In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

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Catherine Quinlan

Dr. Catherine Quinlan is a Researcher and Associate Professor in Science Education at Howard University. She graduated with her doctorate in Science Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her National Science Foundation funded research focuses on including the lived experiences and narratives of Black heritage in the science curricula, such as the Gullah/Geechee peoples of South Carolina and Georgia. Her qualitative and quantitative research are published in Tier 1 and practitioner science education journals. Dr. Quinlan is Program Consultant for the new National Geographic High School Biology program which features diverse scientist and engineer Explorers in the high school biology textbook. She launched a new representative chapter book series for early readers, Keystone Passage, which grounds light fantasy in science, culture, and history ideas. https://www.visibilityinstem.com

Dana Greig

Dana Greig is a writer and public speaker based out of rural North Idaho. Her professional background is Public Relations and Advertising, but her true passion is helping people to see the silver lining and hope in their life. She is enthusiastic, optimistic and empathetic. With a true zest for life, she hopes to inspire others to get the most out of life as is possible through her inspirational talks and books. https://www.instagram.com/dg_inspires

Dave Buzanko

Resilience Expert

"Dave Buzanko explores resilience as the cornerstone of long-term health and happiness. Dave is a 3x Ironman Finisher, business leader, father, husband, coach, and author of “Heartfit 365 – A common sense guide to perspective, choices, and outcomes”. After a stress-induced heart crisis in his early 40’s, Dave Buzanko chose exercise over pills and eventually became a 3x Ironman Finisher. Because of his combined experiences, Dave learned the “Ironman’s secret for resilience” and is his TEDx talk, he shares how you can apply that process to every area of your daily life. The remarkable pattern that Dave discovered is what he calls the “VIP Process of Resilience” and it is how truly resilient people think and act differently.

Dr. Carrie LaDue

Dr. Carrie LaDue is an accomplished entrepreneur, business advisor and leadership coach, and has trained over 15,000+ leaders and teams since 2007. She’s successfully launched, scaled and sold businesses, even during the most challenging economic climates, and has worn every hat in a fast growing company. Carrie’s especially skilled at helping owners remove themselves from the daily hustle and grind of business growth through strategy, operational excellence and empowering teams to lead. She sees business as an incredible lever for positive change in the world and believes that when leaders are performing at their very best, it has an exponential impact on everyone around them. www.limitlessbusiness.com

Dr. Evan Johnson

3x Author + Heart-Centered Leader + Activist & Optimal Health Expert. Dr. Evan Johnson is an activist, Founder & CEO, futurist, and humanitarian. He speaks about Utopian Medicine, a wild imagination mixed with a whole lot of heart. He has traveled for years, exploring cultures, and meeting some of the world's most inspirational people. He brings radical experiences, new paradigms of living, and expansive belief systems to bridge culture, health, and what it means to be human. He attained a Bachelor's In Psychology, Doctorate Of Chiropractic, and a Self-Proclaimed ""Degree"" in Intimacy, Men's Work & Authentic Relating. He is a 3x published author with books ranging from the modern science of epigenetic's, mental health & human consciousness, mother nature, and the neuroscience of psychedelics. Now, he teaches people how to become the medicine, and emerges as an expert & thought-leader in human consciousness, modern science, and ancient wisdom!

Fara Eve Barnes

Fara Eve is a patented inventor, artist, and world record holder with a professional background as an internationally certified technologist and specialty care provider. Her action-packed life includes equal doses of adventure, inspiration, scientific exploration and proven strategies from: extreme environments; action and adventure sports; kidnapping and hostage rescue operations; Special Forces training; and award-winning TV & film productions. Her speaking presentations are an edge-of-your-seat experience with immediately actionable insights from the leading edge of human performance, nature, science, entertainment, technology and design. Fara was a human performance expert during Mount Everest expeditions involving mountaineering, HALO parachuting and rescue helicopter operations, which were broadcast globally to 3 billion viewers by Discovery Channel.

Fred Pinto

Fred Pinto is a technology and venture lawyer, author, and the host of The Fred Pinto Podcast.

Jillian Rigert, DMD, MD

Jillian Rigert, DMD, MD, has professional degrees in dentistry, medicine, and Oral Medicine and is currently a postdoctoral head and neck cancer researcher as well as Life and Professional Leadership Coach. She is an Air Force veteran and endurance runner who has had a marathon life journey dedicated to working hard enough to feel enough- at a high cost. In this talk, Jillian shares her discovery along the journey towards striving to find self-worth outside of herself and why our societal expectations often lead us astray. She brings us 5 steps to start paving our journeys back to ourselves and into the driver’s seat of our lives before we land on our deathbeds full of regret.

Joel Salomon

Joel is a Finance and Mindful Money Expert and Master Prosperity Coach who helps others overcome obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. He’s an award-winning speaker, workshop facilitator and frequent television and podcast guest who has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, U.S. News and World Report, and interviewed in Forbes and on Bloomberg Radio. As manager of a $700 million portfolio, the creator of his own successful hedge fund and the author of three best-selling books: Infinite Love and Money, The 9 Money Rules Millionaires Use and Mindful Money Management, Joel is an expert in the field of finance and the mindset of money. Just as he teaches in his books and seminars, the true foundation of wealth and financial freedom is a mindset of abundance, self-worth, gratitude, love and service. For more information, please visit: https://www.salaurmor.com

John Cicala

I am an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of North Alabama, where I have been a member of the faculty since 2019. Prior to this, I was a tenured professor of Marketing at Texas A&M University-Kingsville from 2011 - 2019 where I directed the Center for Negotiation, after receiving training from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, MIT, and Tufts University in Massachusetts. I received my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Memphis. I am also an avid history buff, specifically with regards to the history and politics of colonial America. I reside in Huntsville, AL with my wife of 26 years, Karen, who is a 7th and 8th-grade math teacher in the Huntsville City School system.

Julia Roberts

Creative Process & Creative Thinking Julia Roberts was like someone we all know: unable to write despite obvious creativity. Frustrated, blocked, she worked as a brainstormer for corporate clients – from AMEX to Burger King to Nickelodeon. Little by little, Julia found help, first from life coach Martha Beck, later with Eric Maisel in creativity coaching. Ultimately, she sought her Masters of Science in Creativity and finally found Peace, Purpose and Power. She founded DecodingCreativity.com where she blogs weekly and the Facebook group, Write Without the Fight, where she helps thousands of writers. She speaks regularly at writers’ conferences. Her books include: • Write Without the Fight – Master Your Creative Process (Mighty Little Books, 2022) • Sex, Lies and Creativity – Gender Differences in Creative Thinking (Difference Press, 2014) • Motherhood to Otherhood, 9 Lessons Learned as a Mom (Running Press, 2008)

Lydia Knorr

Lydia Knorr, MHSc Health and Wellness Speaker and Educator

Mark Smith

Motivational Speaker/Workforce Development Master Trainer - www.theprocessmarksmith.com

Nikeya Young

Nikeya Young is an Author/Certified Master Life Coach/Speaker, Podcast Host, and Entertainer. A former educator with a Master’s Degree in Special Education, and a B. A. in Psychology/Human Development, Nikeya combines her gifts, talents, practical work experience, and gift of teaching to encourage others to live VICTORIOUSLY! She is especially passionate about empowering leaders and helping them to discover their identity and purpose and CRUSH their goals! Nikeya is happily married to Rodney Young Jr, and is a proud “Slay-at-Home”, homeschooling mama bear to the couple’s 3 beautiful children: Rodney III (R3), and twin baby girls Nalea and Nissi. The couple resides in the South suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. www.vicctoriouslivingsolutions.com

Oma Agbai

Dr. Oma Agbai is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director of Multicultural Dermatology and Hair Loss Disorders at the University of California, Davis in Sacramento, California. She completed her Bachelor of Science at Emory University, Doctorate of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine internship at Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dermatology residency at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Agbai has authored many peer-reviewed scientific articles published in high-impact medical journals, such as the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and JAMA Dermatology. She regularly appears as a dermatology contributor on the television program "Good Day Sacramento”. Additionally, Dr. Agbai has been recognized by her peers as a Top Doctor and is a devoted wife and mother of three small children.

Paul Johnson

My wisdom comes from many years as a change-maker … a technology consultant, college educator, investment business owner, non-profit leader, and now as a podcaster, author, and business coach. Additionally, during my careers, I’ve hosted a live cable TV show and radio program and was a guest on other such shows. I hold a Master’s degree in engineering, economics, and business from UCLA.

Raymond Chong

Civil engineer + Author

Raymond Douglas Chong is Senior Roadway Manager with Oregon Department of Transportation at Portland in Oregon. He is responsible for preliminary engineering of transportation improvement projects in Portland metro region. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Raymond is 6th generation Chinese American. As President of Generations, LLC, in the creative realm, Raymond writes stories, pens poems, composes lyrics and makes films. His recent works include: “Amour Mystique Poetry: In Intimate Passion and In Sultry Fire” (book), “Chop Suey and Sushi from Sea to Shining Sea” (book), “Canto Cutie” (poems), “VILLAGE OF DRAGON HILL – A Mystical Journey in Passion” (album), and “MY ODYSSEY – Between Two Worlds” (film). He has written journal articles on the Chinese American experiences for journals. He also is staff writer for AsAmNews, an Asian American news company.

Rich Allen

Rich is on a mission to help business owners create and build sustainable businesses based on strong principles, exceptional standards, and operated by a radically-engaged team. Rich has been a business coach for over 16 years. He has worked with hundreds of business owners helping them solve their most difficult business challenges – most of which center around Culture, Standards and Team Engagement. Rich has authored two books, “Tour de Profit – a 52 Stage Race to Grow Your Business” and “The Ultimate Business Tune Up – a Simple Yet Powerful Business Model That Will Transform the Lives of Small Business Owners”. Prior to being a business coach, Rich was a Division President and VP HR with Pella Corporation, a VP HR with Texas Instruments, and a Captain in the US Army Corp of Engineers.

Roz Miller-Choice

Roz Miller-Choice is a Speaker, Author, Award-winning TV Host and Business Owner. Her superpower is helping people uncover their genius.. Small business owners and entrepreneurs seek her out to turn their expertise into profitable brands. That’s why she’s called The Expert Maker. Roz and her team of videographers, photographers, graphic artists, animators, writers, and social media gurus -- build personal brands from the ground up. Her television series The Expert Maker TV is a winner in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards. Roz has a background in the media industry, as a former TV Anchor, Reporter and Producer for CNN, CBS, NBC and FOX, to name a few. Connect with Roz Miller-Choice on YouTube and Instagram @Roz The Expert Maker and on LinkedIn - Roz Mille-Choice https://rozmillerchoice.com

Ryan Gottfredson

Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is a cutting-edge leadership development author, researcher, and consultant. He helps organizations vertically develop their leaders primarily through a focus on mindsets. Ryan is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of Success Mindsets: The Key to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership. And, he is the author of the upcoming book, The Elevated Leader: Leveling Up Your Leadership Through Vertical Development. He is also a leadership professor at the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Fullerton.

Somesh Chablani

Somesh Chablani is an award-Winning Speaker, Global Youth Leader, Author, and Coach. Somesh is passionate about community service and mentoring young people. With 25+ years of global leadership experience, he is a thought-leader on various topics such as Youth Leadership, Public Speaking and Story Telling. Somesh conducts in-person and virtual workshops for Youth as well as Teachers. He has taught more than 500+ young people globally, representing 21+ countries. Somesh currently serves as the Youth Leadership Chair in New Jersey & New York districts, representing Toastmasters International. He has authored several books and is a visiting faculty at schools and universities. "SPEAK, LEAD, INSPIRE, TRANSFORM" is Somesh's message to the world. Credentials: Executive Education from Harvard & London School of Economics. Certified in Public Speaking, Youth Coaching, and Laughter Yoga. www.someshchablani.com

Sridhar Anandula

Sridhar is experienced process excellence and design thinker with proven complex program management experience. Over the years, he has designed, commissioned, steered, and delivered transformation projects across many industries. He has hands-on proficiency in multiple technologies, particularly Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Logistics Management across various industries. https://www.celeix.digital/

Steve Feld

Steve Feld, MBA, Business Marketing Strategist, Author, award-winning Business Management Executive, and coffee enthusiast. Has worked with over 600 businesses assisting them in obtaining clarity, implementing a solid strategic plan, and getting positive growth results. He focuses on the foundation of the business to get the best results. He is passionate about having businesses grow, operate efficiently, and thrive for long-term success. Steve has owned, operated, and build up 7 businesses. Providing change management and process improvement to 3 other companies. Has been part of 3 Fortune 500 companies, operating a division for them. Besides having U.S. experience, he has improved operations for businesses globally. Wrote 8 books. www.bizcoachsteve.com/about

Steven English

As a former engineering manager, Steven knows both the hard and soft side of leadership. Throughout his 22 years in engineering, Steven also served as a trainer to Fortune 500 organizations as well as influencing and managing company-wide change management activities. Steven is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, a trained Facilitator along with Founder of multiple Toastmasters public speaking clubs. Steven specializes in helping introvert leaders find their voice so they can communicate and leave a positive impression without having to pretend. Steven has served over 100 one on one coaching clients in addition to corporate clients such as BlackLocus (Home Depot Innovation Lab), James Edwards and Companies, and Austin Pallet Company. He holds a MS in Materials Science and a BS in Physics.

Suhawni Narang

Greetings! My name is Suhawni Narang and I'm currently a sophomore at W.B. Ray High School. I consider myself to be a tenacious, dedicated, and focused individual with big hopes and dreams to change the world. I intend to be a powerful policy writer, law maker, and businesswoman in the future. When I'm not busy "fighting the patriarchy," I enjoy cooking and coffee making. I was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas and cannot wait to see where I go next. I hope to inspire real change with my messages and leave the world better than I found it.

Tihane Mujić

Tihane is a Performing Artist and Creative Director who focuses on immersive storytelling experiences that awaken, empower and equip audiences with creative tools for personal transformation. During a decade of work across America and America, Tihane has contributed to a diverse range of projects, bridging international communities through exciting innovations in creative technology. From working with Grammy Award winning artists, to speaking at Yale University, creative directing for New York Fashion Week, producing events in the metaverse and community building in developing countries, Tihane enjoys a colorful career as a change-maker, facilitating positive impact through unique entertainment. Tihane cites her Polynesian Croatian background, nomadic upbringing and a decade of living in Kenya as her main sources of inspiration for leading creative experiences that bridge divides. https://linktr.ee/Tihane

Veonne Anderson

Veonne Anderson is a passionate storyteller, solutions engineer, and tech innovator with a mission to help future leaders put their ideas to paper and turn their personal experiences into life-changing published stories. Her augmented reality publications showcases her talent for bridging the gap between technology and storytelling, and demonstrates her commitment to pushing the boundaries of what is possible. She has dedicated her career to helping others turn their story into published works that impact the world. For Veonne, storytelling is more than just a hobby or a job. It's a way to connect with others, share important lessons, insights, and inspiration. Her infectious energy and boundless enthusiasm in every conversation, makes her an inspiring and unforgettable leader in the world of publishing and technology.