Renée Marino is a professional communication coach named by Yahoo Finance as one of the "Top 10 Communication Coaches to Follow in 2021!" Renée helps women communicate with confidence through simple and easy tools…all while having fun! Her best-selling book, Becoming a Master Communicator, endorsed by Bryan Adams, Dean Graziosi, Chazz Palminteri, Russell Brunson, Jenna Kutcher, and Dhomonique Murphy, is a powerful guide for those struggling to have clear and honest communication in a world driven by digital technology.
Renée can be seen as the female lead role, Mary Delgado, in the movie "Jersey Boys," directed by Clint Eastwood, and has graced the Broadway stage in many musicals. She has been featured in People.com's "Ones to Watch," Variety, and The Huffington Post.
Renée was the co-host of Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi's "World Summit" and a featured speaker at the 2022 "Secret Knock Women" event.
Arête is an ancient Greek concept referring to the “act of actualizing one’s highest sense of self with moral excellence of character.” It means that an individual should strive to pursue their passions in life, and realize their dreams regardless of their circumstances or adversities.
Named one of the most influential New Jerseyans in 2015 by NJ Business Magazine, Steve Edwards is on a mission to help people find their heroes and realize their dreams through the New Jersey Hall of Fame. As president of the foundation board of trustees, he co-chaired a capital campaign raising $14 million for a state-of-the-art entertainment and learning center at the American Dream complex, and helped create inspirational exhibits throughout the state.
Realizing our power to change the world for the better, if only we have the courage, Dr. Bonilla-Santiago shares the lessons learned as an educator building a successful urban charter school in Camden, NJ.
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor, Graduate Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also directs the Community Leadership Center and is the overseer and Board Chair of the LEAP Academy University Charter School. Throughout her academic career, she has established a track record in coordinating large-scale programs and private and public ventures that bring together external and internal stakeholders from a range of organizations, including government, business, non-profits and philanthropic sectors at the local, national and international levels.
When Kevin Snyder was diagnosed with depression and an eating disorder at just 12 years old, he never would have imagined speaking out or writing about it. Kevin will share his personal experience of being an adolescent boy having anorexia nervosa, his turning point moment to recovery and how he found meaning and direction through it all that changed his life.
After recovering from his depression and eating disorder, Kevin pursued a career in Higher Education so that he could help other youth battling mental health not feel so alone and find hope. He is the Founder of EmpowerYOUth which provides motivational and leadership presentations for youth and college students across the country. Since launching EmpowerYOUth, Kevin has also presented for over 1,000 professional organizations in all 50 states and several countries. Over 1,000,000 people ranging from student to CEO have been in his audiences. Kevin is also the author of two best-selling books, holds a Doctorate degree in Leadership and - fun fact - lived his childhood dream of winning BIG on The Price is Right!
Thanks to the emergence of advanced technologies such as AI, we are at the cusp of a revolution in the Healthcare sector. A revolution that will see doctors being empowered with new tools, which are not just stethoscopes and MRIs, but this time are AI-powered. This shift will allow doctors to tap into a wealth of data to predict complex diseases such as cancer or diabetes before they even happen.
Eugenio is a Data Science Leader working for Fortune 500 companies, currently leading the innovation efforts in complex chronic care at CVS Health, the #1 healthcare company in the world. He is a Forbes Under 30 for Healthcare, a Fulbright Scholarship recipient, and studied across MIT, Harvard, and Imperial College where he worked for leading research labs such as the MIT Media Lab and the Brain and Behaviour Lab. Eugenio’s analyses helped drive decision-making for CEOs, governments, and leading research institutions across vital topics such as the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. His work can be found on Forbes, Fortune, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Financial Times as well as in multiple journals and in the App Store.
Forty-six percent of Americans will meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health condition sometime in their life, and half of those people will develop conditions by the age of 14. The sharp rise in mental illness and stigma often leads to embarrassment and shame. Audrey Adade, MSW, challenges us to battle mental illness through the sharing of our stories.
Audrey has worked in the health and human services for 12 years. She has extensive experience working with federal cooperative agreements, grants, and contracts, working with states, municipalities, individual school districts, universities, community organizations, and various stakeholders.
Her federal work, particularly at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), was in school-based mental health, behavioral health disparities, and evaluation research in sustaining evidence-based prevention practices.
Audrey is the author of “Dear: Anxiety and Depression Relief in Verse.”
As our society switches to more computer and tech time, we are sitting for extended periods of time which can have numerous effects on your body. One is Dead Butt Syndrome. Nicole will share how this happens and how you can offset it with a few tips and exercises.
Nicole is a Health Coach, Personal Trainer, Behavior Coach, podcast host of “Weight Loss for Women Over 40”, tv host of “Healthy Travel with Nicole”, author of “The No Fuss, No Mess Cookbook”, TEDx Speaker, former Physical Therapist Assistant, and former professional ballet dancer. Nicole has been featured in Rachael Ray in Season, Bicycling Magazine, Real Simple, and MSN. Learn more at NicoleSimonin.com
How do we understand and address one of the most important issues of our time — the epidemic rise of neurobehavioral issues like ADHD, OCD, Learning Disabilities, and Anxiety Autism?
Dr. Robert Melillo is a renowned expert in Developmental Functional Neurology, brain Imbalances, hemispheric integration, and the diagnosis and correction of most neurobehavioral disorders and learning disabilities. In 2006, he created Brain Balance Achievement Centers which has approximately 150 centers and has helped tens of thousands of families. He has published a major textbook titled Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood an Evolutionary Perspective and has co-authored approximately 20 chapters in other texts on various subjects related to Dyslexia, Attention, Frontal Lobe Development, and he has also published approximately 50 peer-reviewed papers. In addition, Dr. Melillo has also written 5 best-selling books including his best known Disconnected Kids which has been translated into 8 languages. Dr. Melillo is an Associate Professor of Developmental Disabilities at the National University of Health Sciences, has multiple graduate degrees in Chiropractic, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Clinical Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, and is the co-founder and past President of the International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation.
Your creative thinking and expression are a necessary means for discovering what’s uniquely you and living a full life. In a live workshop, Triumph memorably shows us what George Bernard Shaw meant by, “Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself.”
Tom Triumph is a consultant, speaker, and author who helps companies grow by helping them reinvent their business, product development, and marketing. He’s helped large organizations act nimbly and small companies scale. He’s participated in two global technology revolutions— and along the way has been part of some remarkable success stories (and some misfires). Tom lived aboard a research ship where he tended to the minisub, wrestled in the Olympic trials, and helped oversee the design and build of the largest composite hovercraft ever built in the US. He’s the author of the book "Evolve or Die: Lessons for World-Class Innovation & Creativity."