Speakers

Our conferences feature a wide range of professional speakers from diverse backgrounds and industries. From entrepreneurs and doctors to business leaders, creatives, and educators, each speaker brings real-world experience and a unique perspective. Together, they offer practical insight, inspiring stories, and proven wisdom that connects leadership, and everyday life across every vocation.

Aerospace

Brad Smith

Former CEO Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Entrepreneur

Brad Smith

Former CEO Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Entrepreneur

Business / Consulting

Edward Choi

Executive Project Management, Theme Park & Entertainment Industry

Brad Smith

Former CEO Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Entrepreneur

Brent Bogar

Founder and President, Jadestone Consulting

David Sander

President and CEO, Lakehaven Management Inc.

Bill Ballantyne

Founder and President, Integrity Partners, LLC

Don Blue

Senior Financial Manager, General Mills, Inc.

Wayne Braswell

Director, Operations Initiatives, The J.M. Smucker Company

Mike Cooper

Manager, Remittance & Collection, LG&E and KU Energy Services, LLC

Lincoln Davis

Founder, Fifty Gazelles LLC

Randy Wirick

Consultant

Corporate Real Estate

Michael Pagh

Founder / President, Great Lakes Management Company

Gary Hegenes

Founder, Hegenes Properties, Inc.

Phil Nelson

Executive Director, Nelson Enterprises

Michael Pappas

Senior Manager, Hegenes Properties

Teresa Vander Gailen

Business and Property Manager, Hegenes Properties

Finance & Banking

Andy Wyatt

Managing Director, SeversonFrench LLC

Nihaara Sosha

Advisory Consultant & Writer

Dave Thompson

Builder and Manager of Commercial Banking Relationships

Derek Huange

Founder & CEO, Skyline Financial LLC

Scott Gillis

Independent Director for Liquid Metal Technologies CFO AIG/SunAmerica (Retired 2013)

Education

Elizabeth Jeffries

Partner, Tweed Jeffries, LLC

Stephen Tweed

Partner, Tweed Jeffries, LLC

Shelby Worsham

Classroom Teacher, Logan-Rogersville Upper Elementary

HealthCare & Medicine

Michael Branch MD

Otolaryngologist, The Villages Hospital

Jay Cannon

Principal Trinisys

Elizabeth Chen

Optometrist

Kate Henschel

Clinical Dietician, Sodexo | Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Geoff Hudson

Owner, Traditional Acupuncture Clinic

Christian Koeppel

Founder, Oberweningen Group Practice

Ursual Koeppel

Founder, Oberweningen Group Practice

Tom Thacher

Professor of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Paul Wallin D.D.S

Doctor of Dentistry

Industrial / Manfucaturing

Chris Cuba

Eaton Corporation

Kurt Bowman

Facility Project Engineer, Caterpillar Tractor Company

Calvin D. Cartwright

CEO and Chairman of the Board, MRI Facility, LLC.

Hector Dalton

Retired; Former Vice President, 3M

Layne Holdahl

President, Holdahl Company

Kate Pope

Accountant, 3M Commercial Solutions Division

Information Technology

George Ishii

Startup Advisor, Product and UX

Bill Catchings

Co-founder and Co-owner of Principled Technologies

Aaron Chen

Founder and CEO, Alpha Omega Technologies

Zac Henschel

Manager | Workforce Analytics Modeling and Strategy, Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Tom Platner

VP Global Engineering, HID Global

Robert Pope

President, Nexus Innovations, Inc.

Clair Wyatt

Manager | Data Visualization Ovative Group

Legal

Will Worsham

Attorney at Law

Jim Strommen

Attorney, Kennedy and Graven Chartered

Sales / Marketing

Kimberly DeVries

Director, Nerium International

Andy Eckert

Chief Marketing Officer, RexVid

Douglas Kato

Co-Founder, Qmania, Inc.

Shawn McGrath

Entrepreneur and Business Owner, Bahama Bucks

Todd Meikle

Senior Manager, Sales and Operations, T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Ethan Rietema

Owner, Sleepy Supply, Inc.

Social Work

Jane Hyatt

President and Co-Founder, Father's Care

Barbara Klaiber

Co-Founder/Board Member, Father's Care