2026 SPEAKERS

Jennifer Watson is a dynamic speaker, executive-performance strategist and wellness expert with a gift for providing high-level advisory support to CEOs, business leaders, and high-impact decision-makers navigating complex transitions and high-stakes decisions with focus, clarity and strategic insight.

A former D1 collegiate track athlete and two-time All-American, she has been featured on the TEDx stage, NBC, FOX Radio, and top summits. With a clinical background in physical therapy and over 25 years of experience in behavioral science, mind-body performance, and leadership development, she guides top-tier professionals in mastering their internal ecosystem for elite results in any environment.

Whether I’m facilitating a boardroom workshop, keynoting a leadership summit, or advising an
executive in transition, she helps people unlock their next-level leadership through embodied
strategy, powerful insight, and deeply human performance tools. She integrates science and
energetics to elevate mind-body wellness, leadership expansion, and performance optimization through transition, growth, and change.

​Carrie has been married to her husband, Lee, for almost 19 years, and has two teenage children, Carpenter and Emerson. She's an entrepreneur and copywriter for online health coaches. She is also a fitness instructor, is currently training to be a trauma-informed Breathwork facilitator, and is a #1 best-selling author. Carrie is extremely passionate about personal growth in all capacities, and has a heart for pouring into other women.

Tiffany VanDeMark is a speaker, author, personal brand coach, and brand strategist who helps women own their story, elevate their voice, and lead with confidence. With more than two decades of experience across marketing, wellness, business development, and brand strategy, Tiffany is known for blending real-world insight, humor, and practical takeaways audiences can use immediately. A former nationally ranked athlete and author of Inside the Ring, she speaks on reinvention, resilience, personal brand power, and the importance of showing up with clarity in every room you enter.

Tamika Prince is a strategic marketing leader with over 15 years of industry experience, blending expertise with compelling storytelling to help leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives find their voice, lead with courage, and turn ideas into meaningful influence.

Drawing from her background in marketing, she equips audiences with practical strategies to drive intentional growth, demonstrates how values-driven storytelling builds trust and authentic connection, and shows how overcoming self-doubt unlocks confidence and elevates both personal and professional brands.

Inspired by her children, Tamika founded Bloom Creative Books, a children’s book publishing company dedicated to sparking creativity, curiosity, and confidence in young minds through educational and imaginative storytelling.

Whether she’s creating, writing, or shaping brands, Tamika inspires others to rise with intention, lead courageously, and turn purpose into measurable impact for themselves and their organizations.

Rashmi Vadlakonda is currently a Smart Transformation Engineer at Trane Technologies and holds a Master of Science from North Carolina State University. With deep expertise in Additive Manufacturing and digital workflow optimization, she has spent the last decade driving operational excellence while championing a people-first approach to innovation. She is a sought-after voice for translating complex technical concepts into compelling insights for audiences from C-Suite to the shop floor.

Driven by her personal mission statement to demystify the world of manufacturing for the next generation of girls, she volunteers for several organizations supporting women in STEM, serves on advisory boards and leads mentorship initiatives - because she believes the future of manufacturing depends on who we invite into it.
 

Her strong technical leadership and a personal passion to pull the next generation into the field of manufacturing was recognized with several national and international awards including Engineer of the Year by Empowering Women in industry.

Jodi Cooper, Director, Marketing Communications, Motion High Power, US, is responsible for building awareness and preference for ABB High Power Motors and Drives in the United States market. She brings more than 25 years of experience crafting compelling stories and building connections in the industrial motors and drives sector. Jodi is an advocate for SIDS research and the Ronald McDonald House charities. She earned a B.S. in Science, Technology and Culture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a M.S. in Journalism, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Shannon Bumgarner is a speaker, engineer, and leadership advocate who believes the future of leadership is deeply human. With more than 25 years in manufacturing and global operations, she has led transformation across engineering, supply chain, and customer experience for major industrial organizations. Shannon is also the host of the Empowering Women Podcast, where she highlights bold women reshaping the future of industry. Known for her engaging and relatable style, Shannon challenges leaders to rethink outdated systems, step into courageous leadership, and ignite the fire within themselves and others.  

Cindy Darnell is a passionate leadership development expert. 

• Director of Operational Excellence, Americas Region at Element Materials Technology

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

• Certified DISC Consultant

• John Maxwell Certified Speaker, Trainer, and Coach. 

With 25 years of hands-on experience in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) industry, she has transformed processes, empowered teams, and driven real results. Cindy has facilitated numerous kaizen events which dramatically reduced lead times and improved quality. In addition, Cindy builds and delivers Element’s lean training program.  Cindy’s true calling is igniting potential in emerging leaders: helping them lean into their unique strengths, discover their passions, and step boldly into the best version of themselves. 

Heather Eason is an entrepreneur, engineer, and industry leader with deep expertise in the power and utilities sector. As the founder of Select Power Systems, she has built a company focused on delivering high-quality engineering design services and project management while redefining workplace culture through flexibility and innovation. With a career spanning transmission, distribution, and large-scale infrastructure projects, Heather brings both technical depth and strategic insight to complex energy challenges.

After leaving corporate America to create a more balanced and purpose-driven professional life, she has become a vocal advocate for women building careers and businesses in traditionally male-dominated industries. Heather is also passionate about mentorship, leadership development, and helping others navigate growth, resilience, and reinvention.

Through her work, content creation, and speaking engagements, she empowers women to lead boldly, think independently, and create opportunities on their own terms.  She believes we all have the #powertomakeadifference.

In a world quick to outsource intelligence, Tori Stevens is a keynote speaker and former leader at Bank of America who helps organizations resource individual innovation from within.

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As the creator of the Innovation Ecosystem™, Tori brings innovation out of theory and into day-to-day decisions by clarifying how people think, talk, and walk their work forward. Her keynotes eliminate stagnation, multiply leadership capability, and activate under-leveraged talent — transforming innovation from aspiration into a repeatable way of working.

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Known for bold ideas, fast buy-in, and strong discernment, Tori equips audiences with clear language, real examples, and practical insight that can be applied immediately. Her work strengthens ownership, accelerates decision-making, and expands performance at every level — without adding hierarchy or complexity.

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Tori speaks to organizations navigating change and growth, positioning innovation not as a one-time initiative, but as a sustainable operating system for impact.

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Innovation ignites impact — and it begins within.

Jennifer Mecham (Mee-kum) is the owner of Elevated Thinking with the Coal Miner's Daughter.  She provides success performance coaching to high achievers who are motivated but dissatisfied with their current results. 

She started down this path after her father put in a lifetime of grueling, dangerous work in the coal mines of Utah, and barely eked out a paycheck-to-paycheck life, so he spent his off hours crawling all over the mountains in search of gold he dreamed would lift his family out of the poverty they lived in. He didn’t strike it rich in the mountains, but was instead introduced to the film “The Secret " which taught him that the key to success was not about hard work, but about reconditioning your mind for a much bigger life. Your mind is the true gold mine!

He was so struck by this message that he gave each of his kids a copy of this film, entreating them to learn how to live a life of less struggle. This  would eventually lead Jennifer to seek out the mentorship of world-renowned personal development guru Bob Proctor, who was featured in film. Jennifer’s own results shifted so drastically while working with Proctor, that she returned to train with him and his entire phenomenal team to deliver this same course to those who don’t understand why they keep getting the same results year in and year out despite their hard work. 

Proctor helped increase sales of top companies around the globe by millions for 63 years and is widely considered one of the greatest teachers on the topic of human development and business growth.   Jennifer will teach you how to take your results to illogical levels by tapping into the psychology of the human mind with success processes that are designed to quantum leap your results in less time than most think is possible.

Companies spend billions teaching their employees more information. Jennifer teaches transformation, not just information. As a business owner, you want to enjoy the fruits of your labor with less of the struggle. Working with this material is the best cheat code you can find to save yourself time and money in your pursuit of a life of freedom.  Success is only 5% strategy, 95% mindset.