Southern Growth Policies Board
36th Annual Conference

Youth — The Real Future of the South

Confirmed Speakers

Drew Aylesworth, student, University of Central Arkansas

Daniel Cayce
Cayce's Charities, Thornton, Arkansas
and student, Ouachita Baptist University

Robert Epstein, PhD
Psychologist and Author of The Case Against Adolescence,
as well as Host of "Psyched!" on Sirius Satellite Radio

Tyrone J. Flowers, J.D., President and Founder
Higher M-Pact, Inc.

Michael Franzini, Photographer
Emmy Award-winning Director and Author of One Hundred Young Americans

Michael Furdyk, Co-Founder and Director of Technology
TakingITGlobal

Daniel Giraldo, Student Activist, Holly Springs, NC
and student, American Catholic University

Illai Kenney, Environmental Activist, Jonesboro, Georgia
and student, Howard University

Victoria LeBlanc, Member of the National 4-H Council Board of Trustees
and student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Debra Lyons, Director
Governor's Office of Workforce Development, Georgia

Toby Maloney, Vice President, Business Development
Mental Floss

Karlo Barrios Marcelo, Research Associate
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

Betsy McWhirt, National Director
Roots and Shoots, The Jane Goodall Institute

Suzanne Morse, President
Pew Partnership for Civic Change

Rebecca O'Doherty, Director
Appalachian Media Institute

Shelby Oldham, student, Cummings High School
Burlington, North Carolina

Mary Peavey, President
Peavey Electronics Corporation
and Board Member, National Afterschool Alliance

Alma Powell, Chair
America's Promise Alliance

Melanie Stevenson, Teen Outreach Associate
Do Something

Adrian Talbott, Executive Director
Generation Engage