Events

Pat Harris is a lifelong Saint Paulite, husband, father, finance professional, writer, and community leader. Community service is central to his life. Pat served on the Saint Paul City Council for twelve years, he has served on numerous community boards, and he is the founder of Serving Our Troops, a nationally recognized effort to support our soldiers and families which has been awarded two Emmys. His debut novel, A Season on the Drink, recently won Gold at the 36^th Annual Midwest Book Awards. He graduated from Marquette University and has an MBA from the University of Minnesota. He has provided financial solutions for labor and government for over two decades, and he is currently a Regional Director with the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. He is married to Laura Harris, and they have four young children.

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Neil Ghosh is a seasoned executive whose expertise spans the nonprofit, government, philanthropic, and private sectors. His book, Do More Good, showcases some of the most captivating individuals in modern history—people he has met and interacted with on his mission to inspire meaningful change.

With more than 30 years of leadership experience, Neil has successfully launched and scaled both nonprofit and for-profit ventures, building teams, business models, partnerships, and strategies to drive impact and support vulnerable populations in more than 50 countries.

Neil’s work has been featured in national outlets including CNN, Devex, the Washington Post, Economic Times, Voice of America, the Australian, the Huffington Post, Patheos, and Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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Janell Yule is a functional health practitioner, speaker, and co-founder of The Transformation Life, where she
helps people better understand what their bodies are trying to tell them. With more than 20 years of
experience in health, wellness, and coaching, Janell takes a whole-person approach that looks beyond
individual symptoms to explore how factors like hormones, gut health, metabolism, stress, and the nervous
system work together. Her work is grounded in the belief that feeling different as we age doesn’t mean we
simply have to accept feeling worse. Through practical education and a functional approach to health, Janell helps people make sense of the changes happening in their bodies so they can feel more informed,
empowered, and confident about how they care for themselves.

Andy Luger will provide insight into the prosecution of the largest fraud scheme in recent Minnesota history.  Andy will explain how the case came about and the decisions his office had to make in bringing charges against 70 defendants in the scandal. 

The game plan for building and practicing championship culture.

Ben Utecht, Super Bowl Champion and award-winning author of The Champion’s Creed, is a global keynote speaker on organizational culture and leadership. A former NFL player turned culture strategist, Ben helps companies, conferences, and executive teams transform values into action, creating high-performance workplaces where people and purpose drive results.