Dean Crowe Founder and CEO, Rally Foundation Dean Crowe is the founder and CEO of the Rally Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Rally, through volunteers across the country, raises awareness and funds specifically for childhood cancer research to find better treatments and cures for childhood cancers. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Rally inspires and empowers a nationwide group of volunteers, families and friends who desire to help answer the question every parent whose child has cancer asks, “What are you going to do to make my baby better?” The answer will be found through research. In just three years, Rally has given more than $1 million supporting 39 research projects across the country.  Rally has been awarded the Independent Charity Seal of Excellence for meeting the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness and cost effectiveness.  Prior to her role with the Rally Foundation, Dean served as the Capital Campaign Director for Young Life’s Sharp Top Cove National Camp. Under her leadership, more than $8 million dollars was raised the first year. Dean is a published writer and a contributing author in the best selling series "Chicken Soup for the Soul." In addition, she has spoken in many venues across the country on a variety of subjects, including leadership and communication. Dean holds a BA in Mass Communications from Auburn University and is a Certified Personality Trainer. She is married to Reid Crowe, and they have two college-aged sons.

Justin Honaman Director of Customer Intelligence, Coca-Cola Justin Honaman is the Director of Customer Intelligence for Coca-Cola’s Customer Business Solutions organization. Justin’s background includes extensive strategic business and technology experience in the areas of business intelligence, customer relationship management, data mining, and marketing analytics. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Justin completed tenures at Ernst & Young, LLP, North Highland, iXL and Epiphany. As a dedicated community leader, Justin serves as a board member for several Atlanta-area business, leadership and philanthropic organizations. In 2006, Justin released his first country music album, “Saturday in the South!” Justin is using his first album to raise money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta through the “Makin’ Magic Happen” Campaign for Kids. In 2008, Justin released his first book, “Make It Happen! Live Out Your Personal Brand.” The book offers a perspective on personal branding and authentic leadership. Justin is using the book to raise money for the United Service Organizations (USO). In 2010, Justin is set to release his second album, “Let Go and Let God” in a move from the Country to Contemporary Christian genre.  Justin has been recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the “40-Under-40 Up-and-Comers” and was recognized as a “Top 25 Consumer Goods Industry Visionary / Rising Star” by Consumer Goods Technology magazine. Justin holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and a Masters of Business Administration from Auburn University.

Jenny-Rebecca Schmitt  President and Senior Spark, CloudSpark Jenny Schmitt is a veteran public relations and marketing professional and sought-after public speaker. She is the founder of CloudSpark, an Atlanta-based, award-winning strategic communications and social media company that specializes in helping new and emerging companies answer the key questions of “What now?” and “What next?” As the original Spark, she is responsible for providing the strategic and creative counsel for all client communications. Jenny brings a solid foundation of business strategy development, communication expertise and marketing experience to match a client’s immediate needs or their long-term vision.  The work of Jenny and her team of Sparks was recognized nationally as one of the top 10 “Agencies who get social media” in a research report published by ZDNet. The 2009 report, “Is ‘social PR’ for real? Which agencies get it?” summarizes responses to public relations and social media effectiveness surveys sent to C-level executives and marketing decision-makers.  A frequent media contributor, Jenny has been quoted in BrandWeek, Nielsen’s Small Business, and USA Today among others; she regularly contributes to blogs relating to social media and public relations.  Jenny is on the board of directors of the Atlanta chapter of Women in Sports & Events and is the immediate past-Chair of the 350-member Independent Counselors special interest group of Georgia’s chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. She received her M.S. from The George Washington University School of Medicine and her B.B.A. in International Business with a minor in International Economics from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Stephen A. Schulte Founder and President, ProCare Stephen Schulte is the Founder/President/CEO of ProCare, a successful prosthetics practice that now includes three offices throughout Georgia and five licensed and certified practitioners. Prior to owning his own company, Stephen worked for seven years as a staff prosthetist for Atlanta Prosthetics.  Stephen is a 1990 graduate of Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois and earned his certification in Prosthetics. He is a licensed prosthetist in Georgia, and is a certified prosthetist on the American Board for Certification in Orthotic and Prosthetics. He is certified in all types of upper and lower extremity prosthetic devices and components, and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetist. During the 1996 Paralympics Games in Atlanta, Georgia, Stephen worked as an On-site Practitioner where he provided support to amputee athletes. Stephen was the guest speaker at the 2008 Amputee Coalition of America Annual Convention in Atlanta. Since 2006, Stephen has been a guest lecturer at Georgia Institute of Technology for the Masters program in Orthotics and Prosthetics. In 2008, Stephen was a corporate nominee for the Tommy Novis Barrier Breaker Award for Innovations. He was also named Businessman of the Year from the National Republican Congressional Committee – Business Advisory Council in 2004. And in 2003, he was recognized as the Republican Chairman’s Honor Roll and Republican Gold, and the Coker College Outstanding Young Alumnus Award.