Featured Speakers
Kim Shine
Grand Valley State University, 2008
Friday, November 17
Kim Shine is a versatile media professional with a decade of experience in both television news and radio broadcasting. She is the current production manager for HYFIN Radio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Before radio, Shine spent 8.5 years in television. She served as a reporter, anchor, and producer in several news markets. Her coverage has had local, national, and international reach.
Shine is also an author. Her book, “On the Other Side of Everything,” explores life’s challenges through introspective and humorous poetry, drawing from her personal journey of growth and independence.
Originally from Chicago, her formative years were split between the city, its suburbs, and Southwest Georgia. Shine holds degrees from Grand Valley State University and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Outside of work, she enjoys exploring, traveling, dancing to her favorite songs, and quality time with family and friends. You can connect with Kim Shine on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Bruce Jackson
Belmont University, 2018
Saturday, November 18
Dr. Bruce H. Jackson has dedicated his career to the development of individuals, teams, organizations, and communities that seek to maximize influence, leadership, and change.
Dr. Jackson has worked with Fortune 500 companies, colleges/universities, and non-profit institutions to develop and implement principles of performance, leadership, and change—for professionals, students, and public servants alike. He is the founder of Attentional Leadership™ Institute (formerly IAHE)—a strategy, training, assessment, and coaching firm dedicated to helping individuals, teams, and organizations achieve peak performance. He wrote Finding Your Flow: How to Identify Your Flow Assets and Liabilities—the Keys to Peak Performance Every Day to increase awareness, clarify driving principles, and engage in strategic and focused change.
Dr. Jackson directs the C. Charles Jackson Foundation and Charlie Life & Leadership Academy (Charlie Academy) – advancing centers, programs, online training, and research to support emerging young leaders. Omicron Delta Kappa is launching a partnership with the Charlie Academy to provide discounts to all members seeking to expand their leadership skills and abilities through this unique self-paced online program.
Joseph E. "Joe" Johns
Marshall University, 1979
Saturday, November 18, 7:00 p.m.
Joe Johns was inducted into ODK in 1979. He is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning television journalist and lawyer. He began his career at WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia, before moving to WSOC-TV in Charlotte. After accepting a position at NBC-owned WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., he later became Capitol Hill Correspondent for TODAY and other NBC News programs. In 2004, he joined CNN Domestic, where he remained until this year. He is a graduate of Marshall University and American University Washington College of Law. Besides covering Congress, Johns has also covered the U.S. Department of Justice and the Supreme Court. He was assigned to the White House during the administration of President Donald J. Trump. Joe Johns is currently a lawyer in private practice in Virginia.
G. C. Murray, Esq.
Florida State University, 2011
Sunday, November 19, 8:30 a.m.
G.C. Murray II, Esq., DPL is a nationally recognized lawyer, leader, and lobbyist who has received numerous awards for his legal acumen and his philanthropy. He focuses on all aspects of nonprofit management including Federal and State compliance, organizational leadership, and high-level fundraising. He is an experienced lobbyist involved in canvassing and helping direct nearly $75M in political giving to candidates and PCs. Special Counsel for one of the premier plaintiff trial lawyer associations in the United States.