Keynote Speaker, Plenary Speakers, Guest Artists and Presenters

Plenary Speakers

Marcus Engel, Co-founder

Marcus Engel


Co-founder
I'm Here Movement

Sue Klebold, Author and Advocate for Mental Health

Sue Klebold


Author and Advocate for Mental Health

Lyrissa Lidsky, Dean and Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law

Lyrissa Lidsky


Dean and Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law
University of Missouri

Ebony Stewart, International Touring Poet and Performance Artist

Ebony Stewart


International Touring Poet and Performance Artist
Host, Spoken Word Artist, Sexual Health Advocate

Presenters

Ada Booth
Child Abuse Prevention Specialist
Texas State Child Fatality Review Team
T. Jameson Brewer
Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education
University of North Georgia
Christie Brungardt
Advocate
Jana's Campaign
Latricia Buckner
Founder and CEO
Love's Basics, Inc.
Raychelle Burks
Associate Professor of Chemistry
American University
Greg Burris
President and CEO
United Way of the Ozarks
Katherine Craft
Instructor
Ozarks Technical Community College
Karen Craigo
Poet Laureate of Missouri, Editor and General Manager
The Marshfield Mail
Rich Dameron
Special Education Teacher and Athletic Director
Reed Academy
Mark Dixon
President and Executive Director
Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center, Inc.
Beth Domann
Executive Director
Springfield Little Theatre
Liv Dooley
Founder
The Colorfully Candid Paradigm
Brian Dotts
Professor of Educational Foundations
University of Georgia
Daniel Fisher
Assistant Professor, Hebrew Union College-JIR
Research Affiliate, National Humanities Alliance
Yolanda Gordon
Advocate
RESULTS
Sandra Graham
Professor, Presidential Chair of Education and Diversity
University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Heaney
Research Fellow
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Petra Horn-Marsh
Professor of American Sign Language
University of Kansas Edwards Campus
Blake Hurst
President
Missouri Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors
Terry Jamieson
Principal
Hollister R-V High School
Laura Janusik
Consultant and Change Agent
Listening to Change
Andrew Keaster
Physician
Ohio State's Transgender Primary Care Clinic
Mark Kleinschmit
Co-Founder
Other Half Processing
Tyson Langhofer
Senior Counsel and Director
Alliance Defending Freedom
Stephanie Lewis, MD, FACEP
Physician, Emergency Department
Cox Medical Center South
Christie Love
Lead Pastor
The Connecting Grounds
Benjamin Munson
Department Chair of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
University of Minnesota
Samantha Nichols
Ordained Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rachel Owen
Co-founder
Missouri Science and Technology Policy Initiative
Dennis Schmitt
Chair of Veterinary Care and Dir of Research & Conservation
Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation
J. Anthony Smith
Writer, Director, Creative
Neosoul Films and Entertainment
Parvonay Stover
Director of Government Affairs
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
Carlene Thomas
ESL Program Coordinator
Texas Education Agency