Rachel Simon, bestselling author of Riding the Bus With My Sister

Herb Keller, featured in Inc. Magazine, adjunct faculty at Cornell University and businessman

Manny Diaz, former mayor of Miami; counsel for the Elian Gonzalez family

Sodexo, longtime UMA business partner and event sponsor

Bishop Larry Goodpaster, Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church

Dr. Lynn Underwood, researcher on the value of spirituality in childcare and older adult ministries

Charlene Frizzera, former COO and Acting Administrator of CMS