2022 Education Summit

Jon Petz is a Keynote Speaker, business adviser, author and performance expert who helps leaders and team members at all levels in an organization perform with impact and purpose. Driving your audience to ask “How did you do it?” and demanding you “Do it Again!”

His energy and entertaining persona transform a room and engage personally and emotionally to connect individuals to their ability to achieve success and significance in their careers, business, and life. While organizations are challenged to build unique program formats that engage members both in live and online events, Jon as a keynote (or emcee) creates a perfect trifecta of education, personal inspiration, and entertainment that creates dialogue and action ideas that reverberate throughout your hallways. Your participants leave with a sense of value, passion in what they do, and pride in the organization they represent.

Donna Barton Brothers was born into horse racing. Her mother, Patti Barton, was one of the first half dozen women to be licensed as a jockey in the United States—and both her brother and sister were jockeys, too. Donna started riding professionally in 1987 and rode for 11½ years. She retired in 1998 as the second leading female jockey in the United States by money earned, winning 1,130 races.

In 1999 she began dabbling in television coverage of horse racing and in 2000 covered the Breeders’ Cup Championships for NBC Sports. She has covered Horse Racing, Show Jumping, Bull Riding and other horse sports for NBC and NBCSN since 2000 and, during that time, has covered 22 Kentucky Derbies and, memorably, the Triple Crown wins captured by American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018.

Brothers is also an author and wrote “Inside Track: Insider’s Guide to Horse Racing” in 2011. The book is in its third edition and is intended to bridge the gap between the novice horse racing fan and the, at times, complicated sport of horse racing. She also serves as Client Relations Manager for Starlight and StarLadies Racing. Her husband, Frank, is a former horse trainer and now a very successful bloodstock agent.

Jeska Brodbeck is a professional keynote speaker and performance coach based in South Florida. She works with business professionals to help them enter the state that athletes refer to as “being in the zone” so they can be more efficient and productive with less stress in their life.

Jeska works one-on-one with C-level executives and speaks to organizations across the private sector, government and non-profit. She has been highlighted as a Distinguished Speaker at Florida International University and served on the Boards of the Program in the Study of Spirituality at FIU and the World Happiness Summit. She is a featured speaker for the YPO, a global group of CEO’s.

In addition to her professional merits, Jeska was trained at one of the top yoga schools in the U.S., Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in the Berkshires, Massachusetts. She has practiced yoga for over 18 years and has taught groups and individuals the deep science of training the mind for over 8 years. She completed the cornerstone mindfulness course, the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and has contributed over 1,500 hours to transformational trainings as a participant, volunteer and coach.

Jeska’s unique experience as an instructor, coach, business owner and consultant allows her to offer practical tools based in modern science and the ancient wisdom of mindfulness and meditation to help business professionals reduce stress, improve focus & reach a new level of optimal performance.

Bronkar’s unique background includes touring Europe as ringmaster to a world-renowned circus, appearing with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show, starring in a Super Bowl commercial, and performing at Madison Square Gardens. You may have also seen him beatboxing with his son in a viral video that received over 200 Million views. He has performed and presented at over 5,000 live events for companies like Google, Facebook, Youtube, Keller Williams, and Disney Cruise Lines.

Aaron Williams is a virtuosic tap dancing multi-instrumentalist, trained in classical music, jazz, and rudimental percussion technique. He achieved internet fame with his viral video, Mario on Marimba, which has received millions of views on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media sites. He appeared in Coca-Cola’s “America the Beautiful” campaign which aired during the Superbowl, the Olympics, and the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. He is the composer of “Jazzy Note Blocks,” the music behind Note Blocks - AVM Shorts Episode 5, which has racked up over 77 million views on youtube.

In addition to his online and commercial successes, Aaron is a world-class music educator. He is a recipient of the ACEMM Winter Spotlight Award, which is granted for outstanding work in learning communities utilizing music and movement.

Kevin’s SITE leadership spans back to 2011 when he was awarded the Kevin Forde Spirit Award in recognition of his leadership in the SITE community, particularly for his role in the SITE Young Leaders Program. As the 2011 program chair, he was instrumental in bringing young professionals together from more than 20 countries for education and networking at the Site Academy for Young Leaders, held in Cancun, Mexico, a destination he represents. Kevin has also served as the Co-Chair for SITE’s Global Conference in New Delhi, India in 2015, Panama in 2016, as well as the Chair for the Incentive Summit Americas event in 2018 and 2019. He currently serves on the SITE International Board of Directors as President. Kevin has been honored with some of the industry’s top recognition, which includes Connect Corporate 40 Under 40 in 2016, Smart Meetings 2017 Supplier of the year and BizBash’s Top Event Industry Leadership in 2018 & 2019. Hospitality is such a passion that he has joined the Board of Directors for the Above and Beyond Foundation, a charitable organization that gives back to individuals that take their service to the next level in the hospitality industry.

Kevin earned a Bachelors Degree in Communication Studies from Chapman University and a Masters Degree in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego. When he isn’t working, Kevin loves to spend time with his family, play sports and of course… travel the globe.