journey from immigrant beginnings to self-made CEO while exploring how early experiences shape ambition, relationships, and personal reinvention. Through speaking engagements, media appearances, and interviews with influential leaders, Raquel offers audiences a powerful perspective on redefining success—helping individuals pursue health, wealth, and happiness while building lives and careers of purpose.
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Monica Duperon Rodriguez is a dynamic speaker, author, and mentor with a wealth of experience in leadership, risk management, and personal empowerment. A former police officer, narcotics detective, and hostage negotiator, Monica has dedicated her career to protecting others and guiding individuals, especially women and young girls, toward self-empowerment and resilience. As an author, Monica has penned several impactful works, including "The Glow Within: Embracing Your True Power" available in the "Books" section and on Amazon and "Vast Potential: A Bodyguard's Journey to Empowerment", which chronicles her personal and professional journey to be published by Christian Faith Publishing in the fall of 2025. For fun, Monica also wrote a children's book, "The Big Adventures of Legend" and she co-authored Extraordinary Latinas v4, amplifying the voices of powerful women in leadership. As a bilingual speaker fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. Monica connects with global audiences, drawing from her rich multicultural experiences, including time spent in the Western Sahara, the Serengeti, Mexico and beyond. Her unique ability to blend real-world expertise with heartfelt storytelling makes her a sought-after speaker for conferences, workshops, and empowerment events.
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Jessica McNaull is a former executive turned author, speaker, and animal rescue advocate who helps high-performing leaders navigate disruption without losing themselves in the process. After building and scaling revenue, operations, and experience strategy functions across global entertainment and experiential brands, she found herself facing her own “Well, f*ck. What now?” moment — and rebuilt from the inside out. Through raw storytelling, sharp humor, and practical frameworks, Jessica speaks on resilience, reinvention, burnout, and identity beyond title. In addition to her executive career, she is deeply involved in animal rescue, serving on the board of a nonprofit dog rescue and advocating for overlooked and special-needs animals — including her own rescue dog, Bird, who inspires much of her work. Jessica believes purpose isn’t something you find once — it’s something you choose again and again, especially when life slides you off the Dreamhouse.
$1,501 - $5,000
Midori Verity founded her first tech company at 56. As a woman. With zero technical background. Most people call that the wind-down chapter. Midori called it chapter two. She is a 2x exited entrepreneur and keynote speaker with 25 years of building and selling businesses, moving through scrappy startups and Fortune 500 rooms with equal ease. Along the way she learned the lesson most founders discover too late: success and a life you actually enjoy are not a trade-off. She has lived both sides, and she is done pretending you have to pick. Today she leads the charge on rethinking how revenue teams learn and how founders build, blending sharp business instinct with a refreshing lack of corporate stiffness. Audiences leave her stage with two things: a clearer plan, and permission to stop grinding themselves into the ground to get there. Whether the topic is AI, entrepreneurship, reinvention, or the myth that it's ever "too late," Midori brings hard-won experience, real numbers, and a rare gift for making ambitious people feel capable instead of exhausted.
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A visionary with an authentic soul, Hillis Pugh’s journey has been one of enlightenment, resolution, and inevitability. An inspiring writer, poet, and intuitive consultant, he uses his gifts to propel readers and listeners on how to build self-confidence and explore their own journey of finding gratitude in everyday matters. But Hillis would not have been able to inspire others in this way had he not first examined himself – through introspection, truthfulness, and the willingness to change. Hillis Pugh is the author of Awaken With Gratitude a blog and book of channeled inspirational stories and original poetry. The blog and book engage questions and provide answers on how we can open our minds to experience the gift of gratitude in every waking moment of our lives. The author believes that gratitude allows the flow of love and abundance into our lives when recognized. The clairvoyance of his writing allows him to flow freely from within, thus coining a sanctuary to channel messages of love, light, and appreciation with readers along the journey. His personal and shared experiences continue to aid others to seek light and accept the joy into which they were born. A customer service rep., graphic designer, and operations manager by trade, philanthropist by nature, Hillis Pugh has become recognized as a poetic voice of self-reflection, spirituality, thankfulness, sensuality, mindfulness, and transformation. By honoring his ability as a change agent who demonstrates giving gratitude to life-in-action is what inspires him to write. Through a variety of philosophical expressions and profound emotions, Hillis has learned how to be transparent with his work in order to share freely with the world. By practicing gratitude in his own life, he has become an unforgettable example for others to shadow. To connect with Hillis Pugh’s work visit www.hillispugh.com
$251 - $1,500
My life philosophy is centered on the principle of doing, and with this, I empower my audience to build on a lifestyle businesses and individuals want - getting stuff done. I am an advocate for achieving positive perspectives to become what you want to be. I believe that life's venture is truly a hero's journey and I have worked to foster a community of active optimistic do-ers. I can teach you how to focus on the positive things in life and to build on this thinking. Learning how to do good work and interact with people without assumptions, you will gain insight on how to manage your perception of what your end goal is. From everyday life lessons, I have learned to be determined, to work hard and be honest with myself. These skills have centered around my success. Now I want to share my process by authoring seven books and speaking to numerous audiences, both publicly and individually. Let me streamline your thinking and teach you how to automate your new optimistic perspective. Join me in embracing good old fashioned positive-doing through my workshops. As an author of eight books and creator of his own podcast, "The Encouragement Engineering podcast" Bob reaches out to his audience to combat the negativity that inundated our daily lives. Born and raised in Michigan, I relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida over 25 years ago. I live my best life. while walking the talk with my wife Kim, my three sons, Zach, Ben, Louie and our canine mascot, Chief.
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John Gentry is a lifelong adventure travel enthusiast, international manager, philanthropist, and solder. He spent 2011-2015 developing a global team in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Early on, he spent the better part of the '90s working with the US Army in Germany, Iraq, and Kuwait. For kicks, he studied in Alaska 2008-2010 international history for a greater understanding in his adventure travels. He has had some great experiences and successes traveling around the world documenting his travels with his family via ExploreTraveler.com "My heart is warm with friends I make, and better friends I'll not be knowing. Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, no matter where it's going." Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Forget the polished, put-together guru. Michelle Burke is the antidote to cookie-cutter personal growth. She pulls back the curtain on transformation, the messy, chaotic, unapologetically real kind and delivers clarity, insight, and a call to action that cuts through noise and bullshit. With years of navigating her own reinventions, Michelle speaks directly to women over 40 who are done with pretending and ready to own their power, pain, and magic. Her unique blend of hard-earned wisdom, sharp humor, and human design savvy helps audiences stop hiding behind their ‘perfect’ masks and start thriving in their authentic, imperfect lives. Her international bestseller, Hot Mess Magic, plus her podcast of the same name, have become go-to resources for those ready to embrace transformation without the fluff.
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Dana Priyanka Hammond is a Mental Health Paraprofessional, bestselling author, and passionate advocate dedicated to raising awareness about critical mental health issues and the horrors of child abuse and human trafficking. Her personal journey is one of incredible resilience and transformation, making her a beacon of hope and inspiration to many. Abducted by human traffickers at a young age, Dana was rescued by the police and placed in an orphanage before being adopted by an American family. Despite facing further abuse and neglect while navigating the adoption, foster care, and shelter systems, she emerged with a fierce determination to heal and help others. Today, she speaks out against child trafficking, neglect, and abuse, using her story to inspire and educate. Dana’s literary contributions are as impactful as her advocacy. She is a co-author of the Amazon bestseller Tear the Veil (Volume 2), collaborating with 18 visionary leaders to share powerful narratives of overcoming adversity. She is also the author of "Delicious Vegetarian Dishes: The Top 10 Recipes with the Unique Flavors of Indian Cuisine," which celebrates her rich cultural heritage and connects readers to the vibrant flavors of Indian cooking. Her other works include "Abandoned But Not Forgotten" and her latest release, "Against All Odds: The Enemy’s Plan and God’s Purpose," which further reflect her resilience and message of hope. Dana’s commitment to making a difference extends to her personal life. As a divorced single mother to her daughter, Samar, she balances her professional and advocacy efforts with the joys and challenges of parenthood. Her experiences have deepened her empathy and resolve to create a better world for future generations. Dana Priyanka Hammond’s story is a testament to the power of resilience, compassion, and the human spirit's enduring strength. She dedicates her life to helping others find their voice, heal from trauma, and build a brighter future.
$1,501 - $5,000
David W. Bennett, Ph.D. Common Ground Communication Speaking Topics: 1. Connect and succeed 2. Creating common ground connections Dave provides participants with guidelines in how to establish common ground and in creating "connections" with the people with whom they communicate in their personal and professional lives. In a time with the world seems divided, we need to change our focus to emphasizing communication skills that will bring us closer together and help to resolve differences with others. When we combine common ground and connections into a common ground connections approach, we use existing skills to greater advantage. A re-invention of our communication isn't needed. Instead, people focus on using two skills that they already use--establishing common ground and creating connections. This approach merely combines these skills into one approach and asks people to use them more deliberately and more often than they currently do. Their current communication supports them in their efforts to change to a common ground connections approach. This presentation highly involves participants in really understanding two under utilized skills--common ground and connections. Participants will get out of their seats and interact with others and the presenter. They will feel what it's like to utilize their existing communication skills to greater advantage. All interactions are processed at an individual participant level. That is, there are general lessons to be learned, but each participant will have a roadmap to follow when they go back to their jobs or the future interactions in their personal lives. Adapting our communication in this way is something each of us can do right now. It starts with creating common ground connections with our immediate circle of friends, family, and work colleagues. It can then spread to our community, state, and even our country. Everything we do and think affects the people in our lives and their reactions in turn affect others with an endless stream of possible outcomes. We become a catalyst for change in the United States. Based on the books: 1. Connect and succeed: A communication style to engage and motivate your employees (Amazon). 2. Creating common ground connections, healing divisiveness (in print, Taylor and Francis). www.common-ground-communication.org (317) 986-4201
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