ALEXANDRA RUFFATO-PERRY TRAILBLAZER
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Alex Ruffato-Perry is a highly acclaimed motivational speaker, facilitator, and most importantly a mom. She's the owner of Practically Speaking, LLC and dedicates her life to helping leaders speak with confidence. Alex blends science with her love of storytelling, laughter, and humor in her professional development work with corporate teams and individuals.

BRITTANY WADE
ICONOCLAST
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Professional empathizer data wizard and practitioner of Black girl magic. Brittany is passionate about giving people space to be known, heard, and understood. She operates using hopeful realism; knowing where things currently stand but having faith that people will rise to their destiny: to love others and be loved.

COURTNEY WALTON CULTIVATOR
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Courtney has served in the non-profit ministry sector for over 10 years and currently works at City Gospel Mission. She is on the executive board of OAESV and is the spiritual director of Bridge to Thrive. Serving those who feel under-represented, overlooked or mislabeled is one of her greatest passions.

ERIC BROYLES
TRAILBLAZER
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Eric Broyles is a successful entrepreneur, attorney, author and explorer. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the University of Cincinnati, he serves God, owns companies, forgives others, loves family, gives, builds institutions, and executes daily.

ERIN KELLEY
ADVOCATE
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Erin Kelley, a 4th-year psychology and marketing student at the University of Cincinnati, plans to continue her education in mental health counseling upon graduation. Erin recently launched a health coaching business for women seeking mental and physical wellness. She hopes to continue speaking on Mental Health in the future.

GRANT DOEPEL
VISIONARY
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As the founder of The Four-Seven, Grant Doepel committed his life to breaking the chains of generational incarceration and those impacted by it. In doing so, he created a program that approaches incarceration and re-entry differently than the cultural norm--giving hope to the incarcerated while empowering communities to bring about true justice reform.

GRIFFIN FRUGÉ
INNOVATOR
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Husband. Father. Learner. Griffin believes every single person has something valuable to offer. Utilizing stories from his own successes and failures, Griffin inspires low-income students throughout Appalachia to chase their post-secondary dreams.

KRISHNANATH GAITONADE
CATALYST
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Krish Gaitonde is a robotic surgeon, urology professor, physician-innovator, failed-yet-never-quit-healthcare-entrepreneur, status-quo opponent, and advocate for change. He hopes to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers to venture outside their comfort zone, take risks, embrace failure, be kind, and join the movement to positively disrupt the healthcare industry.

MERIDAN MCGRAW
EARLY ADOPTER
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Serial entrepreneur with degrees in Psychology and Public Health. Working to advance mental wellness through teaching simple, directly applicable concepts that help people thrive. Meriden has worked with professional athletes including the Bengals, corporate professionals, veterans, mental health providers, teenage girls, and her 87-year-old grandmother to create big change.

SHANE MEEKER
STORYTELLER
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An industrial designer with a love of movies, Shane Meeker is the company historian and corporate storyteller for Procter & Gamble. After uncovering the connections between his favorite movies and the best brand stories, he now shares how most business problems can be solved with what works in Star Wars.

STEPHANIE PRICE
CHAMPION
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Stephanie Price is a graduate Sports Administration student, a champion of young people, and passionate about improving student-athletes’ self-efficacy beyond sports. Stephanie serves Jesus and Cincinnati public schools as a pioneer on an innovative student-athlete development initiative. Her goal is to help all people energetically and fearlessly pursue their dreams.