Clint Swindall is the president and CEO of Verbalocity, Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement. These solutions include leadership development programs, training, speaking and general consulting.

As a professional speaker, Clint Swindall travels the world delivering high-content speeches and training in an entertaining and inspirational style to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and trade associations.

Clint enjoys the challenge of enhancing employee engagement for his clients by delivering programs based on his book entitled Engaged Leadership: Building a Culture to Overcome Employee Disengagement (John Wiley & Sons, 2007). He recognizes that a culture of employee engagement is a two-way road, and that true engagement comes when leaders and employees are both doing their part. In addition to working with leaders to build a culture to overcome employee disengagement, Clint addresses the employee’s role in his follow-up book entitled Living for the Weekday: What Every Employee and Boss Needs to Know about Enjoying Work and Life (John Wiley & Sons, 2010).

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Kevin Sweeney is a combat veteran having flown missions in both Viet Nam and Desert Storm. He spent 23 years in the Air Force and Air National Guard attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. Kevin is the only pilot to have landed a plane successfully with the 2 engines ripped off the left wing during a night combat mission in Desert Storm. Recognized for providing, “the finest piece of airmanship to have occurred during the entire Gulf War,” by General Charles Horner, top commander of Allied Air Forces during the Gulf War, Kevin is also the recipient of the United States Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, a medal awarded to fewer than 1% of pilots. Featured in Reader's Digest and on the A&E channel, Kevin is also the author of 2 books, has held executive positions in sales and operations for a Fortune 50 corporation and serves as a university adjunct professor.

Dennis D. Strazulo has 24 years experience as a civil litigator and trial lawyer, specializing in employment law. He represents employers directly throughout California and is designated panel counsel for several Employment Practices Liability Insurance carriers in the United States and abroad. Mr. Strazulo also provides daily counsel and advice to executives and human resource managers regarding employment issues such as leaves, terminations, wage and hour compliance, policies and procedures, sexual harassment and severance agreements. Mr. Strazulo is a frequent lecturer on employment law topics and he appears weekly on The J.O.B. Radio Show - KQKE 960AM in San Francisco. His regular segments discussing current employment issues can also be heard online at www.workingradio.com.

Carol Stevens brings over 20 years of experience in management, strategic consulting, curriculum development and training delivery to her clients, and she prides herself on helping companies deliver better results through their greatest asset…their PEOPLE! She is a thoroughly orange-blooded graduate of the business school at The University of Texas at Austin, where she currently serves on the Chancellor’s Council. Her company was recently recognized as #4 of the 50 Fastest Growing Woman Owned Businesses in Houston. Carol is a Guest Columnist for the Training & Development Industry in the Houston Business Journal, a member of the National Speaker’s Association, and has served as a Board Member for several non-profit organizations, including the Houston Chapter of ASTD.

Peter Stark is a consultant, speaker and author whose career takes him around the world as he helps leaders build organizations where employees love to come to work and customers love to do business. Over the past twenty years, his consulting firm, The Peter Barron Stark Companies, has attracted clients such as the NFL, Aetna, Federal Reserve Bank, Sony, Vans, Sempra Energy, Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse, MetLife, Qualcomm, WD-40, Farmer’s Insurance and over 200 other leading organizations. Along with a speaking repertoire which includes an impressive line up of programs in the areas of Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leading Change, Customer Service and Negotiation Skills, his firm is also a leader in Employee Opinion Surveys and Executive Coaching. He has been published worldwide in over 300 articles through publications such as CNN, Inc.com, Investor’s Business Daily, Newsweek, Selling Power, The Miami Herald and The New York Times and has authored 9 books, including his most recent, The Competent Leader.

Linda Southard has over 20 years of experience in the leave management industry. She founded and was the past President of Work & Well, a national medical leave management company that manages and administers all medical leaves. After selling Work & Well to a private investor group in 2009, Linda formed Southard Consulting while continuing to consult to her former company. Ms. Southard has been an expert speaker at numerous national conferences on medical leave management, workers’ compensation, return-to-work programs, tracking outcomes, and developing and utilizing benchmarks.

Todd Solomon is a partner in and Chicago local practice group leader of the employee benefits practice group of McDermott Will & Emery LLP in its Chicago office.  Todd focuses his practice primarily on designing, amending, and administering pension plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans, 403(b) plans, and nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements.  He also counsels corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary and plan investment issues under ERISA, employee benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, executive compensation and Code Section 409A compliance and correction matters, and the implementation of benefit programs for domestic partners.  

As a business strategist, Greg Smith helps executives and business owners accelerate individual and organizational performance and navigate through increasing rates of change. He helps design strategies and processes to grow organizations and implement business initiatives creating clearer direction, increased profitability, stronger executive teams, improved communication and happier and more productive employees. He has written and published over 350 articles and nine books including his latest, Fired Up! Leading Your Organization to Achieve Exceptional Results. The Human Resource Executive magazine selected him as one of the nations’s Top 10 “Rising Stars” in Human Resource Management. Greg has received many awards and honors, but the one he treasures most is his Eagle Scout award.

Jonathan A. Siegel is a principal in the Orange County, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has spent more than 27 years at Jackson Lewis representing employers in workplace law matters.  In 2009, Jonathan was recognized as one of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in America. In 2020 and 2021, Jonathan was recognized in Best Lawyers in America.

Jonathan provides advice and counsel to employers regarding various issues including wage and hour, reduction in force, discipline, leave management, labor, harassment and discrimination issues. 

Jonathan has represented management in NLRB elections, unfair labor practice proceedings, collective bargaining and arbitrations.