Keynote Speaker, Plenary Speakers, Guest Artists and Presenters

Keynote Speaker

John Quiñones, ABC News correspondent and host of What Would You Do?

John Quiñones

ABC News correspondent and host of What Would You Do?

Plenary Speakers

Daryl Davis

Award-winning conflict navigator, musician and author

Bill Doherty

Co-Founder of Braver Angels and Professor, University of MN

Shereen Marisol Meraji

Co-host and Senior Producer of NPR's Code Switch

Songs from the Street

Panelists include members of project
Songs from the Street

Presenters

Alaa Abdelhakiem

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Texas at El Paso School of Pharmacy

Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University

Founder/CEO
Student African America Brotherhood

Latricia Buckner

Founder and CEO
Love's Basics, Inc.

Executive Director
Carbon Trace Productions

Senior Vice President of Governance and Compliance
United Soybean Board

Professor of Economics and Business
Virginia Military Institute

Chaplain and Executive Administrator
The Warrior's Journey

President and Executive Director
Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center, Inc.

Justin Eckstein

Assistant Professor of Communication
Pacific Lutheran University

Enterprise Architect (retired)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Charleen Fields

Food Service Manager/Supervisor
CoxHealth

Richard Fordyce

Business Growth Director
Osborn Barr Paramore

Assistant Regional Administrator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Beatrice Girmala

Assistant Chief
Los Angeles Police Department

Hadlee Goldberg

Educator
Ozark Junior High School

NSF Graduate Research Fellow
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Ameren Corp

Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University

Matthew Huchteman

Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University

Manager of Strategic Solutions
Missouri Cattlemen's Association

Becca Jablonski

Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University

Founding Director
Springfield Street Choir

Lead Pastor
The Connecting Grounds

Professor and Graduate Director of Criminology
University of South Florida

Michael Mayrand

Student, Digital TV and Film Production
Missouri State University

Department Head, Social Foundations and Leadership Education
University of North Georgia

CEO
The National Youth Leadership Council

President
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce

Medical Director of Pediatrics and Hospitalist
Jordan Valley Comm. Health Ctr. and Cox Health

Natalya Pemberton

Design Program Manager
Social Media

Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University

Co-founder and President
Pinchot & Co.

Director of Counseling Services
Springfield Public Schools

Professor of Hospitality Management
Pennsylvania State University

Associate Professor of Geography
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

President
Missouri State University

Founder
NuGyrl Foundation and NoirLire Publishing

Mary Lilly Smith

Director of Planning and Development (retired)
City of Springfield

Outreach Librarian
Grosse Pointe Public Library

Assistant Professor of Secondary Ed/Autism Studies
Utah Valley University

Founder and Executive Director
Foundation for the Adv. of Culture & Education

Founder and CEO
Joseph Thomas Foundation

J. Alex Thompson

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Carthage College

Brittany Whitley

Acting Executive Director
MOST Policy Initiative