Speakers

Kevin Catlin

Returning for his second year to Marketplace, Kevin Catlin is the business development manager and partner for Insight Strategies Inc. His expertise is in sales/marketing, management, coaching for performance, leadership and team building.

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Steve Gilliland

Steve Gilliland has helped people grow their business and expand their life by teaching them to rethink their work, their relationships, and themselves. Organizations throughout the world have grown more profitable by improving their #1 resource – their people. Whether he is kicking off an event, training all day, or closing a convention, Steve Gilliland’s entertaining and interactive style helps audiences connect and relate as he shows them how to open doors to success in their careers, their relationships, and their lives. They leave with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for who they are and for what really matters. He is not only a speaker who challenges people to change; he motivates them to do so.

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Darrell Gordon

Darrell “Flash” Gordon draws upon all of his remarkable life experience as an all-start linebacker for the University of Notre Dame’s 1988 National Championship Football Team; as a legal professional; as a graduate school professor; and as CEO of a multi-million-dollar-a-year organization. His energy, excitement, humor, and wisdom are contagious! His dynamic personality and ability to motivate himself and others set him apart.

John Kennedy


John Kennedy is back for his sixth consecutive year to empower ABA delegates to “SHAKE IT UP!” John focuses his presentations on customer service, management and leadership issues, specializing in the service-related industries of hospitality and technology.

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Dr. Jeff Magee

Jeff Magee, one of the premier leadership and marketing strategists is back for his fifth American Bus Marketplace. Jeff brings more than two decades of real world work experience as an entrepreneur and business owner.

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Larry Mersereau

Larry Mersereau brings his 30-plus years of in-the-trenches business development experience to Marketplace 2005. Larry is back by popular demand after his standing-room-only presentations at ABA’s Marketplace 2004.

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Alf Nucifora

Alf Nucifora is one of America's leading marketing consultants, returns to Marketplace for the fifth year in a row. As an acknowledged authority, he is in constant demand as a professional speaker and seminar leader on sales and marketing related subjects, with particular emphasis on branding strategy, marketing communications, and customer service.

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Dr. Lalia Rach

Lalia Rach is the Associate Dean and HVS International Chair at the Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at New York University in New York City, and is a nationally recognized tourism educator and internationally recognized speaker. Dr. Rach returns to Marketplace after rave reviews at Marketplace 2005 in Chicago.

Carol Scofield

Carol Scofield founded Scofield & Associates in 1987, after realizing that her life experiences, love of public speaking, her knack for relationship building, and ability to create environments of trust and motivation, could actually be a full time job! She brings 25 years of combined experience in management, international training, public speaking, and talk show hosting, to all her projects. Carol uses a wide range of tools to educate, motivate and entertain her audiences, creating an atmosphere where participants have so much fun that they often don’t realize they are learning. Her positive, upbeat speaking style — full of humor, story-telling, and passion — engages her audiences completely. Drawing on a lifetime of “been there, done that” experiences, her empathy and sympathy for life’s challenges resonates deeply with the individuals in her programs. With her commitment to support everyone she works with to be the best they can be — she offers guaranteed results.

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Lee Shelton

Lee Shelton is an internationally acclaimed speaker, trainer and consultant. His excitement for learning, enthusiasm for excellence and empathy for individuals has characterized more than 25 years of experience. With a Master's Degree in Administration, his background runs the gamut of experience - high school math teacher/coach, recipient of a National Science Grant to study mathematics and V.P. of Marketing for Coors where his team launched Coors Light, the 12-pak and sports sponsorship. His rare combination of experience in education and business enables him to reach and teach his audience. His fast-moving and humorous presentations are filled with ideas that get results.

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Susan Sweeney


Susan Sweeney individually tailors her talks for companies, industries and associations interested in improving their on-line presence. She is an experienced Internet marketing professional with a background in computers, marketing, and the Internet. This is her third appearance at Marketplace.

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Clint Swindall


Clint Swindall is the president and CEO of Verbalocity, Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership and sales enhancement programs, training seminars, professional speaking and general consulting. Clint received very high marks from his seminars at Marketplace 2005.

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Danielle Turcola


Danielle Turcola, returning for her third consecutive year, is one of the top business coaches in America, specializing in business presence, influence and global etiquette.

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Dr. Ann White


Thousands of people have laughed and learned with Dr. Ann White. Her stories about growing up in the South combined with her experiences in the workplace inspire audiences to run to the next challenge. She put her gift of humor to use during her first career in education and today uses that gift even more in her second career as a professional speaker, humorist and consultant through her business, Laugh and Learn With Ann White, Inc. Her down- to- earth style combined with her extensive experience in leadership, team building and communications make her a popular speaker with groups who seek excellence in the workplace. Her many honors and awards include being named the Communicator of Achievement by the South Carolina affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women. She also received the Distinguished Service Award from the South Carolina Association of School Librarians. The mother of three children, she and her husband William live in Cowpens, South Carolina where William formerly served as Mayor.

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