Mark Lurie, a labor arbitrator and mediator, has held numerous distinguished roles in the field over the course of his four-decade career: member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, member of the Board of Governors, and editor–in-chief of both its print and online journals, The Proceedings of the National Academy, and Dispute Resolution in the

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Christopher Kelly has leveraged his lifelong passion for military history into a prolific writing career. Co-author with English historian Stuart Laycock of America Invades: How America has invaded or been Militarily Involved with nearly every Country on Earth and Italy Invades: How Italians Have Conquered the World, he has also edited An Adventure in 2014:

Sage Lavine is the CEO of Women Rocking Business (womenrockingbusiness.com) reaching nearly 100,000 conscious women entrepreneurs around the globe, and author of the book Women Rocking Business. Sage teaches women entrepreneurs to fill their practice and create sustainable wealth through creating a business they love. She has shared the stage with Neale Donald Walsch, Jack

Meredith O’Brien is author of Mr. Clark’s Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears and Jazz in a Middle School Band Room (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2017). A former newspaper reporter, investigative journalist and columnist, Meredith has authored two earlier books, Mortified, A Novel About Oversharing and A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum; and co-authored The Buying

Tim Pollard is author of The Compelling Communicator: Mastering the Art and Science of Exceptional Presentation Design (Conder House Press, 2016). He is the founder and CEO of Oratium, a communications firm helping organizations from Fortune 500 companies to law offices hone their presentation and messaging skills. In his decades-long marketing career, Tim has held