90
th
Anniversary
Convention
Speakers
Key Note ~ Employee Relations Seminar
Thursday, January 21st ~ 12:30 PM
Organizations often get caught up in their past mistakes or achievements
and begin to lose focus on the changes that must take place to make positive
business decisions and advance their bottom-line. To keep their future steps
goals-oriented, they turn to David Pollard. David believes that focusing on
the next action, rather than dwelling on the past, is essential to positive
business decisions.
An enthusiastic and approachable facilitator, David creates a personal
connection with attendees and encourages them to participate in group
exercises and brainstorming sessions to generate key ideas everyone can
use. He uses real-life experiences and practical applications to illustrate
the concepts he delivers and asks participants to apply them to action
ideas identified at the beginning of the course. He also advises attendees
to share their knowledge with their peers and the management staff upon
returning to the workplace.
David Pollard
Professional Speaker
Fred Pryor Seminars
David inspires individuals to continue their learning process after the course by recommending additional
resources and skill-enhancing exercises that will help them gain a more complete understanding of the concepts addressed in the course and enable them to move forward in their careers.
Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation
Thursday, January 21st ~ 11:30 AM
Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation was inspired by Jill and Jon
Albert’s real life story. With an M.B.A. and years of executive experience
in the corporate world, Jon found himself, his wife, Jill, and their two
young children Jake and Jamie facing Jill’s Stage IV metastatic breast
cancer. Jill and Jon realized early on in Jill’s fight, the disease was not
just attacking her body, but it was affecting their entire family. Jill and
Jon decided they needed to treat their family along with the cancer.
Jon Albert
Founder
Jack & Jill Foundation
Jon took his marketing and operations background and combined it with
their drive to formulate something positive and tangible out of the unfair
and cruel. The Alberts knew that for their kids, Jamie and Jake, strong
memories of special times together would be their greatest inheritance.
From this notion, the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation was born.
Jill died a week before Thanksgiving 2006.
A native of Tampa, a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Florida where he achieved
his master’s in business. Jon had the unique opportunity to serve as a Director for The Atlanta Committee
for the Olympic Games (ACOG----a $1.8 billion start-up).
2016 Cody, Wyoming
Convention Speakers
Tourism and Family Travel
Friday, January 22nd ~ 11:30 AM
Rainer Jenss brings a wealth of experience and expertise as President and
Founder of the Family Travel Association. Before putting his professional expertise and personal passion to the ultimate test by traveling around the world
for a year with his wife and two young children in 2009, Rainer Jenss was a
Vice President and thirteen-year veteran of the National Geographic Society. As
Publisher of National Geographic Kids from 2002-2008, Jenss helped transform
the publication into the most widely read consumer magazine for children
throughout the world. Prior to National Geographic, Rainer worked for CNN
International and Business Traveler International.
Since returning from the yearlong trip around the world with his family in
2009, Jenss has dedicated himself to be an advocate for family travel as an essential part of every child’s education. By creating the Family Travel Association, Jenss aims to establish a collective and unified industry voice that will
help change the way families travel – charting a path for the future generations
of travelers the industry needs to cultivate.
Rainer Jenss
Founder
Family Travel Association
Having traveled to over 60 countries and counting, Rainer is an authority on the subject of family travel
and how it can be used as a learning tool. During his family’s around-the-world journey, Rainer reported for
National Geographic Traveler’s award-winning Intelligent Travel Blog, recognized as one of the Top 25
Family Travel Blogs by Babble.com in 2011 and 2012. In 2011, Rainer founded Smart Family Travel, Inc.,
an interactive media and marketing company dedicated to helping families enrich their children’s lives
through travel. In 2012, he joined forces with Scholastic to direct a new family travel initiative and content
development for the “Smart Family Travel” feature in Parent & Child magazine.
Marketing to Millennials - Round Table
Saturday, January 23rd ~ 11:00 AM
Nancy Schretter
Nancy Schretter is President of Beacon Group Holdings, Inc, publisher of
the Family Travel Network and other publications. As an award-winning
writer and editor, Nancy’s articles, insights and quotes on travel have
been featured in USA Today, Leisure Group Travel, Businessweek,
American Way, Newsday, Redbook, Family Circle, Parents, Chicago Tribune, Real Simple, Travelocity, Travel Weekly, TravelAge West, Travel
Channel, and many other print and online publications. Nancy has appeared as a family travel expert on television shows including The TODAY Show, CNN and NBC News. Active in social media, Klout has repeatedly ranked Nancy as one of the top five influencers out of 23,000
worldwide on the topic of traveling with kids and as one of the world’s
leading influencers on travel and vacations.
Publisher
Family Travel Network
Nancy is a consultant and frequent speaker at travel industry conventions
and conferences. She has presented on family & multigenerational travel
at Cruise Shipping Miami and multiple times at the Dude Ranchers’ Association Convention, National Tour Association Travel Exchange and the ETC Annual Conference. She is a
Board member of the Family Travel Association and the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Prior to launching her publishing business, Nancy was Executive Vice President of a 22-person marketing
consulting firm and Vice President of Marketing for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. She is
also the Founder of Together for Good, an organization that promotes giving back as part of the travel experience. Nancy holds an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and a BA from
Wellesley College. She is the mother of two daughters and lives in Great Falls, Virginia.
2016 Cody, Wyoming
Convention Speakers
Simple Marketing Strategies - Round Table
Saturday, January 23rd 11:00 AM
Larissa Milne is an award-winning travel writer and tourism business consultant who has been traveling full-time with her husband Michael since
2011. A former life sciences executive with extensive experience in startups and economic development, Larissa uses her expertise to assist travel
and tourism destinations.
Larissa Milne
Travel Writer
Business Consultant
Most recently Larissa assisted Circle Z Ranch in Arizona with coordinating
their guest outreach. The Milnes travel blog, “Changes in Longitude,” won
a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism award, and their recent book, Philadelphia Liberty Trail, was honored as a Book of the Year by the Society of
American Travel Writers. Larissa and her husband have a weekly travel
column in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and their work has appeared in Huffington Post, Travel+Escape, American Airlines Magazine and others.
How ‘Social’ Are You Really? - Round Table
Saturday, January 23rd 11:00 AM
Leah has more than nine years of experience in public relations, marketing,
advertising and social media and has worked for industries including travel/
tourism, banking/finance, consumer products and not-for-profit. She has extensive travel/tourism experience and has marketed destinations including
Delray Beach, Florida and Fayetteville, N.C. During her time in Florida,
Leah worked with many national retail brands as the in-house PR manager
for a national retail advertising agency.
Since joining FWV, Leah has worked on accounts including the Wilmington
and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau, Tweetsie Railroad, the Dude
Ranchers’ Association, RBC Bank, O2 Fitness, John Avery Boys and Girls
Club.
Leah Knepper
Group Account Director
French / West / Vaughn
Where there is a Will, there is a Way. Trust Us.
Saturday, January 23rd 2:30 PM
M. Cole Bormuth and his four pups are lifelong residents of Cody. Growing
up in Cody, Cole took pleasure in listening to David Bowie music very
loudly, quoting the works and wisdom of Harlan Ellison to anyone who
would or wouldn’t listen, and mortifying his parents by using his hair as a
memorial to Andy Warhol.
Cole is the only Estate Planning Law Specialist in private practice in Wyoming (certified by the Estate Planning Law Specialist Board, Inc.). As such,
he provides his clients with the best and most current estate planning
strategies available. Cole’s greatest pride, actually, is in a job well done and
appreciated. In his estate planning work, he makes every effort to bring together all aspects of a client’s life and estate to ensure that goals are met.
M. Cole Bormuth
Estate Planning Law Specialist
Bormuth Law
Cole has been practicing law since graduating from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1994, and has been focusing on estate planning,
real estate, and business planning for the majority of his career. While in
law school, Cole was the Editor-in-Chief of the Wyoming Law Review and
otherwise a thorn in everyone’s side.
2016 Cody, Wyoming
Convention Speakers
Where there is a Will, there is a Way. Trust Us.
Saturday, January 23rd 2:30 PM
Sara has been a resident of Wyoming since 2010 and a resident of Cody since
2014. She moved to Wyoming from Colorado where she grew up in a rural town
of 700 people on a mid-sized ranch. Sara, her husband, their daughter, two
cats, and giant dog feel fortunate to now call Cody their home.
Since joining the Bormuth Law, LC team, Sara has traveled to many seminars
around the country learning the ins and outs of Medicaid, Asset Protection, and
Estate Planning. Along with her knowledge of business planning and real estate law, Sara is able to provide her clients with comprehensive plans to address each of their unique needs.
In 2014, Sara graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law where
she concurrently earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration.
Celebrating 90 Years
of the
Original Western Vacation
2016 Cody, Wyoming
Sarah Bachman
Lawyer
Bormuth Law