Discover our Speakers at In-value-Able 2025

Charles Clark is a mental wellness and resilience expert. His journey as a US Track and Field Championship silver medalist, the 6th fastest man in the world at IAAF World Championships, 3x NCAA National Champion and 10x NCAA All-American was cut short by a career-ending injury. His unconquerable will and personal fortitude led him to launch his 11-year career as an award-winning speaker.

As a renowned motivational speaker, Clark is a dynamic and highly sought-after leader in the world of sports, business, and educational institutions. Clark speaks at over 50 events globally each year, ranging from nonprofits, schools, and sports teams to Fortune 500 companies. With his vibrant personality and transformational strategies, Charles has inspired more than 600,000 people worldwide to date.

In this keynote, you will discover that regardless of your journey – be personal, professional, or the collective changes of our times – you are always a choice away from thriving. Charles will illuminate that the right choices, even those made in the face of uncertainty, are the cornerstones of living a life that is not only pursues dreams but achieves them.

His lesson will challenge us to: REJECT SETTLING. LIVE WITH PURPOSE. UNLOCK YOUR GREATNESS.

Heather Meade is a Principal in EY’s Washington Council Practice. Heather specializes in health care and tax-exempt policy and advises business leaders, policy makers, trade associations, and not-for-profit organizations on a broad range of policy issues. She also provides strategic legislative and regulatory advice on health policy and employee benefits, and works with a diverse group of health care payors, providers and manufacturers. Heather is a frequent speaker on health policy and has been quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC, Modern Health Care and others.

Prior to joining Washington Council, Heather served as ERISA counsel to several Fortune 100 companies, employers, insurers and unions in matters related to health care, employee benefits and public policy in private practice. She was also the Deputy Director of Surrogate Outreach at the Democratic National Committee during the 2004 Presidential campaign, and served on the staff of Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) as well as the transition staff of Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA).

Heather received a B.A. in political science, Spanish and international studies from Western Washington University and earned her J.D. with an emphasis on health law from the University of Washington School of La

Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D. is the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at UC San Francisco and the Founder & Executive Director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center engaged in technology creation and scientific research of novel brain assessment and optimization approaches. Dr. Gazzaley is also co-founder of Akili, a company developing therapeutic video games [Fast Company’s 2022 – World’s Most Innovative Companies] and JAZZ Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in experiential technology to improve human performance. He has been a scientific advisor for dozens of companies including Apple, GE, Nielsen, Deloitte, Janssen, and PepsiCo.

Dr. Gazzaley has filed multiple patents – notably his invention of the first video game cleared by the FDA – authored over 180 scientific articles and delivered over 700 invited presentations around the world. He wrote and hosted the nationally televised PBS special “The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley”, and co-authored the 2016 MIT Press book “The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World”, winner of the 2017 PROSE Award. Dr. Gazzaley is the recipient of the 2015 SfN Science Educator Award, 2020 Global Gaming Citizen Honor and named in Newsweek’s 2021 Inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors. He is a Board of Trustee and Science Council Member and Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Geeta Nayyar is a physician-executive and a nationally-recognized leader in health technology that bridges the divides between clinical medicine, the business sector and digital health. Dr. G. is a sought-after thought leader, speaker and media contributor on topics such as emerging health tech, AI, digital health and the current and future business of healthcare. In her new book, Dead Wrong, Dr. G. presents an insightful blueprint for diagnosing and treating healthcare’s misinformation crisis. Throughout her career, she has led in critical roles, most recently as the Chief Medical Officer of Salesforce and AT&T.

In Dead Wrong, Dr. G. merges her deep commitment to reliable, relatable public health messaging and her executive and boardroom experience to make the case that building trust and health literacy at scale requires healthcare leaders to take responsibility for the problems and their solutions. Dr. G. consults for some of the nation’s most influential medical organizations and businesses such as the American Medical Association and ZocDoc and is a Board Member of the American Telemedicine Association and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Alumni Association. She speaks at national and global conferences and is regularly featured on CNBC and Yahoo! Finance to illuminate some of healthcare’s most urgent issues.