Paolo Gaudiano

Paolo Gaudiano

Bio Paolo Gaudiano is President of ARC, Chief Scientist of Aleria, Adjunct Associate Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, and Chairman of the annual Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference. These activities combine Paolo’s decades of experience in business, technology and academia, to transform how people think about diversity and what they do about…

Read More

Emily Schubert

Emily Schubert

Bio A fast-paced, ever moving, teacher, and student Emily is in a constant state of learning. An accomplished speaker and coach she works to enhance company culture and promote career advancement but identifying key elements that perpetuate roadblocks. Her research focused on career advancement and implementation of leadership and mentorship programs. Emily has combined her…

Read More

Norman Bell

Norman Bell

Bio Norman Bell is a storytelling and presentation coach, workshop facilitator, award-winning speaker, and theater and film actor who helps Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs enchant their audiences, amplify their influence, and transform their businesses using the power of authentic storytelling. Norman is also the author of the upcoming book, The Story Powered Speaker: How to…

Read More

Anthony Huey

Anthony Huey is a highly-rated international speaker and communications consultant who offers session attendees pragmatic communications tools, tips, and techniques they can use immediately.  His career includes tenures as a news reporter, magazine senior editor, crisis management specialist, media relations consultant, and executive speech coach. Anthony leads Reputation Management, LLC, one of the nation’s leading communications…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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.

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More