Meet Our Speakers
Check out the fabulous line up of guest speakers, TAB Members, Facilitator Panellist and presenters. Find out more about them and connect with them on LinkedIn.
Keynote & External Speakers
![Chris Bertish](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/Chris%20Bertish.png)
As his audiences will tell you, it is the combination of Chris's achievements that makes him such a force for change. It is what he has discovered and uncovered - in the middle of a lonely ocean, at the top of 60ft waves or at the front of executive
boardrooms - about the key importance of next level research, planning and preparation that inevitably leads to success. It is understanding of depths of human passion, spirit and the seemingly endless pool of resilience and perseverance we, as a species, can tap in to. And how we can all transcend our own imagined limits and achieve the seemingly iMPOSSIBLE in business, sport and in life. Companies Chris has worked with include: As an adventurer, he spent 93 days and traveled 7500 km from Morocco to Antigua, across the entire Atlantic, alone unassisted on a stand-up paddle board. As a pioneer, he conquered the exhilarating
world of big wave surfing to win the 2010 Maverick's Big Wave Invitational, in the biggest waves in paddle history. As an entrepreneur, he has grown multiple international businesses, regardless of how stormy the economic climate. As a philanthropist, he is constantly seeking to leave the world better than he found it, and is an ambassador for multiple international conservation non-profits creating a major impact. As a global thought leader, he is in
the Einstein's Institute Top 100 Global Visionaries, and was selected as one of Africa's Top 5 Motivational Speakers. As a keynote speaker, Chris is in the unique position to fundamentally shift
your organization into a higher gear.
![michellelwilson](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/michellelwilson.jpg)
![ari gunzbury cropped](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/ari%20gunzbury%20cropped.jpg)
MindSpark is the brainchild of Ari Gunzburg. As Ari began to develop speeches, programs, and then books, he realized that it is important to put everything under a unified brand name.
And so the name MindSpark was born – a unified name that could take the idea of being fully and completely enveloped by an idea, by a small little spark of the mind, and gain so much.
With books, programs, coaching, keynote speeches, and more available, and more in the works, Ari Gunzburg and the team at MindSpark are constantly working to produce things that will make a difference in people’s lives.
This small spark of rejuvenation, this small spark of the mind, the mind saying “oh, I got it!” is what it is all about. When we see things in a different light, all of a sudden the entire world is changed for us – we see more opportunity, more ability to get things done, and more of a belief in ourselves to achieve whatever we set out to do.
And THAT is MindSpark.
Jason Zickerman
![jason-zickerman](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/jason-zickerman.jpg)
Chris Tamm
![Chris Tamm](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/Chris%20Tamm.jpg)
TAB Members
Jeff Libby
![Jeff Libby](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/Jeff%20Libby.jpg)
Lynn Tomasek
![Lynn T](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/Lynn%20T.jpg)
Lars Walberg
![Lars](https://www.thealternativeboard.com/hubfs/2024%20Global%20Conference%20-%20Sept%202024/Lars.jpg)
TAB Facilitators & Coaches
Wayne Baird
Rena Crossley
Laura Drury
Steve Drury
Mags Fuller
Jackie Gernaey
Kevin Hernandez
Tim Horbury
Bob Hothem
Buddy Hull
Diane Knudsen
Mark Knudsen
Blair Koch
Ramas Krishnan
Sigi Loya
Nir Makovsky
Paul Malherbe
John Mousseau
Rita Nunes
Denise O'Neill
Crystal Petzer
Ed Reid
Todd Ringler
Eva Safar
David Scarola
Phil Schwolert
Mark Tichgelaar
David Weideman
"It feels like we haven't had an opportunity to be together in one room in a really long time. I'm looking forward to learning, sharing, meeting new people in our amazing community but most of all I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun over the two and a half days!"