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Dr. Brynn Winegard

Keynote Speaker & Business-Brain Expert (Marketing, Retail) | DrBrynn.com

Dr. Brynn L. Winegard is a professor, expert, and speaker in business-brain sciences. A business person and entrepreneur, Winegard looks at business phenomena through the lens of social and brain sciences in order to gain a deeper understanding of how and why things work or manifest the way they do. What are shoppers really looking for? What do consumers really want from producers? How can we use insights from the social and brain sciences to be better at our jobs and in our lives - be better leaders, sales people, engagers, managers, be more successful? Contact Brynn to gain a deeper understanding - and therefore better insights - of the business phenomena you are considering, looking at, or investigating.

Lorrie Hagen

Executive Director | The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre

type 1 diabetes, healthcare, healthcare administration, community health leadership

Ms. Rikia Saddy

Business Strategist/ | CEO Advisor

Trusted advisor to CEOs worldwide, liberating talent, innovation and shareholder value through aligned and visionary market strategy. I have a gift for making complicated ideas sound clear, and love providing insight on business models, change, politics, education and innovation. My fundamental belief is that we are one.

Jackie Porter

Canada's Financial Confidante | Carte Wealth Management

Recognized as Canada’s Financial Confidante | Executive at Powerful Women Today & PWT+ | Financial Advisor | Financial Speaker | Financial Planner | Financial Strategist | Wealth Professional | Speaker | Author | Helping Women build financial confidence

Hannah Beach

Author, Educator, Play-Based Consultant, Emotional Health Consultant, and Keynote Speaker | Hannah Beach Consulting

Education, play-based learning, emotional health in schools, trauma-Informed, Neufeld, anxiety in children, aggression in children, relationships and development, relationships and play.