Keynotes
Thursday Keynote
Tracy Marks, MD, Psychiatrist
With board certifications in general and forensic psychiatry, Tracy Marks promotes mental health and wellness through her private practice, books, and her popular YouTube channel, Mental Health Doesn’t Have to Be a Mystery. She is the author of three books: Master Your Sleep, Bipolar Basics, and Why Am I So Anxious? These works provide insights into various mental health conditions, emphasizing the link between mental wellness and sleep, and offering practical strategies for managing symptoms and improving overall well-being.
Dr. Marks started her YouTube channel in 2018, and since then it has garnered a significant following for its easy-to-understand, comprehensive coverage of complex mental health topics. She maintains her psychiatric practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Her holistic approach to mental health and her dedication to public education have made her a respected figure in her field and a valuable resource for those seeking to understand and improve their mental health.
Friday Keynote
Cassandra Aarssen, Professional Organizer
Cassandra Aarssen is the self-proclaimed “recovering super slob” behind Clutterbug, a website, YouTube channel, and personal organizing business. Through her efforts to transform herself into a clean freak, she created a successful career as an organizing expert. She provides her expertise as the host of HGTV’s Hot Mess House and through her YouTube channel and podcast. Her books, Real Life Organizing, Cluttered Mess to Organized Success, The Clutter Connection, and The Declutter Challenge are bestsellers. Cassandra’s organizing and decluttering advice is frequently featured on HGTV, CTV’s The Marlyn Denis Show, Oprah.com, and in Better Homes and Gardens. When she isn’t ridding the world of clutter, she spends her free time with her family in Ontario, Canada.
Saturday Keynote
Steve Sharp Nelson, from The Piano Guys, YouTube Star
Steven Sharp Nelson is an award-winning, Billboard-charting, YouTube rock star—in a cellist sort of way. His genre-crossing music invites people in from all walks of life and tastes. He has spoken to and performed for over two million people as part of The Piano Guys. From every stage, he credits his creative superpower, ADHD, encouraging people worldwide with this same gift (especially kids) to embrace their superpower. He believes that, for him and many others, music has been the best way to hone a creative craft, find identity, purpose, and even faith.
Steven attributes his hard-earned, unlikely success story to his unending love for helping people feel the worth of their own soul through music. Name a concert venue, he’s sold it out. Name an iconic place in the world, he’s filmed a music video there. His content is watched and streamed over 3 million times EVERY DAY for a current total of two BILLION views. He’s performed and spoken to 2 million people across the world. As much as he loves all of this, his favorite thing in the world is one-on-one time with his wife and each of his four children, who tolerate and sometimes even love his quirky, creative persona.
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