Leadership & Navigation

When Sheri founded Power Presentations in 1993, she had two goals in mind. The first was to empower business professionals to look and sound dynamic while communicating in any situation. The second was to deliver training that professionals would leave saying, “That was the best training I’ve ever attended. Ever.” Since then, Power Presentations has successfully trained more than 22,000 professionals from a variety of Fortune 500 Companies and industry leaders such as FedEx, Bayer, Goodyear, Marathon Petroleum and NASA.

Sheri is the author of Tips for your Talk® and Master your Virtual Communications: A Webinars that Wow® Training Guide.

Mr. Wilkinson is the Managing Director of Leadership Strategies, Inc. - a leadership training and strategy consulting firm specializing in group facilitation. He is considered a national leader in the facilitation industry. • Author of The Secrets of Facilitation and The Secrets to Masterful Meetings. • Board member of the International Institute for Facilitation. • Founder of the FindaFacilitator database. • One of the first five Certified Master Facilitators in North America. • Named Facilitator of the Year in 2003 by the Southeast Association of Facilitators. Active in both the private and public sectors, he has provided leadership training and strategy development assistance to such diverse organizations as The Coca-Cola Company, Unisys, Sears, EPA, CDC, KPMG Peat Marwick, and the American Cancer Society. Mr. Wilkinson is a much sought after facilitator, trainer and speaker, both in the U.S. and around the globe. He has completed international assignments in Bangkok, Brisbane, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Milan, Singapore, Sydney and Wellington. Past participants have commented that his dynamic presentation style, combined with his unique insights, make for an intense, power-packed session. Prior to Leadership Strategies, Mr. Wilkinson spent six years with ADP and eight years in the information technology practice of Ernst & Young's Manage¬ment Consulting Group. He is a High Honors graduate from Dartmouth and resides with his wife and two children in Atlanta.

Mr. Wilkinson is the Managing Director of Leadership Strategies, Inc. - a leadership training and strategy consulting firm specializing in group facilitation. He is considered a national leader in the facilitation industry. • Author of The Secrets of Facilitation and The Secrets to Masterful Meetings. • Board member of the International Institute for Facilitation. • Founder of the FindaFacilitator database. • One of the first five Certified Master Facilitators in North America. • Named Facilitator of the Year in 2003 by the Southeast Association of Facilitators. Active in both the private and public sectors, he has provided leadership training and strategy development assistance to such diverse organizations as The Coca-Cola Company, Unisys, Sears, EPA, CDC, KPMG Peat Marwick, and the American Cancer Society. Mr. Wilkinson is a much sought after facilitator, trainer and speaker, both in the U.S. and around the globe. He has completed international assignments in Bangkok, Brisbane, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Milan, Singapore, Sydney and Wellington. Past participants have commented that his dynamic presentation style, combined with his unique insights, make for an intense, power-packed session. Prior to Leadership Strategies, Mr. Wilkinson spent six years with ADP and eight years in the information technology practice of Ernst & Young's Manage¬ment Consulting Group. He is a High Honors graduate from Dartmouth and resides with his wife and two children in Atlanta.

Ruth Stricklen Pullins is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Truman Medical Centers. In this role, she builds strategy around enhancing employee engagement, investing in corporate culture, and inspiring Truman’s nearly 4000 employees. In addition, she serves as strategic partner to the CEO regarding all Human Resources areas and is the chief negotiator and spokesperson for the organization in all management labor issues. In less than one year on the job, Pullins has created solutions for building future leaders and for reinvigorating current leaders. She has also put plans in place to further Truman’s diversity initiatives.

Her leadership philosophy is creating a vision that she can then engage and motivate teams to build and execute the plan. Pullins believes in establishing a collaborative and high integrity culture.

Morag is a sought out speaker and author of Cultivate. The Power of Winning Relationships. As the CEO of SkyeTeam, an international HR and leadership development firm, she’s had the opportunity to support more than 3,000 leaders, from 20 countries and on 4 continents. She’s a regular contributor to CIO.com, Entrepreneur.com and the American Management Association.

Morag's global experiences result in a rich and challenging learning experience. Morag understands the challenges of running a business as well as the complexities of leading and managing the people that are part of that business.

Dr. Michelle Rozen specializes in creating collaboration and promoting teamwork through diverse personalities, communication styles, cultures and backgrounds. Her specialty is in interpersonal communications. Dr. Rozen is the author of three books, including her most recent book How to Build a Winning Company Culture. Dr. Rozen is a writer for the Huffington Post and a commentator for the NY Times and for recent presenter at TEDx. 

As an incredibly energetic keynote speaker, Dr. Rozen presents powerful solutions for individuals, teams and corporations to work better in collaboration, do better in terms of productivity and live better as individuals and as business entities. Dr. Rozen’s practical solutions and vast experience not only help create change- but transform company cultures, companies’ path to success and people’s lives overall.

Dr. Rozen holds a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and a Masters in Psychotherapy. She is located in NYC however presents to companies nationwide as well as internationally.

Follow Dr. Rozen on twitter @MichelleRozen 

Jennifer Currence is a Senior Partner of HR Soul consultancy firm in Tampa, Florida, where she delivers results through strategic HR solutions, customized training, and coaching programs for organizational and HR leaders. She is the creator of The SOTO Approach to Leadership and the content architect for the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) international People Manager Qualification (PMQ).

Jennifer is regularly published and featured in industry magazines, webinars, and podcasts, and is the author of three HR books on behavioral business competencies.

Jennifer was named one of the top 100 Influential HR professionals in Leadership and Development in 2023 and Tampa Bay’s HR Consultant of the Year in 2017.  She is a faculty member for SHRM and a former management professor at the University of Tampa.

As a “Recovering HR Manager" Richard Fagerlin, has led Peak Solutions, a leadership development firm for the last 20 years.

Born out of the simple idea that we should love what we do and who we do it with, Peak Solutions is dedicated to helping build wise leaders, strong teams & healthy cultures & has served countless organizations in over 50 countries worldwide. Richard is also a leading authority on the topic of Trust and is the author of Trustology: The Art and Science of Leading High Trust Teams.

Richard is from Fort Collins, Colorado where he enjoys an active lifestyle following the interests and passions of his four boys and making memories and enjoying experiences every step of the way.

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Ever meet one of those people born to be on a stage? That’s Jon – and that’s why he left a highly successful corporate vice president career to follow his purpose and passion to help others find their own.

Jon Petz an engagement expert, author & business magician. He’s delivered over 1,200 wildly successful programs for world leading brands, industry and association conventions, and organizations of all sizes over the past 15 years. Jon is also no stranger to the SHRM stage as he has been a keynoter at many state SHRM conferences as well as featured speaker at the national SHRM conference. Or, you may know him as the author of “Boring Meetings Suck” and “Significance . . . In Simple Moments.”  He’s a high energy and entertaining keynote speaker that will help HR practitioners undercover new ideas, unlearn and even re-learn to think . . . like a magician - where anything is possible.  Laugh Louder, Perform Better & Achieve More with the Jon Petz Experience.