Andrea Herron is a seasoned HR Executive, author of "There's an Elephant in Your Office," and host of the HR Scoop podcast. She is a passionate advocate for addressing mental health in the workplace, bolstering diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and tenaciously strives to implement values driven leadership and a healthy sense of humor in every workplace.  

Andrea earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Western Kentucky University. She also holds multiple certifications in Human Resources Management and is an accredited Fierce Conversation and Personalysis Facilitator, and a Social + Emotional Intelligence Certified Coach. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, two kids, and French Bulldog Norman.

Tracy Stock is one of the most in-demand and top-rated female speakers in North America today because of her ability to inspire behavior change and achieve positive outcomes. As a workplace culture expert, an engaging Certified Speaking Professional®, highly skilled live and virtual training expert and a best-selling author with five published titles, her 25 years of experience include clients such as the U.S. Army, Motorola, True Value, US Bank and Subway, to name a few. As a speaker of choice, Tracy is committed to helping energize workplace culture, enhance employee engagement and empower high performance. 

Steve Garguilo is a Partner at Cultivate, a company dedicated to corporate changemakers. His work and research are focused on empowering people to challenge the status quo inside complex organizations.

As more organizations focus on building thriving workplace communities, Steve has provided thought leadership and guidance on how companies can create and measure communities that empower their employees.

He previously led a grassroots community of 23,000 employees at Johnson & Johnson, winning Chief Learning Officer Magazine's highest award for innovation.

He is now pioneering the community analytics platform, Unbury, which helps companies to centralize their data and manage workplace community analytics.

Mark Carpenter is a speaker, coach, facilitator, and author. He co-authored the popular book “Master Storytelling: How to Turn Your Experiences Into Stories that Teach, Lead, and Inspire” and created a workshop on the same topic. He is dedicated to helping people across all industries succeed by learning and applying new skills. When he’s not training, speaking, or coaching, Mark is likely consulting business leaders on how to lead change, hiking or snowshoeing in the mountains near his home in Utah, working on projects around the house, playing the piano, bragging about his grandchildren, or writing children's books. 

Lisa a mum of three is a director of the IPHM, an international accreditation board for Holistic Complementary Alternative Therapists and Training Providers. She is also a co-founder of The Sober Experiment and Bee Sober, an amazing social group for sober people all across the UK and a volunteer speaker for Nacoa, delivering talks to organisations throughout the UK, such as schools and youth clubs; raising awareness of NACOA's services and the effects of parental alcohol problems on children. 

Lisa is a positive thinker and will always find humour in even the darkest or most trying situations.  Lisa believes that sobriety is the best thing that has ever happened to her, everyone she has influenced and everyone she continues to influence.

Lisa’s aim is to motivate everyone she comes into contact with using positivity, gratitude, mindfulness and self-care to bring about happiness and success whilst spreading the sober word.

Alex is co-founder of The Sober Experiment and Bee Sober, is a mum of three and an accredited training provider focusing on alcohol recovery. She has a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences, a PGCE and is currently a fully qualified, accredited and experienced realignment coach and trainer.

After realising alcohol was impacting her mental health, Alex decided to give it up. Alex is practicing self-care and mindfulness as part of her continued sobriety journey.  

Alex’s favourite self-care tools are exercise and running. Alex is a volunteer speaker for Nacoa, to support children of alcoholic parents, something which is very close to her heart from her own childhood experiences. Alex’s aim is to write and publish her own book to spread the word on how amazing sobriety is. 

Jenn Betts is the Managing Shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ Pittsburgh office and the Co-Chair of Ogletree’s national Technology Practice Group.  She represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, retaliation, class and collective actions, non-competition and non-disclosure covenants, union campaigns, collective bargaining, and unfair labor practices.

Jenn works with clients in an array of industries including technology companies, retailers, manufacturers, banks, and in the energy sector. She regularly advises clients about the labor and employment implications of deploying technology in the workplace, including artificial intelligence.

Discover the extraordinary journey of Dethra U. Giles, the visionary force behind ExecuPrep, pioneering leadership development and organizational transformation. Rooted in education, performance optimization, and HR, Dethra empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to surpass their expectations. With degrees in English, Spanish, Business and Conflict Management, she blends communication and cultural understanding seamlessly. As a respected faculty member and TEDx speaker, her influence resonates globally, shaping inclusive cultures in corporate giants like LVMH and the EPA. Dethra's compassion fuels her advocacy for social justice, while her writings and media presence inspire resilience and growth. With her, the future promises boundless opportunity and transformation.

Katie helps lawyers and other professionals discover what they want from their careers and how to get it. She believes that personal well-being and professional success flow from a deep sense of connection and confidence about one’s career. Her goal for clients is that they feel fully connected with and empowered in their careers to create success in all areas of their lives. Katie spent almost ten years working in law firms, first as a litigator, and then as a professional development manager. Along with providing individual and group coaching, Katie has developed and delivered programs on career development, communication skills, and mindfulness for lawyers and professionals at all levels of seniority. Katie is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach through the Co-Active Training Institute, and an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation.