Dr. Stephanie Nash, PhD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist, intuitive practitioner, and the founder of Paradigm Expansions, where she helps high-achieving empaths, women, and especially those who have spent a lifetime over-functioning for others find their way back to themselves. Her work sits at a rare intersection: clinical neuroscience and rehabilitation science meet chakra-based and intuitive frameworks, giving the analytical mind permission to step aside so the soul can be heard.
Dr. Steph speaks on the science and spirituality of intuition, what it really means to choose yourself without being selfish, and why we need an expanded paradigm of who we are as both spiritual and human beings. Drawing on her own journey from self-abandonment to self-reclamation, chronicled in her forthcoming book The D Word, she brings audiences a rare combination of clinical credibility and lived experience.
Her talks leave audiences with both a framework and a felt sense of permission, whether she's speaking to a room of women rebuilding after loss, empaths learning to set boundaries, or teenagers beginning to ask who they are beneath who they were told to be.

Dr. Stephanie Nash, PhD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist, intuitive practitioner, and the founder of Paradigm Expansions, where she helps high-achieving empaths, women, and especially those who have spent a lifetime over-functioning for others fi... Show more

Shanthi S. is a digital health innovator, AI ethics advocate, and founder of FairFrame AI, a nonprofit initiative focused on mitigating algorithmic bias in healthcare, education, and career technologies. With over a decade of experience in healthcare IT and consulting for Fortune 500 companies, Shanthi brings a rare blend of clinical insight, technical strategy, and ethical foresight to the development of responsible AI systems.
Her recent work spans designing emotionally intelligent career transition tools for displaced healthcare workers, developing micro-AI agents to automate complex revenue cycle workflows, and advising hospital systems on real-time location systems (RTLS) and AI-driven decision support tools. A transformation strategist, Shanthi champions inclusive innovation—ensuring AI solutions are not only powerful but equitable.

She speaks on topics such as:

Human-centered AI design in healthcare
Real-world consequences of algorithmic bias
AI in clinical operations and workforce transformation
Ethical guardrails for enterprise AI adoption
Shanthi is a compelling voice at the intersection of empathy and intelligence—advocating for AI that uplifts, not overlooks.

Shanthi S. is a digital health innovator, AI ethics advocate, and founder of FairFrame AI, a nonprofit initiative focused on mitigating algorithmic bias in healthcare, education, and career technologies. With over a decade of experience in healthcare... Show more

Tiara Jamison is the Founder and CEO of AnnieGuard, a causal intelligence company focused on understanding the hidden systems that drive biological threats, disease, environmental risk, and complex human outcomes.

Her work centers on a simple but powerful idea: events do not happen randomly. Whether the outcome is a disease diagnosis, a public health crisis, an environmental disaster, or a system failure, there are underlying causes that can be reconstructed from the data that already exists.

Drawing on experience across Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, Tiara combines systems thinking, threat detection principles, artificial intelligence, and biological research to help organizations move beyond prediction and toward understanding why events happen.

After losing her mother, Annie, to sarcoma, Tiara founded AnnieGuard to challenge conventional approaches to disease detection and risk assessment. Today, her work explores how causal intelligence can be applied across healthcare, biological security, environmental systems, public safety, and critical infrastructure.

Tiara speaks on causal intelligence, biological and environmental threats, systems failure, healthcare innovation, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, resilience, and the future of decision-making in complex environments.

Tiara Jamison is the Founder and CEO of AnnieGuard, a causal intelligence company focused on understanding the hidden systems that drive biological threats, disease, environmental risk, and complex human outcomes. Her work centers on a simple but ... Show more

Language nerd (Elixir, Haskell, Rust, Nix, Cobol, 6502 Assembly), retrocomputing and game development. Worked making games at Nickelodeon, medical research at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, and making internet stuff at Netscape.

Language nerd (Elixir, Haskell, Rust, Nix, Cobol, 6502 Assembly), retrocomputing and game development. Worked making games at Nickelodeon, medical research at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, and making internet stuff at Netscape. Show more

Dr. Calynn Lawrence is a Chicago-based CEO, Founder, Social Scientist, and Trauma Specialist who advances equitable change by integrating trauma-informed, holistic wellness principles with corporate and civic leadership strategy. Across organizations and community systems, she helps leaders move from reactive culture to proactive, human-centered practices that support resilience, belonging, and long-term wellbeing.

In her work, Dr. Lawrence translates social science insight into actionable, values-driven leadership frameworks that strengthen decision-making, collaboration, and organizational effectiveness. She partners with executives, public sector leaders, and mission-driven teams to design programs and policies that reduce harm, improve relational trust, and create measurable pathways toward a more progressive, equitable world.

Dr. Calynn Lawrence is a Chicago-based CEO, Founder, Social Scientist, and Trauma Specialist who advances equitable change by integrating trauma-informed, holistic wellness principles with corporate and civic leadership strategy. Across organizations... Show more

Pankaj Bakshi is an Enterprise AI Strategist, AI Commercialization Leader, and Agentic AI Leader with 25+ years of experience driving large‑scale digital and AI transformation across global, regulated enterprises. He specializes in AI commercialization, GTM strategy, enterprise AI adoption, and value realization frameworks that convert AI prototypes into scalable, revenue‑impacting products.

Pankaj has launched enterprise‑grade AI platforms, including a GenAI‑powered mobile app adopted by global users, a regulatory‑compliant ML Model Foundry, and AI‑native integration frameworks across SAP, Oracle, Workday, and Azure ecosystems. His work spans clinical research, healthcare, BFSI, ERP modernization, and intelligent automation.

He has held leadership roles at IBM, Deloitte, Capgemini, and most recently Fortrea, where he led enterprise AI strategy, commercialization, and global AI adoption. Pankaj is known for designing federated AI operating models, establishing AI Centers of Excellence, and building enterprise AI literacy programs for executives and frontline teams.
Agentic AI, Clinical AI, Enterprise AI, AI Governance, AI Ethics, AI Commercialization, Digital Transformation, Healthcare AI, Responsible AI, AI Leadership, AI Strategy, GenAI, LLMOps, RAG, AI in Clinical Trials, AI for CROs, Dharma & AI, Ethical Tech, Future of Work

Pankaj Bakshi is an Enterprise AI Strategist, AI Commercialization Leader, and Agentic AI Leader with 25+ years of experience driving large‑scale digital and AI transformation across global, regulated enterprises. He specializes in AI commercializati... Show more

Beth McDonough is an author, keynote speaker, recovery advocate and reconstruction of life strategist.

She guides people through their lowest moments to rebuild what stands next after public collapse, when visibility is high, consequences are real, and the path forward is unclear.

Beth is a living case study in recovery, resilience and reconstruction. She occupies the space between catastrophe and comeback.

An investigative journalist for 30 years, Beth covered disasters until she became one. Two highly publicized DUIs. Fired twice. First by the newsroom, then by society. Her work speaks to people whose mistakes live online permanently.

Beth understands what it takes to recreate a life while the world watches, because she did the work on herself first. She is the case study. Alcohol took her down once, an invisible illness tried to again. The breakdown became her blueprint for showing others how to re-emerge structurally stronger than before, from the inside out, when willpower isn’t enough.

Beth shares an original message for audiences hungry for something stronger than motivation and more compassionate than discipline.

Beth developed the STILL STANDING™ method, a five-step framework that treats recovery & resilience like reconstruction projects for life AFTER impact. The approach is evidence-based, trauma-aware, shame-informed and pressure tested.

Before her collapse, Beth documented some of the most defining breaking news events of our time:
• 9/11 terrorist attacks
• Oklahoma City bombing
• I-35W Minneapolis bridge collapse
• Prince’s sudden death
• Escape of kidnapped teen Jayme Closs
• Civil unrest following George Floyd’s death in police custody: Beth was wounded by gunfire while reporting

Her work has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX News along with countless podcasts, newspapers, magazines and talk shows.

She’s earned multiple Emmy Awards, a national Edward R. Murrow Award, the prestigious duPont- Columbia Journalism Award for coverage of George Floyd’s death and the racial reckoning that followed.

Beth authored two memoirs, STANDBY and STILL STANDING, one book opens the wound. The second shows the rebuild. She's also been featured in a Lifetime documentary with survivor advocate Elizabeth Smart called, “Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case.”

Beyond the newsroom, Beth channeled her love for animals into owning a dog daycare before returning to journalism with renewed perspective.

Today, she lives in southern Utah desert surrounded by red rock mountains. Sharing life with her rescue weiner dog, she continues to tell stories about resilience, redemption, reinvention and reconstructing a life after a career spent in the fast lane.

Beth McDonough is an author, keynote speaker, recovery advocate and reconstruction of life strategist. She guides people through their lowest moments to rebuild what stands next after public collapse, when visibility is high, consequences are real... Show more

Andrew Ecker is an author, certified peer support specialist, White Bison recovery coach, and nationally recognized speaker specializing in mental health, recovery, community wellness, and the transformative power of rhythm and sound. As the co-founder of Drumming Sounds, Andrew has helped facilitate more than 5,000 wellness-based events for healthcare organizations, tribal communities, treatment centers, schools, corporations, and conferences across the United States.

Drawing from over two decades of recovery and lived experience overcoming generational substance use disorder, incarceration, trauma, and mental health challenges, Andrew brings a unique blend of evidence-based practices, Indigenous-informed perspectives, and practical wisdom to his presentations. His work explores the intersections of neuroscience, recovery, identity, community connection, and experiential wellness.

Andrew is the creator of the Drumming Sounds Protocol, an evidence-based group drumming intervention designed to support mental health, stress reduction, team cohesion, and social connection. He has presented for healthcare systems, behavioral health organizations, universities, tribal nations, government agencies, and national conferences, and has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and nationally syndicated television.

Born from the Apache and born to the Irish, Andrew's work is deeply influenced by his exploration of Indigenous identity, ceremonial introduction, and community-centered healing. He is the author of The Sacred Seven, a contemporary framework for self-identity, belonging, and personal transformation.

Whether speaking to clinicians, educators, leaders, recovery professionals, or community members, Andrew combines compelling storytelling, research-informed insights, humor, and experiential learning to create presentations that inspire meaningful personal and organizational change.

Andrew Ecker is an author, certified peer support specialist, White Bison recovery coach, and nationally recognized speaker specializing in mental health, recovery, community wellness, and the transformative power of rhythm and sound. As the co-found... Show more

Akhil Amod is Chief Architect at Risa Labs, where he builds production AI infrastructure for US healthcare — including the knowledge graph platform underlying the company's clinical copilot, deployed against live EMR data under HIPAA, SOC2, and ISO 27001 compliance. He has architected distributed systems on GKE serving 100+ microservices, built FHIR and X12 EDI pipelines integrated EHRs, and published peer-reviewed research on multi-agent LLM systems at ACL BioNLP 2024 and graph-based clinical decision support at Springer ICICT 2026. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur.

Akhil Amod is Chief Architect at Risa Labs, where he builds production AI infrastructure for US healthcare — including the knowledge graph platform underlying the company's clinical copilot, deployed against live EMR data under HIPAA, SOC2, and ISO 2... Show more

Khrystyna Kurganska is an entrepreneur, founder, and mental health advocate working at the intersection of business, social impact, psychology, sensory experience, and human recovery.
For more than 15 years, she has built businesses in perfumery, aroma marketing, and multisensory brand experience. Her professional background explores how scent, memory, environment, and emotion shape the way people feel, behave, connect, and recover.
Since 2022, she has led DOLADU, an NGO supporting psychological rehabilitation, psychosocial recovery, and reintegration for military personnel, veterans, their families, and people affected by war in Ukraine.

Khrystyna Kurganska is an entrepreneur, founder, and mental health advocate working at the intersection of business, social impact, psychology, sensory experience, and human recovery. For more than 15 years, she has built businesses in perfumery, ar... Show more

Strategically supporting CIOs and CTOs launch AI and tech with minimum risk and maximum clarity.

Sylvia Bargellini is the Founder and Principle Strategist at Lini Tech Strategy Consulting, where she helps organizations navigate the intersection of operational excellence and digital transformation. With a background in Lean, Agile, and Kaizen-like frameworks, Sylvia specializes in aligning complex ecosystems—people, processes, and technology—to launch AI and tech with low risk and maximum clarity.

Unlike traditional tech consultants, Sylvia focuses on the human element of transformation. She has guided teams in Healthcare, Government, and Big Tech (Google, Meta, Amazon) to achieve success for teams and organizations, such as 48% efficiency gains, by ensuring that technology serves a clear, shared purpose.

At Lini, she facilitates high-impact meetings and workshops that break down silos and empower teams to co-create their future-state. Sylvia is passionate about helping leaders align and optimize their processes before they automate, ensuring that innovation builds on existing tech and human potential.

Strategically supporting CIOs and CTOs launch AI and tech with minimum risk and maximum clarity. Sylvia Bargellini is the Founder and Principle Strategist at Lini Tech Strategy Consulting, where she helps organizations navigate the intersection of... Show more

TRANSFORMING ADVERSITY INTO PURPOSE FOR LEADERS AND TEAMS
Leadership. Resilience. Reinvention. Purpose-driven growth.

Dr. Ken Kaufman is a leadership and resilience speaker, author, and sports medicine clinician with more than 30 years of experience helping people recover, rebuild, and perform through adversity.

As the founder of Sarasota Sports Medicine and a former spring training chiropractor for Major League Baseball organizations, Dr. Kaufman spent decades working in high-performance environments where pressure, setbacks, discipline, recovery, and perseverance were part of everyday life. His work with athletes, business professionals, active adults, and patients gave him a front-row seat to the human side of adversity — the moments when people are forced to decide whether they will quit, survive, or grow.

But Dr. Kaufman’s message is not built only on professional experience. It is also deeply personal.

After building a successful practice and identity around achievement, leadership, and performance, Dr. Kaufman walked through a significant season of personal and professional adversity. He experienced the loss of his business, financial security, and the sense of identity he had built around success. What followed was a difficult but transformational process of rebuilding — not just financially or professionally, but personally, spiritually, and emotionally.

Through that season, he discovered that adversity often reveals what success can hide. It exposes identity, tests endurance, clarifies priorities, and forces leaders to confront who they are beneath the titles, accomplishments, and external markers of success.

Today, Dr. Kaufman uses his story, clinical experience, leadership background, and faith-informed perspective to help leaders, teams, organizations, churches, colleges, and professional audiences understand adversity differently. His message is not simply about bouncing back. It is about being rebuilt with greater clarity, humility, courage, resilience, and purpose.

He is the author of Spiritual Endurance: Faith Forged in the Fire, a book that explores how hardship can become a catalyst for deeper strength, renewed identity, and lasting transformation.

Dr. Kaufman’s life and work are rooted in a simple but powerful belief: adversity does not have to be wasted. When understood and approached correctly, it can become the very place where stronger people, stronger leaders, and stronger teams are FORGED.

TRANSFORMING ADVERSITY INTO PURPOSE FOR LEADERS AND TEAMS Leadership. Resilience. Reinvention. Purpose-driven growth. Dr. Ken Kaufman is a leadership and resilience speaker, author, and sports medicine clinician with more than 30 years of experie... Show more

Ryan Bouda is a speaker, organizational consultant, and founder of LEAP Training & Coaching. He helps organizations lead successful change by strengthening leadership, communication, and team alignment. Ryan has worked with organizations including NASA, HCA Healthcare, Nebraska Medicine, and Habitat for Humanity. He holds a master’s degree in Leadership Development and is a PhD Candidate in Organizational Psychology focused on leadership and interpersonal conflict.

Ryan Bouda is a speaker, organizational consultant, and founder of LEAP Training & Coaching. He helps organizations lead successful change by strengthening leadership, communication, and team alignment. Ryan has worked with organizations including NA... Show more

Dr. Leslie Pasco is the visionary founder and President of MyoWay Centers for Kids. With more than two decades of experience in pediatric and family dentistry, Dr. Pasco has dedicated her career to understanding how airway and muscle function influence growth, sleep, learning, and overall health.
Driven by the realization that many children’s lifelong health challenges trace back to dysfunctional breathing and muscle patterns, Dr. Pasco shifted her focus from traditional dentistry to early intervention and myofunctional therapy. She built MyoWay Centers for Kids to provide families with practical, evidence‑based solutions that support optimal development.

Rather than simply addressing symptoms, Dr. Pasco emphasizes early screening, functional assessment, and collaboration with other healthcare professionals to ensure children receive comprehensive care.

Her mission is clear: help children grow right, breathe right, and live better.

Licensed Dentist (DMD) with over 28 years of clinical practice
Certified Orofacial Myologist
Buteyko Breathing Method Instructor
National speaker and educator on pediatric airway health
Published Author

Dr. Leslie Pasco is the visionary founder and President of MyoWay Centers for Kids. With more than two decades of experience in pediatric and family dentistry, Dr. Pasco has dedicated her career to understanding how airway and muscle function influen... Show more

Moiz Khan Sherwani is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and External Data Scientist at the University of Copenhagen, with over 10 years of experience in AI-driven biomedical research.

His work sits at the frontier of graph neural networks, multi-omics data integration, federated learning, and synthetic data generation — with applications spanning precision medicine, cardiovascular disease prediction, microbiome genomics, and medical imaging.

Moiz holds a PhD in Computer Science (AI in Medicine) from the University of Calabria, Italy, and has published across Frontiers in Radiology, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, and Springer. He is currently a contributor to the EU Horizon Europe–funded NextGen Tools project, building privacy-preserving multimodal AI frameworks across European and US biobanks.

A Hamlyn Winter School Champion, Hackathon winner, and invited speaker at DataMakersFest — Europe's premier data festival — Moiz is equally committed to advancing the science and building the community around it. He teaches at the University of Copenhagen, co-supervises PhD students, and reviews for IEEE, AAAI, and leading biomedical journals.

Moiz Khan Sherwani is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and External Data Scientist at the University of Copenhagen, with over 10 years of experience in AI-driven biomedical research. His work sits at the fro... Show more

Benjamin is a developer at a large international pharmaceutical company, where he engineers solutions for a healthier world. He's passionate about engineering in all its forms - whether that's software architecture, 3D printing, smart-home automations, or wrenching on cars and motorcycles. An open-source enthusiast and relentless problem-solver by nature, he's happiest when tinkering with something new. Off the clock, he plays the drums, makes music, and most recently joined the local volunteer fire brigade.

Benjamin is a developer at a large international pharmaceutical company, where he engineers solutions for a healthier world. He's passionate about engineering in all its forms - whether that's software architecture, 3D printing, smart-home automation... Show more

Woman in Tech. AWS Community Builder. Love Cloud. Passionate about creating applications integrating Machine Learning and Generative AI for the healthcare sector.

Woman in Tech. AWS Community Builder. Love Cloud. Passionate about creating applications integrating Machine Learning and Generative AI for the healthcare sector. Show more

Dr. Sandesh Lamsal is a practising physician and public figure from Nepal. He helps audiences and organisations bridge medicine, digital influence, and social impact. He translates clinical knowledge into clear, actionable health education using real patient stories and both Nepali and global perspectives. This enables individuals and communities to make informed decisions on prevention, well-being, and daily resilience.

As a social media creator, philanthropist, and author, Dr. Lamsal delivers practical insights on digital wellness, youth empowerment, public health innovation, and community leadership. His talks and programmes connect health education with responsible online habits and measurable social action. They inspire individuals, NGOs, schools, and healthcare partners to collaborate and create lasting change.

Dr. Sandesh Lamsal is a practising physician and public figure from Nepal. He helps audiences and organisations bridge medicine, digital influence, and social impact. He translates clinical knowledge into clear, actionable health education using real... Show more

Dr. Saara Haapanen is a performance strategist, speaker, and PhD in Sport & Exercise Psychology who helps organizations improve leadership, retention, motivation, and human performance without burnout.

With more than 25 years of coaching high performers, from elite athletes to executives and growth-focused teams, she translates performance science into practical systems leaders can use immediately.

Her work focuses on leadership effectiveness, workplace well-being, communication, accountability, and unlocking the strengths of neurodivergent talent in modern organizations.

Saara has been featured in Forbes Health, Shape, Reader’s Digest, and other national media. Known for energetic, thought-provoking sessions, she helps audiences rethink what drives performance and what quietly destroys it.

Her sessions help leaders identify costly blind spots and the strategic initiatives worth funding next.

Dr. Saara Haapanen is a performance strategist, speaker, and PhD in Sport & Exercise Psychology who helps organizations improve leadership, retention, motivation, and human performance without burnout. With more than 25 years of coaching high perf... Show more

Dr Alisha is a physician, executive leadership coach and keynote speaker who works at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience and self mastery.

For over a decade she has worked with CEOs, founders, physicians and C-suite leaders, helping these leaders close the gap between external success and internal coherence. Her methodology draws on clinical medicine, heart coherence as well as validated leadership models to help you understand not just how you perform, but the subtle ways that performance degrades under pressure - and what it takes to restore the internal conditions for sustained, clean leadership and execution.

Her work sits deliberately at the edge of what most leadership development brushes over: the body at a cellular level, nervous system engagement and energy, and the alignment between a leader's intelligence fields.

She has spoken globally and she brings the same precision and depth to a keynote stage that she brings to her clinical practice.

Dr Alisha is a physician, executive leadership coach and keynote speaker who works at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience and self mastery. For over a decade she has worked with CEOs, founders, physicians and C-suite leaders, helping these... Show more

Dr. Ben Lippe is a licensed psychologist who is Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology.

He is an expert on topics related to health, wellness, fitness, and behavior change.

Award-winning instructor, psychologist, author, and consultant.

He is available for workshops and keynote addresses for:
Healthcare organizations
Professional associations
Clinical teams seeking insight, clarity, and practical inspiration
Support Group organizations (e.g., cancer, chronic pain, transplant)

He speaks candidly about the realities of modern medicine—burnout, leadership challenges, patient communication, healthy behaviors, system constraints—while offering practical strategies that audiences can immediately apply in their own settings.

Dr. Ben Lippe is a licensed psychologist who is Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is an expert on topics related to health, wellness, fitness, and behavior change. Award-... Show more

Chairman of AIM Austria, Expert for Medical Informatics, Clinical Decision Support Systems and Ambient AI application

Chairman of AIM Austria, Expert for Medical Informatics, Clinical Decision Support Systems and Ambient AI application Show more

Hello. I'm Tim. It has been a long strange trip to my becoming a motivational-inspirational speaker. I have always loved speaking with people either one-on-one or in groups. As an IT Professional for over 36 years, I have had to interact with many different types of people in many different industries doing many different things. I have spoken in church both informally and as a Lay Minister in the Methodist and Disciples of Christ denominations. I am also an Adjunct Instructor at a local community college and a local university.

I have always thought that my life was pretty normal. After I graduated from college and entered the "real world" I came to understand that my life had some twists and turns. I came to realize that I have suffered from depression and anxiety since childhood. It really didn't effect me until I became a father. I subconsciously decided to place my wife's happiness and my son's happiness before my own. When my son was almost 7, I had a mental break that caused me to seek help. I have learned, to a certain extent, what was causing mental issues and how to deal with them. I have had to seek help when things happened in my life to help make sense and be able to handle things well.

Recently my professional career has taken a downturn. I was working for a consulting company with government contracts. When government began reforming spending my contract was effected and I lost my position along with many of my colleagues. I expected to find another position but soon discovered that the IT market had changed and employers were very particular in what they were looking for. I do not have some of the experiences they are looking for and thus was not being consider for positions.

So I decided to pivot and focus and over skills I have. Namely speaking about my experiences in life, giving inspirational messages and helping people along with life. I also speak about spiritual matters and how they relate to society today.

The attendees of your conference, retreat, annual meeting, gathering, or event will be uplifted, encouraged and have their confidence increased.

Hello. I'm Tim. It has been a long strange trip to my becoming a motivational-inspirational speaker. I have always loved speaking with people either one-on-one or in groups. As an IT Professional for over 36 years, I have had to interact with many di... Show more

Dr. Melissa Turkal is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner from Pittsburgh. She is faculty at Robert Morris University, where she teaches in the graduate PMHNP-DNP program. She has presented at the PCNP Annual Education Conference, the Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference, and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society’s Pittsburgh Chapter. Her original research has been published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice.

Her clinical experience includes working in acute care, emergency psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, correctional mental health, community mental health, and private practice. She prioritizes treating women and LGBTQIA+ individuals with ADHD, mood, anxiety, and trauma related disorders. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in inpatient, outpatient, and community mental health.

Dr. Melissa Turkal is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner from Pittsburgh. She is faculty at Robert Morris University, where she teaches in the graduate PMHNP-DNP program. She has presented at the PCNP Annual Education Conference, the G... Show more

Hi I’m Chris, the Principal Technologist at Transform Labs (formerly AWH) and the CTO of IncludeHealth, a healthcare start-up changing the face of Virtual Physical Therapy.

When I speak about technology, I like to keep it accurate and relatable. I share stories and insights that matter to tech enthusiasts and anyone interested in how technology intersects with our daily lives and work. It’s about making sense of tech and making it understandable.

Hi I’m Chris, the Principal Technologist at Transform Labs (formerly AWH) and the CTO of IncludeHealth, a healthcare start-up changing the face of Virtual Physical Therapy. When I speak about technology, I like to keep it accurate and relatable. I... Show more

Dino Crnalic is an entrepreneur and executive whose professional journey reflects steady progress built on discipline, patience, and responsibility. He immigrated to the United States in 1999 and began shaping his future through education and consistent effort. Adjusting to a new environment required humility and perseverance, which influenced his long-term perspective on opportunity and work. Rather than pursuing rapid recognition, he focused on learning how systems function, earning trust through dependable actions, and developing habits that support stability, accountability, and sustainable professional growth over time.

Dino completed his university education while competing as a collegiate athlete, balancing academic expectations with the structure and demands of organized sports. This stage of life requires focus, resilience, and strong time management. Daily training and competition reinforced the importance of preparation, teamwork, and composure under pressure, while academic responsibilities emphasized consistency and follow-through. These experiences helped him understand the value of shared effort and personal accountability, lessons that later shaped his approach to leadership and decision-making in professional settings.

Crnalic began his professional career in the health and fitness industry, gaining early exposure to both customer engagement and operational execution. Work in the supplement and retail environment provided practical insight into consumer education, ethical responsibility, and the importance of consistency in daily business activities. During this time, he remained personally committed to training and continued expanding his understanding of conditioning and health management. This balance between hands-on experience and continued learning helped him develop a realistic and grounded view of the industry.

Dino Crnalic later transitioned into gym ownership, operating two fitness facilities over a combined twelve-year period. These businesses grew steadily and eventually employed more than one hundred individuals across training, operations, and administrative roles. He remained directly involved in hiring, staff development, scheduling, and operational oversight. Managing teams of this size required patience, clear communication, and consistent standards, particularly during periods of growth, staffing challenges, and ongoing changes within the fitness industry.

Dino gained meaningful entrepreneurial experience through the long-term operation and expansion of these fitness businesses. The facilities served individuals with a wide range of experience levels, requiring adaptability and respect for personal goals. One location received public attention for its scale and long-term vision, reflecting careful planning rather than rushed growth. These years reinforced lessons in financial discipline, customer retention, and the importance of maintaining service quality during both stable periods and times of economic uncertainty.

Crnalic expanded his professional focus beyond gym ownership into executive leadership and capital development. He has participated in raising more than twenty million dollars in capital for business ventures, working with investors to support growth while maintaining accountability. He currently serves in a chief operating officer role in the health care sector, overseeing operational systems and contributing to organizational strategy. This position reflects years of experience managing people, processes, and long-term performance expectations with consistency and care.

Dino Crnalic maintains a regular fitness routine as part of daily life, including strength training, cardiovascular exercise, and structured conditioning. He also pursues challenging outdoor activities that require preparation, focus, and an appreciation of risk. Experiences such as deep-water scuba diving and skiing reinforce discipline and composure under demanding conditions. These activities are approached as personal practices that support balance, mental clarity, and long-term physical well-being rather than external recognition.

Dino places strong importance on family, integrity, and responsibility in both personal and professional life. He is a devoted father who prioritizes presence, guidance, and shared experiences while also caring for close family members. After experiencing the loss of his wife to severe illness in 2011, he committed time and effort to charitable support through an established organization. This period reinforced values of compassion, consistency, and long-term commitment that continue to guide his decisions and actions.

Dino Crnalic is an entrepreneur and executive whose professional journey reflects steady progress built on discipline, patience, and responsibility. He immigrated to the United States in 1999 and began shaping his future through education and consist... Show more

David Posner, MBA, doesn’t just talk about leadership—he’s lived it under pressure.

As the Founder of 3 Point Care Consulting, David is a nationally recognized speaker in healthcare with more than 20 years on the front lines of an industry that never stops moving. He helps leaders cut through noise, make better decisions, and lead with clarity during moments that actually matter.

What sets David apart?
He brings the mindset of a professional basketball referee to the boardroom. From officiating college, high school, and professional games, including Ice Cube’s Big3 League, David knows what it means to make fast, high-stakes decisions with no replays, no excuses, and all eyes on you. That experience fuels his powerful leadership framework built on accountability, communication, consistency, and trust.

David’s energy, authenticity, and real-world approach have landed him on the TEDx stage and made him a go-to voice for conferences, podcasts, and leadership events nationwide. His talks don’t inspire for a moment, they create action, momentum, and lasting change.

If your audience wants motivation and practical takeaways they can use Monday morning, David Posner delivers, every time.

David Posner, MBA, doesn’t just talk about leadership—he’s lived it under pressure. As the Founder of 3 Point Care Consulting, David is a nationally recognized speaker in healthcare with more than 20 years on the front lines of an industry that ne... Show more

Graduação em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí. Mestrado em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina focado em Gerenciamento de Projetos e Melhoria de Processo de Software. Certificado C1 - MPS.BR e Scrum Master CSM. Vasta experiência em engenharia de software e modelos de processo tais como CMMI-DEV v1.2, PMBOK, MPS-BR, Scrum. Foi Arquiteto de Software em empresas como Suntech S.A, Verint, Certimarca e Diretor de Tecnologia em Netpacs, HUBMEDI.CO e UltraVideo trabalhando em softwares de telecom e saúde com mobilidade e alta disponibilidade. Professor no curso de Sistemas de Informação da Faculdade Energia nas cadeiras de Programação Orientada a Objetos II, Programação Web, Algorítmos e Gerenciamento de Projetos. Atualmente consultor de desenvolvimento de software focado na área da saúde especialista em produtos HIS, RIS, PACS, LIS e Integrações, além de consultoria no processo da SBIS.

Graduação em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí. Mestrado em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina focado em Gerenciamento de Projetos e Melhoria de Processo de Software. Certificado C1 - MPS.BR e Sc... Show more

Dr. Andrew Young Choi is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pace University, where he teaches and supervises in the Clinical Health Psychology Program.

His award-winning scholarship employs queer of color critique to illuminate the complexities of intersectionality, racism-related stress, and identity among Asian Americans. Leveraging psychoanalytic concepts, his interdisciplinary research explores the evolving nature of anti-Asian racialization and its theoretical and clinical implications. He brings advanced methodological expertise, including critical analysis, multivariate statistics, psychometrics, structural equation modeling, and qualitative content analysis. He has authored over 20 publications and received more than 30 awards, honors, and fellowships for his intellectual contributions.

Dr. Choi is board-certified in Counseling Psychology and specializes in culturally responsive psychodynamic psychotherapy for high-performing professionals from diverse backgrounds. He creatively integrates insight-oriented, goal-focused, and decolonial principles to support a broad range of mental health goals. He has provided effective care across diverse settings—including college counseling centers, community mental health clinics, and inpatient and outpatient hospitals—with extensive public sector experience serving clients from global majority and LGBTQ+ populations.

He earned his PhD in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology at the Counseling and Student Development Center of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School. He is an alumnus APA Minority Fellow, Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC-12) Postgraduate Scholar, and University of California Regents Special Fellow.

Dr. Andrew Young Choi is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pace University, where he teaches and supervises in the Clinical Health Psychology Program. His award-winning scholarship employs queer of color critique to illuminate the complexit... Show more

What happens when a clinically trained social worker builds a multi-seven-figure business from the ground up, and then watches her entire team walk out the door? If you're Samantha Goldberg, you don't retreat. You rebuild. And then you take everything you learned about shame, failure, and what real leadership actually requires, and you bring it to every stage you can find.

Samantha Goldberg, MSW, is a clinically trained social worker, entrepreneur, executive coach, and keynote speaker who works at the intersection of shame resilience, leadership, and self-worth. Named a Woman of Steel by PNC Bank and the Pittsburgh Steelers, she's on a mission to help people show up boldly and lead intentionally--without shame, imposter syndrome, or fear of failure calling the shots.

Samantha is the Founder & CEO of a group mental health therapy practice and multidisciplinary wellness hub in Pittsburgh established in 2018, built around a staffing model centered on business mentorship and entrepreneurial support. She built her practice into a large multimillion dollar operation, navigated a significant organizational crisis, and rebuilt it with radical transparency--an experience that grounds every framework she teaches in real operational leadership, not just research. Through her executive coaching and speaking platform, Unleashed Impact, she helps leaders and high achievers break free from shame, imposter syndrome, and the confidence barriers holding them back. She also serves as a private practice business consultant, providing business coaching to group practice owners across the country.

With 15+ years in the field, Samantha brings rare clinical depth to the leadership conversation--delivering keynotes that are equal parts research-backed and disarmingly honest, turning complex psychological frameworks into tools that actually change how people lead. Samantha is known for her sharp wit, radical honesty, and an uncanny ability to make a room full of high-achievers feel deeply seen--and ready to move.

Off stage, she lives in Pittsburgh with her first responder partner, two dogs, and a cat who has never once struggled with self-worth.

What happens when a clinically trained social worker builds a multi-seven-figure business from the ground up, and then watches her entire team walk out the door? If you're Samantha Goldberg, you don't retreat. You rebuild. And then you take everythin... Show more