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Ethington Theater on the Grand Canyon University Campus
3300 W Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, Arizona, 85017
United States

Brett Pyle

Brett has enjoyed a thirty-year global business career with Andersen Consulting, oil giants Amoco & BP, and Vistage Worldwide — living, leading and learning in 60 countries on six continents. Along the journey, Pyle's discovered we’re all created for a purpose and gifted with unique skills, ideas and passions that the world desperately needs!Today, Brett serves as a Vistage Board Chair, the world’s largest and most respected CEO development forum. He also leads the Global Executive Group, delivering keynote addresses and conducting, private and public, leadership development workshops & retreats internationally.

Dr. Suzana Flores

Dr. Suzana Flores is a clinical psychologist and author of the book: Untamed: The Psychology of Marvel’s Wolverine (McFarland Publishing) and Facehooked: How Facebook Affects Our Emotions, Relationships and Lives (Reputation Books, 2014). As a keynote speaker and social-media expert and commentator, Dr. Flores has appeared on national and international newscasts, podcasts, radio and talk shows including Al Jazeera – The Stream, WCIU Channel – “The U,” National Public Radio (NPR), “Just Jenny” Sirius XM Channel, WGN Radio Chicago, Univision Television News, Mundo FOX, The ManCow Show, Charlotte News WSOC-TV, WLTH 1370AM Radio, “LIVE! with The Love Dr.” Deanna Lorraine, and radio broadcasts out of Cologne, Germany, U.K. and Canada.Dr. Flores has been quoted in ABC.com, CBS.com, The Huffington Post, Esquire.com, Men’s Magazine, Everyday Health Magazine, Mashable.com, Dame Magazine, The Nation Magazine, SheKnows.com, Vegas Seven Magazine, New Parent Magazine, Hispanic Health & Beauty Magazine, La Raza Newspaper, Newlyweds.com, Upwave.com, Mujeres Sin Censura, and Moms.me. In her hometown of Chicago, Dr. Flores has earned a Masters in Counseling from Loyola University and a Doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Argosy University.

Jeff Golner

Jeff Golner is the Principle Principal of Agency G, a full service creative, marketing and event production firm. Golner is also the President & CEO of STEM Sports©. STEM Sports develops and provides turnkey curricula for 3rd through 8th grade-aged students using a sport as the strategic vehicle to drive STEM-based learning in classrooms, after-school programs, and camp settings. An Arizona native born in Phoenix, Golner is a 1993 University of Arizona graduate with a Media Arts major with a Marketing emphasis.

Jeff Orr

Jeff Orr is an expert in leadership and he coaches executives, business owners, and individuals with the tools and skills to lead more effectively, build high-performing teams, and experience true success in their careers and personal lives. His client list includes Google, GE, NBC, Chase, Verizon Wireless, Paypal, Merrill Lynch, Edward Jones, and many others. As a dynamic and energizing keynote speaker and corporate trainer to Fortune 500 companies, Jeff has helped thousands grow in their leadership to impact their organizations and communities. He is also the author of Succeed In The New Normal: Winning Strategies in an Unfamiliar World.

Jim Kellner

Jim Kellner, is a transplant to Phoenix, AZ from the Pacific Northwest where he worked in one of the busiest hypnosis clinics in the area. He received his professional training at Hypnosis & NLP Dynamics and received continuing training from Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers. He attended NLP Practitioner training from the Empowerment Partnership. Jim completed over 800 hours of training in massage therapy at Ashmead College and enjoyed working with clients as a Licensed Massage Practitioner for over 10 years before shifting his focus to hypnotherapy. Jim has helped thousands of people lose weight, decrease pain, stress & anxiety, and fears & phobias, quit smoking and make many other incredible changes in their life simply by helping them to tap into the strength and power of their other-than-conscious mind.

Jody McPhearson

Jody McPhearson is a highly sought after Professional Development and Leadership Speaker. As the Founder and CEO Jody Speaks and the non-profit organization Three C’s Youth Project, Jody is one of the most provocative thought-leaders and leadership trainers today. Jody McPhearson is a Keynote Speaker Corporate Trainer Employee Retention Expert connecting companies with the emerging generations, especially on how to attract, recruit, on-board, retain, and develop them. His passion is helping Opportunity Youth.

Racahel Mann

Rachael Mann is a speaker, author, education consultant, and founder of TeachlikeTED, an organization that provides teachers, leaders, and students with tools for presentation literacy. Rachael uses her voice and her expertise to broaden the conversation around education reform and to amplify the voices of teachers and students. Prior to TeachlikeTED, Rachael was the Network to Transform Teaching and STEM Professional Learning Director for Northern Arizona University, State Director for Educators Rising Arizona, and currently provides professional development for West-MEC. A former high school Career and Technical Education teacher and hailing from a family of educators, she has 14 years of classroom teaching experience. Rachael is a Google Certified Educator with a master’s degree in Educational Leadership.

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Nigerian-American singer, Solu, and Fijian born singer, Sanna (pictured), are local artists here in the valley. Both began singing in the younger years of their lives and have pursued the arts into adult-good. At the age of 20 Sanna auditioned and made it to the season 3 finals of the acclaimed American Idol television series.Their performance aims to bring the powerful poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by the late Maya Angelou, to life by marrying audio-visual arts into live performance. It is a blend if self-written accounts that give nod to a world through the lens of the acclaimed poem and that tie into the larger justice narrative taking rise in society.

Suzana FLores

Dr. Suzana Flores is a clinical psychologist and author of the upcoming book: Untamed: The Psychology of Marvel’s Wolverine (McFarland Publishing) and Facehooked: How Facebook Affects Our Emotions, Relationships and Lives (Reputation Books, 2014). As a keynote speaker and social-media expert and commentator, Dr. Flores has appeared on national and international newscasts, podcasts, radio and talk shows including Al Jazeera – The Stream, WCIU Channel – “The U,” National Public Radio (NPR), “Just Jenny” Sirius XM Channel, WGN Radio Chicago, Univision Television News, Mundo FOX, The ManCow Show, Charlotte News WSOC-TV, WLTH 1370AM Radio, “LIVE! with The Love Dr.” Deanna Lorraine, and radio broadcasts out of Cologne, Germany, U.K. and Canada.Dr. Flores has been quoted in ABC.com, CBS.com, The Huffington Post, Esquire.com, Men’s Magazine, Everyday Health Magazine, Mashable.com, Dame Magazine, The Nation Magazine, SheKnows.com, Vegas Seven Magazine, New Parent Magazine, Hispanic Health & Beauty Magazine, La Raza Newspaper, Newlyweds.com, Upwave.com, Mujeres Sin Censura, and Moms.me. In her hometown of Chicago, Dr. Flores has earned a Masters in Counseling from Loyola University and a Doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Argosy University.