Host & Culture Keynote

Jamie Notter 

Jamie Notter is an author, consultant, and culture strategist at PROPEL, where he helps leaders create amazing workplace cultures that drive greater performance and impact. He brings 30 years of experience to his work, designing and managing culture, and along the way, he has specialized in areas like conflict resolution and generations.

In 2014, he joined forces with Maddie Grant to create a workplace culture consultancy, originally named Culture That Works. Together, they pioneered the work of culture design, which included creating the WorkXO culture assessment that they later sold to QuestionPro. In 2020, their company rebranded as PROPEL and expanded their offerings to include business coaching and online learning.

Jamie is the co-author of three books — Humanize, When Millennials Take Over, and The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement. He holds a master’s degree in conflict resolution from George Mason University and a certificate in organization development from Georgetown University, where he serves as adjunct faculty.

Leadership Keynote

Debbie Trueblood

Debbie Trueblood, MSW, FASAE, IOM, CAE, has served professional associations for more than 20 years. She is currently a senior consultant with Association Management Center (AMC), supporting associations with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); ethics; governance; strategic planning; and member engagement. She is also leading a research team at AMC, along with Texas A&M University, to create the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation's upcoming DEI Index for associations.

Previously, Debbie served as an executive director for six associations. Under her leadership, one of her former associations received four ASAE Power of A awards, including one for a DEI program, which was later rolled out nationally. Debbie received her former association’s Diversity Icon Award in 2019. She was also a recipient of the Association Forum’s “Forty Under Forty” award.

She currently serves on the boards for ASAE, the National Association of Park Foundations (NAPF), and the MacMurray College Foundation and Alumni Association board.

Diversity Keynote

Sanyin Siang

Sanyin Siang’s mission in life is to enable greatness in others.  She is the founding executive director of Duke University’s Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics, a professor with Pratt School of Engineering and a faculty fellow with its Divinity School.

She has been recognized by Thinkers50 as the World’s #1 Executive Coach & Mentor (2019) and as one of the 50 most influential thought leaders in the world (2021). Poets & Quants listed her as one of top academic educators globally, and LinkedIn as a “Top Global Influencer Voice.”

Her insights have been featured in New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, HBR, Economic Times of India, and The Wall Street Journal. 

Sanyin’s The Launch Book: Motivational Stories for Launching Your Idea, Business, or Next Career offers readers an action plan for leveraging change using behavioral science principles. Her biweekly newsletter helps readers discover their innate and instinctive strengths and build super teams.