Theme: UNTAMED

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Ogden Eccles Conference Center
2415 Washington Boulevard
Ogden, Utah, 84401
United States

Amir Jackson

Change Leader

Amir Jackson is the Founder/Director of Nurture the Creative Mind, Director of the Ogden Arts Festival, Ogden/Weber Board Chair of the Utah Cultural Alliance. Through his work over the past 10 years, Amir has been recognized as a Change Leader in the arts by Utah’s Governor and an Emerging Leader in the Arts by The Western Arts Federation. Usually he chooses to encourage others creativity, but has given us a rare glimpse into his artistic expression.

Brandi DeCarli

Funding Partner, Farm from a Box

Brandi DeCarli is the Founding Partner of Farm from a Box, an off-grid, modularly designed farm system that provides communities with the tools and technology needed to increase local food production. Previously, Brandi was the Managing Partner of Human.kind Philanthropic Advisory Company, where she worked to develop strategic collaborations and partnerships between nonprofits, government agencies, donors and private sector. An avid adventurer, she is passionate about driving positive change in the world through innovation, compassion, and connection. Brandi is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley.

Deborah Higham Wood

Debbie is a great dabbler. She dabbles in art, floristry, rock climbing, poetry, jewelry making, yoga, slacklining – you name it, she has probably tried it! Her energy would best be described as frenetic and her poetry focuses mainly on her volatile relationship with herself and nature. Her all-time favorite word is postscript, because all of the best things come after a P.S., so if you plan on writing her fan mail, please include at least one postscript.

Derek DeBruin

Radical Outdoor Enthusiast

Derek DeBruin is fortunate to have spent more than a decade instructing climbing and skiing in the mountains, a passion that has taken him across the United States in search of steep rock, frigid ice, and powdery snow. After years spent on the road with this wife, Susan, they now make their home in Ogden, Utah. Working and living in the Wasatch provides unfettered access to the mountains. Derek appreciates the ease of access, but after thousands of days spent in the untamed environment found there, he also understands the risks posed by climbing and skiing as well as the landscape itself. He devotes significant energy to managing these risks for his students and clients, his partners, and himself. DeBruin is currently attempting to strike a balance between his work, play, and fatherhood. He instructs climbing, backcountry skiing, and hiking at Weber State University and owns Bear House Mountain Guiding with Susan.

Dylan Orris

Dylan is 17, born in Seattle, he lives in West Ogden, Utah. He has a big love for hip hop. He started beatboxing in the third grade but didn’t get serious until 13. He’s been rapping for a year now and is already really dedicated. He makes beats to rap over. His house just recently blew up causing his dad to pass away. Everything he does from that day forward is dedicated to his love for his dad. He really liked Dylan’s beatboxing.

Elatia Abate

Pioneer and Entrepreneur

Elatia Abate is an entrepreneur who left the corporate world to revolutionize the way the world thinks about careers and making money. She uses her extensive experience combining people, innovation and marketing strategies to teach individuals how to create careers that bring personal and professional fulfillment, and to teach companies how to build vibrant cultures and recruit the talent needed to ensure growth and success. In addition to advising and consulting for companies, she speaks around the world on topics that include life design, professional fulfillment, using people initiatives to drive innovation and empowering success in the uncertainty of the freelance economy. She has coached at and consulted for organizations that include Fortune 500 companies and prominent educational institutions, and she coaches the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Enterprise Accelerator. She currently teaches at the Continuing Studies departments at both University of Toronto and Stanford.

Greg Mauro

Chairman of Summit Powder Mountain & Founder and Managing Partner at Learn Capital

Greg Mauro is founder and managing partner of Learn Capital, which has the largest portfolio of ed tech investments in the world. Previously he managed an affiliate fund of The Founders Fund. Greg has co-founded four venture backed startups used by millions across the education, wireless, and media sectors. Most recently Greg was a co-founder at Edmodo, which serves over 40 million teachers and students globally. Previously, Greg was co-founder of Nextivity, SmartDrive, and Tachyon. Prior to these ventures, Greg was the first investor in Entropic (NASDAQ: ENTR), where he also authored the business plan and led business development. Greg started his career as a strategy consultant for Monitor Group, and is a graduate of UCLA’s College of Honors. Greg has been active in the charter school movement since 2000, and helped finance the campus expansion of High Tech High through a US Treasury New Markets fund he co-founded.

Indalecio Blanco

Indie Blanco is a Mexican American Comedian, He has been performing since the age of 12 doing theatre but has recently started performing stand up comedy anywhere he can find a mic, at the age of 20 he is currently a student at Weber State University. Indie adores the art of story telling and loves what the power of laughter can do.

Kyla Vine

Kyla is currently 13 years old and attends Snowcrest Junior High in Eden, Utah. She has been singing and taking lessons for the past three years. It is something that she wishes to continue to pursue, and hopes to one day be a professional singer. She has sang at school talent shows, the 2016 Utah State Fair, 2016 Christmas Dickens Festival, and will be singing the National Anthem at the Salt Lake Bees game this season. She enjoys sharing her talent with others and hopes you will enjoy her song too.

Melissa Freigang

TBD

Michael Uslan

Producer, Author, Speaker

Originator & Executive Producer of The BATMAN movie franchise, including BATMAN (1989, winner Best Picture, People’s Choice Award); THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY, including two top grossing movies in history, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES & THE DARK KNIGHT, 8 Oscar nominations, winner Best Supporting Actor, 5 Peoples’ Choice Awards, winner Best Picture; BATMAN BEGINS; BATMAN RETURNS; THE LEGO MOVIE; THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE; BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE; SUPER-HEROES UNITED; BATMAN FOREVER;RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS; BATMAN & ROBIN; BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM; SON OF BATMAN; BATMAN v ROBIN; BATMAN UNLIMITED: MONSTER MAYHEM; BATMAN UNLIMITED: ANIMAL INSTINCTS; THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, PART 1 & 2; BATMAN: YEAR ONE; BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD; SUPERMAN/BATMAN: APOCALYSE; SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES; GOTHAM KNIGHT; BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER , winner, Annie Award- outstanding achievement in animation; JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK; JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS & MONSTERS; JUSTICE LEAGUE: COSMIC CLASH...

Naomi Harlan

Naomi Harlan is an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who loves connecting people with causes close to her heart through song. This is Naomi's debut of a song she wrote about Ogden’s rich history, charming present and limitless future.

Naomy Harlan

Naomi Harlan is an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and philanthropist who loves connecting people with causes close to her heart through song. Naomi will be debuting a song she wrote about Ogden’s rich history, charming present and limitless future.

Pablo Jenkins

Co-Founder and President of Ideas en Acción

Pablo Jenkins is Co-Founder and President of Ideas en Acción, a donor-advised fund and co-creation platform that implements regionally scalable projects combining technology, social innovation, and youth leadership. He is also an active investor focusing on sustainable development through impact investing in wellbeing, education and technology. Pablo is co-founder of the Costa Rica Chapter of Conscious Capitalism. Pablo has served as an advisor to four Ministers of Science and Technology of Costa Rica on topics related to broadband and innovation policy. He was Intel Capital’s youngest strategic investment manager, Director of International Expansion for Endeavor Global during its expansion into the Middle East and Asia, and the co-creator of the Sustainable Investments Group in Brazil, with leading local family offices. Pablo has been co-organizer of TEDxPuraVidaJoven since 2011 and the first Do Lectures in Latin America.

Paige Marie Pitcher

Urban Developer

Paige is an urban planner, developer, and community advocate. Her mission is to combat displacement, empower connection, and inspire people through placemaking. By the age of 23, she co-founded a pioneering planning and development firm. At the helm of a startup company, she conceived and executed affordable, mixed use, and transit oriented projects totaling over $80 million. Her efforts have produced 500+ housing units designed to stabilize neighborhoods and transform lives. Paige graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in City and Metropolitan Planning from the University of Utah. This year she will complete a Masters of Real Estate Development at MIT. As a Fellow of the Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab, she researches the leaders, products, processes, and technology disrupting the built environment. Her goal is to join these changemakers in building balanced communities ready for the 21st century and creating tectonic shifts in the commercial real estate industry.

Shaun McBride

Shonduras

Shaun McBride better know as “Shonduras” is Snapchat’s first homegrown celebrity and one of the first people to make money from his intricate and personal Snapchat art. He has worked with brands like Samsung, Taco Bell, Google, and many others. Shaun has been a Keynote at Power of Video, Social Shake Up, and spoke at TEDx Arendal. In one year Shaun has gained over 1 Million subscribers on YouTube. In 2017 Shaun was named on Forbes 30 Under 30 and the first Influencer Consultant to Viacom Velocity. Shonduras has found a way to make interaction between creator and consumer very personable, this gives an opportunity to engage with his audience in a very creative and and sincere way… Shaun is all about having fun – he loves skating, cereal, high-fives, Wiener Dogs – and living life 100% With his millions of followers, there is plenty of fun to be had! Be sure to follow him on social media to join the adventure!