March 4, 2021 – VIRTUAL

Keynote Speaker

President Christina Royal

Dr. Christina Royal currently serves as the President of Holyoke Community College in the Massachusetts system of higher education. Prior to her presidency, she served as the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Inver Hills Community College in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. 

Dr. Royal has been intentional in her career in serving the community college mission. Growing up as a first generation, low-income, bi-racial college student, she understands some of the challenges our students face and the importance of having an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. She believes that our students must see aspects of themselves represented in the college in order to form a connection to the institution. It is this diversity that creates a culturally rich ecosystem of learning.

Dr. Royal is engaged in local, state, and national communities of interest, including participating on several boards. Dr. Royal was recently recognized as a 2020 BusinessWest Woman of Impact. She was also selected to join the 2020-21 inaugural cohort of the Aspen New Presidents Fellowship for Community College Excellence, a selective, intensive professional development program for community college leaders in their first five years as a college president. Dr. Royal received a Governor Citation in recognition of her service on the Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund. She was also the recipient of the 2012 United States Distance Learning Association International Award for Outstanding Leadership by an Individual.

Dr. Royal earned a Doctorate in Education from Capella University, and a Master of Arts degree in Educational Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics, both from Marist College.

Keynote Speaker

Linda Edgecombe

Linda Edgecombe CSP, Hall of Fame Speaker, Award Winning Philanthropist 

My Promise is simple:  to deliver programs that Create Powerful Shifts, Inspired, Energized and Accountable Professionals who show up everyday ready to, as my mom used to say, “set the world on fire“.  Oh and I promise it will be a heck of a good time.  Maybe the best laugh they will have had in a long time. I believe a laugh is worth more than a thousand words and it has the power to change the way people feel, think and take action!

“A Day without laughing is a day wasted!” 

As an award winning Celebrity Humorist Speaker, Trainer and Consultant.  For the past 28 years, Linda’s footprint is seen and experienced around the world.  Her mission is to get people Fired up and Ready to Shift or Get off the Pot!

The Top 60 Motivational Speakers in the World includes Linda Edgecombe.

Her non-BS approach is refreshing, engaging and relevant. Linda’s latest book and Ted Talk.  “Breaking Busy – Finding Peace in the Chaos” is a game changer for those who want to step off the treadmill.  Change has never been this painless!     She energizes every room as she leads people to loosen up, lighten the load and laugh. Linda has been featured in the Wall Street Journal as an expert in “Shifting Perspectives”.    Her messages are as welcome as a deep belly laugh and as profound as an honest look in the mirror.

2020 has been a shift-changer for most of us,  including Linda.  She has created a studio in her home where she has been delivering powerful virtual presentations supporting dozens of Corporations and Associations across Canada and the US.  

Or as Linda’s says.