Plenary Speakers and Presenters

Plenary Speakers

Ethan Bryan, Author | Storyteller | Community Advocate

Ethan Bryan


Author | Storyteller | Community Advocate
Catch 365

Pete Davis, Author | Writer | Film Director | Civic Advocate

Pete Davis


Author | Writer | Film Director | Civic Advocate
Co-Founder, Democracy Policy Network

Alex Los, Executive Coach for Teams and Leaders

Alex Los


Executive Coach for Teams and Leaders
Pluck Coaching and Consulting, LLC

Marielle Segarra, Reporter & Host | Life Kit

Marielle Segarra


Reporter & Host | Life Kit
NPR

Presenters

Bailey Adie
Researcher, Geography Research Unit
University of Oulu, Finland
Shannon Akin
School Psychology & Neuropsychology
ABC Group of Texas
Jessica Allen
Outreach Coordinator, Full Circle Gardens
Ozarks Food Harvest
Salma Hussain Bachelani
Assistant Professor
WashU Medicine
Amy Blansit
Founder
Drew Lewis Foundation
Jordan Bowman
Executive Director
Journeymen Triangle
Ethan Bryan
Community Builder
Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Bethanee Bryant
Program & Partnership Manager
PLUS ME Project
Ronda Burnett
Community Conservation Planner
Missouri Department of Conservation
David Burton
Community Development Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
Julie Carey
Kayaker | Environment Compliance Researcher
US Army Engineer Research
José M. Causadias
Executive Director | Researcher
Panama Center for Educational Research
Trina Clayeux
CEO
Give an Hour
Keeley Crockett
Professor, Comp. Intelligence & Chair UKRI AI and Robotics
Manchester Metropolitan University
Shawn Cullen
Conductor and Artistic Director
Heartland Men's Chorus Kansas City
Robyn DiPietro
Program Coordinator
OneOp | University of Illinois
Arlene Enderton
Program Specialist
Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
Kevin Ray Evans
Professor | SGF Kickball
MSU - School of Earth, Environment & Sustainabilit
Rebecca Fanning
National Educational Outreach Manager
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Bin Feng
Family and Community Advocate
Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Aaron Fischer
Associate Professor, School of Psychology
Utah State University
Mary Fry
Owner, Fry Sports Performance, LLC
Professor Emerita, University of Kansas
Anne Gadwa-Nicodemus
Founder | Owner
Metris Arts Consulting
Phillip Gleeson
CEO
Inflection Point
Clay Goddard
Southwest Market President
Centerstone
Ed Goeke
Retired Educator | Director | Musician & Singer
SGF Kickball, Member
Harold Goodwin
Founder
ICRT.global
Jess Hamlet
Owner
Village Meeple Board Game Cafe
Steven Harowitz
Executive Director
Campfire
Nathan Hermiston
Senior Vice-President | Convention Sales & Services
Visit KC
Victoria Hromatko
Project Architect
HNTB Architecture
Timothy Keane
Professor Emeritus | Architecture, Planning, and Design
Kansas State University
John Kent
Retired Professor | J.B. Hunt Transport, Supply Chain Mgmt.
Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas
Leigh Ann Kervin
Veterans Center Coordinator
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Bobbilynne Koepke
Principal Geologist
Environmental Works
Brian Mahaffey
Director of Sports Medicine
St. Louis Cardinals
Kaitlyn McConnell
Founder
Ozarks Alive
Jamie McCoy
School Psychological Examiner
Missouri
Carrie McKean
Author
Independent Journalist
Shardia O'Connor
Founder | Podcast Host | Writer
Founder, Shades of Reality
Obi Ogbanufe
Assistant Professor | Dept. of Info Tech & Decision Sci.
University of North Texas
Willow Paul
Director of Deliberation
Unify America
Jazmine Pegues
Leadership Development Manager
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Jennifer Prophete
Director
The Hopeful Neighborhood Project
Jessica Ryan
Owner | Creator-Director
All Together Now
Araba Sapara-Grant
Senior Manager | Community Activation
Weave: The Social Fabric Project - The Aspen Inst.
Tim Shaffer
Interdisciplinary Scholar | Practitioner
University of Delaware
Phiala E. Shanahan
Associate Professor | Department of Physics
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics
Renata Simril
President & CEO
LA84 Foundation
David C. Smith
Coordinator ISD & Director CEM
The University of the West Indies
William Sundquist
Chair, CSI Board of Directors
CSI
Victoria Shiroma Wilson
Founder | Advisor | Author
Exceptional Futures
Peggy Wise
Paralegal | Office Administrator
SGF Kickball, Member
Donald C. Wunsch II
Professor - Director, Kummer Institute Center for AI and AS
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Haiying Yang
Assistant Professor | Global Supply Chain Management
Rider University