Bob VandePol, MSW, serves as Director of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services’ Employee Assistance Program where he leverages behavioral health expertise to support healthy, productive people and work groups. Prior to this position, he was President of Crisis Care Network, …
Tessy Antony de Nassau is the Founder of Finding Butterflies Consultancy Ltd., with such clients as Montessori St. Nicholas Group in the UK, Vodafone Foundation Luxembourg, KPMG New Zealand, and Nexus. An advocate for education, she is an appointed associate …
April Smith, JD, is an attorney, public servant and advocate for the well-being of children. She manages a team of attorneys for the State of Texas where she ensures that children receive the support that they need and deserve from …
Avi Saha, PhD, is an aspiring philanthropist, innovator, business leader, and entrepreneur. Prior to founding and serving as CEO of ZetaOpt, LLC, a software and services company, he held senior IT executive roles at ADP and IBM. A compulsive visionary, …
Chuck Peters, JD, spent 30 years in corporate management, leading large organizations such as Amana Refrigeration and small start-ups such as Breakthrough to Learning. More recently, he has focused on effective early education for children, co-authoring a Generative Education book …
Ivy Kusinga is the Chief Culture and Talent Officer at Chubb; a global property and casualty insurer serving large corporate, mid-market, small business, and lower-middle income to high-net-worth consumers through brokerage, agency and direct-to-consumer distribution channels. With more than 25 …
Rod Knecht has 42 years of policing experience, including recently retiring from seven years of serving as Chief of Police for the Edmonton Police Service. Rod previously completed a 35 year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), serving …
Niranjan Karnik, MD, PhD, is Associate Dean for Community Behavioral Health and Associate Chair for Innovation in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Rush Medical College. He is the Director of the Rush-University of Chicago ITM Center for …
Kirk Ferguson, who retired after 25 years in the Army, learned the core principles of resiliency through extreme challenges and finds his work with Worldmaker International a fulfilling channel to use his experience to help others. He spent 23 years …
Liz Coenen, COO. Liz serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Worldmaker International. She has been an educator, chaplain, and philanthropic leader whose work is rooted in the belief that mutual relationships inspire positive transformation in communities, individuals, and organizations. …
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9th Annual Resilience Summit: Leading in a Post-Covid World
Honoring a decade of work with deep roots and strong wings.
As a community resiliency project and national nonprofit building strength across America before, during and after traumatic disruptions, we planted deep roots.
Stepping forward to meet humanitarian needs without borders, we grew strong wings.
We now invite you to JOIN US at Worldmaker International.
There’s a place for you .