Theme: Being Human

Join us for our 14th season of TEDxCapeMay, titled "Being Human," as we film an array of outstanding presentations and performances at Cape May Convention Hall on Sunday, October 5, from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. TEDxCapeMay productions have been viewed by over 9 million people worldwide. Tickets are $65, including an open bar reception at the Congress Hall Hotel. Program-only tickets are $35.

Cape May Convention Hall
714 Beach Avenue
Cape May, New Jersey, 08204
United States

Alexis Redding

Developmental Psychologist

Dr. Alexis Redding is a developmental psychologist and faculty co-chair of Higher Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She studies young adults navigating college and career and is the co-author of The End of Adolescence: The Lost Art of Delaying Adulthood. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and Teen Vogue. She is a frequent keynote speaker on college student mental health, the undergraduate experience, and the transition from college to the workforce.

Angela Burgess

Consultant

Angela Burgess is the President & CEO of Broad Oaks Consulting, a nonprofit consulting firm transforming the way organizations fundraise and lead. She is also the best-selling author of Are You on the Right Bus? Navigating Change on the Road to Success, a compelling memoir to making meaningful, measurable change—starting with yourself. Before founding Broad Oaks, Angela spent a decade in wealth management, helping financial advisors grow and scale their businesses. But her true calling emerged when she pivoted to the nonprofit sector, bringing the same strategic rigor to mission-driven work. Angela brings real-world insight, results-driven strategies, and a dash of Iowa pragmatism to her work. Originally from Iowa City, IA, she now lives in Houston, TX with her husband and their dog, Enzo. She’s an avid traveler, passionate cook, and never misses her daily workout.

Dan Wenker

Author and avid mountaineer

Dan Wenker is an author, speaker, outdoor enthusiast, avid mountaineer, former REI outdoor experiences guide, and sales/marketing consultant. His book, Staying on Guard, tells the harrowing tale of his near-death 60-foot fall into an underground ice moat while descending the Grand Teton in Wyoming and how his mountaineering journey has positively impacted him physically, mentally, and spiritually. For more information on Dan Wenker, visit StayingonGuard.org

Dani Klein Modisett

Comedian

Dani Klein Modisett is a comedian/author and Founder/CEO of the award-winning company Laughter On Call. LOC launched to help her mother who became depressed facing the disease. Since then the company has grown to help all people feeling isolated. It has trained thousands of caregivers and worked with over 600 companies around the world including META, Amazon, Capital One, and Bristol Myers. Dani is also author of the books, “Afterbirth: stories you won’t read in a parenting magazine (St. Martin’s Press) “Take My Spouse, Please,” (Penguin Random House) a how-to for using comedian’s tools to keep laughing in marriage. Dani taught Stand-Up at UCLA for 10 years and has coached business leaders and Congressional candidates to use humor to connect. She’s been a keynote speaker at Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, Dartmouth Entrepreneur Forum, CALA, ICAA. She has been a guest speaker at the Milken Global Conference, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Fuqua and Harvard Business School.

Julia Flynn Siler

Author and journalist

Julia Flynn Siler is a New York Times best-selling author and journalist. Her most recent book, The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a nonfiction finalist for the California Book Award. Her other books are The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty, a finalist for a James Beard Award and a Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished reporting, and Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure. She is a regular contributor to National Geographic and The Wall Street Journal, is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, a juror for the Commonwealth Club’s California Book Awards, and spent this past spring as an academic visitor at Oxford University as part of its Oxford Next Horizons Program. She most recently wrote a feature story for The Wall Street Journal about walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps.

Mark Lenhard

Senior living administrator

With nearly 30 years of experience in senior living, Mark Lenhard is a dedicated servant leader committed to the ministry of caring for others. His extensive leadership and management background includes multi-site senior living operations, financial oversight, fundraising, project development, strategic planning, team building, and public policy. Mark Lenhard was appointed President & CEO of United Methodist Communities (UMC), a faith-based nonprofit senior living provider serving NJ seniors and their families, in 2022. Prior to joining the UMC team, Mark served as President & CEO of The Wesleyan in Georgetown, Texas. Mark has held various volunteer leadership roles with local chambers of commerce, advisory boards, and industry groups such as Leading Age Texas. Additionally, he has been a panelist and presenter for LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware and LeadingAge National conferences. Mark has been a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) since 1996.