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Keynote Speakers
Ann Bancroft
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Ann Bancroft is one of the world's preeminent polar explorers and an internationally recognized leader who is dedicated to inspiring women and girls around the world to unleash the power of their dreams. Through her various roles as an explorer, educator, sought-after speaker and philanthropist, Ann believes that by sharing stories related to her dreams of outdoor adventure, she can help inspire a global audience to pursue their individual dreams.
Ann's teamwork and leadership skills have undergone severe tests during her polar expeditions and provided her with opportunities to shatter female stereotypes. The tenacity and courage that define her character have earned Ann worldwide recognition as one of today's most influential role models for women and girls. She has been named among Glamour magazine's "Women of the Year" (2001); featured in the book Remarkable Women of the Twentieth Century (1998); inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (1995); named Ms. magazine's "Woman of the Year" (1987); and honored with numerous other awards for her accomplishments.
Major Accomplishments:
February 2001 - Ann and Norwegian polar explorer Liv Arnesen become the first women in history to sail and ski across Antarctica’s landmass - completing a 94 -day, 1,717-mile (2,747 trek).
1993 - Ann leads the American Women's Expedition to the South Pole, a 67-day expedition of 660 miles (1,060 km) on skis by four women, earning the distinction of being the first known woman in history to cross the ice to both the North and South Poles.
1992 - Ann leads the first American women's east to west crossing of Greenland.
1986 - Ann dogsleds 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the Northwest Territories in Canada to the North Pole as the only female member of the Steger International Polar Expedition, earning the distinction of being the first known woman in history to cross the ice to the North Pole.
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Dr. Kathleen Annette
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Dr. Kathleen Annette is a member of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians. She grew up on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and graduated from Red Lake High School. She continued her education at the University of Minnesota, pioneering the way for Indian women by becoming the first female Ojibwe Indian physician. She is currently the Deputy Director of Field Operations for the Indian Health Service. The Bemidji Area provides health services for more than 60,000 Amerian Indians from 33 federally recognized tribes in the states of Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. As part of a national Indian health system of federal, tribal and urban Indian health programs, the Bemidji Area also helps support five urban health programs that provide health care to over 95,000 beneficiaries in a five state region. In 2006, she was selected for induction into the Northwest Minnesota Women’s Hall of Fame.
In this position, Dr. Annette oversees all 12 IHS Area offices. She also provides operational and management information and expertise for the formulation of policies, goals, and operational strategies in program and resource allocations that impact on the IHS. Annette was selected as the Director of the IHS Bemidji Area in 1990.
Kathy stated that she has been blessed to be able to take leadership roles locally, statewide, and nationally in Indian health issues; making a difference in Indian youths that she mentored, always advocating education and commitment to Indian people.
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Kristine Paranica, J.D.
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Kristine Paranica, J.D., Director of the UND Conflict Resolution Center provides mediation, facilitation and training for CRC clients. She also serves as Adjunct Professor of Law in Alternative Dispute Resolution at UND. She is an Associate Member of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), and also serves on the ND Joint Committee on ADR. Kristine previously served as a District Court Staff Attorney where she helped to establish and oversee the district's mediation program and served as a Judicial Referee, and has worked as an Assistant State 's Attorney for Burleigh County .
She has published works at Mediate.com and the North Dakota Law Review and has presented nationally at the International Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution in Toronto in 2001, the Family Section Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution in Savannah, Georgia in 2002, the National Conference for ACR in Orlando, Florida in 2003, and the International Conferences on Transformative Mediation in Philadelphia, St. Paul, and Santa Barbara.
She has developed online courses in Leadership and Conflict Resolution through the UND Medical School, and Conflict Resolution: Basics of Conflict Management through UND's Continuing Education program.
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Andy Wells
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Leadership has always been a part of life for Andy Wells who is from the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Leadership began early for Andy as family and neighbors taught him important values such as humility, integrity, vision, and respect. By the age of 45, Andy was ready for the challenge of leading new employees in building a manufacturing business. Wells Technology began in 1989 with an investment of $1,300. Each year business grew, but by 2004, Andy realized he needed management training to grow the company beyond 14 employees. Therefore, he worked with the Fastenal Company to develop an SBA approved mentor-protégé agreement. With mentoring in national marketing from Fastenal, Wells Technology once again took a leadership role and expanded manufacturing to 32 employees. Leading his company into major contracts for industrial supplies, he has been able to serve major corporations such as Coca-Cola, Tropicana, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, and Kraft Foods.
While Andy was succeeding in growing a small business, he also saw many social problems from the unemployment and poverty in Northern Minnesota. Therefore, to create jobs and employ economically disadvantaged people, in 2006, Andy took a leadership challenge to begin Wells Academy, a 501c3 non-profit school for industrial training. This is an apprentice program which encourages positive-life values while providing marketable technical skills to economically disadvantaged employees.
Today, Wells Technology is still focused on serving customers and community. Manufacturing space has grown to 32,000 square feet for producing over 12,000 different types of fasteners. Andy also is a leader in his community through his roles on several local and state boards, community councils, economic development efforts, and as a mentor to other entrepreneurs. In 2009, Andy received the "Small Business Person of the Year" award from the Minnesota Small Business Administration and was personally congratulated by President Obama at the White House.
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