Meet the Team of Professional Speakers

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Mary Delia Allen

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Mary Delia Allen is a keynote speaker on customer experience, employee engagement, and human connection, helping organizations create memorable experiences that strengthen loyalty and culture. With 20+ years directing corporate events for the NFL, MLB, NCAA March Madness, and Bank of America, she brings proven expertise in delivering exceptional experiences at scale.

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Jim Barber

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AI is coming! Will you survive? Award-winning speaker Jim Barber melds his technical expertise with his years of training to help individuals and organizations not only survive, but actually thrive during the chaotic times ahead of us. Don’t be a victim of AI. Be a victor with AI!

Henry Bowles

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Henry Bowles, PhD (Harvard), DPhil (Oxford), makes the latest resilience science actionable for leaders, teams, and organizations. His REV: Respond, Expand, Venture℠ programs equip audiences with a playbook for turning challenges into greater engagement, collaboration, and productivity.

Suzette Bravo

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Suzette Bravo is a keynote speaker on leadership, authenticity, and self-trust, helping entrepreneurs and executives lead with greater purpose, confidence, and clarity. A certified master coach and best-selling author with 25+ years in leadership development, she created the Mirror, Map, Integrate framework to help leaders transform their identity and elevate their impact.

Dave Bricker

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Dave Bricker is a keynote speaker on storytelling, communication, and personal branding, helping audiences turn their experiences into compelling stories that connect, inspire, and sell. A world traveler and seasoned presenter, he brings decades of experience helping remarkable people tell remarkable stories.

Mariza Brussolo

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Christopher Butler

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Chris Butler is a keynote speaker on leadership, resilience, and turning adversity into action, helping audiences transform setbacks into strength and purpose. A U.S. Army Veteran and founder of EEIS Solutions, he has trained 3,000+ professionals and helped contain more than $300 million in fraud losses.

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Ricardo Carrion

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Ricardo Carrión is a corporate finance manager at Kallpa SAB and is a conference speaker in the Perumin events program, as well as a professional speaker.

Deb Cottle

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Tom Cobin

Speaker & Public Speaking Coach

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Tom Cobin is a keynote speaker on communication, public speaking, and executive presence, helping professionals elevate their presentation skills, build confidence, and communicate with greater impact. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and TEDx speaker, he is the founder of DynamiCoach and creator of the “Polish Your Presence for IMPACT!” programs.

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Melissa Donnahoe

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Melissa Donnahoe is a keynote speaker on real estate education, compliance, contracts, and investing, helping professionals make smarter decisions, reduce risk, and grow with confidence. A Florida-licensed broker, instructor, investor, and former real estate paralegal, she brings experience from nearly every side of the industry.

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Cassandra Eubank

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Cassandra “Cassi” Eubank is a keynote speaker on mindset, confidence, and personal empowerment, helping audiences overcome limiting beliefs and unlock greater potential. An International Clinical Hypnotherapist, TEDx presenter, and founder of Quantum Eye Movement Therapy, she combines mindset, breathwork, and subconscious transformation to create lasting change.

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Nancy Ferraro

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Kara Ferrier-Vaval

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Kara is a keynote speaker on women’s empowerment, reinvention, and personal growth, helping women reclaim their worth, break limiting beliefs, and create lives of confidence and purpose. A 2x bestselling author and personal injury attorney with 17+ years of experience, she inspires audiences to rewrite their stories and embrace their next chapter.

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Randy Gage

Speaker | Author

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Randy Gage is a Hall of Fame speaker and 16-time bestselling author translated into 25+ languages. Known as “The Entrepreneur Whisperer” for his work with high-level leaders, he helps entrepreneurs break mental conditioning, scale influence, and build sustainable prosperity. His work has generated over $23 billion in results worldwide.

David Goldwich

Author | Speaker

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David Goldwich helps professionals negotiate better deals, tell stories that win trust, and deliver presentations that move people to act. A “reformed” lawyer and author of five books, he blends humor, insight, and unconventional thinking to drive real business results.

Sharon Grossman

Speaker | Author

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Dr. Sharon Grossman is a keynote speaker on high performance, burnout prevention, and employee retention, helping leaders build energized teams and thriving workplace cultures. With 20+ years of experience and features in Business Insider and USA Today, she delivers data-driven strategies that boost engagement and reduce turnover.

Tim Gannon

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Tim Gannon is a keynote speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, and business growth, helping audiences turn bold ideas into thriving businesses through calculated risk and creative thinking. As Co-Founder of Outback Steakhouse, he helped grow the brand to 1,400+ locations worldwide and created the iconic Bloomin’ Onion, generating over $1 billion in sales.

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Jeff Hessel

Speaker | Author

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Jeff Hessel is a keynote speaker on space exploration, sharing the history, discoveries, and future of space through engaging stories, rare archival material, and firsthand observations. A former engineer who witnessed the Apollo 11 launch, he has presented to 150+ organizations and is an official NASA Solar System Ambassador.

Nicole Hollar

Author | Speaker

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Nicole helps high-performing professionals, leaders, and organizations uncover the hidden patterns that shape behavior, communication, leadership, resilience, well-being, and performance—equipping them with practical strategies to create meaningful, lasting change.

James Huysman

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Andres Jimenez

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Liv Kammerman

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Ronald Karr

Speaker | Author

Michael Krumpak

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Michael Krumpak is a keynote speaker on leadership, performance, and unlocking potential, helping leaders break through barriers, accelerate results, and become legendary in their organizations. A two-time America’s Best Coach and #1 Amazon leadership author, he has worked with Samsung, American Airlines, and the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Heather Lacy

Author | Speaker

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Heather Lacy is a bestselling author and keynote speaker on the human side of healthcare and leading beyond the title. A former healthcare executive with 20 years of experience, she offers workshops and retreats with tools to reduce burnout, strengthen ownership, and bridge the gap between the culture leaders intend and the experience they deliver.

Andrew Levy

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Stanley Lloyd

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Claudia Lorant

Visionary | Author | Speaker

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A transformational keynote speaker, 3x #1 bestselling author, and creator of the Quantum Omni Mindset™. She helps C-level executives, educational leaders, teachers, and faculty strengthen human architecture, elevate resilience, and transform outdated patterns into conscious leadership and sustainable performance. 

Ernst Louis-Jacques

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Al Loureiro

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Kenny Maike

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Marcia Martin

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Marcia Martin is a keynote speaker on leadership, communication, and peak performance, helping organizations unlock breakthrough results and elevate human potential. A trusted advisor to global brands and trainer of 300,000+ individuals, she blends strategic rigor with transformational insight. Audiences gain powerful tools to lead with clarity, impact, and lasting change.

Ryan Minton

Speaker | Author

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Ryan Minton is a keynote speaker on customer experience, employee engagement, and service excellence, helping organizations build cultures where employees thrive and customers feel valued. With 25+ years of hospitality leadership experience and recognition as a Top 2 Customer Experience Global Guru, he delivers practical strategies that elevate service and performance.

Lisa Meade-Romero

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John Mula

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Gail Nichols

Author | Speaker

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Gail Nichols is a keynote speaker on reinvention, resilience, and navigating life transitions, helping entrepreneurs and professionals design their next chapter with clarity and confidence. A pioneering entrepreneur and co-creator of the world’s first virtual call center technology, she equips audiences with practical strategies to embrace change, rebuild with purpose, and thrive through reinvention.

Lester A "Tony" Noisom

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Peter Palmer

Author | Speaker

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Build a culture where people at every level take ownership, solve problems, and make better decisions—strengthening accountability, customer loyalty, and business performance.

Irma Parone

Organizational Performance Strategist | Speaker | Author

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Build a culture where people at every level take ownership, solve problems, and make better decisions—strengthening accountability, customer loyalty, and business performance.

Tracy Busch Pate

Author | Speaker

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Tracy Busch Pate inspires audiences to turn life’s unexpected challenges into gratitude, resilience, and renewed purpose. An author and host of The Being Tracy Show, she shares powerful lessons from her own journey to help people find possibility through life’s cracks.

Carlos Perez

Author | Speaker

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Carlos Perez is a keynote speaker on resilience, mindset, and leadership through adversity, helping individuals and organizations rebuild with clarity, confidence, and purpose after major setbacks. A healthcare professional with 30+ years of experience and Stage 4 cancer survivor, he equips audiences with practical strategies to move from survival mode to lasting transformation.

Bobby Powell

Author | Speaker

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Matthew Renz

Author | Speaker

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Matthew Renz built a formidable career as a multi-award-winning executive over his 30 years in corporate sales and leadership. Today, he is a speaker and best-selling author who helps corporations and associations build cultures of greatness. Known for his optimism, he delivers high-energy, high-impact content with humor, humility, and a genuine connection to every audience.

Mark Ritcey

Debbie Roppo

Author | Speaker

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Debbie Roppo helps women leaders 55 and beyond reclaim their energy, clarity, and edge so they can lead at the highest level through every phase of life. As a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, she founded Inner Empire™, a whole-person health and leadership framework built on one truth: the body is the foundation that carries everything.

Renee Rosenberg

Author | Speaker

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Alberto Sardinas

Author | Speaker

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Emmy-nominated broadcaster, MBA, and sales keynote speaker, Alberto Sardiñas helps sales teams stop losing deals before the conversation starts. His Don't Sell. Storytell.™ Framework, the system behind his book The Yes Behind a No, is delivered in English and Spanish to audiences across the U.S. and Latin America.

Bill Schuhlein

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Bill Schuhlein is a keynote speaker on leadership, decision-making, and behavioral patterns, helping leaders recognize unconscious influences, make better decisions, and turn insight into action. A former Fortune 500 executive with FedEx, Siemens, and Canon, he combines behavioral research with his MAA framework to help leaders create lasting change.

Diane Schwartz

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Diane Seader

Author | Speaker

Nina Segura

Author | Speaker

Victor Seijas

Author | Speaker

Ramon Sellers

Author | Speaker

Ron Shuali

Author | Speaker

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Ron Shuali, M.Ed. is a keynote speaker on mindfulness, behavior, and authentic human connection, helping audiences break through limiting patterns and rediscover the power of play, laughter, and presence. A best-selling author and creator of the Yogarate and Behavior Mastery systems, he delivers unforgettable, interactive experiences that inspire meaningful mindset shifts.

Peggy Sullivan

Author | Speaker

Ron Szpatura

Author | Speaker

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Andreina Tirado

Author | Speaker

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Andreina Tirado is a keynote speaker on change, courage, and personal growth, helping individuals and organizations overcome fear, embrace uncertainty, and turn change into meaningful opportunity. With a background in corporate brand leadership and a personal journey of reinvention from Venezuela to the U.S., she inspires audiences to take bold action and grow with purpose.

Bruce Turkel, CPAE

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Dr. Helen Turnbull

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David Uhfelder

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Lori Wyman

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Axa Yox

Author | Speaker

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As a former scientist with 20+ years of experience turned top 3% LinkedIn creator, I show individuals and businesses how to grow their presence on LinkedIn and close the gap between audience appreciation and client conversion.

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