Plenary Speakers and Presenters

Plenary Speakers

Zach Anner


Award-winning comedian, show host and TV writer

Jamira Burley


CANCELLED DUE TO SPEAKER ILLNESS

Leila Fadel


Host, NPR Morning Edition and Up First
National Public Radio

Liz Ogbu


American architect, designer and urbanist

Presenters

Jessica Allen
Full Circle Gardens Associate
Ozarks Food Harvest
Roberta Atzori
Market Intelligence Analyst
Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, Florida
Alejandra Barraza
President
HighScope
Madeline Reising Bennett
Foreign Service Officer
United States Department of State
Andy Carswell
Professor, Financial Planning, Housing & Consumer Economics
University of Georgia
Michelle Ciesielski
Program Director, Veterans Upward Bound
Ozarks Technical Community College
Kyle Cory-Yaeggi
Director of Operations
Retrieving Freedom Inc.
Sarah Damaske
Associate Professor, Sociology & Labor Employment
Pennsylvania State University
Sarah Davidson
Director, Human Resources
Roeslein & Associates
Tekisha Dwan Everette
Executive Vice President
Trust for America's Health
John R. Gram
Senior Instructor
Missouri State University
Edmund Green Langdell
Fashion Designer and Educator
Becoming
Parag Gupta
Chief Program Officer
Mercy Housing
Brittney Hernandez-Stevenson
Campus Manager
Madisonville Community College
Emily Hertzog
Director of Programs & Exhibitions
Springfield Regional Arts Council
Paula Junn
Associate Director, Div of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
California Institute of Integral Studies
Nancy Landrum
Visiting Professor, Crans Montana, Switzerland
Les Roches Global Hospitality Education
Willy Legrand
Professor, Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Mgmt
IU Int'l University of Applied Science [Germany]
Stephanie Lowe
Founder, Creator and Executive Director
True You TN
Chelsey Narvey
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology
Sam Houston State University
Lakshmi Natesan
Founder and CEO
Fourcores, LLC
Nathanial Nolan
Instructor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
Sarah Owsley
Policy & Advocacy Director
Empower Missouri
Natalya Pemberton
Design Program Manager
Social Media industry
Michelle Poitier
CEO
Michelle Speakz
Kristen Powers
Executive Director
Benevolence Farm
Jess Rollins
Senior Editor
The Denver Post
Brandon N. Smith
Co-Founder and CEO
The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program
Rob Spirko
Senior Lecturer, English
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Brent Stock
Executive Director
James River Basin Partnership
Jason Streubel
Senior Director, Center for Ag. & Food Security
Convoy of Hope
John Thomas
Founder and CEO
Joseph Thomas Foundation
Liz Wertz
AFL-CIO Community Services Liaison
United Way of the Ozarks
Katie White
Farmer
Urban Roots Farm
Tobey Wilkerson
Licensed Foster Care Worker & Trainer
Jason Williams
Associate Professor, Justice Studies
Montclair University
Matthew Woods
K-12 Educator, Administrator, Author
Robb "Robbo" Zelonky
Performance Artist