As Owner of Evolve Global, she works primarily with Senior Leaders, High Potentials and Teams on: Leadership Development & Team Building. Heather is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association and serves
on the Board of Directors as President-Elect for the Florida Speakers Association.

Using her expertise in behavioral analysis and executive alignment, Heather helps leaders grow their influence by developing others. As a professional speaker, she has mastered a practical and entertaining delivery methodology –
all of her program material is designed to inspire and motivate change. She gives each audience practical and actionable steps to apply each concept that she shares.

Heather’s guiding principle is to increase employee engagement and bottom line results through leadership development. She works with her clients to build their self-leadership; anticipate and embrace change; and to understand and adapt their behavioral style to improve communications and influence others to increase results.

Heather is also a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). The CSP designation is the highest earned specification that can be achieved by a member of the National Speakers Association or Global Speakers Federation Member
Associations.

Gerry Valentine inspires people to build resilience—to overcome setbacks, to look at challenges in new ways, and to understand that adversity can become a source of resilience. Gerry’s a public speaker, executive coach, and business advisor with more than 25 years of Fortune 100 leadership experience. As the founder of Vision Executive Coaching, he is a trusted advisor to corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and entire companies.

Gerry is a TEDx speaker, is a contributor to Forbes.com, and has taught executive leadership at Colorado State University. Gerry earned a BS from Cornell University and an MBA from New York University.

Meera joined Gradifi with 20 years of B2C and B2B marketing experience, and oversees all aspects of the company’s marketing and brand strategy. Most recently, Meera spent over 5 years at Valore (formerly SimpleTuition) as VP of Marketing, where she led a team responsible for a number of education brands including SimpleTuition, ValoreBooks and Boundless. Prior to Valore, Meera worked in consumer marketing roles at major consumer brands including Sports Illustrated and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Meera has a B.A. in Psychology from Brown University and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Laura Rodnitzky is VP of People at 3Q Digital, the largest independent agency in digital marketing, headquartered in Silicon Valley. Laura joined 3Q Digital as a search engine marketer in 2009, when there were just three employees, and has helped the company grow to nearly 300 employees in nine offices across the U.S. and overseas. Having previously managed process innovation and training at 3Q, she currently oversees the company’s HR, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Diversity and Inclusion, and Employee Engagement initiatives.

Sarah Beth Todd is the Pre-Sales Leader for the Employer Services – Workforce Solutions Division of Equifax. Sarah Beth is focused on helping Human Resources leaders solve their complex challenges - from hiring and onboarding to active employment and offboarding - with innovative solutions and industry data. The Pre-Sales organization includes technical subject matter experts and a training team that Sarah Beth built from the ground up. She has held various roles in sales and marketing throughout her career.