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SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Attending the keynote speaker sessions can ignite your inspiration and transform your ideas into actionable plans. Join us at breakfast on Thursday and Friday for the two keynote sessions.

  • President, Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Development Institute

    Author, speaker, and real-world leader Joseph Robinson, Jr. is passionate about helping people identify and cultivate vital characteristics of leadership. Robinson conducts workshops and seminars on leadership topics, strategic planning, team building, and conflict resolution. Whether you lead in church or the community, a classroom or boardroom, there are some essentials you must know. Some might call them principles, but Robinson believes they are much more and has identified what he calls 7 leadership imperatives, gleaned from the life of the biblical figure, John the Baptist.

    In 2006, Robinson took an early retirement from his position as a senior division manager for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to focus on a speaking and writing ministry to help equip others with the knowledge and tools they need to lead in their own world. His 26 years of public administrative experience provided him with a laboratory for implementing his 7 leadership imperatives. Over more than two decades with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Robinson honed his supervisory, mentoring, and communication skills, and was certified as a quality manager through the American Society for Quality. He understands business and the challenges inherent with delivering quality products and services.

    As a deacon at his church, The Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Robinson also appreciates how leadership characteristics in the secular world translate into the church and ministry setting. He knows from experience that effective leadership at all levels is essential.

    Included in Robinson's varied experiences is having obtained his BA degree from the University of Virginia. An active member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Robinson also serves as Executive Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Development Institute. This program is an initiative of the Harrisburg Interdenominational Ministers Conference to develop emerging community leaders.

  • Founder/Director, CapozziGroup & Survival Mindset Co.

    Since 1991, Rick Capozzi has been delivering personal growth and development training as well as providing global marketing services. The world has been his classroom. As an international speaker, consultant, and writer, his travels have taken him to South America, Mexico, Canada, Japan, throughout Eastern and Central Europe, and to all but 9 states in the USA. He delivers as many as 160 speaking engagements per year.

    A native of Franklin, PA, USA, Rick earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Communication in 1985 from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He worked in sales and marketing while doing further research in numerous aspects of personal growth and development. In 1991 he released his first public seminars on Motivation and Memory, which remain two of his most frequently requested topics. During his tenure at The Pennsylvania State University as a Learning Strategist with the Human Resource Development Center, he designed, developed, and/or delivered some of the department’s most popular and highly evaluated programs.

Session Speakers

  • Corporal Aaron J. Allen

    PA State Police Officer of Community Engagement
    PA State Police

  • Caleb Alexander

    Technical Services Representative I
    PHFA

  • Deborah Allen

    Executive Director
    PennCares

  • Stacy Bampton

    Housing Management Representative I
    PHFA

  • Jan Bechtel

    HDC MidAtlantic

  • Heather Black

    Manager of Tax Credit Compliance
    PHFA

  • Terri Bowling

    Manager
    Highmark Caring Place

  • Rick Capozzi

    Founder/President

    Capozzi Group & Survival Mindset

  • Debra Carl

    Senior Asset Manager
    Pennsylvania Multifamily Asset Management

  • Tina Chilla

    Housing Management Representative I
    PHFA

  • Steve Chopek

    Support Services Director
    American Healthcare Group

  • Dawn Cieri

    Property Accountant

    Altman Management Company, LLC

  • Tylin Colston

    Housing Services Representative
    PHFA

  • Jennifer Crotsley

    Director of Employment, Education and Financial Empowerment
    Tri County Community Action

  • Crystal Deitch

    American Healthcare Group

  • Susan Delgado

    PHFA

  • Tony Delonti

    Tony Delonti

    Manager, Health Promotions
    American Lung Association in Pennsylvania

  • Tamara Diggs

    Housing Services Representative
    PHFA

  • George Dillman

    Consumer Outreach Specialist

    Pennsylvania Department of Banking & Securities (DOBS)

  • Josh Ercole

    Executive Director

    Council on Compulsive Gambling of PA, Inc. 

  • CHERI FISHBAUGH

    Director D-CAP
    West Chester University

  • Gemma Graven

    Director of Lease-up & Property Administration
    Trek Development Group

  • Cindy Grimm

    Service Coordinator
    American Healthcare Group

  • KEVIN HANKINS

    Vice President of Maintenance
    Pennrose

  • Khalifah Harding

    Senior Housing Management Representative
    PHFA

  • Allison Hendrick

    Director of Operations
    NDC Asset Management LLC

  • AJ Johnson

    President

    AJ Johnson Consulting

  • Pat LaMarche

    Author/Advocate
    Charles Bruce Foundation

  • Tram Le

    Senior Financial Analyst
    PHFA

  • Emmalee Leed

    Coordinator
    HDC MidAtlantic

  • Alexa Livelsberger

    Education Coordinator
    Highmark Caring Place

  • Kayla Lucotch

    FSS Case Manager
    Westmoreland County Housing Authority

  • Laura S McAnulty, M.A., CCC-SLP, ASDCS, CYMHS

    Executive Director
    Neurodiversity Employment Network of Philadelphia

  • Robin Meadows

    FSS Case Manager
    Westmoreland County Housing Authority

  • Brittany Mellinger

    Fair Housing Training & Outreach Coordinator
    Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

  • Cheryl Messner

    FSS Coordinator/Supervisor
    Westmoreland County Housing Authority

  • Bette Newcomer

    Director of Compliance
    M&L Compliance Management

  • Kara Rea

    Administration & Compliance Specialist
    Trek Development Group

  • Cindy Richard

    Director
    Suicide Prevention of York

  • Lisa Santiago

    PHFA

  • Jennifer Schneck

    Resident Services Coordinator
    HDC MidAtlantic

  • Lisa Scott

    Housing Services Representative

    PHFA

  • Ralph Shires

    Technical Services Representative II
    PHFA

  • Linda Shumaker, RN, GERO-BC, MA

    Executive Director
    Optimize Aging, LLC

  • Molly Smith

    Housing Management Representative II
    PHFA

  • Alicia Spencer

    Senior Housing Services Representative

    PHFA  

  • James Stafford

    Region 5 Veterans Specialist
    PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

  • Lori Staggert

    Housing Management Representative II
    PHFA

  • Richard Stephenson

    CFO/COO/Acting Executive Director
    Allegheny County Housing Authority

  • Maria Tagliaferri

    Veterans Services Coordinator
    HDC MidAtlantic

  • Patricia Washington

    Financial Education Officer
    PHFA

  • Chris Williams

    Assistant Housing Management Representative
    PHFA

  • Natashia Woods

    Service Coordinator

    JLD Property Management 

  • David Zerbato, Esq.

    Managing Director
    Morton
Valihura & Zerbato, LLC

  • Holly Zugay

    Senior Financial Education Officer

    PHFA