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Joanne Smikle

Dr. Joanne L. Smikle is a nationally recognized business consultant, leadership educator, and thought leader with more than 20 years of experience advising private, public, and nonprofit organizations. She serves as an independent director with governance experience across healthcare, higher education, and nonprofit boards, bringing deep expertise in strategy formulation, human capital utilization, and organizational effectiveness.

Dr. Smikle currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Brain Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of Saybrook University, where she chairs both the Institutional Advancement and Nominating & Governance Committees. She holds a gubernatorial appointment to the State of Maryland's Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities and serves on the National Advisory Board of ElevateMeD.

She has authored more than 100 articles featured in practitioner-oriented and peer-reviewed publications. Her SmikleSpeaks podcast is ranked the #1 Organization Development podcast by FeedSpot, reaching more than 30,000 listeners in 24 countries.

Key topics: Strategy formulation and execution, succession planning, executive and leadership development, organizational culture and change, ESG strategy, governance.

Summer Jelinek

Summer Jelinek is a leadership keynote speaker, consultant, and educator with more than two decades of leadership experience at organizations including Walt Disney World, the Disney Institute, H-E-B/Central Market, and the Center for Creative Leadership. She is the creator of the M.A.G.I.C. model for leadership, a practical framework covering self-management, purpose alignment, team galvanization, inspiration, and chaos control.

Summer brings real-world hospitality industry knowledge combined with humor and storytelling to her keynotes, helping leaders at all levels build purpose, ignite action, inspire teams, and stay centered in the face of adversity. She is a proud neurodivergent leadership expert and PhD researcher who shares straightforward leadership truths to empower audiences and organizations to chart new paths forward.

Key topics: The M.A.G.I.C. leadership model, team alignment and engagement, self-management and self-awareness, building trust, controlling chaos, leadership for all levels, neurodivergence in the workplace.

Linda Roszak Burton

Linda Roszak Burton is a keynote speaker, ICF-credentialed executive coach, and a National Board-Certified Health and Well-Being Coach (NBC-HWC), one of only 13,000 practitioners with this designation. She is the Founder and President of DRW, Inc., an executive coaching firm that supports leaders and teams in overcoming conflict and managing the overwhelming pressures that limit progress and success.

Linda is recognized for her gratitude research, working with universities and researchers in Europe and Australia to explore its impact on well-being, engagement, and retention. She is the author of Gratitude Heals®: A Journal for Inspiration and Guidance and a contributor to the Wharton Healthcare Quarterly feature series on gratitude. Her TEDx Talk, Gratitude: The Power to Heal the World, was released in December 2022.

As a certified Brain-Based Coach through the NeuroLeadership Institute and a certified Positive Psychology-Based Health and Well-Being Coach through the College of Executive Coaching, Linda brings best practices in positive psychology, gratitude, neuroscience, and Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) to her coaching and speaking. She is a member of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School Affiliate and holds a B.S. in Health Education from Virginia Tech.

Key topics: The science of gratitude, neuroscience for leaders, executive and team coaching, well-being and resilience, nurse well-being, positive organizational behavior.

Terry

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