2024 Positive Business Speakers & Leaders

Featured Main Stage Sessions

  • Susan Cain, Bestselling Author & Host of the Quiet Life Community
  • Marcus Collins, Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan & Bestselling Author
  • Jane Dutton, Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Emerita Professor of Business Administration and Psychology, University of Michigan
  • Jason Flynn, Workforce Transformation Principal, Deloitte Consulting
  • Stacey A. Gordon, Workplace Culture Consultant, Rework Work
  • Darienne Driver Hudson, EdD, President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
  • Roman Kapuscinski, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, University of Michigan
  • Kelly Kagan Law, Senior Director, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Bailey Mattacola, Chief Operating Officer, Shinola
  • Heather Raffo, Playwright & Actor
  • Gretchen Spreitzer, Associate Dean for Corporate and Executive Relations, Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
  • Monica Worline, Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations; Faculty, Organizations and Management, University of Michigan

Workshops

  • Cheri Alexander, Adjunct Lecturer of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
  • Susan Ashford, Michael & Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations; Management and Organizations Group Chair, University of Michigan
  • Lisa Borton, Theatrical Designer; Lecturer IV & Resident Scenic Designer, Dept. of Theatre & Dance, University of Michigan-Flint
  • Pilar Buelna, Senior Manager, North America & APAC, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Kim Cameron, William Russell Kelly Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Professor Emeritus of Higher Education, University of Michigan
  • Kiana Cook, Multidisciplinary Artist; Graduate Student Instructor, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, University of Michigan
  • Afarin Davari, Manager, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Jerry Davis, Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
  • Katy Green, Council Facilitator III, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Lindred Greer, Professor of Management and Organizations; Faculty Director, Sanger Leadership Center, University of Michigan
  • Galit Hanien, Senior Manager, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Kathryn Heinze, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
  • Taeya Howell, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Brigham Young University
  • Kelly Kagan Law, Senior Director, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Shirli Kopelman, Professor of Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
  • Dallas Mcghee-Henry, Multidisciplinary Artist; Academic Program Manager, University of Michigan
  • Chris Murchison, Creative Thought Partner, Consultant, & Positive Organization Coach
  • Caco Neves, Art Director & Graphic Artist
  • Shelby Newport, Costume & Makeup Designer; Professor of Theatre, Department of Fine & Performing Arts, University of Michigan-Flint
  • Liz Nolan, Program Manager, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Robert E. Quinn, Margaret Elliott Tracy Collegiate Emeritus Professor in Business Administration; Emeritus Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
  • Shawn Quinn, Faculty, Executive Education, University of Michigan
  • Jackson Sillars, Council Facilitator, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Sara Soderstrom, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment, University of Michigan
  • Vic Strecher, Founder and CEO, Kumanu; Professor, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Michigan
  • Stewart Thornhill, Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies; Executive Director, Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Michigan
  • Jill Valle, Senior Manager, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Natalia Velcheva, Council Facilitator, Council, Snap Inc.
  • Amy Young, Lecturer of Business Communication, University of Michigan
  • Charlene Zietsma, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise; Faculty Director, Erb Institute, University of Michigan

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