Conference Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Scott Welle

OUTPERFORM THE NORM: Raise Your Game

Today’s competition is brutal and the pressure to perform can be suffocating. What are you doing to stay ahead and keep from burning out?

Join Scott Welle, #1 Best Selling Author and Founder of Outperform The Norm, as he shares the peak performance strategies used by high achievers and elite performers to take your “game” to the next level:

Challenge limiting beliefs about your performance standards that may be holding you back
Build a peak performance routine by utilizing the “Vital 4%”
Raise your influence & impact by focusing less on what you need to DO vs. who you need to BE
Boost positivity and happiness by up to 30%
Adapt & thrive through pressure, change, crisis and unpredictability

This dynamic, high-energy keynote will help you raise your personal standard of excellence and give you an effortless action plan to put into place immediately.

Biography

Outperformers are not born; they’re made. We ALL have the capacity to “raise our game,” and Scott Welle has spent more than 15 years helping people do this, personally and professionally. Scott’s 10 best selling books, articles, videos, podcasts and online programs inspire hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. He has a Master’s degree in Sport Psychology and was named the 2021 Midwest Motivational Speaker of the Year. For “fun” (and because he’s a little crazy!), he’s completed 34 marathons, 5 Ironman triathlons, a 100-mile ultra marathon, and serves others by showing them how to tap into the mindset of challenging their self-limiting beliefs and aspiring to Outperform every day.

Please visit him at ScottWelle.com.

Speaker Lineup

Bret E. Brooks
Chief Operating Officer
Gray Ram Tactical, Missouri

Derek Bryant
Manager, Medium/Heavy Vehicle Test Development
National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, Virginia

Mike Bullman
Director of Transportation
South Carolina Department of Education, South Carolina

Phillip Burgoyne-Allen
Manager for Technical Assistance and Policy Implementation
World Resources Institute, Washington, DC

Shay Coates, MA
Director of Transportation
Newport News Public Schools, Virginia

Tony Corpin
Publisher
School Transportation News, California

Denny Coughlin

Consultant
School Bus Training Company, Iowa

Denise Donaldson, CPST
Editor & Publisher
Safe Ride News, Washington State

Barbara Duffield
School House Connection, Washington, D.C.

Alan Fidler
Fleet Manager
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, Indiana

Jim Ellis
Director of Pupil Transportation
Henrico County Public Schools, Virginia

Richard Fischer
Consultant & School Bus Safety Trainer
Colorado

Derek Graham
Consultant
DG CONSULTING SERVICES LLC, North Carolina

Ryan Gray
Editor in Chief
School Transportation News, California

Paul Hasenmeier
Public Safety Director & Fire Chief
Hernando County Fire Rescue, Florida

Kala Henkensiefken
Special Education Transportation Manager
ISD31 Bemidji Area Schools, Minnesota

Laura Hill
General Manager of Transportation
Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida

Greg Jackson
Director of Business Development
School Bus Logistics, Colorado

John Jessup
Executive Director
Southeast Propane Alliance‬

Cor’Darius Jones “Mr. Bus Driver”
Bus Driver
Escambia County Schools, Florida

Charles Kriete
CEO
Zonar, Colorado

Jannet Malig
Co-Director
Long Beach (California) Clean Cities, California

Miriam Manary
Lead Research Engineer
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Michigan

Katie McKiever
Social Media Expert, North Carolina

Teena Mitchell
Special Needs Coordinator
Greenville County Schools, South Carolina

Lawson Mollica
Instructor
Long Beach (California) Clean Cities, California

Zachary Moren
Sales Enablement Manager
Transfinder, New York

Katrina Morris
Transportation Director/Executive Director West Shore ESD Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation

Luke Patrick
Director of Maintenance
South Carolina Dept. of Education, South Carolina

Harley Pinson
Director of Fleet Maintenance
Paulding County School District, Georgia

Ewan Pritchard, PE, PhD
Consulting Engineer
Energetics

Bob Riebe
Vice President of Transit
Applied Information Inc., Georgia

Alexandra Robinson
President
A. Robinson Consulting, New York

Dana Rosen, M.Ed.
ANorth Penn School District
North Penn School District, Texas

Dennis Ryan
Coordinator of Transportation
Cypress Fairbanks ISD, Pennsylvania

Wayne Southard
Engineering Associate
South Carolina Department of Education, South Carolina

Sue Shutrump, CPST
Supervisor of OT/PT
Trumbull County ESC, Ohio

Jeremy Stowe
Director of Transportation
Buncombe County School, North Carolina

Trey Strudstill
Senior Executive Director of Transportation
Paulding County School District, Georgia

Charlie Vits, CPST
Market Development Manager/Regulatory Affairs Manager
IMMI/SafeGuard, Indiana

Ronna Weber
Executive Director
NASDPTS, Virginia

Stephen Whaley
Alternative Fuels Manager – East
Blue Bird, Georgia