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Rachel Malone is the Texas Director for Gun Owners of America, spearheading GOA’s work within the Texas Legislature. Rachel is passionate about promoting the right to keep and bear arms in legislation, training, and public perception. In 2012 she founded Texas Firearms Freedom, the first organization to champion constitutional carry in Texas, and has seen tremendous progress through her efforts. A nationally-certified firearms instructor, Rachel teaches defensive handgun and rifle, finding joy in empowering individuals to protect themselves and their loved ones. She trains and shoots in disciplines from CQB to long-range rifle and participates regularly in Run n Gun biathlons. Rachel is guest writer for various gun blogs and speaks regularly throughout Texas and beyond on topics including gun rights, legislative action, gun safety, party politics, and more. She remains dedicated to training others in the process by which they can make change happen, safeguarding liberty and justice for all. Previously, Rachel served as the Operations Director of the Republican Party of Texas, ran a private music studio, and performed as a classical musician. Coming from a long line of proud Texans, she enjoys living on a farm in central Texas. GunOwners.org

Mr. Michael Hudson is retired at the rank of Colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2014.  Prior to his retirement, Mr. Hudson was the former Commanding Officer, 11th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit), A 2.4K-person organization  with operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Asia-Pacific; the former Director, Joint Operations Center, US Pacific Command, Commanding Officer, HMM-364, and as an Intelligence Officer; Future Operations Concepts, Naval Warfare Development Command…he retired having last served as the branch Head, USMC HQ  on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response where he reorganized and established a new Sexual Assault Prevention Response branch at the request of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Mr. Hudson is currently the Senior Director, Government Solutions, ClearForce, ’16 – Present where he supports the continued design of the ClearForce platform for counterintelligence. He also serves as a Board Member, National Trust for our Wounded (NTW), ’15 – Present. Today Mike Hudson and I discuss how ClearForce is helping companies build a strategic plan to combat insider threats, guarding airplanes and airport systems from being manipulated compromised employees. https://clearforce.com/

After retiring from a successful career as a manager and leader in high-tech, Dr. Steven Kirch of BusinessCultureAdvantage.com brings his passion for helping small businesses to his clients. His goal is straightforward... to help serious small business owners generate more clients, close more sales, and increase their overall revenue and profits... quickly and inexpensively. He specializes in helping small business owners develop strategies to improve their results using time-tested sales and marketing strategies. Then together, they develop methodologies for actual implementation of these strategies in their business.  Over the years, he has developed a keen understanding of the complex issues facing small business owners even in the face of today’s volatile economy. He has a special talent for helping business owners create competition-crushing marketing. He has been a certified facilitator of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People™” for more than 20 years and uses that along with a variety of other tools to enable his clients to be more productive. Once a strategy has been defined, he helps his clients create custom approaches to bring them to fruition.  In addition, he is on the board of The Gratitude Network – a leadership development organization that works with social entrepreneurs around the world to enable the growth of these innovative companies that are changing the lives of children and youth all over the world. ProfitMinds.net

After working in hospital administration for 20 years, Steven Campbell acquired his Masters to pursue his greatest love…teaching. He then became a professor, author, educational dean, and professional speaker for another 30 years. After writing his third book, Making Your Mind Magnificent, Steven now conducts seminars around the world on changing what we say TO ourselves ABOUT ourselves. In these presentations, Steven enables his audiences to absolutely thrive in the New Normal. He also hosts a two-hour weekly radio program on KOWS 92.5. www.StevenRCampbell.com e-mail: [email protected]

Michael Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout media firm. He is an in-person and Certified Virtual Speaker, a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, and is one of the world's leading authorities in burnout recovery and prevention.  He is a Fortune 500 consultant, #1 bestselling author, and host of the Breakfast Leadership Show, a top 200 podcast on iTunes. He is a 2x Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Culture with Thinkers360. Michael is a former Healthcare executive, CIO, and CFO overseeing $ 2 Billion budgets, so he’s seen and done it all. https://BreakfastLeadership.com/media Blog is at https://BreakfastLeadership.com/blog Books: 369 Days:  How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenarios:  https://amzn.to/38Zd807 Pre-Emptive Strike Leadership:  https://amzn.to/2RMV43C Burnout:  How You Entered The Path To Burnout: https://amzn.to/2GQWFyZ

Scott Bartnick is a strong professional leader with a degree in industrial and systems engineering, specializing in sales and e-commerce consulting. Scott is a serial entrepreneur, published author, and successful business owner. He has extensive and diverse experience with Amazon consulting, management, operational excellence, public relations, sales, and marketing. Bartnick works with large corporations to create new sales channels, improve operational expenses, and product quality. He is also responsible for projects that have saved his clients over $7M a year. Bartnick continues his career in eCommerce and public relations. https://thefivedaystartup.com  

Todd Connor is a widely sought-after speaker, thought leader, and consultant who leads individuals and organizations to unlock their full entrepreneurial potential. Todd is the founder of Bunker Labs, a national entrepreneurship organization with chapters in 30 states across the U.S., which works with military veterans and military spouses who want to start their own business. He is also the founder of The Collective Academy, Emerson House, as well as other for-profit and philanthropic organizations. For speaking requests, access to additional thought leadership, or to attend Third Shift Entrepreneur workshops visit https://thirdshiftentrepreneur.com

As a professional business coach and our company founder, Jennifer Thornton has been involved in cultivating Commercial and Human Resource leadership for more than 20 years. Her breadth of experience spans a diverse international business landscape, having managed and led cross-culture, global teams in North America, Asia and Europe. Jennifer is a credited coach through the International Coaching Federations and is certified in several methodologies including Conversation Intelligence, Gallup Strength and Coach Master Leadership Tools. Her background includes effective multicultural team building, executive and mid-level performance coaching, leadership program development as well as management recruiting, on-boarding and team assimilations. As the founder of 304 Coaching, Jennifer utilizes her years of management and recruiting experience to ensure all of our team members deliver the same standards of service and performance that she requires of herself. Today Jennifer and I discuss, Addicted to Being Right: The Deadly Sins of Leadership No one is Talking About & How to Fix Them with Conversational Intelligence®. This is a fascinating topic and the tips Jennifer offers are ones you can immediately apply to your life, business or relationships. https://304coaching.com/

Shaily (Shy-lee) Hakimian social media journey started back in high school, when her online reality competition needed an online hub for their activities. She ran that hub as a Myspace group, crafting her social media skills long before the term was even coined. As a first-generation American of Moroccan and Iranian heritage, she loves connecting with people, figuring out who they are, and what they care about. This is why she naturally gravitated to social media and teaching. She’s earned her teaching degree from Indiana University and have used her skills in various capacities including facilitating her own workshops and incorporating technology into the classroom. She’s an optimistic person who is constantly looking for win-win opportunities for friends, students, and clients. She helps people represent themselves using social media in order to re-engage their social networks at scale. Everything she does in life, both online and offline, is about empowering others by creating connections. www.yoursocialmediasherpa.com

Anant Kale founded AppZen in 2012 to bring AI to global finance teams, and is responsible for the company’s vision and business execution. Previously, he served as Vice President of Applications at Fujitsu America, where he had broad responsibility for the management and delivery of the company’s global enterprise applications and infrastructure. He has more than 20 years of experience in software development and engineering leadership. Anant earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Engineering and an MBA from Mumbai University. He loves music and hopes to learn to DJ sometime in the future. www.appzen.com