FEATURED SPEAKERS

OPENING KEYNOTE AND AMERICAN RED CROSS AWARDS - SUMMER SANDERS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 - 9:45 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

Summer Sanders is best known as an Olympic Champion swimmer, an NBA television host, a Nickelodeon game show host and an ambassador of international charitable organizations.

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Summer started swimming at the age of 4 and attended Stanford University where she won back-to-back NCAA swimmer of the year in ’91 and ’92. Later that year she went onto the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and won 2 golds, a silver and a bronze.

A few years after, Sanders turned to her second love, television, and began a now 30-year career both in front of a behind the camera.

Summer is the author of “Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me a Success”. She is married to fellow Olympian, Erik Schlopy, and they have two kids, Skye and Spider.

Aquatics International General Session And Awards Presentation

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 - 8:00 - 9:00 A.M.

Ruby Newell-Legner, CSP 7-Star Service

As a Certified Speaking Professional, Ruby Newell-Legner has presented more than 2500 programs in 23 countries and served as National President of the National Speakers Association 2015-16.

As a Fan Experience Expert, she has designed and delivered customized service experience programs for more than 1000 businesses, including 29 professional sports teams in the NFL, NHL, NBA, CFL, MLB and WNBA. From Ferrari World to the Columbus Zoo, from Denver to Dubai, Ruby brings unprecedented expertise and insight on how to create a service culture that motivates employees and promotes guest loyalty and retention.

Ruby offers leading sports, leisure and entertainment companies, 7 Star Service solutions to amplify their brand and bottom-line. She helps them build a guestcentric culture from their front-line employees to their guests, between coworkers and their peers, and from managers to the employees they supervise and mentor.

CLOSING ENDNOTE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP) ON WATER SAFETY - DR. BEN HOFFMAN

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16- 10:15 - 11:25 A.M.

Ben

Hoffman,

M.D. President, American Academy of Pediatrics

Dr. Hoffman is a leading national expert and advocate in child safety. He is a professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine, medical director for OHSU’s Tom Sargent Safety Center, and director of the Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs. His wife Jane Kim-Hoffman, MD, FAAP, also works at OHSU with the Doernbecher Specialty Pediatrics Clinic. Dr. Hoffman will become president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Jan. 1, 2024, following Sandy Chung, MD, FAAP, of Virginia who is serving as president in 2023.