Presenters
Holly Bertone
Certified Holistic Health Coach and Consultant
Healthy Leaders, Healthy Teams: The Strategic Impact of Wellness and Leadership
What if the missing link to stronger leadership, higher-performing teams, and better retention isn’t another strategy—but your well-being? In this dynamic workshop, Holly Bertone, former FBI Chief of Staff for Counterintelligence turned Certified Holistic Health Coach, shares strategies to address how unseen stress patterns and burnout sabotage leadership effectiveness. Learn how to identify hidden wellness blind spots, shift from reactive to resilient leadership, and embed high-impact wellness practices that elevate both you and your team. You will be equipped with practical strategies to foster a workplace where well-being and performance fuel each other. Because healthy leaders don’t just survive. They thrive.
Christopher Connor
CEO, Co-Founder, Always Ready Consulting, LLC
Leading Organizational Transformation in the Digital Age
In Leading Organizational Transformation in the Digital Age, this dynamic workshop empowers leaders with the tools needed to navigate digital transformation in resource-constrained environments. Discover how to align new technological developments with your organization’s strategic goals while managing change with confidence and efficiency. Learn how to foster a culture of innovation within limited resources—including creating a low-cost business innovation lab to encourage creativity. Participants will leave with actionable strategies to drive resilience, adaptability, and long-term growth.
Monica Gould
President, Strategic Consulting Partners
Benefits of Inclusion in the Workplace: Well-being, Productivity, and Innovation
A safe and inclusive workplace is essential for employee well-being, leading to increased productivity, innovation, and overall job satisfaction. This workshop provides actionable strategies to create a workplace culture that prioritizes whole-self well-being.
Heather Hockenberry
Business Consultant & Executive Coach
Kristy Shinn
Senior Training Manager
This Speed Networking session is crafted to foster meaningful connections and empower attendees to expand their networks in a collaborative environment. Kristy and Heather will facilitate activities that will build communication skills, deepen connections, and support the advancement of leaders in our region.
Sean Oschman
Senior Consultant, Strategy Solutions
Debra Thompson
President, Strategy Solutions
Don’t Retire and Close Your Business: Develop a Succession Plan!
According to Project Equity, small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, making up over 99% of all firms and providing more than half of private sector jobs. Locally owned businesses circulate three times more money back into the local economy than absentee-owned firms or corporate chains. One in three business owners have a hard time finding a buyer and nonprofits struggle to find good leaders. Learn how to recruit, retain and engage employees across generations to ensure long-term sustainability in the event of an emergency or planned leadership transition. Strategies are shared for both business owners and nonprofits.
Dr. Adam Powell
Associate Professor of Marketing
Dr. Mohammad Rahman
Professor of Marketing & Director of MBA
Digital and Social Media Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses
This workshop seeks to extend participants’ understanding of digital and social media marketing for small businesses. All online marketing should be built on a solid foundation of marketing principles such as customer awareness, market targeting, marketing funnels, and marketing strategy. This workshop will connect these marketing principles to diverse digital marketing tactics that are both affordable and should not be a big time drain. Participants will be guided on their approach to utilizing websites, email, social media, and other advertising platforms to achieve their business objectives
