Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote Speaker

Ben Nemtin

Ben is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? and a star of the MTV show The Buried Life.

Ben is ranked #2 Motivational Speaker in the World by Global Gurus and is listed as a Top Organizational Culture Thought Leader.

As the co-founder of The Buried Life movement, Ben’s message of radical possibility has been featured in major media including The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Today Show, CNN, NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, and more.


Closing Keynote Speaker

Amy Van Dyken Rouen

Amy Van Dyken Rouen is a 6-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming. Born and raised in Colorado, she won 4 gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics making her the first American woman to accomplish that feat and the winningest gold medalist, male or female, in 1996. She went on to win two more gold medals at the 2000 Summer Games.

Named by Swimming World Magazine as the Swimmer of the Year in 1995 and 1996. She is also in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.

Since retiring from swimming, she has cohosted a sports radio show and been an NFL sideline reporter. She is married to former two-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Rouen. In 2014, she was injured in an ATV accident.

Van Dyken works as a broadcaster calling swimming for NBC Sports during the Summer Olympics as well as for the ACC and Pac 12 Networks.