2024 Convention Speaker Bios
KEYNOTE SPEAKER- Janie Driver – Body Language Institute
BIO: Janine Driver is the CEO of the Body Language Institute, the NY Times Best-Selling author of YOU SAY MORE THAN YOU THINK and top business-seller YOU CAN’T LIE TO ME, an international trainer, an award-winning keynote speaker, and a retired ATF Investigator.
Janine spent over 16 years as a federal law enforcement officer within the Department of Justice and now shares her cunning people-reading skills with thousands who work in the field of executive leadership, law enforcement , finance, law, human resources and sales; as well as the ATF, FBI, CIA, and DIA.
Janine has been ranked #1 in the “Inspiration” category in the World’s Top 30 Body Language Professionals and has been named one of the top twenty educational trendsetters in the meetings industry by Meetings Today magazine. Janine is a popular media guest on NBC’s TODAY Show, Live with Kelly, Steve Harvey Show, CNN Morning Show, MSNBC, and more. She is often quoted in publications, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan and Psychology Today.
Janine’s corporate clients include companies such as Proctor & Gamble, Million Dollar Round Table, ABC Supply, Salesforce, ABA, Lockheed Martin, ADP, KRONOS, Charles Schwab, Prudential, Coca-Cola, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
FUN FACT: In the mid 90s while Janine worked as a Public Information Officer for ATF in NYC, in the World Trade Center, she did stand-up comedy at night. She even opened for Robin Williams, Chris Rock, and Ray Romano at Stand-up New York Comedy Club.
Sunday Seminar Speaker-Barry Banther
Showing Leaders, Managers, and Business Owners How to Earn the Right to Be Followed
Barry Banther develops tailored leadership presentations based on your organization’s greatest business management needs and his four decades of successful business leadership and coaching of hundreds of leaders.
“Barry Banther was the keynote speaker at our last annual conference and the man did not simply ‘bring down the house,’ he actually elevated it! Undeniably he was engaging, knowledgeable, entertaining, and yes, even inspiring, but what Barry accomplished was far more meaningful. Barry connected with our group and then he led them to a deeper understanding of themselves and the people they lead. In a powerful but kind manner, he turned the lights on for so many of us that day.”
Deputy Director, Home Care Association of Florida
• Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
• Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
• Delivered over 3000 paid presentations
• Served in the administration of three Florida Governors
• Elected three back-to-back terms as Chairman of the State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities
• Founder and Senior Partner in two professional services firms
• Developed over 50 Leadership Training Programs used around the world
• Best Selling Author, A Leader’s Gift – How to Earn the Right to Be Followed
Partial Client List
Rockwell Collins • Eli Lilly • Pfizer • Bank of America • Prudential • Raymond James •Shriners International • American Heart Association • Alcoa • Brighthouse Networks •Verizon • HCA Hospital Corporation • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Baycare Health System • McNichols Company • Home Care Association of Florida • Bealls • Fluid Power Distributors Association • IMDA • Allstate •Media General • Gannett • Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA) • Tampa Bay Steel Company • PDI • Plimpton & Hills • Amerx • Tampa Sports Authority • Florida Aquarium • Enodis Corporation • Family First •Tampa Bay Lightning • Tampa Sports Authority
Barry is available for keynote presentation, breakout session, facilitated board retreat, and multi-session leadership and management training. He divides his time between Tarpon Springs, Florida and Banner Elk, North Carolina and travels from either location.
Prayer Breakfast Speaker – David Cassidy
David is the Senior Pastor at Spanish River Church in Boca Raton, FL. Born in Illinois and raised in Indiana, David Cassidy grew up in the Lutheran Church under his Christian parents Patrick and Dolores Cassidy. He has been married to his wife Toni since 1980 and they have three children, Sean, Claire, and Anna. Sean is married to his wife Jacquelyn and live in the Nashville area along with Claire. Anna is eighteen and in her senior year of high school.
David met Toni in Oxford, England where he was engaged in studies in History and Literature, as well as student mission, beginning in 1979. David served as a church planter in London from 1981 to 1987. A life-changing conversation with Francis Schaeffer in 1982 eventually led to a radical new direction for David and after further church planting in the US, he became a Presbyterian minister in 2000. David has served churches in Britain, Kentucky, Texas, and Tennessee, sharing the Gospel of Grace with clarity, prophetic passion, and winsome wit, all with a view to reaching non-believers, strengthening the faith of Christians, encouraging the renewal of the Church, and training future leaders for global mission. He has also authored the book Indispensable: The Basics of Christian Belief.
Women In Leadership Council Guest Speaker –Kayleen McCabe
Contractor, Speaker, Host of HGTV’s Rescue Renovation, and founder of The McCabe Foundation
Think construction is a guys-only field? Think again! Licensed contractor Kayleen McCabe has been swinging hammers and toting tool belts since the ripe age of six, when she shadowed her family’s overhaul of their Denver home. She’s never looked back, and in 2009 beat out dozens of male competitors on TV’s Stud Finder for the grand prize: her own DIY Network series. Over five seasons, Rescue Renovation showcased Kayleen’s skills and wit as she’s swept in and saved more than 100 home renovations, from an NFL running back’s kitchen to a coalmine-turned-man-cave. But nails aren’t the only thing you’ll find Kayleen hammering. She’s an ardent advocate of trade careers and education, long seen as runners-up to traditional four-year college degrees and white-collar jobs. Her goal is to shed light on the rising demand for trade professionals that’s outpacing vocational training – and to help restore America’s respect for the trades in the process.