FEATURED SPEAKERS
Fueling Excellence: Elevate. Execute. Excel - September 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Michelle George, Independent ASC Advisor & Consultant
Michelle has over 40 years of experience as a registered nurse. She has worked in various areas of nursing including critical care, emergency and trauma, and surgical services. Michelle has served in multiple hospital and ambulatory surgical center leadership roles, served on professional advisory boards, as affiliate faculty to a nursing program, and professional speaker to professional and state healthcare organizations. She has authored various nursing journal articles and been contributing author to a healthcare textbook.
Michelle completed a Master’s in Nursing Administration program at San Diego State University and holds a Certified Administrator Surgery Center certification. She serves on the ASCA Education Committee, is a past-president of the ASC Quality Collaboration Board of Directors and is the immediate past President for the California Ambulatory Surgery Association.
The Champion's Code - September 2, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Ross Bernstein, Author and Speaker
The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, Ross Bernstein, is an award-winning peak performance business speaker who’s keynoted conferences on ALL SEVEN continents for audiences as small as 10 and as large as 10,000. Ross and his books have been featured on thousands of television and radio programs over the years, including CNN, ESPN, Bloomberg, Fox News, and “CBS This Morning,” as well as in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today. He’s spent the better part of the past 25 years studying the DNA of championship teams, and his program, “The Champion’s Code: Building Relationships Through Life Lessons of Integrity and Accountability from the Sports World to the Business World,” not only illustrates what it takes to become the best of the best, but it also explores the fine line between cheating and gamesmanship in sports as it relates to values and integrity in the workplace. As a working media member in his home state of Minnesota, Ross has unique behind-the-scenes access to all the local sports franchises in the area, including the Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves, Wild, and Gophers. As such, he spends lots of his time in dugouts, clubhouses, locker rooms, and press boxes — and it’s here where Ross has met and interviewed thousands of professional athletes over the years. Ross’ program is all about the DNA of what makes champions in sports so unique and how that relates to business. His PowerPoint is full of amazing photos of inspirational sports stories and about successful teams that tie into ethics and accountability and doing things the right way — with respect. There are reasons specific teams win consistently, whereas others don’t... and he explains why. It’s mainly based on the “Good to Great” concept of how the best companies can separate themselves from the rest of the pack through servant leadership, creating a culture of excellence, developing deeper relationships, and giving extraordinary customer service. Ross speaks at over 100 conferences per year, mostly at large association conferences, franchise leadership events, and Fortune 500 sales groups — his program is very high energy and a great way to open or close a big event. Give him a call; he would LOVE to be a member of YOUR team for the day!
The Bucket List Life for Leadership and Teams
Kenyon Salo, Speaker and Member of the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydive Team
Kenyon Salo is one of the top keynote speakers and trainers in the fields of inspiration, leadership, and adventure.
One of only five members on the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydive Team, he is seen each week during game season flying into the Denver Broncos Stadium at 60+mph, ending with a soft tip-toe landing on the ten yard line. He brings to the stage over 20+ years of successful audience engagement through humor, awe-inspiring moments, prolific storytelling, and ‘edge-of-the seat’ content.
With over 6,000 skydives under his belt and travels that have taken him all around the world, he’s determined to live life to the fullest and help others do the same. Through his passions for adventure, storytelling, and connecting with people, he found a simple process to guide others on a path to what most of us crave – living a more fulfilled life. His goal through his engagements is to deliver a powerful and heart-touching message on the possibility of how amazing life can be through providing actionable steps that will help any audience, both personally and professionally, embark on a path to achieve anything they desire.