Keynote Speaker, Plenary Speakers, Guest Artists and Presenters

Keynote Speaker

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
Kendra Betz
Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University
Tyrone Bledsoe
Founder/CEO
Student African America Brotherhood
Latricia Buckner
Founder and CEO
Love's Basics, Inc.
Shannon Cay
Executive Director
Carbon Trace Productions
Darryl Chatman
Senior Vice President of Governance and Compliance
United Soybean Board
Barry Cobb
Professor of Economics and Business
Virginia Military Institute
Stormy Davis
Chaplain and Executive Administrator
The Warrior's Journey
Mark Dixon
President and Executive Director
Bartley-Decatur Neighborhood Center, Inc.
Justin Eckstein
Assistant Professor of Communication
Pacific Lutheran University
David Ferrell
Enterprise Architect (retired)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Charleen Fields
Food Service Manager/Supervisor
CoxHealth
Richard Fordyce
Business Growth Director
Osborn Barr Paramore
Lois Gillmore
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
Robby Goldman
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mike Green
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Ameren Corp
Kathryn Horner
Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University
Matthew Huchteman
Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University
Macey Hurst
Manager of Strategic Solutions
Missouri Cattlemen's Association
Becca Jablonski
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University
Katie Kring
Founding Director
Springfield Street Choir
Christie Love
Lead Pastor
The Connecting Grounds
Michael Lynch
Professor and Graduate Director of Criminology
University of South Florida
Michael Mayrand
Student, Digital TV and Film Production
Missouri State University
Kelly McFaden
Department Head, Social Foundations and Leadership Education
University of North Georgia
Amy Meuers
CEO
The National Youth Leadership Council
Matt Morrow
President
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Kayce Morton
Medical Director of Pediatrics and Hospitalist
Jordan Valley Comm. Health Ctr. and Cox Health
Natalya Pemberton
Design Program Manager
Social Media
Jailyn Perales
Student, Darr College of Agriculture
Missouri State University
Libba Pinchot
Co-founder and President
Pinchot & Co.
Alison Roffers
Director of Counseling Services
Springfield Public Schools
Amit Sharma
Professor of Hospitality Management
Pennsylvania State University
Madhuri Sharma
Associate Professor of Geography
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Clif Smart
President
Missouri State University
Alicia Smith
Founder
NuGyrl Foundation and NoirLire Publishing
Mary Lilly Smith
Director of Planning and Development (retired)
City of Springfield
Annie Spence
Outreach Librarian
Grosse Pointe Public Library
Caleb Stanley
Assistant Professor of Secondary Ed/Autism Studies
Utah Valley University
Jean Strait
Founder and Executive Director
Foundation for the Adv. of Culture & Education
John Thomas
Founder and CEO
Joseph Thomas Foundation
J. Alex Thompson
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Carthage College
Brittany Whitley
Acting Executive Director
MOST Policy Initiative

Guest Artists

Springfield Street Choir