Shayna Bergman, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, SHRM-SCP, Executive and Leadership Coach

Fleurish, Don't Just Function: Preventing Burnout and Building Performance That Lasts

Shayna Bergman is a certified executive and leadership coach who empowers high-achieving professionals to lead with clarity, confidence and conviction, in both their careers and their lives. Known for her ability to speak truth to power, Shayna has a unique gift for helping clients spark meaningful breakthroughs, challenge limiting beliefs and step fully into the leaders they were meant to be.

Since launching her coaching practice, Shayna has quickly distinguished herself in the field, earning features in Forbes, USA Today and Real Simple and building a reputation for delivering real, lasting results. She works with a wide spectrum of clients, from C-suite executives and startup founders to mid-level managers and emerging leaders, through a blend of 1:1 coaching, corporate engagements and the Lead/Live Collective, her thriving online community for high-achieving professionals.

Prior to coaching full-time, Shayna was a Lead HR Business Partner at Deloitte and helped build the HR department at a thriving global legal start-up. She taught Executive and Corporate Coaching, Public Speaking and Professional Communications as an Adjunct Professor at both New York University and The George Washington University. Having studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, she's also conversant in French.

Shayna holds a B.A. from The George Washington University and an M.S. in Human Resources Management and Development (concentrating in Executive Coaching) from New York University. Her credentials include: ICF Certified Coach (PCC); Certified Professional Coach (CPC) by iPEC; Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP); Core Dynamics Leadership Specialist (CDLS) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).

Meridith Elliott Powell, MBA, CSP, CPAE, Business Growth and Sales Expert

Own the Room: Elevate Your Executive Presence, Persuasion, and Impact

Meridith Elliott Powell, MBA, CSP®, CPAE®, is a researcher, thought leader and Hall of Fame keynote speaker recognized as one of the world's Top 15 Business Growth Experts. Her original research underpins her proprietary frameworks, including THRIVE, Sales Redefined, the SCEPTIC Scan and The Succession GAP, giving executive audiences data-driven, field-tested strategies for growth.

Before becoming a researcher and speaker, Meridith spent years inside the corporate world in working in healthcare, finance and travel and tourism, where she was known for breaking down organizational silos and driving income growth. That corporate background - gives her research credibility with clients and audiences: she has sat on both sides of the table, as practitioner and as scholar of disruption. Her thought leadership consistently connects research findings to ROI, translating data into strategies that move revenue, retention and performance.

Meridith is the author of several books, including The Succession Gap, THRIVE and Mentally Fit. She is the co-host of the popular weekly sales podcast - Sales Logic. Her research-backed frameworks have been applied by corporate clients including Microsoft, IBM, CVS Health, TD Bank and State Farm.

When she's not on stage, Meridith can be found living out the same active, competitive mindset she teaches — mountain biking and hiking her favorite trails, competing on tennis courts and endlessly chasing little white balls on golf courses round the country.

James Spellos, President, Meeting U.

FICP Master Class: The Power of AI Agents, Skills and Workflows — Helping Event Professionals Work Smarter, Not Harder

James Spellos is the President of Meeting U. whose mission is to help people become more productive and comfortable with technology.

Smart Meetings named Jim as one of their Smart Speakers in 2025. In 2024, Meetings Today magazine named Jim one of the Meeting Industry trendsetters, for his “AI Education with Integrity” commitment. He was also named a trendsetter for them in 2015 as well. In 2022, Meeting Professionals International included Jim on their most influential list in the hospitality industry in honor of their 50th anniversary celebration.

He was a faculty member at New York University for 25 years, receiving both their Award for Teaching Excellence and their Outstanding Service Award. Jim was previously named one of the Meeting Industry’s trendsetters by Meetings Today magazine in 2015.

Jim is on the Board of Directors for Rock and Wrap It Up, an anti-poverty, anti-hunger organization which recovers excess food from events. Jim co-created their Whole Earth Calculator app. He also speaks about food recovery and sustainability at events. In 2018 & 2019, BizBash named Jim one of their top 500 people in events for his work in sustainability.

He has a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies, is a certified Food for Life instructor through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and is on the staff of Plant Powered Metro New York, helping to educate people about a healthy diet and lifestyle, which helped to save his own life. In 2024, PPMNY chose Jim as their Grassroots Champion.

Jim is an accomplished musician and songwriter who released his first solo album, Stroke of Genius in 2020.