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<p>Kuda Biza is a serial entrepreneur who builds profitable companies to solve the world’s biggest problems: education and hunger. </p><p>He started his first company when he was just nine years old in Zimbabwe. Kuda moved to the U.S. with only $40 in his pocket to study at Lynn University, he started his second company, a socially conscious apparel brand, before graduating as valedictorian of his class.

<p>Blockchain pioneer, builder, four-time startup entrepreneur at the intersection of emerging technology and cultural trends.</p><p>Samantha Radocchia ("Sam Rad") is a reformed gamer who started studying virtual currencies in 2009 while writing her anthropology thesis on currency exchanges in the virtual world <i>Second Life</i>. Since then, she has founded four companies, holds several patents, and was an early and outspoken voice in blockchain as the co-founder of Chronicled, an enterprise blockchain company focused on supply chains.

<p>Erin King is a researcher, bestselling author, global keynote speaker, and the world’s leading energy management expert.</p><p> Erin King started her first two ventures, Jump Digital Media and PMS.com, before the age of 30. Her third venture, Socialite Agency, was acquired in 2021 by Strikepoint (Named 2x to the Inc.

<p>Ryan Leak is a dynamic speaker, <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author, and strategic advisor renowned for his ability to inspire and transform individuals and organizations.</p><p> As the CEO of a leadership development firm based in Dallas, Ryan and his team train over 30,000 leaders annually — from Fortune 500 companies to professional sports teams.

<p>Cassandra Worthy gives business leaders and teams a framework of behavior and tools necessary to grow through change.</p><p>Cassandra Worthy is lighting the world on fire with her refreshingly unique take on not just <i>managing</i> but <i>growing </i>through change.

<p>“Recognized by <em>Meetings and Conventions Magazine</em> as one of the nation’s top business speakers.”</p><p>Kaplan Mobray is globally acclaimed as one of the world’s most dynamic and inspirational business speakers and award-winning author of “The 10Ks of Personal Branding”.</p><p>Educated at the Wharton School he has been featured across global media outlets including CNN, Biz Asia, FOX Business, <em>Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal</em>, and shares his message to NFL players and fans annually at the Super Bowl.

<p>Courtney Clark helps teams adapt to change, embrace resilience and achieve more.</p><p>In her twenties, Courtney Clark was “the luckiest unlucky person in the world.” She survived both cancer and a brain aneurysm and then went on to build two successful businesses and to write three books—<em>The Giving Prescription,</em> <em>The Successful Struggle: Powerful Techniques to Achieve Accelerated Resilience </em>and her most recent <em>ReVisionary Thinking</em>.

<p>Jill Schlesinger, a Certified Financial Planner professional (CFP®), is the Emmy and Gracie award-winning business analyst for CBS News, where she translates complicated business and economic news into understandable, relatable topics for everyday people.

<p>One of the Army’s most skilled logisticians, Major General Vincent Boles (Ret.) has decades of experience in managing the world’s largest and most complex supply chain, from the port to the Pentagon, and he gives audiences the benefit of his considerable leadership and supply chain expertise. </p><p>General Boles served in a variety of assignments over a 33-year career, holding command positions at every level and serving in multiple combat deployments.

<p>John Manzella is a world-recognized speaker, author of several books, and an international columnist on global business, trade policy, labor, and the latest economic trends. </p><p>His valuable insight, analysis and strategic direction have been vital to many of the world's largest corporations, associations and universities preparing for the business, economic and political challenges ahead.</p><p>John's views have appeared in<span style="color: black;"> </span><em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>New York