Meet The 2023 Midwest Leadership Summit Thought Leaders
Alphabetical by last name.
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE
Dr. Simone Ahuja
INNOVATION EXPERT + BESTSELLING AUTHOR Blood Orange
BIO // WEBSITE // LINKEDIN
LUNCH KEYNOTE MODERATOR
Pete Burney
PROFESSOR + EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE Bloch School of Management at UMKC
BREAKOUT SPEAKER
Kelly Byrnes
FOUNDER + CEO Voyage Consulting Group
HONORARY CO-CHAIR
Teresa Cain
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, USER EXPERIENCE & DESIGN TreviPay
BREAKOUT PANELIST
Clint Clevenger
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Next Move Healthcare
EVENT EMCEE
Rae Daniel
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST KSHB 41 Action News
Lesley Elwell
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER & CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER Evergy
LUNCH KEYNOTE PANELIST
Britt Frank
PSYCHOTHERAPIST, AUTHOR + FOUNDER The Greenhouse KC
Melea McRae
FOUNDER + CEO Crux.
Mary Messner
FOUNDER + CEO Mary Messner
BREAKOUT MODERATOR
Gary O’Bannon
Willy Pegues IV
VP OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY + INCLUSION McCownGordon Construction
MORNING KEYNOTE
Dr. Nicole Price
EMPATHY REVOLUTIONARY AUTHOR + CEO Lively Paradox
Wendy Savlin
SR. DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE + CULTURE ENABLEMENT T-Mobile
Jane Walton
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT Jane Walton Consulting
David Windhausen
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Eversana
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