Speakers

Tim HinesSonny Ingui

Human First Communications: The Planner’s Competitive Edge in an AI-Driven World

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Tim Hines is an award-winning global keynote speaker, business coach and four-time entrepreneur who empowers professionals and organizations to accelerate growth through collaboration, innovation and influence. With a career spanning work with industry leaders such as Accor, Air France, IMEX, Northstar Media and even the CIA, Tim brings a bold, energetic perspective to navigating change and sparking success.

He’s the author of "The Marketing Starter: How an Entrepreneurial Spirit Will Make You a More Savvy Marketer" and host of The Marketing Starter Podcast, where he champions the idea of thinking like a founder, no matter your role.

Passionate about giving back, Tim served on the Community Advisory Board for the Future Founders Foundation, helping underserved youth explore entrepreneurship, and taught marketing and entrepreneurship with the University of Illinois Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies. He’s also a graduate of the Startup Leadership Program.

Dr. Andrea HollingsworthSonny Ingui

Compassionate Agility: Balancing Care and Efficiency in Leadership

Andrea Hollingsworth, Ph.D., is an acclaimed keynote speaker, bestselling and award-winning author and trusted consultant who’s spent years studying the transformative power of compassion. Since 2008, she has been speaking and writing about the science and spirituality of human emotions and relationships. Her articles have been published more than a dozen times in peer-reviewed journals, and she has taught at prestigious institutions like Princeton, Boston University and Loyola University Chicago. In addition, Dr. Andrea has delivered talks to audiences at some of the top-ranked universities in the world, including Cambridge University in England and Heidelberg University in Germany.