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In 2018, Alec Lace, father of four, became distraught over the decline of fatherhood in America. A railroad mechanic by trade and a part-time Uber driver, Alec launched a podcast named First Class Fatherhood, with a vision to change the narrative of what true fatherhood means. His goal was to give dads an opportunity to encourage others by sharing the experiences and wisdom they’ve gained during their respective journeys. The show quickly became one of the top parenting podcasts (over 3 million downloads) thanks to interviews with hundreds of the most recognized fathers in the world from professional sports, media, Hollywood celebrities, politics, the military, and business leaders. Alec has interviewed more than 600 notable guests about core fatherhood topics, such as discipline, education, dating, self-care, finances, faith, and service. A partial list of contributors includes: Pro Sports - Tom Brady, Tony Hawk, Dana White, Kurt Warner, Deion Sanders, Mario Andretti, Mike Piazza, Buster Douglas Hollywood Actors - Matthew McConaughey, Danny Trejo, Dean Cain, Brian Austin Green, Josh Peck, John Cho, Jason Alexander Comedians - Steve Harvey, Adam Carolla, Jim Breuer, Howie Mandel, Joel McHale Military Heroes - Jocko Willink, Tim Kennedy, Marcus Luttrell, Dakota Meyer, Rob O'Neill, Mike Durant Music - Donny Osmond, Nick Carter, Logic, Rotimi, AJ McLean, Mark McGrath “Being a father is the most important role a man can play in life,” says Alec. “It is my hope is that First Class Fatherhood, with so much advice from successful fathers— will help change the narrative of fatherhood and family life, and greatly reduce the number of children growing up without a father in the home.” In addition to advice from his guests, Alec also shares his own thoughts and tips on being a “Fatherhood Ambassador” to encourage men in their fatherhood journeys. Alec Lace is the creator and host of the popular podcast First Class Fatherhood, created in 2018 with a vision to change the narrative of fatherhood and family life. Since its inception, Alec has interviewed hundreds of high-profile fathers from the fields of professional sports, media, politics, and leaders of business. Alec does all of this while continuing to be a dedicated railroad mechanic—a position he has held for twenty years—and an Uber driver on weekends. He is also the author of the Bestselling book, First Class Fatherhood: Advice & Wisdom from High-Profile Dads
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Often referred to as the “Blind Spot Navigator”, Likky Lavji’s passionate, candid nature engages audiences with his resonating message about leadership and organizational potential to power performance. As an executive business coach and keynote speaker, Likky has worked with leading organizations such as Lenovo Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Canadian Cancer Society, The Vancouver Airport Authority, and Telus Corp just to name a few. He has been featured in many Podcasts on topics such as effective leadership, discovering blindspots to achieve peak performance, breaking organizational barriers, and equation for employee happiness.
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A social media marketer that genuinely enjoys using creativity to get our clients maximum success. Whether it be ROI, Lead generation, or Increased online presence, I live to save you time and stress by maintaining and managing your social media marketing.Your business has a unique need and it can be filled.
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Wendy Coulter is a business leader, award-winning brand strategist, and champion for women business owners. As the Founder and CEO of Hummingbird Creative Group, she brings over 25 years of experience helping businesses clarify their brand positioning, communicate their value, and grow revenue through intentional marketing and design. Inspired by a childhood surrounded by entrepreneurial spirit, Wendy launched Hummingbird in 1995 to help other businesses take flight. Today, she continues to guide clients with bold strategy, personal insight, and a creative mindset that shifts brand equity from the founder to the business itself by enhancing scalability and longevity. Wendy is a frequent speaker on branding, leadership, and business growth, and has been featured in leading publications, podcasts, and panels across industries.
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Keith L. Gregory is an accomplished leader of large and small governmental organizations, and has been the mind behind several bureaucracy disrupting innovations over his 13 year affordable housing career. He comes from a distinguished and diverse public housing background, working or some of the largest and most progressive housing authorities in the nation including the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, the Housing Authority of Cook County and the Aurora Housing Authority in metropolitan Chicago, the Housing Authority of Fulton County in Atlanta and more recently the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority in Juneau, Alaska. During the course of his housing career, Mr. Gregory has been involved in the management of nearly $1 billion dollars and overseen the operations of housing for more than 5,000 families. He also has experience developing new housing, having been involved in the creation of nearly 2,500 units of housing during his career. In the City of Aurora, Mr. Gregory was directly responsible for the creation of more than 300 new units of housing and an estimated $100 million in new housing developments in a 3 year period. Several of the projects that Mr. Gregory has been involved in have gone on to win national and state awards. Outside his affordable housing career Mr. Gregory has also been a successful entrepreneur, starting and selling multiple businesses including a record label, a real estate development corporation, and a consulting firm. Mr. Gregory was born and raised in Michigan City, Indiana, and is a 2002 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he received his B.S. in Business Administration.
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Hanan SALAM holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. She is the co-founder and the head of education and Research of Women in AI. Previosly she was the head of research and development at A.I.Mergence, a startup in robotics and Artificial Intelligence working on creating an intelligent autonomous robot, revolutionizing home security. She is also a lecturer in AI and conducts research in specific areas of applied Artificial Intelligence. She received a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering in 2010 from the Lebanese university in parallel with the M.S. degree in image and signal processing from Centrale, Nantes. She received her PhD in human-machine interaction from Supélec, Rennes. Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence, human-computer interaction, social robotics, computer vision, machine learning and affective computing.
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James Perkins, Jr., made history in 2000 when he became mayor of Selma, Alabama, marking a turning point in the city's long history of racism. Perkins was born to Etta and James Per-kins, Sr. in Selma, Alabama. He grew up in a time when segregation was law in the South. However, he also grew up during a time when change was beginning. He was not yet ten when the Selma march occurred. By the time Perkins entered high school, integration laws had passed, and he joined the first group of black children to enter the newly formed Selma High School, after the two high schools, A.G. Parish and R.B Hudson, were merged, bringing black and white students together for the first time. He was also among the first graduating class from Selma High School. Perkins continued his education at historically black college, Alabama A&M in Huntsville, Alabama. He joined the Caterpillar Tractor Company as a computer programmer and later as a systems analyst. He left Caterpillar and joined the Martin Marietta Corporation as a project manager. In 1980 Perkins returned to Selma to begin his own computer consulting firm, Business Ventures, Inc. He also studied business administration at Auburn University in Selma. Perkins and his wife, Cynthia, began to raise their four children in his hometown. Things were dire in Selma. Advancement for blacks crept along, despite two-thirds of Selma's 20,000 residents being African American. To Perkins, it was time for things to change. A number of others agreed. Frederick Reese, a life-long activist ran for the office of mayor in 1984. Perkins served as his campaign manager. Although Reese lost the election, Perkins remained committed to political advocacy, involving himself more and more. Perkins' first years as mayor were not without difficulty. Months following his election, during a march to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, marchers tried to take down a statue that honored a Confederate soldier who was also a founder of the Ku Klux Klan. As he worked to improve relations between Selma's black and white residents, as well as to bring some much-needed jobs to the area, James Perkins showed himself to be an indomitable leader who used all his strength and ingenuity to complete the tasks set before him.
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John Thibault is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley startup, iLobby and the author of the #1 International bestseller "How to Change a Law" and “Sway.” Previously he served in government affairs at MCA/Universal. He was also the first VP of business development and marketing at eBay and the first VP of marketing at Financial Engines. He has been published in Association News, Manufacturing Today, CEO for High Growth Ventures and Millennial Magazine and been interviewed on radio affiliates for ABC, CBS and NBC. John is also the 2nd most viewed writer on the topic of lobbying on Quora. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Ryerson University and an MFA from UCLA. He enjoys skiing and lives with his wife and three children in Northern California.
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Batista Gremaud, is a former Professional Performing Artist, International Body Designer, Co-founder of the International Institute of Body Design, Number One Best Selling author. and Empowerment Speaker on the topics of missing links to fitness consciousness....through body, mind and spirit. Batista was the featured speaker at the Wayfarer Chapel speaker’s series 2019, authority expert speaker at the International Pain Foundation, Producer and host of “The Dr Fitness USA Show”. Co-host of the 13-part series “The Esoteric Principles of BodyBuilding, Batista Gremaud has appeared on various platforms such as KPFK Inner Vision with Dr. Richard Byrd, "People of distinction” with Al Cole, “Amazing women of Power", “The Dr. Kevin” show, Lou Hicks famous "Aimed2Purpose" global broadcast, "Sonia Unplugged", the Nikki Rich show, Never Too Late for Fitness with Phil Faris, Princess Power. Awarded the “Most Outstanding Fitness Program For 2019” by the Winners Circle. No1 Best Selling author of "Feminine Body Design, Empowering Fitness for a Pain Free Life", and co-creator of the Feminine Body Design online prescription strength training system. Also available on Amazon books by Batista include "Posture4Power", How to Lose Weight and Look good with Strength Training". Batista has written for "Keys to Recovery", "Recovery Illustrated" magazines and online health platforms. Batista’s story and journey featured on Voyage LA. Batista Gremaud’s long time passion in quantum physics and metaphysical science inspires her to help people of all ages to achieve greater integration of body, mind and spirit through the practice of strengthening the body and the mind with the Dr Fitness USA’s Body Design Formula prescription strength training coaching system.
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Dr. Lee Mellor is a criminal profiler, cold case investigator, and bestselling author specializing in the study and investigation of aberrant homicide and sex crime, particularly multiple murder (i.e., serial, spree, and mass). Over the past 10 years he has spoken to the general public, law enforcement, and academics about the most darkest, most perverse, and bestial crimes known to man... and they've loved every minute of it. Though born in the UK and residing in Canada, Mellor has actively worked with law enforcement on cases from New York to Alabama and sat across the table from serial killers and gang members. Mentored by the legendary Dr. Eric Hickey, Mellor is a global authority on sexual violence and and the world's leading expert on necrophilic homicide. He is the Chair of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases' (AISOCC) Academic committee, and host of the popular true crime podcast 'Murder Was the Case'. A natural storyteller, while obtaining his B.A. in History he was voted the third most popular singer-songwriter in Montreal next to Leonard Cohen and Rufus Wainwright. His publications include: Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook Understanding Necrophilia: A Global Multidisciplinary Approach Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing Dr. Mellor is available to speak all over the world on the topics of : serial murder (understanding and/or investigating) sex crime (understanding and/or investigating) paraphilia and fetishism criminal profiling rampage murder media and crime psychopathy offenders who send communications to the police, media etc. writing true crime cults OR he can simply regale an audience with a litany of fascinating yarns!
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Deanna Slamans is a public speaker, author, educator and the co-owner of the Amazing Freedom Amazon Sellers Group. Prior to partnering with her husband as an entrepreneur, Deanna was the Curriculum Supervisor for Social & Emotional Learning at the Milton Hershey School (a boarding school for needy children located in Hershey, PA). She is an educator, conference speaker and workshop leader for children and adults. Before becoming an administrator at MHS, Deanna and her husband, Andy, were full-time houseparents at the school for 14 years, helping to raise 100 middle and high school age boys. As much as Deanna loves to write, she is especially passionate about her relationship with God and speaks from her trials, hurts, and successes, knowing that in those moments God has drawn very near to listen to and be present with her. Deanna's transparency and encouragement keep conference attendees and workshop participants wanting to learn more and grow deeper in their faith. Deanna's passion for God's word has allowed her to teach in home Bible Studies and record DVD studies for women. Deanna holds a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology from Temple University and a Bachelor's Degree in Radio, TV & Film from Messiah College. Deanna was fortunate enough to be a student at the Milton Hershey School--from 8th-12th grade and graduated in 1991. Deanna is the author of a memoir titled, "Faith's Pursuit: Understanding God's Faithfulness in Suffering", and "The House That Chocolate Built: Parenting at the Sweetest Boarding School on Earth", a story about her family's career while houseparenting at Milton Hershey. Deanna also appears on the "Genesis of Woman" Bible Study series produced by Real Women of the 21st Century and the "Living Better" series which is a DVD study for incarcerated women. Deanna has also appeared on the Harvest Television Show that aired on July 6. Deanna lives with her husband, Andy and their two children, Korri and AJ, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Kanwal Khipple is the CEO and Founder of 2toLead, a one of a kind consulting services firm. Kanwal is a thought leader within the SharePoint industry, experienced in building engaging and award winning solutions; most recently awarded Nielsen Norman award for the Top 10 Intranets for 2014 & 2015. He continues to push for innovation and disruption in tackling business problems by leveraging the right blend of design and technology. Kanwal has been recognized as a SharePoint Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft (2009 to Present) for his impact to SharePoint & Office 365 community.
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