Welcome to Day #3
Igniting the Next Generation
Empower
Welcome to Day 3 of the Igniting the Next Generation: Empower Summit—your launchpad to inspiration, transformation, and the tools to empower today's youth for a brighter tomorrow!
EMPOWER
Virtual Summit
Topic #1
The 4 Money Stories Every Young Person Is Living
with Kyle Blackwell | Author, Lawyer, In-Demand Speaker
Topic #2
Preparing Female Student-Athletes for Life Beyond Sports
with Tori Barker | Founder & CEO, College Ready
Topic 3
When Your Daughter Says, “No One Likes Me”: The 4-step Response to Empowerment
with Sheri Gazitt | Teacher, Speaker, Master Trainer, Life Coach
Topic #4
Becoming Who You're Meant to Be Instilling Confidence, Purpose, and Resilience in Youth
with Gene Jochen | The Athletes Health
Topic 5
How to Get More Playing Time
with Rich Grogan | Professor, Consultant, Trainer
Meet Your Host
Kyle Blackwell
Helping parents and mentors raise young people who are wise with money and grounded in who they are.
Tori Barker
Creating conversations, resources, and opportunities that support women through every stage of their journey.
Sheri Gazitt
Making complex social dynamics feel understandable and giving families practical ways to build confidence, connection, and healthier friendships.
Gene Jochen
His unique "one step forward" framework with parents, coaches, and youth leaders
Rich Grogan
Teaches athletes how to get noticed for the right reasons, earn trust, communicate with confidence, lead with integrity, and become the kind of teammate coaches want
Kyle Blackwell
The 4 Money Stories Every Young Person Is Living
(and How to Change the Ending)
Kyle Blackwell reveals how young people’s money habits are often shaped by hidden stories long before they understand the consequences. Drawing from nearly two decades as a CFP® professional, he introduces four common money mindsets and shows adults how to recognize them early. In this practical, faith-rooted presentation, parents, coaches, educators, and youth leaders will learn how to start meaningful conversations that can reshape financial choices before those patterns follow young people into adulthood.
Kyle V. Robinson is an attorney, entrepreneur, author, and speaker who helps students, young adults, and educators develop resilience, leadership skills, and the confidence to overcome adversity.
His journey was far from traditional. After spending six years in high school, overcoming a troubled childhood, and navigating run-ins with the law, Kyle rebuilt his life through discipline, perseverance, and a commitment to personal growth.
Today, Kyle combines his powerful personal story with practical lessons learned from entrepreneurship, endurance sports, and professional success. As an ultramarathon runner, business owner, and licensed attorney, he shares how small, consistent actions can help individuals overcome setbacks, build self-belief, and achieve meaningful goals.
Kyle is also the author of Wandering Spark, a memoir that chronicles his journey from struggle to purpose and encourages readers to believe that their past does not have to define their future.
Kyle's presentations are known for their authenticity, relatability, and actionable takeaways that inspire audiences to take ownership of their future and develop an endurance mindset for life.
Shelle Howard
How to send your student to college without losing your mind or your money!
Shellee Howard reveals how families can approach college admissions with greater confidence, clarity, and financial wisdom. As founder and CEO of College Ready, she explains why successful planning involves far more than submitting applications. From academics and testing to leadership, extracurricular activities, scholarships, and standout essays, Shellee offers a strategic roadmap that helps students pursue the right college opportunities while reducing stress, avoiding costly mistakes, and protecting the family’s financial future.
Shellee Howard is the founder and CEO of College Ready, a nationally recognized college admissions and financial strategist, the 2026 Global Educational Consultant of the Year, and a two-time best-selling author. She helps students and families navigate the college admissions process with greater confidence, clarity, and financial wisdom.
Shellee Howard is the founder and CEO of College Ready, the 2026 Global Educational Consultant of the Year, a college admissions and financial strategist, and a two-time best-selling author. A UC graduate and mom of four debt-free college grads—including a Harvard pre-med alumnus—she has helped families worldwide earn top-choice acceptances and over $80 million in scholarships.
Shellee was awarded the 2026 Global Educational Consultant of the year, the top 100 women to KNOW in the USA, has been featured on FOX, NBC, CBS, U.S. News & World Report, and has a TV episode on Next Level CEO with Daymond John. She is a sought-after voice on strategic, debt-free college planning.
Known for making the complex college process easier to understand, Shellee is a sought-after speaker and trusted voice on strategic college planning.
Her mission is to help families create a clear path toward college success without unnecessary stress or overwhelming debt.
Roxie Smith
Building Youth Who Can Handle Life: Helping Build Resilience, Responsibility, and Hope
Aniko Hill reveals what every parent, educator, and youth leader needs to understand about teens and artificial intelligence. As AI tools become digital companions, tutors, and thinking partners, she exposes how chatbots build trust, why Gen Z is becoming increasingly skeptical, and what happens when young people outsource too much of their thinking. This timely presentation offers a balanced look at AI’s promise, its hidden costs, and why waiting until age 18 may matter.
Roxie Smith is a motivational speaker, certified 8 to Great trainer, and veteran educator with more than 32 years of experience helping young people and adults discover their potential.
Known for her energy, authenticity, and practical wisdom, Roxie inspires audiences to move beyond simply getting through life and begin intentionally creating the life they desire.
Drawing from the powerful principles of 8 to Great, Roxie challenges participants to do the "inside work" that fuels lasting success—taking responsibility for their thoughts, developing resilient mindsets, and building habits that support their happiest, healthiest, and most successful lives.
Whether speaking to educators, leaders, parents, youth advocates or youth, Roxie delivers an uplifting message filled with hope, humor, and strategies to use immediately. Attendees love being inspired to feel empowered to lead themselves first, strengthen their influence on others, and make a meaningful impact in their schools, organizations, families, and communities.
Her message is simple yet powerful: people discover that their next thought can become their next breakthrough to living their BEST life.
Gabe Rummel
Actionable Mental Exercises For Handling Pressure
Gabe Rummel shows why telling athletes “you’ve got this” is not enough. In this practical presentation, he shares proven mental exercises from The Athletes Health that help young performers handle pressure on the field, onstage, in the classroom, and anywhere expectations run high. By treating mental training like physical training, Gabe gives parents, coaches, and athletes simple tools they can practice immediately to build confidence, focus, and composure when it matters most.
Gabe Rummel is the founder of The Athletes Health, a mental performance company that helps athletes build clarity, confidence, and composure under pressure.
Through workshops, speaking, and ongoing training, Gabe works with athletes, teams, parents, coaches, and sports organizations to make mental performance practical, actionable, and trackable.
What sets TAH apart is the system behind the sessions. Athletes don't just learn mental exercises, they train them. The same way a strength program tracks sets, reps, and progress over time, The Athletes Health uses a trackable training platform to log mental performance data, measure growth, and build real muscle memory in the mental game. Progressive overload applied to the mind.
With a background in diet and exercise, neuroscience research, and continued training in sport and performance psychology, Gabe brings education, energy, and real-world application together in a way that connects with athletes and the adults around them.
He currently works with athletes and organizations across Iowa, Utah, and across other state lines, bringing mental performance training into teams, schools, clubs, and sports communities in a way that is practical, engaging, and built to last.
Ryan Gottfredson
Deepening Your Impact on Youth:
Helping Them Grow from the Inside Out
Ryan Gottfredson offers a powerful new way to understand what young people need most. Rather than focusing only on behavior, he helps adults look beneath the surface at the fears, insecurities, and patterns shaping who youth are becoming. In this insightful presentation, parents, educators, coaches, and mentors will learn how to move beyond the “Doing Side” of development and strengthen the inner confidence, resilience, purpose, and emotional capacity young people need to thrive.
Hunter Price is a speaker, author, ministry leader, and former basketball coach who helps coaches build stronger cultures and lead with greater purpose.
Before my career shift into speaking and writing, I was a basketball coach for twelve years. Three years into my coaching career I won multiple coaching awards and set every school record for wins and playoff wins.
Hunter is the author of Care to Compete, which debuted in multiple Amazon Top 10 bestseller categories. Written for coaches who want to create a lasting impact, the book explores how strong relationships and clear standards can work together to shape winning cultures. Through his writing, speaking, and workshops, Hunter challenges coaches to care deeply, compete purposefully, and lead in ways that influence athletes far beyond the scoreboard.
Today, Hunter serves full time in ministry and partners with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where he encourages coaches and athletes to lead with character, faith, and intentionality.
He also facilitates coaching workshops across the Midwest, equipping leaders with practical strategies to create teams built on trust, accountability, connection, and healthy competition.
Purpose in Every Paycheck
Kyle Blackwell
Discover Financial Freedom and the Future you're Made For
College Ready
Shellee Howard
How To Send Your Student To College Without Losing Your Mind or Your Money
8 To Great
Mc mueller
How to Take Charge of Your Life and Make Positive Changes Using an 8-Step Breakthrough Process
Becoming Better
Ryan Gottfredson
