Speakers

Amanda Keylor decided her bachelor's and master’s degrees didn't deliver the kind of education she wanted, so she jumped into a self-guided educational adventure that has continuously challenged her in ways traditional schooling never did. The results are unfolding in an exciting new blog: Jillofsometrades.com. Keylor notes the highs and lows of learning auto maintenance/repair, archery, cooking like a top chef, and more. In weekly classes and workshops, Keylor has found other unconventional students that inspire each other to learn beyond their comfort levels and use their newfound skills to help others. If you are ever on the side of the road with your hood up, don’t be surprised if Amanda pulls over and helps you fix your car.

Angela Ellsworth is a multidisciplinary artist and Associate Professor in the School of Art at Arizona State University in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Her drawings, installations and performances explore the female body in its various contexts and constraints. Aiming to connect the body with art, and public with private experience, her solo and collaborative artworks and performances have taken in wide-ranging subjects such as physical fitness, endurance, social ritual, and religious tradition. She has presented work nationally and internationally including The Getty Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, The National Review of Live Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, and the Zimmerli Museum. Reviews include Art News, Art in America, Artforum.com, Performance Research, FiberArts, and ArtUS. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale and Fehily Contemporary in Melbourne.

Born June 3, 1970 in Waterbury CT, Married to Kris DeMarco, Two boys: Chaz 6 AJ 5, ASU 1993, Postino Arcadia 2001, La Grande Orange Grocery 2002, La Grande Orange Pizzeria 2003, Chelsea’s Kitchen 2005, Radio Milano (RIP) 2007, Postino Central 2009, Windsor/Churn 2011, Postino East 2012, Hobbies: Skateboarding and punk rock music.

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Jen Sincero is a Bestselling author, coach and motivational speaker who is currently a member of the NPA (No Permanent Abode). She has spent the better part of the year traveling the world while building and branding her vibrant virtual business - coaching entrepreneurs and other thrill seekers on getting their poop in a scoop writing-wise, business-wise and life-in-general-wise. Her books include the semi-autobiographical novel, "Don't Sleep With Your Drummer" and the National Bestseller, "The Straight Girls Guide To Sleeping With Chicks."

Julie Hampton devours fiction, scours poetry for language that expresses the inexpressible, and occasionally teaches grammar--she's a fan of all punctuation, but especially the semi-colon; there's such beauty in two complete thoughts put together with a wink. She's owner of a.ware--a studio and store in Phoenix that serves as a gathering place for people and the handmade, recycled, vintage or design-savvy goods she loves--and Casa di Julie, the home she bought in Tuscany when she was 32 with the hutzpah she didn't know she had and the generosity of strangers and friends.

Margaret has a 16-year history advocating passionately and boldly for the arts and for cultivating community experience of place. As Associate Director of Scottsdale Public Art and former Project Manager, she focused primarily on permanent sculpture, integrated and functional art, and temporary art and events around the city, as well as planning, leading, and advocating for the comprehensive public art program. On November 14, 2011, she started her new position as Director of Civic Art, Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

Enthusiastic, curious, polyglot New Yorker who made Arizona her “temporary” home 22 years ago. Empathic, intuitive, lover of truth, authenticity, words, languages, nature, animals. Social media butterfly. #PANK. Schmooze Diva and JOAT for hire. Wabi sabi, baby!

Sweet connects all the dots of Shannon’s life, combining her passion for the environment and human rights with her love of travel and women. Obsessed with finding a way to make the economics of doing good in the world work, Shannon strives to create a successful, empowering and green business run by happy employees for blissed-out guests. It’s her favorite kind of situation—a win-win-win.

Timothy Rodgers, Ph.D. is the Director of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) and a Vice President of SMoCA’s parent organization, the Scottsdale Cultural Council. He previously served as Chief Curator at the New Mexico Museum of Art (NMMoA) in Santa Fe (2004-2009). Rodgers has implemented a wide-range of both modern and contemporary art exhibitions that have contained works by artists such as Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol and Polly Apfelbaum with an emphasis on southwestern artists including Agnes Martin, Maria Martinez, and Florence Pierce. In addition to his teaching and curatorial work, Rodgers has delivered more than forty art presentations at venues including Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Georgia O’Keeffe Museum of Art, Santa Fe; Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, among many others.

Todd Woloson became a Managing Director of Greenmont Financial, LLC, in 2007 and represents Greenmont II on the Board of Directors of Eco-Products, Inc. Mr. Woloson began his career with Proctor & Gamble in 1989, but soon became a serial entrepreneur. After graduating from the University of Denver Law School in 1994, he successfully completed an environmental service rollup, which led to a career as a venture capitalist. In 1996, Mr. Woloson co-founded Canyon Capital, an early-stage venture fund. As a Managing Partner, he was intimately involved with the development of a wide range of software, Internet and consumer product companies. Also in 1996, Mr. Woloson co-founded Global Education Fund (“GEF”), a non-profit organization building libraries in developing countries. To date, GEF has created 53 libraries and literacy centers in 21 countries throughout the world. In 2002, Mr. Woloson co-founded IZZE Beverage Company. IZZE manufactures and markets a line of all-natural sparkling fruit juices available at Whole Foods Markets, Wild Oats Marketplace, Starbucks, Target, Costco and a wide variety of independent locations. Mr. Woloson served as President and CEO of IZZE until its sale to PepsiCo in 2006 and was a recipient of the 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst & Young. He received a B.A. degree from St. Lawrence University in New York and a J.D. from the University of Denver Law School.