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Friday TEDx Talk and Panel

"How Association Leaders Can Leverage AI and Amazon’s Principles to Grow in the AI Era"

Trent Gillespie

Former Head of Amazon’s Global Growth, Delivery Innovation, and Alexa AI Privacy, Stellis AI CEO

Trent Gillespie doesn’t just talk about AI—he’s built and led AI-powered innovations at the highest levels. With over 25 years of experience driving transformative change, and nearly a decade at Amazon driving its global expansion, Last Mile innovation, and Alexa AI privacy efforts, Trent has shaped AI strategies that impact millions worldwide.

Now, as CEO of Stellis AI, he works directly with executives to turn AI potential into real business results. He’s the architect behind the AI Flywheel™ and AI SPRINT™ frameworks—Amazon-inspired, battle-tested approaches that help organizations harness AI for innovation, growth, and competitive advantage.

 

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Saturday TEDx Talk and Panel

"The Art of Caring Leadership in Action"

Heather Younger

Resilience expert, best-selling author, and host of Leadership with Heart podcast

Heather R. Younger empowers organizations to build trust, boost engagement, and create inclusive environments where employees thrive.

A trusted advisor to global companies and a contributor to leading news outlets like Forbes, Fast Company, NBC and ABC, Heather R. Younger, J.D. is an expert on Caring Leadership® and active listening at work. She is the Founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix, a preeminent employee engagement and workplace culture consulting firm conducting annual research on workplace culture, to help companies redefine their culture strategy.

With over 25 years of successfully managing teams, she has worked in customer experience, sales, and large account management for multi-million dollar accounts within multiple industries such as tech, staffing, healthcare, professional services, the public sector, and the financial sector. She's a renowned keynote speaker, drawing insights from current data and putting into practice what she teaches in her Caring Leadership Transformation Model™. Heather’s strategies yield tangible business results, including heightened employee engagement, unwavering loyalty, seamless collaboration, and robust connectivity.

Heather is a former practicing attorney, a LinkedIn Learning course partner, three-time bestselling author, TEDX speaker and host of the popular Leadership With Heart podcast. She is also an Adjunct Organizational Leadership Professor at University College at Denver University.

Heather's personal journey, rooted in her challenging experiences growing up as the only child of an interfaith and interracial marriage and being excluded because of her race, fueled her unwavering determination to ensure that workplaces around the world make both employees and customers alike feel heard, valued and seen.

 

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