Katherine Henson, Converge Conference, Host
Katherine Henson is a person who is focused on the art of words. She is an accomplished writer and is passionate about crafting stories on a variety of platforms. Her experience has led to her…
Matt McBurnie, Converge Conference Keynote Speaker
Matt McBurnie, Vice President of Public Relations and Communication at Riverside Healthcare, was appointed to his current position in 2015 after joining Riverside in 2007 as the Executive Director of the Riverside Healthcare Foundation. He…
MacKenzie Cloy, Converge Conference Keynote Speaker
MacKenzie Cloy is currently the Program Manager for Kankakee Forgives. Prior to joining Kankakee Forgives she formally served as both the Center Director and Development Director for the Living Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center. Under her…
Staci Wilken, Converge Conference, Advanced Professionals Panel
Staci is a 2003 graduate of Millikin University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Her career started in a cubicle punching a timecard and, in the blink of an eye, she’s…
Maureen Powell, Converge Conference, Advanced Professionals Panel
Ms. Powell is Site Head of Communications for the CSL Behring Kankakee site and has overall responsibility for internal and external communications and community relations for the Kankakee manufacturing facility. Maureen has been with CSL…
Hollice Clark, Converge Conference, Advanced Professionals Panel
Hollice Clark III has been leading and managing for the past 35 years. He currently serves as the Executive Directer for the Calumet Memorial Park District. He has an extensive background in leading organizations…
Barbi Brewer-Watson, Converge Conference, Advanced Professionals Panel
Barbara Brewer-Watson is the Executive Director of the Economic and Community Development Agency for the City of Kankakee. She is a 1998 graduate of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School, a 2011 graduate of Spoon River College…
Dave Baron, Converge Conference, Advanced Professionals Panel
Born and raised in the City of Kankakee, Dave Baron was a member of Bishop McNamara High School’s Class of 2002. He went on to graduate from the University of Notre Dame in 2006 and Harvard…
Bill Guertin, Converge Conference, Advanced Professionals Panel
Bill Guertin is an entrepreneur who has spent his career in sales and marketing. In 2004, he started his own company, 800-Pound Gorilla Inc., to consult with professional sports franchises regarding marketing and ticket…
Rebecca Parks, Converge Conference, Emerging Leaders Panel
Rebecca Parks, is the Community Partnership Coordinator for Kankakee School District 111. She has over 10 years of macro-level social work experience working within child welfare, adoption, anti-human trafficking, parent-child programming and healthcare based mental…
