Matt Tenney envisions a world in which all leaders and workplace cultures consistently make a positive impact on the wellbeing and growth of team members.

He is the author of the highly-acclaimed book, Serve To Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom, and his inspiring TED talk has been viewed over 1 million times since January 2020. 

Matt has delivered programs that help improve employee engagement and retention to hundreds of clients, including companies like Salesforce, T. Rowe Price, Roche, Kraft Heinz, Marriott, Keller Williams, L’ Oreal, and many others.  

Cheryl Brown Merriwether brings over two decades of experience in corporate HR management, addiction recovery awareness, and adult education to the International Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (ICARE). As VP and Executive Director, she directs the administration, operations, and student support services for ICARE’s three divisions. Cheryl is the former two-term President of the Greater Orlando Society for Human Resource Management (GOSHRM), an active Board Member of Project Opioid, a former Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM) and a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix and Strayer Universities.

Benjamin McCall is a Consultant, Speaker and practitioner in HR, DEI, Learning, Business and Organizational Performance serving organizations nationally. With FOCUS Consulting, he has partnered with Fortune 500’s from Financial Services, Education, Healthcare, Startup, Military Defense, Manufacturing across the nonprofit, private and public sectors.

Benjamin’s work focuses on 4 areas: People Development, Strategic Planning and Execution, HR Practices, and Coaching.  With his partners, he builds better processes and mindsets to address the changing landscape individuals, executives, and organizations face when delivering initiatives to their stakeholders. As a practitioner and coach his style balances guiding individuals to honestly clarify needs while being firm around the real work that needs to be addressed and to "Be BETTER" in their work and relationships.

Steve Lowisz is a successful entrepreneur, TEDx and keynote speaker, educator, trainer, and investor. He founded Qualigence International in 1999 and has since founded other businesses under the Qualigence brand. The additional companies include Qualigence Leadership Institute, Recruiting Education Institute, and others.

Steve prides himself on tailoring every speaking engagement to educate the audience, as a result, he has received requests to speak at corporations headquartered around the world including Starbucks, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Coca-Cola, Cisco Systems, Whirlpool, and more. Steve is a contributor to the Forbes Human Resource Council and the founder of the HR Executive Council.

Wendy Harkness is the Chief Compliance Officer at Harri. She leads the advancement of Harri’s industry-leading Workforce Compliance Platform, supporting a rapidly expanding community of global enterprise clients across multiple compliance functions, including wage & hour, payroll, and training. Wendy is also leading the development of Harri’s Predictive Compliance products. This first-in-market suite of solutions allows HR, legal, finance, and operations executives to better monitor, mitigate, and plan for employee risk across their organization.

Jonathan Friedman is the President and Co-founder of The Journal That Talks Back™, an accessible and affordable coaching platform that connects young professionals and post-secondary students with a certified coach so they can manage their mental health, relationships, career aspirations, personal and professional challenges and more.

With over 8 years of experience as a Child and Youth Counselor, and 3 years as a metal vocalist (that’s gotta count for something, right?), Jonathan engages his audience with a truly interactive experience that explores mental health, workplace wellness and DEI.

Andrea Agnew serves as the Vice President of People, Inclusion and Culture at Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) and is responsible for leading the global inclusion strategy, developing the philosophy, framework and executing the roadmap for leaders and Team Members across the HGV enterprise. In this newly created role reporting to the CHRO, Andrea is responsible for HGV’s People Strategy to include People & Culture, Employee Engagement, Awards & Recognition, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Employee Volunteerism & Giving Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability Environment and Social Governance (ESG).

Andrea’s career spans over 23 years of experience as a well-rounded Human Resources professional within Financial Services, Media Entertainment, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, IT, Hospitality, Government, and Defense industries.

Dan Gallagher is an inclusive and innovative leader who works at the intersection of talent and transformation to increase individual, team, and organizational self-awareness. He’s committed to intentionally linking customer and employee experiences, and very savvy at humanizing change. Dan has worked as both a practitioner and consultant building trust and rallying teams around key business initiatives. He has worked in a Fortune 100 corporate university, managed a boutique consulting firm, led several B2B brand launches, and is past president of Philadelphia SHRM. Dan currently works with clients on consulting, coaching, and development engagements to grow and scale their businesses.