Lt Gen (RET) Burt Field began his Air Force career as an F16 fight pilot. He ascended the ranks and retired as a three-star general. The transition from a single-seat fighter plane to commanding thousands of troops reveals Gen Field's leadership development. Gen Field experiences illustrate how leaders can apply the same skills in this age of Artif…

Why would anybody in his right mind want to jump on a sled and hurl himself down an icy mountain at over 80 miles per hour? At the age of 21, Ruben Gonzalez took up the sport of luge and started training for the Olympics. Four years and a few broken bones later, Ruben made his Olympic dream come true! But he didn’t stop there... Ruben kept training…

Avital and Bobby Carroll discuss human performance and leadership. They are the husband/wife team that created a stir on the Freestyle Skiing World Cup Tour, where Avital finished #8 in the world and won two bronze medals at the 2023 World Championships. Bobby is the head coach of the Austrian National Team and an assistant coach of the Australian …

After graduating from the US Air Force Academy, Burt Field qualified to fly F-16 fighter planes and then rose to instructor. His Air Force career led him to be named Commander of the US Forces in Japan and the 5th Air Force. Lt Gen Field also served as the Military Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke followed by serving as the Vice Director o…

Casey Converse is the former head swimming coach at the US Air Force Academy. He is a 4X national champion and represented the United States in Montreal's 1976 Summer Olympic Games. Casey was the 1977 NCAA champion and American record holder in the mile. He has coached multiple national champions, All-Americans, and conference champions throughout …

Dave Nordel is a retired United States Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant with over 30 years of service. He is a registered nurse and emergency manager, and served as a medic in areas of operations that include Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South America, Iraq, Korea, Japan, and Hungary. Dave grew up in a dairy farming community in rural Northern Cal…

Dr. Heidi K. Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and a former professor at Harvard Business School. Previously a McKinsey consultant and Fulbright Fellow, she is the author of Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos, a Washington Post bestseller. She was named by Thinkers50 as a Next…

Into this new world, Sheri L. Orlowitz’s 30-plus-year experience as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, turn-around expert, board director, corporate leader, attorney and former federal prosecutor make her uniquely qualified not only to lead companies in the cannabis industry but to advise regulators and identify best in class cannabis companies. …

Michael Okaty is a partner and business lawyer who focuses on a wide variety of corporate transactions, governance, and counseling. He serves as an advisor and trustee to high-net-worth individuals and families. Mike is founder and former chair of the firm’s Senior Living Industry Team, former vice chair of the firm’s Industry Teams Department and …

Robert Jordan is the author of RIGHT LEADER, RIGHT TIME: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career, which is the executive reader’s one-stop guide to assessing their distinct leadership style and a step-by-step plan for optimizing that style to best suit their business and scale its growth. Robert identified 4 distinct leadership styles a…

Craig Jones is a veteran of the venture capital and private equity industries and currently runs the private equity firm TPE Boulder. He has invested extensively in software, healthcare, and business services companies, leading investments in over 60 companies. He is Chairman of Integrated Computer Systems. He is also a member of the Board of Direc…

Mark C. Crowley provides the roadmap workplace leaders the world over are seeking: How to most successfully and sustainably inspire and manage other human beings in the post-pandemic era. Nearly 50 million workers quit their jobs in the U.S. alone in 2021 - a record number likely to be exceeded in 2022. While we might imagine that an opportunity to…

Rich Gannon played 18 years in the NFL where he was the leagues's MVP, a 4X Pro Bowl selection, 2X first team All-Pro, 3X AFC Player of the Year and 2X AFC Offensive Player of the Year. He led the Oakland Raiders to the Super Bowl in 2002. He attended the University of Delaware where he was named Yankee Conference Player of the Year as a senior and…

Matt Doherty of Doherty Coaching Practice played and coached basketball at the University of North Carolina. He started on the 1982 National Championship team with NBA greats Michael Jordan & James Worthy. The program was led by legendary coach Dean Smith. Matt went on to coach college basketball. He was the head coach at Notre Dame before taking o…

Now in his eighth season as head coach at Sam Houston, K.C. Keeler has taken the Bearkats to places they have never been before, culminating in the program's first-ever FCS national championship in 2020.In his tenure he has directed the Bearkats to a 71-22 record that includes 14 victories over top-10 ranked opponents and 13 wins in NCAA postseason…

Since Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham officially began his duties as Carolina’s director of athletics on November 14, 2011, UNC has graduated over 1000 student-athletes while consistently competing for championships in an array of different sports – exciting, motivating and influencing along the way. Under Cunningham’s leadership, the athletic depar…

Col Sean Finnan is a command pilot in the United States Air Force with over 3,100 hours in several variants of the C-130. He has flown missions throughout the world, including in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, the USAF Weapons School, the US Army’s Command and General Staff College, and the …

Colonel Ryan “Rhino” Hill is a command pilot with over 2,500 hours in the A-10 and A-29. He is a former commander of the 81st Fighter Squadron and has served in combat in Afghanistan as an A-10 pilot and as a Battalion Air Liaison Officer. He is a 1999 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and has master’s degrees from the Air Command and…

Neal Doshi is the founder of M3 Capital Partners in Bloomfield, Michigan. A proven entrepreneur with extensive knowledge in strategy, operations, and business development, Neal has managed cross-functional teams in logistics, inventory management, sales, and strategy. He has over 16 years of experience in a myriad of industries including private eq…

Max DeZara founded Akoya Capital Partners in 2005. He serves as Managing Partner of the company and is involved in overseeing all aspects of the operation. Mr. DeZara has sourced, evaluated, valued, and structured numerous investment opportunities across a variety of industries including manufacturing, professional information services, consumer fo…

Ben Levin is a founder, partner, and Co-CEO at Level. He has been an investor in growing media, software and services companies since 1997. Prior to Level he was Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners and previously held positions with Mentmore Holdings Corporation, the private investment arm of a New York City based family office, and in th…

Brett Hickey has been structuring, analyzing and managing private equity, mezzanine and U.S. Government sponsored investment funds for over a decade. Prior to launching Star Mountain Capital, Mr. Hickey was the Co-Founder and President of a multi-manager platform including 4 U.S. state sponsored small business investment funds. Mr. Hickey has exten…

Craig Jones is a veteran of the venture capital and private equity industries and currently runs the private equity firm TPE Boulder. He has invested extensively in in software, healthcare and business services companies, leading investments in over 60 companies. Mr. Jones is Chairman of technology companies Blue Sky Network and CloudXPartners and …

Mike de Windt was a Founder & CEO of Gates Group Capital Partners (GGCP) a Cleveland-based private equity firm. Mr. de Windt brings considerable background in M&A, finance, strategy development and operational improvement. Founded in 2002 with over $300 million of capital under management, GGCP made investments in middle market businesses within th…