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Presenters as of September 15, 2009 - If presenter has a website, it will be accessed by clicking on their photo.

Keynote - John A. Uzzi is a motivational speaker and an active volunteer in his community. He currently sits on the boards of The American Red Cross of Northern NJ and the West Side Infant Day Care Center, and is an active member of the President's Council of Valley Hospital, Bergen Catholic Alumni Association, and The Rotary Club of Paramus. Please Click picture for more extensive information about Mr. Uzzi.

Opening Remarks by Maplewood Mayor Victor DeLuca - Maplewood NJ is home to the Taskforce for Humanity Coalition, organizer of this event. Click picture for more information on Maplewood's Mayor

SUSAN B. BAGGETT, CPA - currently serves as President of the Board of Directors Human Service Alliance and the Center for Purposeful Living, where she also serves as a member of the primary teaching faculty (Topic: Service Entrepreneurship)

MAYARANI SMITH assists first-time homebuyers, investors, and those with less than perfect credit. She in provides a unique consultative approach to each client. She conducts educational training for homeownership, and first-time homebuyer seminars through her church ministry and other community forums. (Topic: Panelist)

CAROLYN MYCUE is an explorer of contemporary consciousness who is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. Her purpose is simply to share what she’s learned with others who may benefit from her experience. (Topic: Conscious Service in Everyday Life)

DANIEL LOBB - Daniel changed careers to join TRP Enterprises, Inc, a company that offers training programs that help people accept greater personal responsibility for how we are in the world... Daniel serves on the Board of the Human Service Alliance and the Center for Purposeful Living. (Topic: Service Entrepreneurship).

STEVE NATION is joint founder and coordinator of Intuition in Service and the United Nations Days & Years Meditation Initiative Since 2002 he has coordinated an annual global meditation Vigil for International Day of Peace and regional vigils for World Invocation Day. Steve serves on the Boards of Lifebridge Foundation, Lucis Trust, and Darjeeling Goodwill Animal Shelter. (Topic: Intuition in Service).

SAMEJ WILLIAMS has traveled extensively to Brazil, Egypt, and Cuba, studying the culture i.e. religion, music, and cuisines. He is a Percussionist utilizing the drum as a healing tool, and a Laughter Coach addressing Stressful issues with a giggle! (Topic: Laugh Therapy).

CARL MURRELL is the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S. representative to the United Nations. He has served as Co-Chair of the Values Caucus at the United Nations since 2001 and served as a Vice-Chair on the Executive Committee of the Council of Organizations of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Violence Against Women Sub-Committee of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women is a member of the Task Force to Protect Girls from Violence of the Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF. (Topic Prerequesites to Universal Peace).

ADRIANE BERG is the CEO of Generation Bold, a branding and marketing firm helping clients reach the boomer and active senior markets. She is a master promoter, spokesperson and message point creator for such companies as American Express, USA Today, Entrust, MBNA, Hunterdon Medical and many others. (Topic: Marketing Peace).

BERTA DITILLO is an author, Toastmaster, and workshop leader on various topics including her books on Goals and Affirmations. She strives to help people achieve what they want in life, in an easy, step by step process, ultimately making the world a better place for yourself and others. Berta is involved with the Taskforce for Humanity Coalition, and helped create the Visions Of A Better World Conference. (Topic: Discovering Your Service Goals).

LISA BELLINI - As an Indigo Forerunner, Lisa is an expert advocate and consultant on the Indigo Children. In 2006, she founded the Crystal Healing Foundation as a means of reaching a wider circle of need. She holds classes and support groups for parents and teachers of Indigo Children. Lisa is a member of the Taskforce for Humanity Coalition and a board member of the Spiritual Unity Network (Topic: Oneness, Unity and Collaborative Enterprise).

Naresh Jain - chairs the Public Relations Committee for the 2009 Melbourne, Parliament to be held in Australia; and co-chairs the Interfaith Committee of the Federation of Jain associations in North America (JAINA). He also serves as a member or advisor on the Boards of JAINA, Parliament of World’s Religions, International Jain Sangh, Educare Foundation, and the Monmouth Center of World Religions and Ethical Thought. He is a member of the Taskforce for Humanity Coalition in New Jersey. (Topic: Ahimsa - The Philosophy of Non-Violence).

JACQUELINE DELIBES - Native New Yorker Jacqueline Delibes has practiced both Indian-style meditation and Transmission Meditation for many years. She enjoys conveying her enthusiasm to the public about the more grounded, practical aspects of spirituality. "I embrace the idea that spirituality can be expanded to include any activity that uplifts humanity," she says. ( Topic: The Great Invocation - Service Through Meditation).

Kim Korona is an inspiring workshop facilitator at the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) and leads IHE’s MOGO (most good) and Sowing Seeds humane education workshops across the U.S. and Canada. She earned a B.A. at Goddard College in Vermont, where she studied social change and food politics. She works for HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers) as a humane educator in New York City, and earned her M.Ed. degree in humane education from IHE. (Topic: Most Good Workshop).

Madalina Blanton is a Reiki Master Practitioner and an Integrative Health Counselor whose goal is to help people reawaken their own source of creativity, expanded energy and ultimately their well-being. Madalina is a former Children’s Book Designer, a long-time student of natural health and an advocate of green living. (Topic: Reiki)

Dr. Stevi Lischin is a professor and consultant of Intercultural Communications and Psychology. She is co-founder of The Project for Intercultural Development. (Topic: Interfaith Dialog)

Rev. Elizabeth Congdon, MA, RN is the Interim Pastor at Hamilton Square Baptist Church. She was a member of mission teams to the Philippines, Rwanda, Egypt and Arizona. She retired from public health after 25 years with the NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services. (Topic: Interfaith Dialog)

Kathy Leone’s interest in helping others led her to study and practice many forms of healing including Massage Therapy, Reiki and Classical Homeopathy. She trained in Seimei in 1997 and has since worked on thousands of people with exceptional results. She is also the Regional Coordinator for The Seimei Foundation in Hawthorne, NJ. (Topic: Seimei)

Dr. Barbara Velazquez is Founder and President of the Spiritual Unity Network (SUN). She is also Founder and Director of the Taskforce for Humanity Coalition as well as the driving force behind the creation of the Visions of a Better World Conference. Dr. Velazquez is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice and has served as an adjunct professor at Kean University and the College of St. Elizabeth. Past president of the Surya Theosophical Study Center, Dr. Velazquez is a teacher of the ageless wisdom tradition. (Topic: Council of all Beings)

Judith Higgins. For the past 25 years Judith has been a teacher, member of the Theosophical Society, Mensa, and a student of Tibetan Buddhism. Her passion for all growing things began at age 4, learning gardening with her grandmother and her mother, who was a Master Gardener. For the past 3 years Judith has been the Council appointed Gardening Manager for her apartment building, designing and planting new gardens on it's large grounds. She also does volunteer gardening at the Center for Hope Hospice, and Acadia House in Scotch Plains. She welcomes emails at mala514@aol.com - (Topic: The Healing Power of Plants)

Joel Sunbear is president of the Surya Theosophical Study Center and vice president of the Spiritual Unity Network (SUN). An advocate for persons with physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities, he founded and led support groups for adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD and persons with Traumatic Brain Injury. He served on the board of directors of the Learning Disabilities Association of Connecticut and was a member of the Connecticut Council for Persons with Disabilities (Topic: Disability Awareness)