Keynote Speaker, Plenary Speakers, Guest Artists and Presenters

Keynote Speaker

Sarah Elsea


Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Sandra Postel


Freshwater Fellow, National Geographic Society
Global Water Policy Project

Cal Ripken, Jr.


Hall of Fame baseball player

Toshia Shaw


Founder, Purple W.I.N.G.S.
Purple W.I.N.G.S.

Presenters

Iké Amadi
Voice Actor
Mark Beckman
Pastor, St. Matthew Catholic Church
St. Matthew Catholic Church
Ellen Billard
Founder, Road to Mafraq
Road to Mafraq
Lecia Brooks
Outreach Director, Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
William Buckley
Professor, Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Clare Dolan

Bread Puppet Theater
Philip DuBois
Long Term Care Administrator, Saint Joseph College
Saint Joseph College
Russell Fail
Professor of Humanities, Kaplan University
Kaplan University
Ashley Ford
Staff Writer, Buzzfeed.com
Buzzfeed.com
Jeannie Haubert
Assoc. Professor of Sociology, Winthrop College
Winthrop College
Jessica Heybach
Professor, Aurora University
Institute for Collaboration, Aurora University
Angela Holloway-Payne
Principal, Dexter Elementary School
Dexter Elementary School
John Keiser
Pesident emeritus, Missouri State University
John Maclay
Associate Artistic Director, First Stage
First Stage
Simon Mahan
Renewable Energy Mgr, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Matt Marinec
Asst to Director, US Office of Government Ethics
US Office of Government Ethics
Sean McEwen
Film producer
Larry McIlvain
Superintendent, American Community School, Amman, Jordan
American Community School of Amman
Kelly Oldfather
Consultant, Deloitte and Touche, LLP
Deloitte and Touche, LLP
Gowri Parameswaran
Chair and Professor of Educational Studies
State University of New Paltz ad New Paltz
Michelle Poitier
Founder of Future Impressions
Jill Sapenoff
Strategic Consultant
Angela Snyder
Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Kripa Sreepada
Graduate Student, Cornell University
Cornell University
Stan Temple
Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation
Aldo Leopold Foundation
Kimberly Wagner
Chief of Staff, Indiana Univ. – Purdue Univ., Ft Wayne
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Yu-Hsien Sharon Wu
Co-founder, US-China Education and Cultural Ctr
US-China Education and Cultural Ctr
John Zeswitz
Executive Vice President, Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster Bible College

Guest Artists

Peter Schumann
Founder and Director, Bread & Puppet Theater
Bread and Puppet Theater