Hope Easton is a multifaceted musician. Classically trained on the cello, she has opened her horizons to improvising, writing and singing while playing the cello. She enjoys writing songs on the guitar and piano as well. Hope has performed, toured and recorded with many artists, including Adele, Reba McEntire, One Republic, Sheryl Crow, XAmbassadors, Richard Marx, Kenny Loggins, Eric Benet, Garth Brooks, Don Henley (The Eagles), Al Stewart, Lawrence Juber of The Wings, Il Volo, Leroy Sanchez,

Brandi Carlile, Marco Antonio Solis, Frank Ocean, Alex Band from The Calling, Nick Palance, and toured North America(2x) with Hollywood artist Sheila Nicholls.

Hope has recorded and performed on American Idol, The Voice, The Late Show, studio sessions as well as a few National Commercials.

In the classical world she has performed for and with the legendary, Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christoph Eschenbach, Joshua Bell and Cho-Liang Lin. She was spotlighted ( performing solo) as a teenager on the PBS program Musical Encounters which won many awards. She won many competitions and soloed with orchestras as a teenager.

Hope also participated in many of the big music festivals: Norfolk Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Banff, Sandor Vegh Festival ( U.K.), Taos Music Festival and Meadowmount School of Music. She graduated with distinction in Cello Performance from New England Conservatory and followed there with a Fulbright Scholarship to the U.K.

Hope has recorded for numerous composers for TV and film including David Majzlin, Robert ToTeras (Critical Hit), Andy Grush: The Newtown Brothers (Magic Man, she played the whole score; Home Depot commercial, The Haunting of Hill House- Solo, Christopher Lockett (Sci- Fi), Christopher Cano, Shane Prather and many others.

Hope also performs often in chamber music settings, as well she has her own group, Sonos Chamber Players who perform in and around Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego for both private and corporate events, fundraisers as well as on TV. . SonosChamberPlayers.com

Hope continues to perform classical concerts in the Los Angeles area.

She has performed often with community orchestras all around the Los Angeles area, including The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Westside Orchestra Downey Symphony, Jazz Symphonic Orch, Culver City Orch, African American Orchestra and Torrance Symphony. She performs with many singers as a soloist, including some of the most prominent Cantorʼs in Los Angeles.

Hope has a large library of music videos on Youtube/Hope Easton from Classical Chamber Music ( and solos) to Jazz, Pop, Electric instruments and of course her own music videos.

Teachers: Nella Hunkins, Stephen Geber, Allan Harris
New England Conservatory Graduate: David Wells
Fulbright Scholar U.K. Ralph Kirschbaum San Francisco Conservatory , Irene Sharp

About Frank A. Roberson
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Frank serves on the exclusive Board of Executive Protection Professionals, is a Texas licensed Personal Protection Officer, Certified Security Manager & Private investigator.. Frank also serves as a member of the National Security Policy & Analysis Organization and Society for Defense and Strategic Studies. Frank’s presentation on identity theft, reputation management and situational awareness is a fun but powerful in-depth look at what we call the “Black Rhino” that can affect our everyday lives and those around us.

Recently, Frank has been added to the speaker series with the Strategic Warfare and Tactics Club, a counterintelligence organization who hosts the Counterintelligence & Insider Threat Conference.

Frank lives in Arlington, TX with his wife, Christy and their four dogs. When he has down time, Frank plays golf and  draws custom cartoons for his successful online cartoon business.

Jonathan Metzl is an acclaimed physician and sociologist who speaks, teaches, and writes on a range of topics including mental illness and gun violence, race and whiteness in America, health and healthcare, and diversity and structural competency in higher education.

Jonathan Metzl is the author of the groundbreaking book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland. Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award, the book is an in-depth look at why many working-class white Americans support politicians whose policies are literally killing them.

Being a gun violence expert, professor, and psychiatrist is a unique combination that allows Dr. Metzl to speak and write about gun violence in America, and in particular to address stereotypes that link guns with race or mental illness, or that blame mental illness for mass shootings and other gun crimes.

The topic is the focus of Dr. Metzl’s most recent book, What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms, a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection. By looking at a racially-charged mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, What We’ve Become reexamines how we as a nation address gun violence.

Jonathan M. Metzl MD, PhD, is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He received his MD from the University of Missouri, MA in humanities/poetics and psychiatric internship/residency from Stanford University, and PhD in American culture from University of Michigan. Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award, the 2020 APA Benjamin Rush Award for Scholarship, and a 2010 Guggenheim fellowship, Dr. Metzl has written extensively about the relationships between guns, mass shootings, and mental illness. His books include The Protest Psychosis, Prozac on the Couch, Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland, and What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms.

Awards
Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
Benjamin Rush Award for Scholarship from the American Psychiatric Association
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Missouri Library Association Book Prize
Carlson Award, Weill Cornall Medicine Department of Psychiatry, In Recognition of Contributions to the History of Psychiatry
Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Award for Research
100 Must-Read Books About The History of Medicine
Top 10 books about being poor in America

In 2019, I entered the political realm because I couldn't stand on the sidelines any longer. The detrimental policies of our Governor and Denver Mayor have trickled down, turning Douglas County into a haven for criminals and homeless encampments.

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As a fiscally responsible, pro-life, Christian conservative, I champion the principles enshrined in our Constitution. I firmly believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all. Limiting government to its proper role fosters stronger economies and empowers citizens.

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My straightforward goals include:

- Transparency
- Integrity
- Genuine representation of my community
- Decisions rooted in the Constitution
- Advocacy for our county's interests at the state level

Family is the cornerstone of society and will always be my TOP PRIORITY.
I was born and raised in Nashville and lived there for 23 years until 1999, when I moved to Colorado to marry my incredible husband, Jay.

We have been married for 25 years and I am the proud mother to four beautiful and amazing boys who attend Douglas County public schools. We lost our only daughter to stillbirth in 2007.

We have called Douglas County our home for the last 20 years.

Karl Honegger, a member of the Steamboat Institute Emerging Leaders Advisory Board, an exclusive group of you

Karl Honegger (Republican Party) ran for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 23.

Karl Honegger is a Senior Accountant of Financial Reporting for ModivCare, a tech-enabled healthcare company. Karl assists with the Liberty Scorecard in Colorado, the most inclusive rating of lawmakers in Colorado, based off of how they vote according to Constitutional Principles. He is also a board member of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers and a former candidate for city council for the Broomfield City and County.

Emerging Leaders Advisory Council. Karl Honegger is a Certified Treasury Professional and works in accounting for an Oil and Gas company in Denver. He is a board member of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers where he is working to hold elected officials accountable to their constituents.

Richard Dubin has started four successful magazines for the medical, consumer health and technology marketplaces. He was the previous publisher of BioMechanics and has been involved in every aspect of the medical publishing industry for 30 years. He started with Current Podiatry in 1991, moved to Podiatry Today in 1992 and created BioMechanics in 1994 to deliver a multi-disciplinary audience. In 2009, he created the start-up publication Lower Extremity Review as well as the interactive and book publishing divisions.

Specialties: Creating cost effective and comprehensive marketing, advertising and public relations solutions for companies wishing to accelerate growth within the healthcare marketplace. He is very excited about newly launched MVP Parent Magazine- dealing with the big challenges of the world of Youth Sports!

Gary Reinl has spent nearly forty years in the sports-medicine field, with diverse experiences ranging from training professional athletes to pioneering the field of strength-building for women during the pregnancy year to developing rehabilitation programs for injured workers. Additionally, his ground-breaking senior strength-building protocol has now been implemented in more than 1,000 senior living facilities. Gary has authored two previous books, Making Mama Fit [Leisure Press, 1983] and the 2007 “fat loss” book Get Stronger, Feel Younger [Rodale Press].

"I simplify the complex worlds of sports medicine, fat loss, rehabilitation, and exercise science. I have trained thousands of therapists, physicians, allied health professionals and athletes on the topics of strength-building and electronic muscle stimulation. My work has been featured in hundreds of media outlets nationwide and I have co-authored two books and many related documents and articles. The "Sports Medicine for 95-year-olds" program that I designed has been implemented into more than 1000 senior living facilities nationwide. For more information see "Too Weak To Walk" here: http://www.tooweaktowalk.com. Specialties: Program development, media and public relations"

Gary lives in Henderson, Nevada, with his wife, Susan. He has two grown children, Mandy and Casey, and three grandchildren, Harper, Hendrick, and Eleuthera.

Paul Greene was born in the Great white North with music buzzing his bones. Lots of church and all family members playing some instruments, Travelling the world with a guitar on his back, singing where any one would listen.. writing, recording and busking.

Over the past 5 years, he has played over 900 livestream concerts where he thrives, raising money for charity and connecting with his ultra loyal fans while playing the guitar and piano, singing covers and originals, and creating a positive, inspiring community of incredible music lovers. He has been privileged to perform at Arlene’s Grocery, the Hotel Cafe, Troubadour, Mercury Lounge, and annually at Carnegie Hall with Kate Winslet’s Golden Hat Foundation.

Along the way, he was writing over 50 songs, and recorded a few independent albums. 3 years ago, Paul recorded and released his Americana album “Freedom For Your Soul.” Two of his songs went to Top 10 on the Country Charts.

His  Latest Album from Nashville, “Long Way Home.” The first single from this album, “Waves Of Time,” was featured on the hit show, “When Calls the Heart,” in which Paul played the fan-favorite Dr. Carson Shepherd.

Paul Lives in Los Angeles, with Wife and 2 boys.