Featured Speakers
Local Experts
Notable Speakers
Commissioner Ben Perry
McLennan County
Commissioner, Precinct 4
Tracy Ayrhart, PhD
Central Texas Food Bank
Vice President of Strategic Insights
Dillon Meek
City of Waco
Prosper Waco Board Member and Former Waco Mayor
Sarah Roberts
KSR Advantage
Principal and Prosper Waco Board Member
Alice Starr
Starr Strategies
Chief Executive Officer
Mayor Jim Holmes
City of Waco
City of Waco Mayor and Prosper Waco Board Member
Alice Starr
Starr Strategies
Chief Executive Officer
Panelists
Behavioral Health
Hani Talebi, PhD
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Moderator
Former Chief Clinical Officer & Sr. VP of Health System Integration, Meadows
Ryan Adams
Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network
Panelist
Deputy CEO
Lance Kelley, PhD
Waco Family Medicine
Panelist
Chief Behavioral Health Officer
Chief Sheryl Victorian
Waco Police Department
Panelist
Chief of Police
Food Insecurity
Deidra Emerson
City of Waco
Moderator
Deputy City Manager
Pastor Ruben Andrade Jr.
Family of Faith Worship Center
Panelist
Pastor
Robert "Bob" Gager
Shepherd's Heart
Panelist
CEO
Aranza Torres
McLennan Community College
Panelist
Director, CREW
Opportunity Youth
LaShonda Malrey-Horne
Waco - McLennan County Public Health District
Panelist
Director
Josh Caballero
City of Waco
Moderator
Community Engagement Officer, Housing and Community Develoment
Ron Kimbell
HOT Behavioral Health Network
Panelist
Chief Strategy Officer; Division Director, Klara's Center
Asst. Chief Jared Wallace
Waco Police Department
Panelist
Assistant Chief of Police
Tim Packer
The Cove
Panelist
Executive Director
Teacher Pipeline
Jerry Maze, EdD
ESC Region 12
Moderator
Retired, Executive Director
Bonnie Trammel
West Avenue Elementary, Waco ISD
Panelist
Principal
Kenny Berry
ESC Region 12
Panelist
Executive Director
Brandi Ray
Texas Tech University, Waco
Panelist
Instructor and Site Coordinator
Sharon Shields, PhD
La Vega ISD
Panelist
Superintendent
Workforce Development
Rick Tullis, PE
Moderator
Co-Chair, WorkSITE Industry Advisory Committee
Texas State Technical College
Kacey Darnell
Texas State Technical College
Panelist
Vice President and Executive Director of Student Engagement
Councilman Darius Ewing
City of Waco
Panelist
City Council, District 4
Tiffany Gallegos- Whitley, LMSW
Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce
Panelist
Sr. Director of Workforce Initiatives
Frank Graves, EdD
McLennan Community College
Panelist
Dean of Workforce and Public Service
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