Plenary Speakers and Presenters

Plenary Speakers

Ethan Bryan

Author | Storyteller | Community Advocate
Catch 365

Pete Davis

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

Alex Los

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

Marielle Segarra

Reporter & Host | Life Kit
NPR

Presenters

Researcher, Geography Research Unit
University of Oulu, Finland

School Psychology & Neuropsychology
ABC Group of Texas

Outreach Coordinator, Full Circle Gardens
Ozarks Food Harvest

Salma Hussain Bachelani

Assistant Professor
WashU Medicine

Founder
Drew Lewis Foundation

Executive Director
Journeymen Triangle

Community Builder
Community Partnership of the Ozarks

Bethanee Bryant

Program Manager
PLUS ME Project

Community Conservation Planner
Missouri Department of Conservation

Community Development Specialist
University of Missouri Extension

Safety & Education Chair | Environment Compliance Researcher
Show-Me Women Paddlers

José M. Causadias

Executive Director | Researcher
Panama Center for Educational Research

CEO
Give an Hour

Keeley Crockett

Professor, Comp. Intelligence & Chair UKRI AI and Robotics
Manchester Metropolitan University

Conductor and Artistic Director
Heartland Men's Chorus Kansas City

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

Family and Community Advocate
Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Associate Professor, School of Psychology
Utah State University

Owner, Fry Sports Performance, LLC
Professor Emerita, University of Kansas

Anne Gadwa Nicodemus

Founder | Owner
Metris Arts Consulting

Phillip Gleeson

CEO
Inflection Point

Southwest Market President
Centerstone

Retired Educator | Director | Musician & Singer
SGF Kickball, Member

Founder
ICRT.global

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

Professor Emeritus | Architecture, Planning, and Design
Kansas State University

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

Director of Sports Medicine
St. Louis Cardinals

Kaitlyn McConnell

Founder
Ozarks Alive

School Psychological Examiner
Missouri

Author
Independent Journalist

Shardia O'Connor

Founder | Podcast Host | Writer
Founder, Shades of Reality

Assistant Professor | Dept. of Info Tech & Decision Sci.
University of North Texas

Director of Deliberation
Unify America

Leadership Development Manager
Missouri Department of Mental Health

Jennifer Prophete

Director
The Hopeful Neighborhood Project

Fernando Ramirez

Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer
LA84 Foundation

Founder
Broadway Unlocked

Araba Sapara-Grant

Senior Manager | Community Activation
Weave: The Social Fabric Project - The Aspen Inst.

SNF Chair of Civil Discourse | Director, SNF Ithaca Init.
University of Delaware

Phiala E. Shanahan

Professor | Department of Physics
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics

Coordinator, Institute for Sustainable Development
The University of the West Indies

William Sundquist

Chair, CSI Board of Directors
CSI

Victoria Shiroma Wilson

Founder | Advisor | Author
Exceptional Futures

Paralegal | Office Administrator
SGF Kickball, Member

Donald C. Wunsch II

Professor - Director, Kummer Institute Center for AI and AS
Missouri University of Science & Technology

Assistant Professor | Global Supply Chain Management
Rider University