KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

New York Times Bestselling Author, Child Welfare Activist & Foster Care Advocate

Co-Authors of "Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love"

Motivational Speaker, Resilience Strategist & Best-Selling Author; Domestic Violence Survivor & Foster Care Advocate

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Host of "Uplifting Impact" Podcast; Advocate of Inclusion & Belonging in the Workplace

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer & American Ballet Theatre Alum

Abduction Survivor, News Correspondent, Child Safety Activist & Bestselling Author of "My Story"

All-American Wrestler, MMA Fighter & Guinness World Record Holder; Subject of Netflix's Emmy Award-Winning "Zion"; Disability Rights Advocate & Author, "Work With What You Got"

Author & Survivor of "Dirty John" Meehan; Subject of Bravo's "Dirty John" Series

Gen Z Attorney, Thought Leader & National Storyteller for a New Generation of Young Leaders

Motivational Business Transformation Speaker; Team Building Coach; Empowerment Speaker on Mindset & Mindfulness; Author of "Without A Voice: A Woman's Journey to Resiliency"

Peruvian-American Explorer & Mountaineer; Founder and CEO of Courageous Girls; Author of "In the Shadow of the Mountain"

Childhood Trauma Motivational Speaker, Author & "Rapping Dad"

Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Successful Businessman & Oil & Gas Expert; Actor, Author, Survivor & Motivational Speaker

Anti-Bullying Advocate, Founder & CEO of The Validation Project; Activist, Educator & Community Builder

Managing Director at Accenture for Health and Public Services Working on Behalf of Vulnerable Children & Families; Former Director of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services; Known for Her TED Talk, "Rethinking Foster Care"

Founder of aha! Process, Author of "A Framework for Understanding Poverty", REVERE Award Winner

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee; Philanthropist & Co-Founder of Mourning Family Foundation

Bestselling Memoir Author, Teacher, Foster Care & Child Welfare Advocate

Single Mother of Lance Armstrong & Author, "Aint No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me"; Philanthropist & Advocate for Children

International Girls’ Education & Leadership Expert; Founder of Charmaghz, Afghanistan's First Mobile Library Initiative; Former Advisor to the Malala Fund