Josh Cook

Josh Cook is considered a visionary leader and creative thinker. Josh started with Community Choice CU (CCCU) in 2002 as the Marketing Manager and has expanded his role to include everything from marketing to branch operations with plenty in between. During his seventeen years at CCCU he has gained considerable attention for his creative work…

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Michael Stusser

Michael A. Stusser is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. His first book, The Dead Guy Interviews: Conversations with 45 of the Most Accomplished, Notorious, and Deceased Personalities in History (Penguin Publishing), was released to critical acclaim, and his documentary, Sleeping with Siri, was featured in the Hollywood Film Festival and won the Audience Award…

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Shari Storm

Shari spent 16 years as an executive at a Seattle credit union, where she oversaw marketing and IT.

Her proudest accomplishments at Verity Credit Union included being named an Innovator of the Decade by Net.Banker, heading up the successful Verity Mom campaign, and participating in Filene’s prestigious i3 program.

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Dean Smith

Bio Dean is a high-performance coach for life and leadership and is considered one of the nation’s foremost experts on the topic of forgiveness. He has a broad range of life experiences ranging from playing professional basketball to earning multiple awards as a nationally recognized sales professional. In 2010, Dean was the subject of an…

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Scarlett Sieber

Bio Scarlett Sieber is a respected leader, driving organizational change at startups and global enterprises alike. Most recently, she was Vice President at USAA, where she led the newly created business development initiative. Prior, Scarlett was Chief Innovation Officer of Opus Bank, an $8B public retail and commercial bank, where she led the digital strategy…

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Ty Reed

Bio Ty Reed is a speaker on the topic of recovery and employment. Ty’s personal experience of being an award-winning salesperson for a Fortune 50 company, losing it all to addiction, and his successful climb back to regain his life make him uniquely qualified to work with companies on how addiction, recovery, and the workplace…

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JP Nicols

JP Nicols is internationally recognized as a leading voice for innovation, strategy and leadership. As a top-rated speaker, writer, podcaster, instructor, and advisor, he is often quoted in the media, and his work has been featured in leading conferences, publications, and executive education programs around the world. He reaches millions of listeners as cohost of Breaking…

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Ndingui Moussavou (Guy-Francis)

Ndingui Moussavou (Guy-Francis) is a captivating speaker with an uncommon and inspiring life story. He was born into poverty in a small village in Gabon, Africa, and was raised by his mom and his uncle, a retired military policeman, after his father abandoned him before being born. He and his siblings, all four boys and…

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Sam Maule

Sam Maule, banking innovation

Bio Sam is an active mentor, thought leader, and sought-after speaker focusing on the human element of digital and banking innovation. He has over twenty-five years of experience working in the payments, mobile, and banking space across North America and Europe for both global banking and technology companies, and in the start-up community. He was…

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Viola Llewellyn

Bio Viola Llewellyn is the co-founder and President of Ovamba Solutions, Inc. Ovamba is an award-winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies for Financial Institutions so that they can serve formal and informal African SMEs in the trade & commodities sectors with short term capital and financial inclusion. Ovamba’s solutions combine innovative Sharia-compliant…

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