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David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
4126 Executive Dr.
La Jolla, California, 92037
United States

Anna Crowe

Personal growth, mindset

Anna Crowe is a visionary entrepreneur, accomplished author, and CEO of Crowe PR, a three-time Inc. 5000 company. With a fearless mindset and relentless drive, she has transformed her immigrant journey into a story of industry leadership, innovation, and impact. www.anna-crowe.com

Connie Bennett

Author, Journalist & Coach

Connie Bennett is a self-mocking, former sugar-and-carb addict, journalist, author of three books, transformational speaker, DreamBuilder Coach, health coach, life coach, and EFT (tapping) practitioner. After more than a decade of eating wholesome foods (with no sugar) and helping people worldwide kick sugar, Bennett suddenly blew her diet with ultra-processed carbs after a heartbreaking year helplessly watching cancer end her mother’s life. Within months after her loss, Bennett packed on 21 pounds, developed insulin resistance, and felt like a big fraud, because for years, she’d been speaking about sugar’s dangers. But hitting rock bottom ignited Bennett’s curiosity. For seven years, she dove into the research to discover why so many of us eat so badly, when junk foods most entice us, and how people can yank back their power, tune out temptation, and make healthier choices. Bennett is the author of I Blew My Diet! Now What?, Sugar Shock!, and Beyond Sugar Shock. www.connieb.com

Daryl Bob Goldberg

Exploration, Transformation, Growth

"Daryl Bob Goldberg is a thought leader, filmmaker, and author, recognized for his ability to weave compelling narratives across mediums. His talk, God for Atheists: Finding the Benefits of Faith Beyond Belief, challenges conventional views on faith, demonstrating how its practices can enrich even the most skeptical among us. Daryl's literary accomplishments include the acclaimed [Life] Lessons Learned Diving, which blends scuba diving philosophy with psychological insights, and his debut book, First-Time Filmmaker F#^-ups,* a must-read for aspiring filmmakers. As a filmmaker, his credits span critically acclaimed feature films, large-format media, and award-winning short-form content, earning praise from Variety for his ""wryly hilarious, completely overboard, and unpredictable"" style. Through his books and thought leadership, he inspires others to explore the depths of their own potential. HappinessBeyondBelief.org

Eric Hannah

Emotional Resiliency Building

Eric Hannah is the Founder and CEO of Ambassadors of Compassion. Ambassadors of Compassion is an evidence-based program to help solve the mental and emotional health crisis facing this generation. Over 100,000 students have taken the independently measured and proven programs that reduce anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts while increasing school and work engagement, academic performance, and workplace readiness. Eric was the starting place kicker at the University of Colorado and a member of the National Championship team. After an injury ended his career, he pursued his passion for film making. Eric’s first film Extreme Attitude was considered by the ski industry to be one the year’s best. Eric has directed and produced many movies and television shows including Meet me in Miami, ExtremeDays and Lombardi Honors, one of college football’s most prestige awards. His passion for youth led him to create Ambassadors of Compassion. Ambassadorsofcompassion.org

Gregory Russell Benedikt

Life & Leadership Coaching

Gregory is on a mission to live a story worth telling while helping others do the same. He is an ICF-certified coach who specializes in helping people get the things that money can't buy. His coaching philosophy is centered around his belief that what we want most in life (happiness, meaning, fulfillment, purpose, and a sense of ALIVENESS) can't be bought. Rather, they come as a byproduct of having the courage to pursue our biggest dreams and live a life true to ourselves. He has dedicated his life to helping people transform their lives through taking BOLD action and a process he calls "Living a Story Worth Telling." https://gregoryrussellbenedikt.com/

Hanalei Vierra Ph.D., MFT

Men's Emotional Development

Hanalei Vierra, PhD., MFT is an expert on men’s emotional health. He is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in San Diego, California, where he has specialized for over 30 years in teaching adult men how to become emotionally healthy partners in their intimate relationships…WITHOUT SACRIFICING THEIR MASCULINITY! Hanalei’s down-to-earth approach to 21st century masculinity focuses on helping men access the testicular fortitude necessary to free themselves from the prison of emotional ignorance that defines traditional toxic masculinity. He believes that men have been conditioned to associate “being manly” with hiding behind a “mask of masculinity” to show the world that we are not vulnerable to our very human experiences of fear, pain, anger, sadness, and shame. This keeps men functioning as emotionally immature boys in their adult relationships, and it also disconnects men from their authenticity, personal integrity, and self-respect. www.hanaleivierra.com

Sarah Federman

Associate Professor, Business Ethics, Corporate Accountability

Dr. Sarah Federman, an Associate Professor at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies, studies the intersection of business and mass atrocity. She wrote the award-winning Transformative Negotiation: Strategies for Everyday Change and Equitable Futures (University of California Press, 2023) and the award-winning Last Train to Auschwitz: The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability (University of Wisconsin 2021). Coming soon: Reckoning: How Companies Can Atone for Historical Transgressions (MIT Press). In addition to two co-authored anthologies, she has also written for the Harvard Business Review and Journal of Business Ethics. Federman testified twice before Congress concerning the responsibility of U.S. banks to respond to their slavery ties. Federman comes to this work after a decade as an international advertising executive working in over 10 countries, engaging with companies such as Google, Discovery, Bloomberg and NFL. www.sarahfederman.com