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Theme: REIMAGINE

This event occurred on
January 21, 2023
Folsom, California
United States

We believe the principle of reimagining describes a process; the act of reimagining something is the convergence of the “as-is” and new possibilities. This goes beyond thinking out of the box – to removing the box altogether.

We are in an ever-changing world with many aspects of our lives being perpetually reimagined; that understanding shapes our event programming, creating a ripple effect of fresh ideas and conversations across our community and beyond.

Harris Center for the Arts
10 College Pkwy, Folsom, CA 95630
Stage 2
Folsom, California, 95630
United States
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David Lubarsky

CEO
David Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.S.A., is the CEO for UC Davis Health, based in Sacramento. UC Davis Health has 17,000 employees, 1,000 students, over 1,000 trainees, and 1,300 faculty members. UC Davis Health provides about 1.5 million- plus outpatient visits yearly and has an annual budget of over $4.25 billion. Dr. Lubarsky was recognized by Modern Healthcare in 2022 as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Health Care.” The Sacramento Business Journal also honored him as a “2021 Most Admired CEO,” and Becker’s Hospital Review named one of America’s “100 Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know.” Dr. Lubarsky oversees UC Davis Health’s academic, research and clinical programs, including the top 10-ranked UC Davis School of Medicine, the top 25-ranked Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and the top 50-ranked UC Davis Medical Center, and a 648-bed Level 1 Trauma hospital ranked among the nation’s best. UC Davis Health is an innovation hub for biomedical discoveries.

Imari Tuakli

Coach
Imari Tuakli loves big ideas. As a former filmmaker, he took this passion and brought thought-provoking content to hundreds of millions of viewers around the globe. Now, as a personal development coach, Imari takes innovative perspectives and delivers them in compelling presentations from Ivy league Institutions to Silicon Valley startups. As a keynote speaker, Imari delivers big concepts in practical ways so that audiences everywhere can build confidence, deepen connection, and find purpose. He can be found online at imarituakli.com

Jeremy Jacobson

Retired
Jeremy retired over 10 years ago while still in his 30s. Since then he has helped thousands work towards a similar goal of early retirement, and hopes to make that hundreds of thousands more. More info at www.gocurrycracker.com

Jess Michaels

Performer, Educator and Entrepreneur
Jess Michaels is the founder of 3Joannes SAFR, a life-saving safety strategy workshop teaching sexual assault first aid and empowering supportive & safer communities to minimize the life-destroying damage of sexual harm. http://www.jessmichaelsspeaks.com

Julian Sarafian

Mental Health Advocate
Julian Sarafian is a lawyer and social media creator. He represents content creators & small businesses with his law firm For Creators by Creators PC. His advocacy has been covered by the American Lawyer, CNBC, Bloomberg Law, Business Insider, and Law360. He is a graduate of Berkeley and Harvard Law School. You can reach him at julian@juliansarafian.com or at his website juliansarafian.com.

Keenan Davis

Student
Keenan Davis is an advocate for skin health and health equity. Informed by his own personal challenges related to skin health, Keenan believes that everyone deserves to have the information and resources they need to protect and care for their largest organ, their skin. His conviction is to live as a contributor rather than a spectator in every sphere of his life. Believing in strong civic engagement, Keenan has invested his time developing leadership skills through service in his city, school district, church and community. As an officer for the Folsom Teen Council and a Student Advisory Board member for the Folsom Cordova Unified School District Keenan is committed to serving on behalf of others seeking to understand people's stories and fighting for their equal access to opportunities and resources. Keenan aspires to develop as a researcher and practitioner promoting skin health and advocating on behalf of individuals with skin disease. linkedin.com/in/keenandavisca

Kellita Maloof

Performing and Teaching Artist
For more than twenty years, Kellita has been helping women express themselves with greater confidence and presence through performing Conscious Burlesque. Her own background in dance and performing has taken her to stages all over the world – including as a five-time finalist at the Burlesque Hall of Fame. Her work with kind, highly sensitive helpers who've been over-editing, over-managing and over-giving that led her to the TEDxFolsom stage. Kellita’s work lives at the intersection where burlesque dance meets depth psychology meets attachment theory meets individuation meets autoimmune recovery meets spirituality. She’s a Performing + Teaching Artist, Embodiment Facilitator, Systemic Constellations Facilitator, and Conscious Burlesque Mentor, known lovingly as The Showgirl Shaman. She shares her point of view and her methodology in her book, How To Create A Burlesque Solo ... From The Inside Out. Her body of work is called Showgirl Awakening and lives here: www.showgirlawakening.com

Kim Christine Stevens

Holistic Licensed Therapist
Kim Stevens is a holistic licensed therapist, specializing in somatic modalities, Buddhist psychology, dance & movement therapy, and trauma. She is a speaker, teacher, and healer who empowers people to embody the most alive, harmonious and powerful version of themselves. She does this using her specialized mind-body approach while guiding and partnering with clients in feeling their feelings effectively, healing trauma, connecting with their inner-wisdom, and gaining self-acceptance. She is also a neuro-emotional technique (NET) certified practitioner. She leads Dance & Movement Therapy, mindfulness and sound healing workshops, where participants connect with their most authentic selves, release stress, and connect with their inner-wisdom. Kim believes that we are each perfect, whole and complete. Kim is passionate about being the catalyst and partner we need to be reacquainted with our own wholeness. www.KimChristineTherapy.com Instagram & TikTok: KimChristineTherapy

Nathan A. Stuck

B Corp Leader
Nathan is an award winning leader in the B Corp community and the Founder of Profitable Purpose Consulting, a culture, impact, and B Corp consultancy. He founded and chairs B Local Georgia and serves on the board of B Academics. Nathan teaches an MBA course on B Corps at the University of Georgia, is a regular speaker at conferences and on podcasts around the world, and hosts the B The Change Georgia podcast. His first book, Happy Monday: Designing Your Career With Purpose, was released in 2022. You can follow him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanastuck/

Priyam Baruah

Student
Priyam Baruah is a state-ranking Academic Decathlete, molecular genetics researcher with multiple awarded projects, and President of Cognitive Exchange, a global student-led nonprofit which seeks to provide opportunities for students to expand on their writing and speaking skills. Outside of being a senior at Vista Del Lago High School, she’s led the development of numerous courses at Cognitive Exchange which have been taught to hundreds of students across the world in subjects such as preparing for interviews, writing & presenting persuasive speeches, and constructing debate cases. Motivated by her diverse accumulation of experiences in education and learning, Priyam now aspires to harmonize her passions for scientific research with mentorship by reimagining the methods by which how we educate in the 21st century.

Regina F. Lark

Certified Professional Organizer
Before “neurohacking” became trending, Dr. Regina Lark deciphered how the brain’s “executive functions” impact household management and organization and exposed the related outcome of the unequal distribution of labor at home. She founded A Clear Path in 2008 to provide professional physical, emotional, and psychological support to people who wish to clear clutter and chaos from their lives. This award-winning Los Angeles area-based Certified Professional Organizer (CPO) and Accredited Senior Move Manager has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Who What Wear, and A&E’s hit reality series, “Hoarders.” In her third book, “Emotional Labor: Why a Woman’s Work Is Never Done and What to Do About It,” Lark helps women rid their lives of emotional labor by offering concrete ways to identify and mitigate the costs of women’s unseen, unnoticed and unwaged work at home. She delivers keynote addresses and retreats.

Tamu Green

Psychologist & CEO
Dr. Tamu Green is a developmental psychologist and thought leader who brings expertise and lived experience in communities facing inequities in her pursuit of social justice through institutional and systems change. She is the CEO of the Equity and Wellness Institute (https://eqwi.us), where she works collaboratively with a talented team of staff and consultants to assess and meet a wide variety of clients’ and communities’ needs. She began her career as a certified substance abuse prevention specialist. Recognizing the tremendous toll that smoking has taken on all communities, but particularly communities facing the most social and economic oppression, Dr. Green has led a 20-year campaign to phase out the sale of tobacco products.

Organizing team

Matthew
Loughran, EMBA

Folsom, CA, United States
Organizer