Keynote Speakers ... Monday | Tuesday
Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting, bullying, social justice, and ethical leadership. Wiseman is the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World, the groundbreaking, fully-revised edition of her bestselling book that was the basis for the movie Mean Girls. Her follow‐up book, Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads, addresses the social hierarchies and conflicts among parents. It is now being made into a major motion picture by New Line Cinema. Her latest endeavor is the young adult novel Boys, Girls, & Other Hazardous Materials, which follows heroine Charlie Healey as she navigates the good, bad and ugly of her freshman year of high school.
Additional publications include the Owning Up Curriculum, a comprehensive social justice program for grades 6-12, and she writes the monthly “Ask Rosalind” column in Family Circle magazine.
In 2011, Wiseman is working with Unilever’s “Don’t Fret the Sweat” campaign to raise awareness about tweens’ body development and how it impacts their overall growth. In addition, Rosalind is a spokesperson for LG’s Text Education Council that aims to inform parents about responsibly monitoring teen cell phone usage.
Each year Wiseman works with tens of thousands of students, educators, parents, counselors, coaches, and administrators to create communities based on the belief that each person has a responsibility to treat themselves and others with dignity. Audiences have included the American School Counselors Association, Capital One, National Education Association, Girl Scouts, Neutrogena, Young Presidents Association, Independent School Associations and the International Chiefs of Police, as well as countless schools throughout the U.S. and abroad. She is also a member of the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Start Strong Advisory Board.
National media regularly depends on Wiseman as the expert on ethical leadership, media literacy, and bullying prevention. She is a frequent guest on the Today Show and Anderson Cooper and has been profiled in The New York Times, People, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Oprah, Nightline, CNN, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio affiliates throughout the country.
Wiseman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Occidental College. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and two sons.
For more information visit rosalindwiseman.com
Dr. John W. Hodge is President of Urban Learning and Leadership Center (ULLC), an organization focused on student achievement and reduction of the achievement gap. He has served as a reading teacher, English teacher, AVID teacher, Assistant Principal and Associate Director of AVID Center Eastern Division. He served as Director of An Achievable Dream Academy, an inner city school which piloted many of the interventions used by Urban Learning and Leadership Center. An Achievable Dream Academy is a high performing, high poverty school that has received numerous national awards.
Prior to starting his career in education, Dr. Hodge distinguished himself in the service of our country with the 7th Infantry Division of the United States Army. He is known as a master teacher and staff developer.
Dr. Hodge's career has been defined by assisting students and teachers overcome obstacles and achieve goals. He has served as a inspirational speaker across the United States and has been a guest lecturer at Christopher Newport University, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University and George Washington University. Dr. Hodge is a trained facilitator for the (SREB) Leadership Initiative Modules “Leading Assessment and Instruction” and “Creating a High Performance Learning Culture”, and a trained assessor and facilitator in the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) “Developing the 21st Century Principal” program.
Dr. Hodge is also a frequent speaker for elementary, middle and high school student assemblies. His presentations are often “the spark” for schools in their quest to meet and exceed state/federal accreditation standards and implement strategies for continuous improvement. Dr. Hodge is an expert in helping schools create and sustain academic excellence.
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