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Jason Holland has served twenty-five years on his life sentence. He is committed to his own rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of his peers and leaving the prison system better than he found it.

Eddie Francis is a career coach, blogger, and award-winning media professional. A job recruiting consultant with the Dallas-based company Career Resource Services, Eddie also worked with Monster Worldwide’s Making It Count Programs where he spoke to more than a quarter of a million students and parents in 28 states about educational and career achievement. He writes about career preparation for college students on his “From Lectures to the Livelihood” blog and is the career segment contributor for WYLD-FM’s (New Orleans) “Sunday Journal”. An advocate for African American fraternities and sororities, Eddie is also the author and presenter of “The Black Greek Success Program”, which helps college members build their leadership skills through the lens of career preparation. Eddie’s mass media experience includes a 19-year stint in radio where he won the 2011 Press Club of New Orleans award for “Best Radio Entertainment Feature” for his interview with Rwandan genocide survivor, Immaculée Ilibagiza. He also served as a higher education director of communications. Eddie graduated from Loyola University New Orleans where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication. In 2000, he was named one of New Orleans Magazine’s “30 People to Watch” and is a recipient of the 2014 President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Karalyn Brown is Founder of InterviewIQ (http://interviewiq.com.au) one of Australia’s most popular blogs dedicated to helping people find jobs. She is a former HR and recruitment consultant and careers journalist and had recruited extensively in the government sector.

Bill Treasurer is the Chief Encouragement Officer (CEO) of Giant Leap Consulting, Inc. He is the author of international best-seller Courage Goes To Work, which introduced the new management practice of courage building and Leaders Open Doors, which became the #1 leadership training book on Amazon. All royalties from Leaders Open Doors are donated to programs that support kids with special needs. His latest book, A Leadership Kick In The Ass will be released this January. Bill has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs, and many others. For more information, visit giantleapconsulting.com, billtreasurer.com, or couragebuilding.com/kickass. Bill is also the author of Courage Goes to Work, an international bestselling book that introduces the concept of courage-building. He is also the author of Courageous Leadership: A Program for Using Courage to Transform the Workplace, an off-the-shelf training toolkit that organizations use to build workplace courage. Bill has worked with thousands of executives from top organizations, including NASA, Accenture, CNN, UBS Bank, Spanx, Hugo Boss, Saks Fifth Avenue, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Learn more at www.billtreasurer.com or www.couragebuilding.com.

Like most of us, Wellness Expert and Author, Angela Gaffney, thought life would go on no matter what. She was engrossed in her work, caring for her family of four, and living life to the fullest. Convenience food and diet coke kept her going until her energy tank ran dry each night. She’d wake up and repeat the next day, never realizing along the way that a much bigger story was brewing. And after a two-year struggle with a failing body, Angela was told to go home and prepare for a progressive disease to take her life. Angela had been succeeding, but with great sacrifice. And didn’t even realize it. But that’s not the end of the story . . . If there’s one thing you’ll quickly realize about this dynamic, big hearted keynote speaker it’s that she rarely takes no for an answer; giving up on life was not an option. Angela is the catalyst for healthy transformation! After devoting intense time, education and energy into regaining her own health and becoming a Certified Health Coach; she’s shared these same proven strategies to help hundreds of others lose weight, boost energy, rid the body of pain and regain a zest for life. Everyone wants to feel good, and deserves the right to do so! Are you ready to ignite transformation? Begin with Angela’s signature keynote One Simple Choice where she shares her powerful story of perseverance and uncovers the key strategies that transform lives. Add a VIP Session, Hot Seat Keynote, or private book signing for a little extra sizzle and your team will be ready to chart their course to healthy living! Beyond the keynote, Angela provides Worksite Wellness programs, creating a plan that’s right for you, your team and your budget. Are you ready to ignite transformation? It all begins with One Simple Choice . . .

Brent Ives has 15 years of experience in helping public agencies with organizational challenges and opportunities. He has been a successful engineering manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with extensive experience in employee relations, career growth advocacy and career transition. Through his firm, BHI Management Consulting, he has taught hundreds of courses (many for CSDA) and spoken to many many groups and businesses on strategic planning, best practices for public agencies and organizational health. He works with public agencies every week to individualize strategic plans, training, executive recruiting and consultation in organizational health. Brent is also a 14 year City Councilman and currently the directly elected Mayor the City of Tracy, CA, a city of 85,000 in the central valley and serves as a commissioner of the Altamont Commuter Express (ACE Train) Joint Powers Authority and a Director of the San Joaquin County Council of Governments. Brent can be reached via LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bhimanagementconsulting

After spending the best three and half years of my life at Penn State, I moved to Harrisburg to pursue my career. Fast forward a few months of punching the clock and loathing cubicle life, and I chose a new path in Marketing and a side gig as a freelance writer. Passionate about career development, I started Punched Clocks to share my advice on navigating the work world and achieving happiness and success in life and at work. I am thrilled that you’re here, and I hope my advice can help you grow your career and find happiness in your work-life! Be sure to catch my attention on my blog, here, or on Twitter – I’d love to get to know you!

John Manning is the President of Management Action Programs, Inc. (MAP) and author of The Disciplined Leader: Keeping the Focus on What Really Matters. MAP is a general management consulting firm headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Since 1960, MAP has tapped its talent and expertise to help 170,000 leaders and 15,000 organizations nationwide create breakthrough results. For more information, visit https://www.mapconsulting.com.

Cachet Prescott, CPCC, PHR, is a Women’s Career & Business Coach. With purpose-aligned careers by design at the helm of her work, she provides coaching with a Proverbs 31 twist to mid-career professionals and aspiring service-based solopreneurs. She exercises expert prowess in enabling her counterparts to make thoughtful, strategically planned career transitions from career reinvention to returning home or re-entering the workforce to exploring the world of entrepreneurship. Cachet is also a speaker and college instructor who’s published career, entrepreneur and leadership related articles with Blue Star Families, Lead With Giants, Lioness Magazine, Military Spouse Corporate Career Network and Military Spouse Magazine. Outside of her entrepreneurial pursuits, Cachet is a proud military spouse and mother of three little girls.

Gabrielle is a Manhattan-based content creator who writes articles with actionable tips about professional development. She’s passionate about sharing her insights to empower people to succeed in their careers.

Phil Rosenberg is known all over America and abroad as "The HR Doctor." He is a human resources and public administration leader with more than thirty years of successful practical, field tested experience in making HR work for the organization and every one of its employees and clients. He has served as Director of Human Resources, Chief Labor Negotiator and Critical Incident Coordinator for Broward County, Florida, one of America’s largest county governments. He has served in the same capacity for the Cities of Miramar, Florida, Santa Barbara, California, and Miami-Dade County’s Public Health Trust. In California’s Central Valley, he served as Director of Human Resources and as County Chief Administrative Officer for Stanislaus County. Phil is the author of over four hundred nationally published articles and the four hundred page book, “Don’t Walk by Something Wrong!” He has well over two decades of experience teaching masters and doctoral students in three universities, as well as being a frequent conference keynote presenter and seminar leader. These have included multiple presentations in the United Kingdom and the Republic of South Africa. In addition, he had the honor of being keynote speaker at the first ever All-Ireland Human Resources Conference in late 2007. Phil has conducted seminars all across the United States on a huge array of HR issues, including Workplace and Personal Security, Creating a Compelling Place to Work, HR Innovation, Liability Reduction, Management and Supervisory Accountability, as well as many other motivational and innovation-centered presentations. He is a compelling, humorous presenter in demand as a trainer and leader in public and private organizations. His work has included decades of innovative leadership and accountability for Affirmative Action programs, Employment and Training administration, risk management, internal affairs investigations, violence and disaster management intervention and incident command experience, leadership development, information systems implementation, and employee assistance programs.