Theme: Flourish - A Stage of Growth

The world is changing faster than our brains can process…and change can be scary. We invite you to embrace your current state of knowing and to commit with us to grow, to awaken our souls to possibilities, to seek and provide mentorship, and to begin to see the human behind the label. Show up. Admit our lenses may be biased. Offer grace to ourselves and to others. Embrace play to unlock possibilities that can create the tools we need to thrive.

Let’s remind ourselves our similarities are much more important than our differences. We are truly all in this together. This year we are asking you to look inward to improve the outward. Please join us in making a promise: “I will be a part of the solution.” When we keep this promise, we WILL flourish!

The Bing Crosby Theater
901 W Sprague Ave.
Spokane, Washington, 99201
United States

Chris Roberts

Entrepreneur + Real Estate

Chris was born and raised in Orange County, California, and now lives in Tacoma, Washington. He went from standing in food lines as a kid to feeding over 1,000,000 people today. He’s a full-time entrepreneur, real estate investor, and the Founder and CEO of Sterling Rhino Capital.

Claire Strunk

Financial planning + Coach

Claire Strunk empowers young adults to make a difference in their neighborhoods and communities. She started a business to help other entrepreneurs and non-profits make sound financial decisions to help their organizations thrive. She loves to share the connection she sees between intentional money management and self and soul-care.

Geoff McLachlan

Professional at Play + Teacher

Geoff started working in education 20 years ago as a kindergarten teacher. He began his speaking career shortly thereafter and has worked with almost 2 million people, from children to CEOs, across the US and Canada. He has seen how the power of play opens people up to new connections and how play can change the environment of a school or a corporation.

Gerri Newell

Advocate + Mediator + Comdeian

After having a felony conviction, Gerri realized those with a conviction are suffering impacts, including the stigma associated with the label. Gerri believes life is about relationships and the experiences we enjoy with others on this journey. Her best advice to others is to STOP (Savor The Opportunity to Pause).

Graham Morehead

Artificial Intelligence Professor + Physicist

Graham currently teaches Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) at Gonzaga University. For over 25 years, he has been developing technologies across a wide array of disciplines, from speech recognition, to physics, AI, and national security. Through his talk, Graham hopes to help people see what he sees in the future of AI.

Hap Klopp

Adventurer + Executive + Entrepreneur + Author

Mr. Klopp who holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University was the founder of The North Face, where he served as President and CEO for over 20 years. An avid adventurer and executive, Hap has run numerous companies and spoken around the world on branding, adventuring, leadership, entrepreneurship and the future.

Jene Ray

Educator + Activist

Jene currently serves as The ZONE's Director and Associate Director of the Northeast Community Center, aligning partners and developing programs with residents in Northeast Spokane to catalyze multi-generational outcomes in housing, safety, health, economics, and education.

Robin Pickering, PhD

Health Sciences Professor + Coach + Trainer

Robin Pickering is a Professor of Health Sciences with an interest in supporting positive health behavior change. She works as a wellness coach, personal trainer, and group fitness instructor. She is a published author and podcast host where she deepens the conversation around sexuality and overall health.

Sandy Zimmerman

Teacher + Coach + American Ninja Warrior

Despite an upbringing filled with immense hardship, Sandy has defied the odds to become a national Judo champion, earned a full-ride basketball scholarship to Gonzaga University, become a Physical Education teacher and has coached for 23 years, and today continues breaking records on NBC's hit show American Ninja Warrior

Shawn T. Kingsbury

Addiction Counselor + Motivator

After overcoming his own battle with drug and alcohol addiction, Shawn launched Pura Vida Recovery, an active sober community. Nine years later, he founded four organizations, drastically changing the landscape of recovery in his hometown.

Terry L. Fossum

Author + Adventurer

Terry is a global adventurer who has done everything from hunting caribou with the Inuit in the Arctic Circle, to swimming with the piranhas in the Amazon Jungle. He has won a primetime Survival Reality Competition on Fox, representing all of Boy Scouts of America. He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and is a #1 Bestselling Author on Wall Street Journal.