Sean Evans Moore
Sean Evans Moore is a principal and President of LeaderWise, Inc., and as of 2010 a principal of the AthenA Group, LLC. Each company offers unique formats for organizations needing leadership development, executive coaching, or culture strategies.

Known as the “assessment expert,” Sean is certified in a wide range of leadership tools specializing in EQi 2.0®, Myers-Briggs®, Emergenetics®, iLoveFeedback®, and Best Year Yet®. Since 2007, he has been a member of Mountain States Employers Council’s guest faculty and successfully provided workshops and executive coaching for CSG Systems, Women in Cable and Telecommunications, Otterbox, ViaWest and Prologis.

Licensed as a Financial Advisor in 2005, Sean has assisted companies and individuals with investment and insurance strategies for sustaining financial goals and business performance through AIM Investments and A.G. Edwards.

An accomplished Video Specialist and Senior Editor, Sean has 15 years experience in communications, the art of persuasion, and documentaries. A former Avid editor, he has worked in multicultural environments along the Pacific Rim, managed $500k postproduction budgets, and successfully delivered products for global distribution via satellite broadcasts and cable. He was honored to work with the SYDA Foundation, Jones Educational Media, Comcast, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Sean holds a BA in Mass Communications from the University of Denver.

As an active contributor to his community, Sean has served on the Level One Society Board that raised, in less than eight months, over $350,000 for Denver Health’s Adolescent Psychiatric Unit. He has also volunteered his time to the Women’s Vision Foundation, Swedish Hospital, and SYDA Foundation serving in a variety of capacities from development to ethics committees.

His personal crowning achievement to date was to be recognized as a lead climber during the 1995 Colorado Expedition to summit Masherbrum, a 26,598 ft. peak in Pakistan. However, nothing beats being a proud father and husband.

Joe Amato-Baril
Joe Amato-Baril joined FirstBank in 2010 to focus on developing a comprehensive Diversity program for the bank. He spent nearly six years prior at Land Title Guarantee Company where he worked in residential closings as well as the accounting department. He has worked in various industries in his professional career that include accounting, finance, marketing/business development, and title insurance.

Diversity is more of a personal passion for Joe and he became interested in Diversity shortly after his brief stay in Honduras where his mother was living and volunteering at an AIDS orphanage. He has traveled quite extensively throughout Mexico and Central America and became familiar with different cultures and customs. During his Master’s program, Joe studied many international CEO’s and the differences between their management and leadership styles as it related to Cultural Intelligence.

In addition to devoting his professional time to developing a Diversity program at FirstBank, Joe also volunteers as a Mentor for Byrne Urban Scholars, is highly involved in the Hispanic Chamber of Denver working on creating a mentor program, and also works with several local Non-Profit organizations in business development and partnerships. In 2011 he was asked to become an Advisory Board member for the The Monfort College of Business Management program at the University of Northern Colorado.

Joe received a B.S. in Business Administration with a Marketing concentration from Colorado State University and an MBA from Regis University.

Lisa M. Collings, Ph.D. is the Director, Talent Acquisition for the Americas for Arrow Electronics. She has a team of 10 recruiters and coordinators who are responsible for sourcing and filling open jobs across three business divisions. The team has an average requisition load of 160 positions per month, which includes sales, engineering, finance, marketing and HR jobs. Lisa also focuses on the new hire experience, on-boarding, and college recruiting, as well as some talent management initiatives.

From 2001-2009, Lisa ran Collings Consulting as an organizational psychologist who enabled companies to achieve their business goals through human performance. Dr. Collings worked in multiple industries, including aerospace/defense, healthcare, telecommunications, financial services, and beverage. Clients included Johnson & Johnson, First Data, Coca-Cola, Johns Manville, Graebel Moving & Storage, Cisco Systems, Bank of America, Autodesk, Time Warner Telecom, Holy Cross Hospital and Western Union. Collings Consulting provided services in organization development, executive coaching and strategic business partnering for HR and Finance.

Through Collings Consulting, Lisa worked as a part time external resource for the Talent Management/OD function at First Data from 2002-2006. She served in a business partner role for multiple divisions and leaders. Her responsibilities included facilitating the succession planning process, facilitating strategic offsites, executive coaching, conducting executive assessments, managing the talent assessment of the top 50 leaders at an acquired company, and representing the SVP of Talent Management/OD with the HR Lead Team.

As Director, Human Resources Operations (1998-2000), Lisa managed a team of eight HR generalists and provided strategic and tactical HR services to seven officers and their organizations at Qwest, formerly U S West. Her responsibilities included corporate programs, such as performance review, annual salary, bonus and stock option allocation, and succession planning, as well as basic services, such as performance management, leadership development, compensation consultation, and employee relations. Lisa introduced, sponsored, and coached HR Operations employees on the performance consulting process transitioning the team to a much more strategic, consultative HR function.

As Director, Organization Development & Education (1995-1998), Lisa managed a department of 15 and ran the organization development, training, and career development functions for Texas Health Resources. She grew it from a training department to an internal consulting organization. Her responsibilities included performance consulting, the performance management process, core competency/skills assessment, 360 feedback and development planning, and training in leadership, business understanding, and continuous improvement for over 15,000 employees. She launched the career development center, which provided career management resources, workshops, and counseling to all employees as well as external clients. She was also a key leader on the cultural integration of an acquired hospital and a merger with another healthcare system.

From 1992-1995, Lisa worked at Hughes Aircraft in employee research and training as part of the Hughes Institute for Professional Development. Her responsibilities included the annual employee opinion survey (which was developed, administered and interpreted in-house), designing and facilitating employee training courses, and organization development consultation to the business.
Lisa holds a B.A. in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley (1989) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology (1993) from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), now Alliant University. She taught as adjunct faculty at the University of Denver, Daniels School of Business (2001-2002) and University College (2000-2003).

Juwon A. Melvin
As an entrepreneur, author, speaker, world traveler, and life enthusiast, Juwon enjoys shattering the boundaries of possibilities and inspiring others to achieve more than they ever believed possible.

Juwon grew up in the Montbello neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, narrowly avoided the gangs, drugs, violence and mediocrity that claimed the lives of his childhood friends. After two of his childhood friends we shot and killed, he decided to use his gift of life to create a positive impact. Determined to be a trailblazer and positive example for his younger sister, Juwon became the first person in his family to attend a four-year university and earn a bachelor’s degree.

While in college, Juwon received numerous academic and leadership awards, including the Distinguished First Generation Scholar and Outstanding Junior Leader Award. While studying business in college Juwon spent his summers interning with a major Fortune 500 company. He excelled and was awarded the INROADS Distinguished Intern Award. While the money was good, he wasn’t fulfilled, and knew that he had more to give to the world. There had to be a way to combine his business background with his life experiences to make an impact in the lives of others.

Juwon and his college roommate Aaron Madonna started DreamReel Media in July, 2007. The two started with $1,000 each, and they haven't looked back since! Juwon co-authored his first book while still in college, before graduating in 2008 with a BS in Business Administration. His second book, Help! IDK What I Want to Do With My Life is currently available as an e-book, and will be in print January, 2011.

Currently, Juwon is very busy with the following commitments:

• Contributing to the JuwonSpeaks (http://www.JuwonSpeaks.com) and ThriveOrDie (http://www.ThriveOrDie.com) blogs
• Taking a vacation every month
• Running a start-up business . LifeSoap Company uses all natural, premium soap to raise awareness of the global clean water crisis, give life, and build community
• Working as the Coordinator for Scholar Support and Key Outreach for his Alma Mater, Colorado State University
• Preparing and planning to break a Guinness World Record in 2011…stay tuned!

As a sought-after guest speaker, Juwon inspires and empowers audiences from across the country. His presentation style is engaging and full of energy! You can expect to learn, reflect, stretch your perceived limitations, grow, and feel fired up to take your life to new heights!