Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks
Unforgettable, life changing, mesmerizing are just a few of the words that describe
Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks. She is a highly sought after national and international motivator
where she travels to 15 cities per month speaking on her own Dr. Kim’s tour to thousands each month. She is an advice columnist for magazines and newspapers throughout the country. Dr. Kim is the President of her own consulting business, The Dr. Kim Experience, LLC were she highly regarded for her profound level of wisdom and intuition. Being a professor at local universities where she teaches students how to speak with power and confidence is also a great passion for her. She is a radio and television personality and she holds degrees in Social Work, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, with a Ph.D. in Interpersonal Communication and Administration with a Spiritual Emphasis.
Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks. She is a highly sought after national and international motivator
where she travels to 15 cities per month speaking on her own Dr. Kim’s tour to thousands each month. She is an advice columnist for magazines and newspapers throughout the country. Dr. Kim is the President of her own consulting business, The Dr. Kim Experience, LLC were she highly regarded for her profound level of wisdom and intuition. Being a professor at local universities where she teaches students how to speak with power and confidence is also a great passion for her. She is a radio and television personality and she holds degrees in Social Work, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, with a Ph.D. in Interpersonal Communication and Administration with a Spiritual Emphasis.
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"Mind, Body, Spirit: Greater Health for Peaceful Living"
Gloria Loretta Hilton, DNP, RN-BC, CCE
Dr. Hilton holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree in Educational Leadership and a Masters Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. She received her undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, from Albany State University, Albany, GA. She also holds several certificates in religious studies. Dr. Hilton is experienced in the Health Care Industry, as a professional nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner and Health Care Administrator. She is past Assistant Professor and presently Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Gloria has conducted many seminars and workshops for churches, conferences and civic groups on Christian issues, health issues and other related topics.
"Spiritual and Generational Implications of Preserving Health"
James Cole, MediasharpUSA
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Mr. James Cole has over 20 years of experience training,
speaking and community mobilizing, James E. Cole has developed a comprehensive
perspective on public health. Cole has his finger on the pulse of the
social/economic dynamics responsible for the disparities facing the African
American community. Since graduating
from Florida A&M University with his Bachelors in Public Relation and
Journalism, Cole has served as PR coordinator, national trainer, and program
developer, for of the largest prevention agencies in the country, including
Parent Resource Institute for Drug Education, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, and the United Way.
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"Balancing
Health and Family"
Margie C. Sweeney, MD, OFS
_ Dr. Margie Sweeney is a family physician with over 28 years of clinical experience. In her most recent position she was providing primary care services at Tampa General Hospital’s Healthpark Family Care Center. Margie C. Sweeney, MD, OFS is author of the daily devotional titled "FEAR NOT - God's love for you is real!". She is also an entrepreneur, life coach, medical missionary, philanthropist, Secular Franciscan, and speaker. She has traveled to East Africa and Haiti on medical mission trips and founded the nonprofit charity, Helping Hands Healing Ministries, Inc. after a life-changing trip to East Africa.
_“Women and Depression: Common but Unspoken”
Kristen Miller Keune, Ph.D.
Dr. Keune earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. While there she taught Psychology of Women, and was on faculty in the Women's and Gender Studies Program. She completed her Internship at the University of South Florida Counseling Center, and her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Bay Pines VA Medical Center, where she specialized in female veterans and trauma. She is currently a staff psychologist in the Women's Health Center at James A Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, FL. In her current position, Dr. Keune provides assessment, individual, and group therapy to female veterans with a wide range of presenting issues including depression, anxiety, chronic pain, eating disorders, and trauma. Her therapy style is grounded in feminist theory, and utilizes an emphasis on mindfulness and acceptance in behavior change. In addition, she is certified in multiple forms of evidence based therapy for trauma processing. Dr. Keune also provides supervision to VA pre-doctoral trainees in the Women's Center.
"Women & Domestic Violence"
Carla Vandeweerd, Ph.D.
Carla Vandeweerd is Associate Director of the James and Jennifer Harrell Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, at the University of South Florida. Her research interests focus on aging, dementia and elder mistreatment with the perspective that abuse and neglect dramatically affect health and quality of life in old age, particularly in those with dementia or with other physical or cognitive limitations. Dr. Vandeweerd has been part of several NIH funded research projects that have examined factors associated with neglect in community residing older adults, as well as risk factors for physical and verbal mistreatment of older adults with Alzheimer's disease across the state of Florida. In addition to these federally funded projects, Dr. Vandeweerd has been involved in program evaluation of the Hillsborough County Elder Justice Center supported by the Retirement Research Foundation, and in evaluation of the Hillsborough County Offender Treatment