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Training 2026 Speakers

Tiva Abreu
Executive Coach
Tiva Abreu Consulting

Madiona Aguilar
Director of Training and Development
Care Resource

Tamara Alleyne
Experience Producer
Braindate

Vanessa Milara Alzate
CEO
Kirkpatrick Partners

Deb Arnold
Chief Winning Officer
Deb Arnold, Ink.

Christina Asplund
Learning Concierge
Braindate

Michael Atwood
EdTech Strategist & Instructional Leader| Customer Success & Learning Transformation | Specializing in Student Engagement & Digital Adoption
Maplerun Unified School District

Sumaya Ayad
School Programs Manager/Innovation Labs Facilitator
The Dali Museum

Phylise Banner
Director of Elearning
Champlain College

Yulia Barnakova
Emerging Technology Strategist
Accenture

Jeff Batt
Founder
Learning Dojo

Megan Bell
Director of Enterprise Performance Excellence
FastMed

John Bellotti
Instructional Designer
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Venudhar Bhatt
Executive Vice President - Learning Transformation & AI Strategy
Mitr Learning and Media / Upside Learning

Marga Biller
Senior Project Director
Learning Innovation Lab, Harvard University

Pete Blank
Training and OD Manager
Personnel Board of Jefferson County

Andrew Blomstrom
Director of Learning Technology and Operation Initiatives
BlueSprig

Diana Brandon
Chief Information Technology Officer
eLearningDOC

Melissa Briggs
Managing Partner
Maven Consulting & Design

Julia Broadbent
Global Learning Business Partner – Finance and Sustainability
EY

Phillip Browning
Director of Learning & Development
Rosendin

Jed Buck
Principal
Roz and Jed Training & Consulting

Roz Buck
Principal
Roz and Jed Training & Consulting

Dan Bullock
Professor of Intercultural Communication
NYU

Holly Bunn
System Executive Director, AVP, Organizational Culture
UNC Health

JR Burch
Director of Learning Experience Design
Intrepid by VitalSource

Bernadette Burke
Executive Learning Strategist
Brella Productions

Niall Campion
President
VRAI

Josh Cavalier
Author
Applying AI in Learning & Development

Melissa Chambers
Online Strategist and Instructional Designer

Page Chen
CEO
Two Tree Solutions

Kelli Chickos
Vice President of People Operations
AR Franchising

Tim Chudy
Director of Organizational Growth
Intrepid by VitalSource

Amy Clark
Chief Operations Officer
Panopto, Inc

Christine Clark
Senior Director of Implementation & Program Development
Health Connect America

David James Clarke IV
President
Praxis AI

Jeff Cochran
Partner
Shapiro Negotiations Institute

Nancy Coleman
Dean of Continuing Education
Harvard University

Jo Cook
Founder and Live Online Learning Specialist
Lightbulb Moment

Monica Cornetti
President
Sententia Gamification

Colleen Cote
Senior Customer Sucess Manager
360Learning

Phil Cowcill
Senior Elearning Specialist
PJ Rules

Michelle Cummings
Founder
Training Wheels

Steve Dahlberg
Conference Director
Training Magazine

Betty Dannewitz
Learning Solutions Architect
ifyouaskbetty

Robyn Defelice
Consultant
RADLearning

JD Dillon
Principal
LearnGeek

Chris Dominguez
Enterprise Account Executive
Facilitate

Matthew Donovan
Chief Learning and Innovation Officer
GP Strategies

Ryan Dontas
Senior Product Manager
Instructure

Ben Dyer
Learning Innovation and Design
Accenture

Mike Eakins
Creative Lead, METIL
UCF's Institute for Simulation & Training

Diane Elkins
Co-founder
Artisan Learning

Eric Ellis
Director
Kotter

Chris Engel
Sr. Director Learning & Development
JLL

Kathleen Federici
Vice President of Professional Development
International Parking & Mobility Institute

Robert Feeney
Chief Vision Officer
Knowledge as a Service

Lachelle Fisher
Manufacturing Learning & Development Manager
Saint Gobain

Jeff Fissel
VP of Solutions
GP Strategies

Nick Floro
Learning Architect
Sealworks Interactive Studios

Alane Ford
Manager of Family Support Services
LifeNet Health

Lorri Freifeld
Editor/Publisher
Training Magazine

Timothy Frost
Supervisor of Epic Digital Learning
Orlando Health

Elethia Gay
Lead Trainer/L&D
Stanley Black and Decker

Alberta Godwin
Senior Solutions Engineer
Blackboard Inc.

Richard Goring
Director
BrightCarbon

Jack Gottlieb
CEO
Total Solutions Group

Rance Greene
Story Designer
Needastory.com

Katie Greenman
CEO
HumanSide

Daniel Grey
Learning Systems and Innovation Manager
Amazon Robotics

Liana Griffin
Learning Design Architect
Genentech

Ryley Griffin
Sustainability Associate
The Haskell Company

Anders Gronstedt
President
Gronstedt Group

Garima Gupta
CEO
Artha Learning

Amy Gutman
Physician/CEO
ToughLoveMD

Tim Hagen
President
Progress Coaching

Nolan Haims
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP and Author
The Better Deck Deck

Caitlyn Hakes
Student Advisement Training and Development Team Lead
Southern New Hampshire Universty

Lizabeth Hall
VP of Talent Management
Medical Solutions

Vincent Han
CEO
Mobile Coach

Shereene Harford Twum-Barimah
Educational Technology Specialist
St. George's University

Amanda Henry
Account Executive
Braindate

Ann Herrmann-Nehdi
Chief Thought Leader
Herrmann International

Jane Higgins
Enterprise Account Executive
We Are Learning

Destery Hildenbrand
Learning Technology Consultant
Destery1Kenobi

Karyn Howard
Managing Director
The American Board of Radiology

Cindy Huggett
CEO
Cindy Huggett Consulting

Justin Hunsaker
Executive Communication Coach and Trainer
John Polk & Associates

Karen Hyder
Trainer
Kaleidoscope Training and Consulting

Nicole Inclan
Senior Learning Manager
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Pooja Jaisingh
Associate Vice President of Digital Learning
Icertis

Mitch Johnson
VP of Sales
Skillwell

Kelsey Kates
Global Head of Live Learning Experiences and Faculty Enablement
Google

Jason Kaufman
CEO
Zaon Labs

Katrina Kennedy
Principal Consultant
Katrina Kennedy Training

Lee Keylock
Vice President of Global Impact
Narrative 4

Aaron King
Senior Solutions Engineer
Blackboard

Christopher King
Principal Consultant
CRK Learning

Antoinette Klatzky
Vice President
Eileen Fisher Foundation

Elizabeth Kuhlmann
Training Team Lead
Yukon Learning

Tom Kuhlmann
Chief Learning Architect
Articulate

Kassy LaBorie
Principal Consultant
Kassy LaBorie Consulting

Susan Landay
President
Trainers Warehouse

David Leaser
Vice President
MyInnerGenius

Janet Lee
Producer
eLearning DOC

Joseph Leslie
Global AI L&D Lead
Golin

Bernardo Letayf
Evil Mind Behind the Operation
BLUERABBIT

Keith Lillico
Associate Director of Global Learning
Merck

Paulien Lobeau
Customer Success Coach
FLOWSPARKS

Sardék Love
CEO
Sardék Love International

Shane Lovellette
Senior Strategy Lead
TechSmith

Connor Lozier
Program Manager II
Amazon

Vincent Lucey
VP Alliances
datango

Sherrie Lynn
Employee Experience Program Manager, Global Pediatric Medicine
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Kim Macuare
Co-Director
The Dali Museum

Marco Madrazo
Founder and CEO
iLX Studios

Heidi Matthews
Training Manager
Terracon

Ali Matuszak
Learning & Development Manager
MTech Mechanical

Dan McCann
CEO
symtrain.com

Heather McDonald
NASA Space Operations Chief Engineer (Retired)

Chris McLean
Master Trainer
Center for Leadership Studies

Margie Meacham
Founder
Learningtogo

David Metcalf
Director of Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab
Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida

Lenn Millbower
The Mouse Man
Offbeat Training

Phill Miller
CEO
Skillwell

John Moore
Senior Learning Director
Yukon Learning

Ann Musgrove
Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology
Florida Atlantic University

Jean-Marie Navetta
Vice President of Learning Programs
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Ryan O'Rourke
Chief Revenue Officer
Skillwell

Pádraig Ó Tuama
Irish Poet, Conflict Mediator, and Author
44 Poems on Being With Each Other

Valary Oleinik
Chief Disruptor
DandeLearn

Jennifer Oleson
Student Advisement Training and Development Team Lead
Southern New Hampshire University

Sharyn Outtrim
CMO
Praxis AI

Laura Paramoure
CEO
eParamus

Mike Parkinson
Owner
Billion Dollar Graphics

Drew Patrick
Training Specialist
MTech Mechanical

Chrisanna (Chris) Paxton McMillin
President
D3 Training Solutions

Summer Payne
Lead Trainer & Training Associate
Narrative 4

Zach Pendleton
Chief Architect
Instructure

Josh Penzell
CEO
Imagination Applied

Jonathan Peters
Chief Motivation Officer
Sententia Gamification

Patti Phillips
CEO
ROI Institute

Matthew Pierce
Learning & Video Ambassador
Camtasia

Becky Pike Pluth
CEO
The Bob Pike Group

Ron Price
Chief Learning Officer
Yukon Learning

Sonny Randall
CEO
Leaderality

Sean Rea
Director of Performance and Learning Solutions
Friesen, Kaye and Associates

Merric Rentzel
Talent Development Program Mananger
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits

Karin Rex
Owner
Geeky Girl

Debbie Richards
Chief Learning Advisor
Creative Interactive Ideas

Josh Roberson
Director of Global Learning and Development
Verizon

Bob Roberts
Director Technical Services and Education
Thermo King

Derek Rohde
Learning Leader
HD Supply

Tammy Rutherford
Managing Director
Rustici Software

Tiaja Sabrie
Sea Logistics Trainer
Kuehne+Nagel

Kaia Samson
Global Ethics Manager
Deloitte

Patti Sanchez
CEO
PattiSan Communication

Raúl Sánchez
Director of Intersectionality Lab
NYU School of Professional Studies

Laura Sandera
Manager of Talent Development
Acrisure

Jennifer Sassaman
Senior Learning and Development Specialist
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group

Michael Saunderson
Director of Training and Evaluation
EthnoPraxis

Stephen Scheib
Learning Experience Designer, Learning Creation
Merck

Max Schelkopf
Senior Mobile Solutions Consultant
Engage by Cell

Billy Sheng
VP Business Development
WellSaid

Rusty Shields
CEO
Develefy Consulting

Steven Shook
Principal Consultant
ShakeItUp Consulting

Brooke Smith
Associate Director of Human Resources
The American Board of Radiology

Paul Smith
Head of Co-Worker Development
Baker Construction Enterprises

Rita Sookrit
Director of Learning and Development
Atlantic Learning Collective

Constance Staley
Professor of Communication
University of Colorado

Kimberly Stergas
Training Specialist
New York State Department of Labor

Alex Suchman
CEO
Barometer XP

Julie Sughrue
Student Advisement Training and Development Team Lead
Southern New Hampshire University

Jessica Taylor
National Program Manager
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Russell Teter
SVP, Operations and Business Development
Class

Brian Thompson
Director of Sales & Partner Mgmt
datango Americas

Carla Torgerson
Solution Architect
SweetRush

Megan Torrance
CEO
TorranceLearning

Christy Tucker
Learning Experience Design Consultant
Syniad Learning

Jagadish Chowdibegur Umesh
VP Global Sales
KITABOO

Joe Urbanski
Org Culture Strategist
Total Solutions Group

Hector Valle
Associate Director of Design, Team Lead
Emeritus

Tom Van Raaphorst
Head of Learning & Development
Amtrak

David Vance
President
Manage Learning

Antonio Vizcaya Abdo
Professor of Corporate Sustainability
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Danielle Wallace
Chief Learning Strategist
Beyond the Sky: Custom Learning

Brian Walter
President
Sticky Training

Danielle Watkins
Chief Learning Experience Officer
Zenith Performance Solutions

Amber Watts
CEO
Radical GrowthWorks

Jeff Weaver
Director of L&D
A Pebble in Your Shoe Consulting

Ethan Webb
CEO
Mindsmith

Jazmin Webster
Workforce Development Program Manager
CivicaRx

Marsha Weisleder
Master Trainer
Langevin Learning Services

Deadra Welcome
Principal Consultant
Concerning Learning

David Wentworth
Managing Director of Learning & Talent
Brandon Hall Group

Artrell Williams
Learning Solutions Architect
Mukeva Learning Partners

Taylor Williams
Manager of Corporate Training
The Haskell Company

Becky Willis
CLO
Tractus Learning

Karie Willyerd
Head of Strategic Engagements
GP Strategies

Vanessa Zamy
President & Chief Training Officer
LiberationX Contracts