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David Goodnight is a Founder & CEO based in Austin, Texas. A recognized authority in global infrastructure finance, capital markets, and international trade strategy. Across emerging and developed economies, he has advised financial institutions, infrastructure developers, government stakeholders, and multinational enterprises; bringing a rare, end-to-end perspective on how capital formation connects to logistics, energy systems, and real global commerce. With decades of experience spanning investment banking, project finance, trade policy, sovereign advisory, and strategic infrastructure development, David is known for translating institutional-level concepts into practical frameworks that builders, investors, and innovators can execute. His approach helps organizations structure bankable transactions, align stakeholders across borders, and navigate complex cross-border risk with clarity and confidence.
More than $10,000
A proven global business development leader with a career spanning more than 30 years & expertise which includes building practices, client firms & her own successful consulting firm. Combining her media & BD background, she Hosted Government Contracting Weekly, prior to the Sunday morning Power Block on W*USA- TV9, the Washington DC affiliate of CBS. She is currently featured extensively on national business media, is a National Golf Course Rater for GolfWeek, serves on the Wells Fargo Championship Advisory Board, is the LPGA Championship Media Services Chair & serves on the British American Business Association’s Board of Directors & Chairs the Programming Committee. Hilary’s nationally top ranked keynotes are perfect for corporate or association events where attendees learn how to increase business through her unique approach to building strategic relationships. While highly inspirational & motivational, her sessions are both tactical & practical & ‘edutainment’ at it’s best. Hilary served as head of global business development for international accounting & consulting firm KPMG where she worked for over a decade in a number of the firm’s offices including Manhattan, Long Island & Washington as well as overseas in Amsterdam. Stateside, she served as James Martin & Co.’s (now Headstrong) Vice President of Global Marketing & was a member of the firm’s Executive Board. She has held other executive positions at leading firms including Beers & Cutler, PLC (the largest DC regional accounting firm) & as Managing Director at Qorvis Communications, LLC, a full service PR, IR, & Public Affairs firm. In addition to speaking & working with Fortune 500 professional service firms Hilary has presented at leadership, trade & professional conferences for multiple organizations. Her extensive keynotes include The World Congress, (NCMA), US Chamber of Commerce, United Professional Sales Association, American Marketing Association, National Press Foundation, PGA Merchandise Show, Information Technology Services Marketing Association, Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Greater Washington Board of Trade, Microsoft’s Annual Marketers Conference, Legal Marketing Association, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) & Women in Technology (WIT), among many others. Hilary has competed in the US Women’s Southern Amateur & has won 4 Club Championships. She was a business & golf expert on ABC’s Capital Golf Weekly as a regular commentator of “Hilary’s On Course” as well as Golfing with Hilary” on Washington Post Radio’s Metro Talk, 107.7FM. She also lectured & helped design the curriculum for the University of Maryland’s “Golf for Business and Life” program, a PGA sponsored 3-credit course offered to graduate business students. Hilary has written a monthly expert opinion column on business development for the Washington Business Journal & Smart CEO. Her advice has been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN, FBN, NBC, Newsy, NewsNation, NewsMax and in the Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN Fortune, Chicago Tribute, NPR’s Marketplace, USA Network, CBS Market- Watch, Legal Times, AOL Sports, The Wall Street Journal, CareerBuilder.com & many other national & regional media outlets. Hilary served on the boards of The First Tee, Easter Seals & Junior Achievement. She has also held many leadership positions with a number of organizations including but not limited to, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), American Air Museum in Britain, the March of Dimes and the Board of the British American Business Association (BABA). She is a member of the Economic Club of Washington DC & Congressional Country Club. Born in England, she became a US citizen in 1982 & graduated Magna Cum Laude from UVA at Mary Washington College. She resides with her children in the Washington, DC area.
More than $10,000
Miguel Baumann is a leadership coach for tech founders based in the Netherlands, working with leaders who are ready to build with clarity, steadiness, and sustainable momentum. He helps founders shift from reactive, fear-driven decision making to nervous-system-led leadership, so performance becomes grounded rather than pressured. His focus is on replacing burnout patterns with practices that strengthen self-regulation, communication, and team safety. By bringing awareness to stress responses and turning them into actionable leadership choices, Miguel enables teams to collaborate more effectively, retain talent longer, and create companies people genuinely want to work for.
$1,501 - $5,000
I am Patrick Thiele, the Flow Architect behind Olympic Champions & Global Brands, helping elite athletes and leaders be at their best when it matters most. From Spain, I design performance flows that turn pressure into clarity, talent into execution, and peak potential into repeatable results. With 8+ years coaching C-suite leaders, founders, Olympic athletes, and high-performing teams, I combine high-performance psychology, attention design, and practical training rhythms to accelerate decision-making, confidence, and consistency under real-world stakes. My work supports the mindset, systems, and communication patterns that keep performers performing across training, competition, and leadership moments.
$1,501 - $5,000
Manoj Negi is an SEO Expert and Professional Speaker based in India, partnering with businesses that want consistent visibility on Google and a reliable flow of quality leads. He helps brands overcome low traffic, weak rankings, and outdated marketing approaches by building search-focused growth systems that align content, authority, and performance with measurable business outcomes. In his consulting and speaking engagements, Manoj combines smart, fundamentals-first SEO with AI-powered optimization and practical digital marketing techniques. He trains teams and guides decision-makers to understand modern SEO trends, strengthen online authority, and execute strategies that compound over time for long-term, sustainable growth.
$0 - $250
Jon Beebe is a curiosity-driven leadership speaker and specialist who works with founders, executives, and team leaders to turn output-driven companies into thriving communities. He believes the best way to lead, and to leave the deepest impact, is by creating moments worth remembering. For nine years, Jon led at a 20+ location, 250+ staff organization, developing teams across multiple sites and ultimately serving at one of its highest leadership tiers. Since 2018, he and his wife Lauren have built two businesses that came from the same place: making it easier for families to make more memories together. Beebe's Bargains, where Jon is co-founder and CEO, saves families time and money on everyday products; built almost entirely organically, it's grown into a community of 74,000+, drives $4.5M+ in annual affiliate sales, and has unlocked over $20M in cumulative member savings. Their Disney travel services take the planning off a family's plate for Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line trips, with 100+ families sent to Disney and 80% of the business from repeat clients and referrals. His leadership method is simple: lead through curiosity, take ownership of leading, and create memorable moments. The framework that emerges, Curiosity, Connection, Community, produces teams who go all in because they're inspired, not pressured, and cultures where people thrive, not just produce. A 600+ time speaker and cast member of The Blox Season 20, Jon brings a story-driven, high-energy style that takes audiences from heavy moments to humor in minutes and connects with rooms across generations. Away from the stage, Jon is a proud Buffalo native and Bills season ticket holder. He and his wife Lauren live about an hour northwest of Philadelphia with their three daughters, and they love traveling to Walt Disney World together as a family. His mission: challenge people to lead and live with curiosity, so they can build connection, community, and a life worth remembering.
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Brigadier (Prof.) Jeewan Rajpurohit, PhD, is one of India's most distinctive voices on applied leadership. He served 37 years in the Indian Army, commanding soldiers at the Line of Control, leading UN peacekeeping operations in Cambodia, where he negotiated a historic ceasefire with Khmer Rouge factions, commanding a brigade of 5,000 soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh, and rescuing 10,000 civilians in the Jammu floods of 2014. He was commended three times by the Chief of Army Staff for gallantry and leadership. On Army Day 2026, the Army Chief personally awarded him the Veteran's Achievers Award, recognising his continued service to leadership development after retirement. He has conducted leadership sessions at RBI Staff College Chennai (three consecutive years), ISB Hyderabad, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, Air India, and MIT School of Distance Education — where his sessions achieved an 85.9% Net Promoter Score. His JSR Hetero-Techno Leadership Model carries a Government of India copyright. He is the Founder of Vision That Matters™ and Author of Lead Like a Legend, launched by the Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, in April 2026. He brings together three things no other speaker currently offers: battlefield command experience, deep Arthashastra scholarship, and a KPI-based Leadership Audit that produces measurable change within 60 days.
$1,501 - $5,000
Keaun Barrett, MBA, M.Ed., is an award-winning educator, entrepreneur, speaker, author, and community advocate dedicated to breaking barriers through education, mental health advocacy, workforce development, and justice-impacted leadership. As Founder and CEO of Higher Purpose Learning Tutoring Service LLC and President of Purpose Driven Learners, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, he leads initiatives that support students, families, professionals, and underserved communities through tutoring, career readiness, mentorship, reentry support, and leadership development. With over 15 years of experience in education, youth mentorship, nonprofit leadership, and business development, Keaun has built platforms that create equitable access to academic support, workforce opportunities, and second chances for those often overlooked. His work extends beyond traditional education by integrating AI innovation, public speaking, consulting, and mental health advocacy to help individuals and organizations grow with purpose. A former educator and department chair, certified equity advocate, and nationally recognized leader, Keaun regularly speaks on topics including mental health, resilience, entrepreneurship, educational equity, reentry, and purpose-driven leadership. From speaking before city council and school boards to serving on advisory boards and national leadership councils, his mission remains the same: helping people turn pain into purpose, barriers into breakthroughs, and vision into lasting impact.
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Keynote Concert Artist, Motivational Speaker, Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter, Visual Artist
Port Huron, Michigan
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Julianne Ankley delivers something most event planners have never booked before: a Keynote Concert. It is one speaker, one fee, and one seamless experience — a motivational keynote with live original music woven directly into the message. Audiences don't just hear what she has to say. They feel it. And they remember it long after the room empties. Her credibility is earned. 14 Detroit Music Awards. 2 Michigan Music Awards. National recognition for original songs. A career built entirely on persistence — not luck, not timing, not a connection. What makes her message resonate is that she lived it. At 40, Julianne was a wife and mother of three when a serious illness forced her to take an honest look at the life she had been deferring. The illness was a turning point. So was the divorce that followed, leaving her a single mother of three and a choice: keep waiting for the right time, or decide the right time was now. She chose now. With no roadmap and no guarantees, she built her own path through an industry that didn't take her seriously — one song, one stage, one rejection at a time. The awards came later. The proof came first. That story is the spine of her signature keynote, Start Bold: Overcoming Adversity at Any Age. Two to three of her original songs are performed live throughout the keynote — not as filler, but as emotional inflection points that move the audience from where they are to where they want to be. It is part keynote, part concert, entirely unforgettable. Julianne speaks to corporate audiences navigating change, women's groups ready to reclaim their own story, HR teams re-engaging a tired workforce, and any audience that has ever put a dream on hold and wondered if it was too late. The answer is always the same: it is not too late. Start bold. Based in Michigan. Available nationwide for corporate events, conferences, retreats, and private engagements.
$5,001 - $10,000
I am Merisha Stevenson, a BBC Broadcaster, Executive Facilitator & Visibility Strategist based in the United Kingdom. I help experts, founders and organisations turn their ideas into trusted public presence through broadcasting, moderation, speaking and media strategy. Through editorial-led storytelling and high-impact conversations, I help leaders clarify their message, engage the right audiences and become recognised voices in their industry. From shaping thought leadership to facilitating influential conversations, I bring strategic visibility, audience insight and credibility-led communication to every stage.
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As Associate Dean & Director of DBA Studies, I, Dr. Paula Abola, support professionals and academic leaders globally to sharpen critical thinking, strengthen research capability, and translate evidence into strategic decision-making. My work focuses on helping doctoral communities build rigorous inquiry, clarify complex problems, and connect scholarship to real-world leadership challenges in global environments. With an emphasis on practical research design, thoughtful academic coaching, and leadership-focused DBA education, I guide candidates and institutions toward stronger outcomes, clearer intellectual direction, and more confident decision-making. Whether you are developing a research agenda, refining a dissertation, or shaping academic strategy, my goal is to equip you to lead effectively when uncertainty, stakeholder needs, and cultural complexity converge.
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Loral Langemeier is an American entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker known internationally as "The Millionaire Maker." Raised on her family's farm in Nebraska, she earned a degree in business finance from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1987 and a master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1989. She began her career building corporate wellness programs — including fitness programs for Chevron's offshore oil-rig crews — before turning to finance. From 1996 to 2001 she built her financial-coaching career and served as master distributor of Robert Kiyosaki's CASHFLOW game. In 2001 she founded Live Out Loud, the wealth-education company she leads today as Integrated Wealth Systems. She is the bestselling author of seven books on entrepreneurship and wealth-building, including The Millionaire Maker (McGraw-Hill, 2006), Yes! Energy (Hay House, 2012), and Make Your Kids Millionaires (McGraw Hill, 2022, with Kyle Boeckman). She appeared in the 2006 film The Secret, served as a recurring money expert on Dr. Phil, and was featured on CNBC's 2007 special The Millionaire Inside. Since 2016, she has hosted the weekly Real Money Talks podcast, past 470 episodes. She funds the Loral Langemeier Scholarship and Grant and lives in Nevada's Reno–Lake Tahoe area.
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