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This year's stage brings together CEOs, COOs, CHROs, and founders who've proven that purpose and performance aren't in competition — they're the same strategy. From brands like Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola Consolidated, and Chick-fil-A, each speaker shares real frameworks, not theory. For CHROs and People leaders specifically, several sessions dig into the exact talent, culture, and retention challenges you're already navigating.
Featured Voices of Purpose
Lars Minns
Chief Human Resources Officer
Mercedes-Benz
Session: You cannot fly without gravity!
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Emi Gragnani
Senior Director, Culture
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Session: Caring for Our Culture
Ron Carucci and Sebastian Little
Managing Partners
Navalent
Session: The Unarmored Leader.
Sarah Gabel Seifert
CEO
EveryLife
Session: Leading with your values and never compromising on quality
Nick Craig
President
Core Leadership Institute
Session: Lead with Purpose
Melissa Nelson
Chief Talent Officer
Levenfeld Pearstein
Session: Do your values hold water?
Cory Carlson
Executive Coach
Cory M. Carlson
Session: The Intentional Leader: 5 Ways to WIN! at Home and Work
Sam Thevanayagam
CEO
Parts Life, Inc.
Session: Using Business to Build People into their God-given Purpose and Potential
Tom Darrow
Founder/Principal
Talent Connections LLC and Career Spa LLC
Session: Be a difference maker. What's your +?
Nenuca Syquia
CEO
Better Organization by Design - BOxD
Session: From Slogan to System: Embedding Purpose Into Your Company’s DNA
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Braxton Kilgo & Dylan Warter
Founder/CEO & Co-founder, Chief Relationship Officer
I Believe In You
Session: Turning Pain into Purpose
Kent Chevalier
Chaplain, Pittsburgh Steelers
Team Chevalier
Session: Do It Afraid
Davin Salvagno
Co-Founder, Purpose Summit
Host
Dr. Amber Selking, PhD
Chief Culture & Leadership Development Officer
Lippert
Host
Session: Do It Afraid
t-factor panel discussion
t-factor provides leadership experience that activates corporate leaders to build purpose-driven cultures, and develop people who seek Him, connect with their purpose, and serve and care of each other. t-factor inspires and encourages leaders to implement a purpose-driven culture. Developed and moderated by Coke Consolidated, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
Mark Whitacre
Vice President, Culture & Care
Executive Director, t-factor
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Josh Dorminy
EVP, Exec. Assistant to the Chairman & CEO
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Larry Griffith
Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Chaplains of America
Naomi Oglesby
Sr. Director, Assoc. General Counsel, Labor & Employment
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Melissa Blalock
Senior Manager, Culture & Care
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Dave Greenberg
Vice President, HR Business Partner
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Jeffrey D. Patton
Managing Member
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC