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Aaron Izaryk - Bridgton Academy and The Sanford Mainers

Aaron Izaryk is the head coach of Bridgton Academy Baseball and the General Manager of the Sanford Mainers.
Aaron Izaryk came on as the Head Coach of Bridgton Academy baseball in 2010. Since then he has transformed Bridgton into the premiere prep baseball program in New England. With two NECBA Championships, six playoff appearances, and countless players placed in top-level collegiate baseball programs, Izaryk has changed the culture of baseball at Bridgton Academy. His efforts were also instrumental in the construction of our new, Division I-level baseball complex on the Bridgton Academy campus.
In addition to his duties as Head Baseball Coach, Izaryk also the Academy’s Director of Athletics and Athletic Recruitment, where he oversees the overall vision and programming of all athletic teams. Previous to that, he was Director of College Counseling, where he guided many of our young men through the college selection process, as well as helping to clear the sometimes murky waters of the NCAA Clearinghouse.
Outside of the Academy, Izaryk has been the Manager of the NECBL’s Sanford Mainers for seven summers, notching seven playoff appearances, 150 wins, a trip to the NECBL finals in 2014 and the 2015 Joel Cooney NECBL Manager of the Year award. Throughout his time at Bridgton Academy and the Mainers, over 50 of Izaryk’s players have been selected in the Major League Draft.
Izaryk lives on the Bridgton Academy campus with his wife, Jamie, son, Parker and their two dogs. He is a devout Toronto Maple Leafs devotee, so be gentle if you ever have the chance to meet him.

Kate Bowler - Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved

Kate Bowler is an assistant professor at Duke Divinity School. A graduate of Yale Divinity School and Duke University, Bowler is the author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and son.
Kate's book, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (Oxford University Press, 2013), received widespread media attention as the first history of the movement based on divine promises of health, wealth, and happiness.
Kate has researched and traveled Canada and the United States interviewing megachurch leaders and everyday believers about how they make spiritual meaning of the good or bad in their lives. Her work on the prosperity gospel has been featured in the New York Times, The New Republic, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Washington Post, NPR,and the BBC and now Best Ever You.
In 2015, she was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at age 35.
My memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved (Random House, 2018), tells the story of her struggle to understand the personal and intellectual dimensions of the American belief that all tragedies are tests of character.
Visit KateBowler.com

Actress Brianna Brown - Manifesting Your Mission

Award-winning actress Brianna Brown knows what it takes to be successful. If you work smart, center yourself and have grit, you will go places, and Brianna is living proof. On the small screen, Brianna has appeared in more than 30 different television shows, exhibiting her range in both comedy and drama. She is most often recognized for her work opposite Claire Danes on the Emmy-award winning series Homeland on Showtime, as the “love to hate” villain Dr. Lisa Niles on ABC’s Emmy-award winning General Hospital, as a series regular on Marc Cherry’s dramedy Devious Maids, and most recently she has reprised the crazy Claudia Blaisdel on CW’s Dynasty.
As Founder and CEO, Brianna spends much of her free time focused on her biggest passion project which is her nonprofit The New Hollywood, which is dedicated to supporting socially conscious storytellers and changemakers. TNH is a 501c3 nonprofit organization established in 2006 and intends to inspire everyone to Rise Higher, Shine Brighter and Give Back!
In 2018 Brianna Brown released to the public her much anticipated guidebook, Manifesting Your Mission. This book has been internally beta-tested for over five years within Brianna’s non-profit to help members Rise Higher, Shine Brighter & Give Back! The simple systems and tools presented within this book are simple, effective and make goal setting fun and inspiring!

Jamy Bechler - The Leadership Playbook

Jamy Bechler is a professional speaker, author, podcast host and John Maxwell certified leadership coach.  He has worked with teams ranging from the NBA to major corporations. Before going into full-time leadership work, Jamy served for 20 years as a college basketball coach, professor, and administrator Jamy Bechler is a professional speaker, author, podcast host and John Maxwell certified leadership coach.   His 2014 basketball team earned the national "Champions of Character" award and he left his previous school as the all-time winningest coach in program history. Jamy is the author of "The Leadership Playbook: Become Your Team's Most Valuable Leader". Jamy is also the host of the "Success Is A Choice" podcast, in which he interviews successful people from a variety of industries. Jamy, his wife Tabitha and son Jaylen reside in the Akron, Ohio area. You can follow him on twitter @CoachBechler or visit his website www.JamyBechler.com. Jamy's complete bio can be found at https://jamybechler.com/jamybechlerbio

Artist Michal Nachmany

Michal Nachmany (b. Jerusalem, 1958), is a self-taught artist and educator. She began exhibiting her work in September 2015 in New York City, and since then has exhibited at community centers and galleries across New York City and the tristate area. Her inaugural international show opened in November 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Nachmany exhibit catalogues can be reviewed on https://www.michalnachmanyart.com/exhibitions
By collaborating with community centers to exhibit her work, and drawing upon her experience as both an artist and educator, Nachmany’s art acts as a bridge which connects past and present and viewers with one another.
In 2017 Columbia University commissioned Nachmany to create new works for the university’s Faculty House.
Living Monuments series of ten artworks celebrates the inauguration of Columbia University’s new Manhattanville Urban Campus, while paying a tribute to the existing Morningside Heights Campus and to Manhattan’s Riverside Park landmarks and history.
https://www.michalnachmanyart.com/columbia-university-faculty-house
 
 

Diane Hamilton - Take the Lead

In addition to being a nationally syndicated radio host, award-winning speaker, author, and educator, Dr. Hamilton is a thought leader in the fields of leadership, sales, marketing, management, engagement, personality, and motivation. To help improve relationships in the workplace—and performance as a result—Dr. Hamilton draws on her decades of work experience in software, computers, corporate training, pharmaceuticals, real estate, mortgage lending, social media, education, and publishing.
A sought-after expert in emotional intelligence, Dr. Hamilton’s research has been published widely in peer-reviewed journals. She is also the author of three books sold worldwide: The Online Student’s User Manual, How to Reinvent Your Career, and It’s Not You, It’s Your Personality.  Her book regarding personalities was required reading at an Arizona-based university, where she was also nominated for an honorary doctorate in addition to her traditionally-obtained Ph.D. in Business Management.
http://drdianehamilton.com

Dave Carson - Ultimus Fund Solutions

Dave joined Ultimus in 2013. As Director of Client Strategies, Dave's primary responsibilities include managing the series trust product line, providing expert assistance to investment managers considering starting a fund, and serving as senior relationship manager for certain clients.
Dave has been in the financial services industry since 1981, and has almost twenty years of fund and asset management experience. Dave has been Chief Compliance Officer for mutual fund families, registered investment advisers, and an ETF trust. He also served as Chief Operations Officer for a mutual fund family, and previously had senior management responsibility for fund and adviser marketing, fund wholesaling, transfer agency, shareholder servicing and adviser compliance. Earlier in his career Dave was a corporate IT audit manager, and managed holding company-level credit quality reporting.
Dave co-founded and served as president of Advancing Fund Governance, a forum for fund trustees and senior officers. He is also a former trustee and secretary of the Greater Cincinnati Mutual Funds Association, and former trustee and board president of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival. Dave enjoys running, biking and critiquing cooking shows with his wife, daughter and adult sons, and reading history and biographies.
He is a graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
Visit http://www.ultimusfundsolutions.com

Bernard Robichaud

Bernard Robichaud, known to fans worldwide as Cyrus, the gun toting, drug dealing nemesis from the hit television series Trailer Park Boys, started his life in the spotlight as a sought after model. That is, until the day he crossed paths with a Toronto talent agent, who insisted he missed his calling and should try his hand at acting. With that advice in mind, Bernard enrolled in the Theatre Arts program at Dalhousie University and later honed his skills under the private tutelage of esteemed vocal coach Dorothy Ward, and later under the wings of award winning director Tom Kerr at the prestigious Neptune Theatre. Believe it or not, this athletic man who grew up playing hockey and basketball and today is an avid golfer was hired to voice the characters of both Robert and Becky in the CBC radio drama In Becky’s Name.
His uncanny talent of being able to transform himself into a rough and tumble lowlife to a ruggedly handsome good guy has garnered Bernard a variety of most interesting roles over his career including performing alongside such Hollywood icons as James Caan and Kathy Bates. Most recently he was seen in Sea Change on Lifetime movies, based on New York Times best selling author Aimee Friedman. He also starred in Blue Seduction co-starring Billy Zane and Estella Warren, and American Sunset, co-staring with his friend, the late Corey Haim. Bernard also had a recurring role as Kirk in the hit Showcase TV series, Haven.
Currently, Bernard is writing a made for TV series sitcom, called Cranky Cab, co produced by his friend and former producer of Trailer Park Boys, Barrie Dunn, which he will star. He wrote a screenplay Kitchen Sports, an adaptation of his successful 1995 play, penned A Woman Scorned, a screenplay feature thriller, and co wrote 13 episodes for a TV sitcom, The Adventures of Black Bart. Visit bernardrobichaud.com

Dr. Daniel Lopez - Physical Emotional Financial Health and Wellbeing

Dr. Lopez is an Osteopathic Physician that is board certified in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine / Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMM/OMM). Daniel Lopez, D.O., a Colorado native,  joined Osteopathic Integrative Medicine (www.oimcare.com) in July 2016 after spending 6 years in New York City. Dr. Lopez took over Osteopathy New York, P.C. in October 2010.  Since that time, he has quickly been sought after by people from around the world.
He was first introduced to osteopathy as a swimmer while attending Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, the birthplace of osteopathy.
Dr. Lopez graduated from Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2007 in Glendale, Arizona.  While living in Arizona, Dr. Lopez studied Neurofascial Release, a technique developed by his mentor, Stephen Myles Davidson, D.O.
From Arizona, Dr. Lopez spent one year in Portland, Maine to complete his postgraduate training as an intern at Mercy Hospital in 2008.  He went on to complete the remaining two years of his residency at Plaza Medical Center in Fort Worth, associated with the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.
During medical school and residency, Dr. Lopez advanced his skills by studying at a variety of seminars, including Primal Reflex Release Technique, in which he is now a certified instructor.
Greatly influenced by Stephen Myles Davidson, D.O., other practitioners, and the writings of AT Still, Dr. Lopez enjoys deepening his knowledge and understanding of Osteopathic Medicine to best help his patients.  He also enjoys teaching, in order to invest in the future of his profession.
For More Information visit: https://www.daniellopezdo.com/

Rick Heller - Head Baseball Coach - University of Iowa

Rick Heller has turned the University of Iowa baseball program into a perennial Big Ten Conference and NCAA contender in his first four seasons as the Hawkeyes' head coach.
Heller has injected new life into the Iowa program, leading the Hawkeyes to the best four-year stretch in program history, winning 140 games, advancing to two NCAA Regionals, and claiming the first Big Ten Tournament title in program history.  It was Iowa's first conference title since winning the regular season crown in 1990.
Under Heller's watch, Iowa has advanced to the postseason in four consecutive years for the first time in program history, he has coached five All-Americans and at least one first-team All-Big Ten selection each season, and Iowa has had 15 Major League Baseball Draft picks in four seasons -- the most in a four-year stretch all-time.
Heller has also given the Hawkeyes an international flavor, taking the team to the Dominican Republic in 2016 and Taipei, Taiwan, as the United States representative at the 2017 World University Games.  Heller led USA to a silver medal, as the team became the first American squad to medal in Universiade history.
Heller is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and serves on the ABCA All-American Committee. He is also a member of the Indiana and Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Associations. In 2008, he was inducted into the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Heller has three daughters -- Tara, Alyssa, and Vivienne. His wife's name is Rachelle.
Visit: http://hawkeyesports.com/index.aspx?path=baseball