Educational Workshops on Friday Morning
Get educated and get connected through our impressive lineup of experts. Friday morning begins at 310 Avenida Vista Montana in San Clemente 9:45- 10:15 AM will be our conference kick-off where we will hear from Brother Steve Lang followed by workshops from 10:30 - 11:20 AM and 11:35 - 12:25 PM. Each workshop will be presented twice, so choose two!
JUST ADDED!! Additional Workshops ON Saturday MORNING
Get educated and get connected through our impressive lineup of experts. Saturday morning begins at 470 Camino San Clemente, San Clemente, CA 92672 in San Clemente 9:00 - 9:45 AM will be morning devotional where we will hear from Sister Catherine Bingham followed by workshops and a service project from 10:00- 12:00 PM.
Kelsie Nixon
Cooking Essentials- Kelsie Nixon
Friday Morning
Kelsey Nixon is an Emmy-nominated Outstanding Culinary Host, best-selling cookbook author, podcaster, and creator of Recipe Club and The Recipe Binder. She hosted Kelsey’s Essentials and Kelsey’s Homemade on Cooking Channel where she shared her best tips, tools, and techniques for everyday cooking. Her best selling cookbook Kitchen Confidence (Clarkson Potter) helps home cooks navigate the kitchen with greater ease, confidence, and style.
Kelsey has been part of the Food Network family since 2008 with appearances on Iron Chef America, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, Guy’s Grocery Games, and Cutthroat Kitchen. She regularly appears on national programming like Today Show, Rachael Ray. and Access Hollywood. Most recently, Kelsey played the role of both executive producer and host of the hit family meets food game show, Dinner Takes All.
Kelsey’s community engages with her daily through her Recipe Club membership that helps overwhelmed parents get weeknight dinner on the table through quick and simple recipes and manageable weekly meal plans to help families connect over the dinner table. Her Recipe Binder compliments Recipe Club by helping home cooks set up a Simple Dinner System.
Kelsey resides in sunny Southern California where she’s a proud mom to Ollie (11), Nora (7), and Penny (4) with her husban Robby as her partner in crime.
Dr. Jordan Turner
Mental Health- Dr. Jordan Turner
Friday Morning
Dr Jordan Turner is a physician. He studied international politics and art history at BYU. After BYU he moved to Huntington Beach to try to make his rock and roll band work... that failed, of course, and he decided to get a real job... so he went to medical school. After medical school he had 4 years of specialty psychiatry training at Loma Linda University and is now double boarded in psychiatry and addiction medicine.
He lives in San Clemente with his wife and four kids and is serving as a Bishop in the San Clemente Stake.
Sherie Samuelian
Joe Jorgensen
Ben Ward
Health and Wellness- Sherie Samuelian
Friday Morning
Sherie Samuelian is a Board-Certified Master Health Coach and the founder of Simple HealthStyle, LLC. Her coaching practice prioritizes metabolic health and is rooted in simplicity and alignment with the way our DNA was meant to operate.
Sherie’s compassionate coaching approach empowers clients to appreciate and respect their wise, wonderful bodies, while teaching essential skills in nutrition, movement, sleep and stress recovery.
As a metabolism fixer-upper, Sherie promotes simple, sustainable strategies that lead to stable energy, quit cravings, and forever fat loss without the need for counting, tracking, weighing, or measuring ANYTHING…EVER. Her deepest desire is for every client to make peace with their body, master their metabolism and love the experience of living in their own skin.
Sherie graduated from BYU in Health Promotions and is a Certified Personal Trainer with a special certification in Muscle Strength for Women. She is married to the man of her dreams and is the mother to four amazing humans. She is an endurance athlete, photographer, and lover of all things health and fitness.
Personal Branding- Joe Jorgensen
Friday Morning
Joe Jorgensen is Vice President of Product Design at Stance. He is an artist, designer and creative leader with 25 years of experience in the apparel industry. Specializing in a collaborative, team-driven approach, Joe has led numerous successful projects with partners including Lucasfilm, Disney, Marvel, the NBA, and MLB. He and his wife, Annie are parents of 3 children and live in San Clemente, Ca.
Faith over Fear- Ben Ward
Saturday Morning
Ben Ward is a sales and leadership expert with over 20 years of experience in executive leadership training and development. He is recognized as a World Authority on Sales Leadership, a sought-after keynote speaker, and a #1 best-selling author.
Ben founded Forward Leadership, a consulting firm that helps sales leaders drive results with their teams. He has recently taught 5 years of early morning seminary in the San Clemente Stake, was the high councilor serving seminary, and is currently the first councilor in the Vista Hermosa Ward bishopric.
Ben is a melanoma skin cancer survivor and enjoys being outdoors with his kids riding bikes, skateboarding, surfing and paddle boarding. Indoors he loves playing chess, ping pong, and all kinds of games with his family. He is married to the love of his life Sheri Rollins Ward and they have three beautiful children Miley (15), Mckay (11) and Emery (9)