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The Rex Theater
23 Amherst St
Manchester, New Hampshire, 03101
United States

Amy Cannon

Dr. Amy Cannon holds the world's first Ph.D. in Green Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the co-founder and executive director of Beyond Benign, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing green chemistry education in K-20. She received her M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Boston and her B.A. in Chemistry from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. Amy has industrial experience working as an analytical chemist for the Gillette Company and as a scientist for Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials. She worked as an Assistant Professor of Green Chemistry and Director of Outreach and Community Education at the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Lowell until September of 2007 when she left to co-found Beyond Benign. This organization has been leading Green Chemistry education initiatives in K-12 through higher education since inception, focusing on preparing and supporting educators to make transformative change in their teaching and practice.

Anthony Payton

Anthony Payton came from a two-parent home in the housing projects of Brooklyn, NY. Growing up, he had all that he wanted from a loving family that stressed education. During the late 80s and early 90s, after addiction and illness struck his home, he and his brother put down the books and picked up the illegal drug trade. Payton recently served nearly seven years of a 10-year federal sentence. His life has been on an upward trajectory since his release. He is now a regional and state award-winning columnist and podcast host. He is also the founding member of a nonprofit, which will help men returning to society from incarceration. Payton seeks to continue helping some of our society's most fragile, vulnerable, and at-risk populations. He’s an advisory member and a support committee member for a few notable N.H organizations, which address areas from mental health to social issues. He is set to begin working with law enforcement and organizations, who help at-risk youth.

Daniel Seichepine

Dr. Daniel Seichepine is a clinical neuropsychologist with specialization in aging and age-related neurological disorders (licensed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire). He is currently an associate professor of neuropsychology at the University of New Hampshire, maintains a small private practice and provides consulting services for the development of new medications for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Over the past 20 years, his education, clinical training and research have focused on better understanding neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. These experiences began with a post-baccalaureate training award from the National Institutes of Health and have extended throughout graduate school at Boston University, an American-Psychological Association-approved internship through Dartmouth Medical School, a post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and now as a tenured faculty member at the University of New Hampshire. At the University of New Hampshire, he founded the Neuropsychology program in 2016 and is also the director of the Neuropsychology laboratory.

Flo Nicolas

Flo Nicolas is an emerging technology thought leader in the technology industry passionate about promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). As the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of DEI Directive, she is involved in developing a cutting-edge DEI Intelligence Platform that enables human resource and DEI professionals to monitor and measure the impact of their initiatives. Flo's expertise in corporate technology operations has earned her recognition and respect, and she is known for her advocacy of STEM for all, Women in Tech, and Diversity in Tech. In addition to her professional achievements, Flo has been recognized as a recipient of NH Business Review Outstanding Women in Business 2023, Tech Alliance Tech Professional of the Year 2023, and LinkedIn Accelerator Program: Technology & Innovation Alumni. She is also an active community leader who volunteers on multiple boards, mentors underrepresented professionals and hosts DEI events across all industries in New Hampshire. "

Katelyn Carey

Katelyn Carey is a nurse, author, and award-winning speaker who has worked in acute care and healthcare education for over twenty years. From bedside care in trauma certified ER’s and in the PICU/NICU units of a children’s hospital, to running the residency program for ICU and CCU for a multi-hospital system, Katelyn has supported thousands of patients and providers during traumatic times. She specializes in educational support around resiliency and recovery, as well as crisis communication and team/self care. Katelyn has spent the last decade studying cognitive science and trauma-informed-care principles. Using her experiences as both a patient and a nurse, Katelyn blends science with compassion to improve communication, education, and recovery for patients, caregivers, and community members. She excels in turning complex science concepts into accessible and easily processed strategies. Katelyn is the author of the internationally utilized "Beauty After Breast Cancer" book, a clinical instructor, a hospice case manager, and a speaker who has consistently inspired audiences with her humor, stories and insights. Her book has been featured/reviewed in publications from the United States, Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The Lancet Oncology reviewed is as demonstrating why “a picture is worth a thousand words” in bringing hope and normality to breast cancer patients. Katelyn’s presentations have earned standing ovations as she has shared the photos, stories and messages behind this resource."

Kemp Battle

Kemp Battle engages in deep dialogue with leaders and change agents about how they choose to show up in the world. Leaders at every level are often lonely because they feel the pressure of trying to be what people need them to be. As a strategic advisor and investment banker for decades, Battle tries to understand the steep demands of business strategies and tactics. As a human being, however, dedicated to learning about himself and others, he is compelled by the ways we elect to bring our personal selves to our work. Battle graduated with honors from Harvard University, though he walked across America for almost 18 months interrupting (and amplifying) his college education. He was an editor in publishing for Doubleday and St,. Martin' s Press and went on to serve as an investment banker and strategic advisor for the next 30 years. His consulting clients include Smithsonian, the National Geographic, PBS, Pearson, Cengage, DNA Direct, SNHU, Northeastern University, Harvard Extension School, among many others. He did leadership development for Leaders Quest out of London for 8 years in marginalized communities around the world. Battle has been a hospice volunteer for more than 20 years and completed 5 months training in India around community hospice work. He also studied with Thich Nhat Hahn in Plum Village and Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan Book of Living and Dying).

Leah Olszewski

Leah Olszewski is an entrepreneur, author, and consultant on women’s initiatives, post traumatic growth and leadership. She is a University of Alabama graduate, who went on to serve in the United States Army as a Special Operations Intelligence Officer. In 2013, using her business education and experience in the trades and military, she co-founded FEMTAC, an apparel and equipment company dedicated to women across the globe working in outdoor professions. In 2017, Olszewski’s world was turned upside down by domestic violence at the hands of a fellow service member with a 20-year history of violence, events which compelled her to open up her life as a survivor and speak publicly about the extensive failures by the organizations and system she once cherished. Olszewski’s 2019 Congressional testimony on military domestic violence led her case to become nationally recognized. Since her testimony, she has continued speaking publicly to law enforcement organizations, Department of Defense personnel,, and communities on leadership failures surrounding violent crimes, adversity and moral courage, and her love affair with coming back bigger than before. She has been featured on CBS, National Public Radio, HuffPo, Fox News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Hill, Discovery, USAToday, Vetrepreneur Magazine, and NBC. When not collaborating on the next best thing in business or writing, Olszewski works with several veteran, community and animal welfare organizations, enjoys filmmaking and dirt trails, and always makes time for family and baseball.

Nicholas Rinella

Nicholas Rinella started his student career with the intent of entering the clinical field. He has experience working as an LNA, as a clinical research coordinator, and shadowing many doctors from various specialties. During his clinical experiences, he noticed one common theme: a large percentage of patients who aren’t receiving the therapeutic relief they are expecting from the treatment options available to them. Seeing how many people Rinella would not be able to help if he decided to continue studying clinical medicine is what motivated him to switch career paths and enter the medical research industry. He now has his master’s in industrial biomedical science, enabling him to perform tasks like growing cells and tissues. Rinella has worked as a laboratory supervisor for the Microbiology Team at DEKA R&D for a hemodialysis machine. He’s currently an associate scientist working at ARMI BioFabUSA. He’s constantly amazed by the cutting-edge therapeutic options being developing and the many incredible people from different companies he has the privilege of meeting and working with every day.

Noelle Lambert

In 2016, Noelle Lambert lost her left leg due to a moped accident. At the time, she was playing Division I lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Massachusetts. After her accident, she worked her way back on the lacrosse field, becoming the first above-knee amputee to ever play collegiate lacrosse. After graduating in 2019, Noelle pursued track & field. In her first race, she beat the reigning national champion and hit the qualifying times to be a part of the US Paralympic National team. In 2021, Noelle competed in the Tokyo Paralympic Games placing 6th in the world and breaking the US 100-meter record. After Tokyo, she started competing in snowboarding competitively making the world championship team her first year competing. Noelle started a nonprofit organization called The Born to Run Foundation, which focuses on donating specialized prosthetics to amputees in need allowing them to live a fun and fulfilling life. In 2022, she was cast to be on Season 43 of Survivor, where she was the first above-knee amputee to ever be cast on the show. She has also become a motivational speaker and loves to share her story to help inspire and motivate others.