KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Jones Loflin
(9 ratings)

Internationally-Recognized Author & Speaker on Leadership, Change, Work-Life Balance & Time Management

Dr. Gary Chapman
(12 ratings)

Pastor, Counselor & Author of "The 5 Love Languages" Series; Authority on Love & Human Relationships

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins
(2 ratings)

Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Dan Heath
(3 ratings)

Bestselling Author, Senior Fellow at Duke University, Entrepreneur

Michael Lombardi
(6 ratings)

General Manager of University of North Carolina Football; Super Bowl Winning Former NFL Executive; Author of "Gridiron Genius" & "Football Done Right"

Stan Phelps
(2 ratings)

IBM Futurist, Bestselling Author of the Goldfish Series, Customer Experience & Artificial Intelligence Thought Leader

Horacio Sanchez
(6 ratings)

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Jess Ekstrom
(7 ratings)

Social Entrepreneur; Growth Mindset & Women's Empowerment Speaker; Chief Creative Officer at Mic Drop Workshop; Founder of Headbands of Hope; Bestselling Author of "Chasing the Bright Side" & "Create Your Bright Ideas"

MrBeast

YouTube Sensation, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist; Host of Prime Video's "Beast Games" & Founder of MrBeast Burger, Feastables & Lunchly

Phil Ford

Retired NBA Player & Rookie of the Year; ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year & ACC Athlete of the Year; Olympic Gold Medalist; Fundraiser & Community Liaison with the UNC Educational Foundation

Jason Brown
(2 ratings)

Former NFL Player; Founder of First Fruits Farm; Farmer & Philanthropist; Founder of Wisdom For Life Ministries

Shantell Thomas

Technology & Diversity Marketer; Mentor; Storyteller; Inclusion & Culture Practitioner

Lauren Winner

Duke Divinity School Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality

Kristin Frade
(1 rating)

Accountability Coach, Corporate Speaker & Trainer; Executive Coach with Novus Global

Vivian Howard
(3 ratings)

Chef, TV Host & Restaurateur Known for Chef & the Farmer & Lenoir; Host of PBS' "A Chef's Life" & "Somewhere South"; Author, "Deep Run Roots"

Roy Williams
(1 rating)

Retired Basketball Coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels & Kansas Jayhawks; Hall of Fame Inductee; Philanthropist

Larry Long Jr.

Sales Motivational Speaker; Intentionality & Growth Mindset Expert, Host of the "Midweek Midday Motivational Minute"; Author of "JOLT"

Mark Anthony Neal
(3 ratings)

Author, Cultural Critic & James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.
(2 ratings)

Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; NY Times Opinion Columnist; 2020 MacArthur Fellow

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

Author of "Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing"; Special Advisor on Inclusive Innovation and Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science at Rutgers University