Education and Business Summit 2023

Jeff Henderson   RENEWAL CREDIT LINK: https://bit.ly/42zhIxB

Jeff started his culinary career in the unlikeliest of places: prison. While serving nearly ten years, he discovered an untapped passion for cooking, which led to executive chef positions at Bellagio and Caesars Palace.

Jeff's inspiring story has been featured on Oprah's Life Class, Good Morning America, Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, The Steve Harvey Show and in major publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, People Magazine, the Washington Post, and many others. When Jeff is not traveling the world  teaching his life-changing lessons, he resides in Las Vegas with his wife Stacy and their five children.

Brian Aspinall is an educator and best selling author and is considered  one of the brightest STEM innovators in education. He is the founder of  Code Breaker Inc., an organization whose mission is to engage students  and amplify voices of passionate educators who believe that all students can achieve if given a fair chance. He travels the globe  speaking and leading professional development programs that inspire  educators to create curious seeking individuals in classrooms built on a  community of trust, risk-taking and a freedom to fail. His books, Code  Breaker, Block Breaker, Risk Taker, When Passion Meets Project and  Disrupt the Status Quo continue to top the charts in STEM education with  a focus on rethinking assessment and evaluation. 

He was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching  Excellence for his work with coding and computational thinking. His  enthusiasm, thought leadership, and approach to building capacity within  STEM education has made him a sought after speaker across the globe. 

Tyler Tarver, Ed.S is the Dean of NLC College. He has a  wife named Amanda, and three kids with various names. Tyler speaks at  conferences across the country on various topics related to teaching,  administration, efficiency, technology, social media, and culture. He  has amassed over 14 million views on YouTube and 60k subscribers. He  also created and maintains TarverAcademy.com, where he helps  students/teachers with math, tech, and an assortment of educational  needs. He's written 3 books, produces podcasts, made award winning short  films, is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Innovator, Google  Certified Trainer, Google Level 1 & 2 Educator, Apple Foundations  Certified Trainer, Google Forms Expert Team Member, has been featured on  PBS, and also been featured on Tosh.0 four times. He's been a teacher,  facilitator, principal, and Director of Curriculum, Instruction,  Communications, Personnel, and Technology. Tyler loves teaching  students, helping teachers, and building community and conversation  around improving and innovating education to help students. 

Tyler is a Dean of an HBCU College located in Arkansas. He's been an  Education Week Feature, 2-Time Arkansas Best-of-the-Best Videographer of  the Year, 16 to Watch in 2016, Sync Magazine Cover Story, Democrat  Gazette Feature, News Story on "Making Math Fun", host of the Education  Academy Podcast and the Explain Everything Podcast. Through publishing  1000s of free math, education, Google, and culture videos to help  student and teachers, Tyler has gotten the opportunity to learn and  share with millions of learners around the world. He's keynoted or  spoken at ISTE Conference, Google for Education Breakout Speaker (ISTE),  Google Innovator Energizer, Odysseyware Learning Summit, TiCal: Tech  for Admin Leadership, Schools Without Walls, MidSouth Google Summit,  Henderson University, Blast Conference, i2 Innovation Institute, edWeb  Learning Bird, AAAE Conference, Collide Conference, and many more. He's  also a TESS certified administrator and has a Specialist Degree in  Educational Leadership from the University of Arkansas. 

Tyler believes education is the great unifier and can change society  for the better. The right culture is the most important thing a school  can control to help motivate, empower, and equip young people to be  successful in today's world. Take control of your classroom and help  guide students to become the hero in their life, family, and community.  With the right actions, resources, and motivation, teachers can create  an engaging and learning-filling classroom environment. Utilizing  technology and social media to help our students build the skills they  need to excel in whatever job market the future brings. Being kind,  hard-working, and positive can go further than any other motivator young  people can hear, they just need the right person in their story to help  them them listen.