Liz Findlay | Keynote Speaker

co-CEO @ Albion Fit

Liz Findlay is the co-founder and co-CEO of Albion Fit, one of the nation’s leading women’s swim and apparel brands. She met her future husband and Albion co-founder, Dave, while working in a law firm copy room during their college days at the University of Utah. Liz and Dave married in 2002 and founded Albion 10 years later as a plan “D” in 2012. The Findlays have twin daughters named after their grandmothers, Lucy and Linda, and live in Holladay, Utah just 20 minutes from the Albion Basin where they ski in the winter and hike in the summers.

Presenting

ALL IN: Why it’s the only way to build a team, community, and brand

In 2008, Dave and I found ourselves living in a foreign country, with twin 2 year olds, trying to help my parents’ salvage what was left of their clothing manufacturing business. The economy had all but destroyed a once thriving business that had provided jobs for thousands of hard working, good people for 25 years. Dave and I had a choice, to head back home and start over, leaving our family and friends behind, or go ALL IN, and use all our resources, time, and skills to try something new and make it work. We stayed. And that was the beginning of Albion. 12 years later, Albion is one of the nation’s leading women’s apparel and swim brands. At the heart of our success has been building a team of committed, engaged individuals who have shown up time after time for each other, for this company, and for our community. We believe that having an ALL IN attitude has made all the difference.

Debra Fiori

Chief People Officer @ Prog Holdings, Inc.

Debra is a global executive leader who has spent over 20 years building, leading, and transforming organizations. She has worked in a myriad of Fortune 500 organizations and successfully led pre-IPO and public companies. Her experience includes facilitating and cultivating high-performance culture, leadership competencies, and technical skillsets. She has focused on disruptive capabilities in technology, professional services, and manufacturing industries.

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Seize the Challenges

Opportunities for growth and development often don’t look like opportunities – they look like challenges. They can make us feel scared, uncomfortable, and exhausted. However, challenges can become our greatest opportunities for growth and learning. Emerging from the other side of a difficult scenarios can be incredibly rewarding. Debra will share stories from her own life and how she has personally turned challenges into incredible opportunities. She will share how she has grown, advanced, and allowed challenges to drive her personal and professional success.

Chelsea Shields, Ph.D.

Sr. Director of Customer Research & Insights @ Performance Beauty Group

Dr. Chelsea Shields has dual-PhD’s from Boston University in biological and cultural anthropology where she studied the evolution and elicitation of placebo effects. She uses this background to help brands, marketers, and speakers increase proven techniques that benefit audiences. Dr. Shields owns Brandhthropologie Agency, a consumer research-based qualitative research and performance branding company. Her favorite projects involve ethnographic fieldwork in consumers cabinets, closets, and make-up bags! Dr. Shields is a TED Fellow, 4x TED Speaker, and TED speaking coach, including at our very own TEDxSLC for the last 5 years running.

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Understand People Better: 5 Lessons In Universal Human Hardwiring