Treva Graves
Treva Graves is a global personal brand expert and “confidence crusader” fostering self-empowerment and personal development to transform lives. Her expertise focuses on shifting people’s mindset from “I can’t” to “I can.” After facing a childhood trauma, she forced herself to overcome challenges of self-doubt and low self-worth and created strategies that would rewrite her identity and purpose. This led Treva to write her book, “Self-Doubt Detox – 5 Steps to Beat Your Bully and Bloom Confidence which became a best seller on Amazon. In her book, Treva shares how she turned her deepest pain into her biggest mission.
As a coach, national speaker and founder of Bloom Personal Branding, she has empowered business and sales professionals, leaders, coaches, speakers, and politicians to embrace their authentic selves and share their uniqueness through building influential and credible personal brands. Treva shares her thought leadership through writing as an Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine and as Mentor Expert at Powerful Women Today. Her articles and captivating presentations instill confidence and ignite positive change, particularly among women who draw strength from her empowering messages.
Treva holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Sioux Falls and a master’s degree in communication science from the University of South Dakota. She is a certified confidence coach with the American Confidence Institute and a licensed associate of the Imposter Syndrome Institute. Treva is dedicated to guiding people to unleash their full potential passionately advocating for confidence in everyone.
Karyn Jensen
Karyn Jensen founded HRC, Ltd. (The Human Resource Connection) 20 years ago to tackle the complex “people issues” facing her industry. To date, she’s helped more than 400 organizations navigate their way through recruitment, employee relations, leadership, and legal compliance.Armed with a Master’s of Science Degree in Human Resource Management, two bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Communications from Chapman University, and SHRM – SCP and SPHR certified, Karyn is well equipped to deal with the monumental and ever-changing workforce shifts when it comes to leading our humans.
Karyn’s true passion is public speaking and training, having spoken to more than 5,000 people. In her career, she believes, “when it comes to leading your humans, you don’t have time to not have time.” We all know working with employees is hard (and our biggest asset)—Karyn makes the road easier by delivering workshops, keynotes, and trainings around management, employee retention, communication/engagement, and harassment. She asks the tough questions, so you walk away ready to motivate, retain, and manage your organization at an exceptional level.
Mimi Brown
Meet Mimi Brown, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), a dynamic expert in communication and leadership. With a remarkable portfolio that includes engagements with corporate giants such as Little Caesars Pizza, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, and Evite, Mimi has established herself as a go-to authority in the field.With over 15 years of experience in consulting, coaching, and training, Mimi is dedicated to her mission of helping leaders lead with unwavering confidence, authenticity, and courage. Her track record extends to Fortune 500 companies, where she has played a pivotal role in enhancing leadership and communication skills.
As the CEO of AMP Up Success, Mimi is a highly sought-after speaker, accomplished author, and recognized media personality. She has penned three insightful books on leadership, communication, and sales. Mimi’s accolades include being honored as Michigan’s Elite 40 Under 40 and earning the distinction of Best Speaker by Michigan Meetings and Events Magazine. Furthermore, she proudly served as the President of the National Speakers Association of Michigan for three terms.
Mimi’s speaking style is engaging and humorous, capturing the hearts of her audiences with practical tips and entertaining anecdotes that make learning a delightful experience. Beyond her professional pursuits, you can often find Mimi kickboxing or spending quality time with her adorable niece, Aly, ensuring that even the youngest generation knows how to AMP Up their success!
Pat Dwyer
For over 20 years Pat Dwyer has inspired and entertained hundreds of audiences all around the world.
He came up through the ranks as he worked, toured and performed with comedic institutions The Second City, iO Theater, ComedySportz. Pat now joins this wealth of comedic and sketch comedy experiences to the entrepreneurial and corporate growth mindset he earned while on the front lines in the early days of Groupon. Moving into larger roles within the Chicago tech startup community, Pat discovered a perfect combination of skills that helped these organizations bolster both leadership and effectiveness.
You can now find Pat speaking to organizations all across the globe, bringing his energetic, hilarious, seasoned and people driven approach to Leadership and Resilience.
He is easily your most engaging route to people driven Innovation and Change.
Avi Olitzky
Avi Olitzky is the president and principal consultant of Olitzky Consulting Group. Over the course of his professional career, Avi has served as senior rabbi to one of the largest congregations in North America, successfully launched and grown innovative information technology and content-driven production companies and organizations, and was a founding board chair and board member for numerous non-profits. He is a master facilitator, design-thinker and strategic planner, innovator, speaker, and retreat organizer. In addition, he has served as an advisor and strategic consultant to multiple membership organizations and non-profits, camps and youth organizations, synagogues and churches, for-profit executives, and general companies. He was appointed to and served on city Human Rights Commissions as well as hospital IRBs for Human Subjects Research. Avi’s expertise in engagement, organizational planning, and outreach is regularly called upon, especially as co-author of New Membership & Financial Alternatives for the American Synagogue – From Traditional Dues to Fair Share to Gifts from the Heart (Jewish Lights). Avi is also a co-founder of SpirituWell, and serves as its Chief People & Spiritual Officer.
Desiree Petrich
Hi! I’m Desiree, I left my management position in Healthcare in 2021 after 10 years in the field, to follow my dream of growing myself, and helping others to develop into the person and leader they want to be. I now get to share the message of personal development, growth and leadership with those around me, to help set individuals up for success in their homes, at work and in their relationships.
I truly believe that both personal and professional success lies in our ability to create happy lives through confidence, kindness, strength, and collaboration. This helps us to overcome adversity, take risks, and lead a life we’re proud to call our own.
WHAT I DO: I help businesses and individuals prepare for opportunities, lead by example, and create self confidence in their ability to set goals and reach them. I do this through teambuilding, leadership development, group coaching and masterminds, keynote speaking, and personality assessments to help teams continue to grow as one.
WHY ME: I help individuals learn what they value about themselves, their team, and their company.
I have built myself up from the bottom in several areas of life. From losing 50 pounds in high school, and learning to maintain it, to starting as a CNA in a nursing home and working my way into a management position at a dementia facility.
I read an average of 70 books per year, and use that knowledge to help educate and add value to others who are looking for a happier life, but don’t know where to start.
I lost my mom in 2022, and found a way to maintain my healthy habits while grieving her loss, and raising a 2 year old and a 2 month old.
Quinn Conyers
With over 18 years of in-person and virtual public speaking, event hosting, and professional Emcee experience, you will quickly notice why Quinn is an Emcee Extraordinaire as soon as she opens her mouth. Her superpower is her E-Factor which includes a beautiful blend of Energy, Engagement, and Excitement resulting in the transformation of an average event into an epic experience.
Quinn’s proven (V.O.I.C.E.) Emcee methodology allows her to go beyond her event hosting role to support planners and bureaus as an Event Experience Partner which results in audience members, raving, returning, and building relevant relationships so current participants return to the event and refer others to do the same.
Quinn has served as a Corporate Event Emcee for organizations such as Walmart, Nike, UPS, PayPal and Visa, American Association of Endocrinologist (AACE), Meeting Planners International (MPI) and the Black Speakers Network (BSN) to name a few.
Steve Fredlund
Steve Fredlund is a multi-passionate visionary who has had profound impact as an award-winning actuary, humanitarian, coach, consultant, author, speaker, podcaster, entrepreneur and leader of African safaris.
For ten years, Steve’s journey included two parallel paths: a good life that became increasingly unfulfilling and humanitarian trips to Africa that ended on safari. Steve’s research into happiness and his safari experiences blended into something remarkable. He discovered the “Big 5” factors that impact both, becoming the foundation of “The Safari Way”, a movement to increase the happiness and success of people around the world.
Steve is a two-time TEDx speaker, fellow of the Society of Actuaries and holds an MBA. When not working, he can be found on the disc golf course, playing a poker tournament or suffering through another season as a Minnesota sports fan.
Erik Westrum
Erik Westrum is a former professional hockey player, motivational speaker, leadership coach, and author of Becoming Elite: What It Takes To Transform Your Life Using the 4 Proven Pillars of Performance. He has had a passion to help others since he was a young child and this has not changed as he continues to fulfill his purpose in life—to be a Servant Leader.
When Erik retired from playing professional hockey for 12 years, he went back to the Carlson School of Management to get his MBA to gain more knowledge and expertise to help leaders and companies grow exponentially. After consulting on numerous projects and coaching hundreds of people over the past 20+ years, Erik established the principles and processes through Becoming Elite and what it takes to transform your life using four proven pillars of performance. He continues to share his message and passion for people from all walks of life as he remains committed to leading people in making a shift in Becoming Elite.
Richard Hadden
Richard Hadden has long been a respected voice in the world of Employee Engagement and Leadership. He brings both platform and business experience to deliver his timely, content-rich message with a future-looking perspective. Audiences love his energy, passion, and humor, and the practical takeaways and inspiration that are hallmarks of his presentations.
As an expert in Employee Engagement, Richard teaches specific practices that help to create a focused, engaged, and capably led workforce. He’s particularly helpful with Recruiting and Retention in a tight labor market.
Richard developed and practiced his leadership skills as a manager in both Financial Services and Information Technology. He was Director of Product Development for a software development company before starting his own consulting business. Gradually, his consulting focus shifted from Information Technology to Leadership, Employee Engagement, and the Workplace.