Leadership
Super Bowl champion, Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 2011
Matt Birk grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and attended Catholic elementary and high school. He was a Cub Scout, a member of the National Honor Society, and played “pretty much every sport there was to play.” After high school, Matt attended Harvard University and earned a degree in Economics. While playing for the Harvard Crimson, he received several football honors, including All-Ivy League and Division I-AA All-American.
Make Your Business Human. Matt wants you to experience a shift to put people first.
Chair of the Caign to Help Afghan Women and Girls, Philanthropist, Feminist and the wife of talk show host Jay Leno
Mavis Nicholson Leno is the Chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Caign to Help Afghan Women and Girls, and has been the United States' most outspoken critic of the Taliban's horrific treatment of women. Leno joined the Board of Directors of the Feminist Majority Foundation in 1997, after playing an active role in the effort to defeat Proposition 209, the anti-affirmative action initiative on the 1996 California ballot.
Melissa is a leading advisor, coach, and advocate for human-centered leadership. Her expertise is curated from over twenty-five years of leading thriving teams across a variety of industries, including investments, insurance, ed-tech, associations, and business consulting.
Named one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts To Watch, Top 41 Motivational Speakers, and Top 50 Sales Speaker, Meridith Elliott Powell is passionate about helping her clients learn the secrets to turning uncertainty and change into major competitive advantage. Meridith is an award winning strategist and author, whose research in the field of uncertainty and change will shift how you think, how you feel, and most importantly the actions you take to move past extreme obstacles and challenges.
Cross between Daniel Goleman, Tony Robbins & Ellen Degeneres... smart, inspiring & funny! Merit combines content, connection & comedy to increase sales, influence leadership & impact communication.