Theme: Body & Soul

Our 11th season entitled “Body & Soul" comes to Cape May Convention Hall on Sunday, October 2, 2022 from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Tickets are $60 including an open bar reception. Program-only tickets are $30.

Cape May Convention Hall
714 Beach Avenue
Cape May, New Jersey, 08204
United States

Audrey Adade

Social worker and author

Audrey Adade, MSW, has worked in the health and human services for 12 years. She has extensive experience working with federal cooperative agreements, grants, and contracts, working with states, municipalities, individual school districts, universities, community organizations, and various stakeholders. Her federal work, particularly at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), was in school-based mental health, behavioral health disparities, and evaluation research in sustaining evidence-based prevention practices. Audrey is the author of “Dear: Anxiety and Depression Relief in Verse.”

Eugenio Zuccarelli

Data scientist

Eugenio is a Data Science Leader working for Fortune 500 companies, currently leading the innovation efforts in complex chronic care at CVS Health, the #1 healthcare company in the world. He is a Forbes Under 30 for Healthcare, a Fulbright Scholarship recipient, and studied across MIT, Harvard, and Imperial College where he worked for leading research labs such as the MIT Media Lab and the Brain and Behaviour Lab. Eugenio’s analyses helped drive decision-making for CEOs, governments, and leading research institutions across vital topics such as the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. His work can be found on Forbes, Fortune, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Financial Times as well as in multiple journals and in the App Store.

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago

Educator

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor, Graduate Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also directs the Community Leadership Center and is the overseer and Board Chair of the LEAP Academy University Charter School. Throughout her academic career, she has established a track record in coordinating large-scale programs and private and public ventures that bring together external and internal stakeholders from a range of organizations, including government, business, non-profits and philanthropic sectors at the local, national and international levels.

Kevin Snyder

Author and speaker

After recovering from his depression and eating disorder, Kevin pursued a career in Higher Education to help other youth battling mental health not feel so alone and find hope. He is the Founder of EmpowerYOUth, which provides motivational and leadership presentations for youth and college students across the country. Since launching EmpowerYOUth, Kevin has also presented for over 1,000 professional organizations in all 50 states and several countries. Over 1,000,000 people ranging from students to CEOs have been in his audience.

Nicole Simonin

Health & Behavior Coach

Nicole is a Health and Behavior Coach, Personal Trainer, podcast host of “Weight Loss for Women Over 40”, tv host of “Healthy Travel with Nicole”, author of “The No Fuss, No Mess Cookbook”, TEDx Speaker, former Physical Therapist Assistant, and former professional ballet dancer. Nicole has been featured in Rachael Ray in Season, Bicycling Magazine, Real Simple, and MSN.

Renée Marino

Communication Coach, Speaker & Author

Renée Marino is a professional communication coach named by Yahoo Finance as one of the "Top 10 Communication Coaches to Follow in 2021!" Renée helps women communicate with confidence through simple and easy tools…all while having fun! Her best-selling book, Becoming a Master Communicator, endorsed by Bryan Adams, Dean Graziosi, Chazz Palminteri, Russell Brunson, Jenna Kutcher, and Dhomonique Murphy, is a powerful guide for those struggling to have clear and honest communication in a world driven by digital technology. Renée can be seen as the female lead role, Mary Delgado, in the movie "Jersey Boys," directed by Clint Eastwood, and has graced the Broadway stage in many musicals. She has been featured in People.com's "Ones to Watch," Variety, and The Huffington Post. Renée was the co-host of Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi's "World Summit" and a featured speaker at the 2022 "Secret Knock Women" event.

Robert Melillo

MD, Brain researcher, author

Dr. Melillo is a renowned expert in Developmental Functional Neurology, brain Imbalances, hemispheric integration, and the diagnosis and correction of most neurobehavioral disorders and learning disabilities. He published Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood an Evolutionary Perspective and has co-authored approximately 20 chapters in other texts on various subjects related to Dyslexia, Attention, Frontal Lobe Development, and he has also published over 60 peer-reviewed papers. In addition, Dr. Melillo has also written eight best-selling books, including his best-known Disconnected Kids, which has been translated into eight languages. Dr. Melillo is an Associate Professor of Developmental Disabilities at the National University of Health Sciences, has multiple graduate degrees in Chiropractic, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Clinical Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, and is the co-founder and past President of the International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation.

Steve Edwards

Businessman Non-profit CEO

Named one of the most influential New Jerseyans in 2015 by NJ Business Magazine, Steve Edwards is on a mission to help people find their heroes and realize their dreams through the New Jersey Hall of Fame. As president of the foundation board of trustees, he co-chaired a capital campaign raising $14 million for a state-of-the-art entertainment and learning center at the American Dream complex, and helped create inspirational exhibits throughout the state.

Tom Triumph

Author and speaker

Tom Triumph is a consultant, speaker, and author who helps companies grow by helping them reinvent their business, product development, and marketing. He’s helped large organizations act nimbly and small companies scale. He’s participated in two global technology revolutions— and along the way, has been part of some remarkable success stories (and some misfires). Tom lived aboard a research ship where he tended to the minisub, wrestled in the Olympic trials, and helped oversee the design and build of the largest composite hovercraft ever built in the US. He’s the author of the book "Evolve or Die: Lessons for World-Class Innovation & Creativity."