Mariana Atencio is a Peabody award–winning journalist, author and speaker, included in AdWeek’s “Young Influentials”, as well as the co-founder of “Go Like”, her multimedia production company.

As a former anchor at Univision/Fusion and national correspondent at NBC News, she has traveled the world to report on some of the most volatile conflicts of our times, in both English and Spanish, for over a decade.

Mariana’s TEDx Talk on authenticity, “What Makes You Special?”, is one of the top 10 most watched on Youtube and translated into 11 languages. Her first book, Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real, was an Amazon Best Seller for Latino Biographies and selected as an Audible Editor’s Pick and AppleBooks “Must Listen.”

Her work has been honored with a Peabody, a Gracie, and an IRE award. She won Columbia University Journalism School’s “First Decade Award” and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Presidential Award.

She has keynoted at the United Nations ‘Girl Up’ Summit; the LinkedIn annual conference alongside speakers like Michelle Obama, as well as Spotify, Microsoft and Citi Private Bank’s Autumn Dialogues.

Mariana earned her B.A. in Communications from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela where she was part of the pro-democracy student movement. After the increasingly authoritarian regime shut down the biggest television station in her home country, she came to the United States on a scholarship to do her masters at Columbia University’s Journalism School.

Mariana is a 2020 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. You can find her on all social media @marianaatencio.

Ivette Mayo is an awarding winning entrepreneur, international author and motivational business speaker. Ivette’s POWER is that she gets what is important, the bottom line – people, profits, and productivity. As the CEO of Yo Soy I AM, LLC, a professional development and consulting firm.  She is known as a POWER ADVOCATE by her clients for creating POWERFUL and IMPACTFUL results. Her 27 year global career was spent working in business development, sales, marketing and training. Her focus is to incorporate cultural awareness into all her training programs to assist participants in stimulating performance and to gain more insight into themselves and others. This dynamic facilitator has worked with several Fortune 100 & 500 companies such as Shell, Direct Energy, Comcast, Nationwide, Comerica Bank, H&R Block, Nielsen, and State Farm.

Her high energy style, direct approach and humor make Ivette a powerful motivational business speaker.  Her message is always centered on these three key areas, leadership, courage and culture. These components are certain to empower and unlock potential to lead with confidence in today’s multicultural marketplace.  Most importantly, she dares her audiences to challenge limited thinking, to take bold action, to push past excuses, and move beyond complacency to be POWERFUL.

For more information visit www.ivettemayo.com or send an email ivette@ivettemayo.com

Catenya McHenry is the Director of Communications at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. As director, Catenya handles all media inquiries, internal and external communications, she writes and produces original content for McCombs and manages the college’s social media presence.

Catenya is also a TV host and producer, author, serial entrepreneur, CEO and inventor. In 2018 she wrote Married to A Narcissist: Enduring the Struggle and Finding You Again. In 2016 she invented SoleMate Sox, the world’s first ever magnetic socks that stay together on laundry day, eliminating lost and missing socks.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the hub of film and fashion, Catenya was destined to be in the mix. Her Dad owned a video production company and from there, her love of stories and storytelling ignited. Catenya began her journey as a TV news reporter in Lafayette, Louisiana. Within eight months, she was advancing to an education reporter position in Austin, Texas and later became their morning show anchor. As a news broadcaster, Catenya has logged thousands of stories and TV appearances for all the major networks, including NBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX and the CW.

Catenya's constant curiosity and insatiable desire for the next challenge gave her the bravery to flip her skills and quickly ascend to corporate executive level, becoming a public relations executive, communications and crisis-communications expert, media trainer as well as marketing expert. Catenya later used that experience to open two PR firms and a video production company.

Never satisfied with just one thing at a time, Catenya's love of film and the creative process prompted her to dabble in the industry. She is SAG credited for her principal roles in two films, Miss Congeniality and The Life of David Gale. She's also appeared in dozens of industrial commercials for TV, corporate, and print campaigns and is the voice-over talent in a host of radio commercials.

Although Catenya has been blessed with wonderful opportunities in her life, she is now intently focused on more authentic projects with purpose, truth, and deeper meaning.

Catenya holds a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Broadcast Journalism. 

Michael Landers is the founder and president of Culture Crossing, Inc., a global consulting company dedicated to finding innovative solutions for groups and individuals working in the multicultural marketplace. Over the past 20 years, Michael has worked with global executives, leaders and teams from leading organizations to build essential skills in arenas such as: global leadership, coaching, cross-cultural communication, sales and customer service excellence, sustained employee engagement and cultural diversity and inclusion. His workshops, seminars and speaking events have drawn more than 50,000+ people on five continents.

Michael’s collective experiences have left him with a unique understanding of the challenges that professionals often face while working within multicultural communities and building relationships across personal, regional and international borders. Whether facilitating large groups or conducting private coaching sessions, Michael utilizes the same insightful, lively, and thorough approach that underscores his passion for improving personal awareness and understanding. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Culture Crossing, the essential primer to working, living and thriving in today’s increasingly multicultural marketplace and communities.

Recent clients include: Apple, Google, SAP, Fiat, Salesforce, Airbnb, Uber, Lennar Corporation, MI Homes, TRI Pointe Group, as well as host of new leading start-ups.

Lisa M. Benton understands the unique challenges facing families in today’s demanding culture. With time being such a precious commodity, she finds it vital to have a clear and concise financial plan. Leveraging her industry experience and the intellectual capital of Morgan Stanley she develops customized plans tailored to meet her client’s specific needs. Through this holistic approach she is able to help her clients answer the question, “Do I have any financial blind spots?”

As a member of the Abeyta Bueche & Sanders Group at Morgan Stanley, Lisa also advocates financial wellness throughout the community. Particularly, she is passionate about advocating for women in every season of life and believes in Women Without Limits.

Lisa was born in Washington D.C. but considers San Antonio home. She attended the University of Texas at San Antonio where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Lisa is passionate about spending time with her family. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, trave ling and being active.

Miro Heyink is the Founder of Manifest X, a community for high-performing professionals & entrepreneurs to turn their wildest business dreams into reality. He’s worked with Former NFL super bowl champions, UN employees, 6 & 7-figure entrepreneurs, and top digital marketing agencies worldwide.

Although a mentor for impact-driven entrepreneurs, and a proud, loving dad, Miro overcame many challenges to reach where he is today… Born in Germany in a fatherless home, and motivated to immigrate to America at just 18 after a near-death experience, Miro found the secrets to success at the depths of a personal hell.

After arriving in the US, most of his time was spent contributing to The Salvation Army, local homeless shelters and schools in low-income communities, seeding the desire to combine his social service with business. Through overcoming burnout, depression, divorce and subsequent homelessness, he now helps 100s of entrepreneurs, business leaders and influencers achieve exponential growth, and heal their relationships, while making their greatest visions reality.