SAS Institute 2024

 Mark your calendars for December 8, 9, 10, and 11, 2024. Registration opens September 16 for SAS Institute 2024, Purposeful Leadership: Support. Empower. Partner. 

Chase Mielke is an award-winning educator, writer, and speaker focusing on preventing teacher burnout and increasing student engagement. His most recent book, Illuminate the Way: The School Leader’s Guide to Addressing and Preventing Teacher Burnout, outlines three dimensions of burnout and provides methods to foster agency relatedness, and competence in staff. Chase hosts the Educator Happy Hour podcast with Ming Shelby. His most recent venture has been creating professional growth for busy educators. As an engaging speaker, he speaks with students and educators on topics of resilience, mindset, applied neuroscience, and positive psychology.

Orion Jean is a 13-year-old from Texas. After winning a national kindness speech contest, he used his prize money to start the “Race to Kindness” campaign. His initiatives include the “Race to 500 Toys,” Race to 100,000 Meals,” and “Race to 500,000 Books.” His pursuit of kindness is fueled by this simple mantra- “If you see a problem, fix it.” He is the author of A Kids Book About Leadership, a book focused on inspiring the young (and young-at-heart) to develop the leader inside of them. Orion was also selected as the 2021 TIME “Kid of the Year.” He has been featured on numerous local, national, and international media outlets.

Michael Bonner is a renowned leader, innovator, and performance booster, who is a trailblazer in leadership development and organizational culture. He is a dynamic keynote speaker and a recent recipient of Atlanta's 40 under 40 awards . He is the CEO of Bonnerville, a business that promotes the value of self-care and a highly respected team member at the famed Ron Clark Academy. He empowers leaders to build genuine relationships and establish a positive organizational culture, vision, and team development. His presentations challenge leaders to reflect, strategize, and execute in order to increase efficiency in the workplace. He empowers leaders to build genuine relationships with their teams and colleagues.

Mark C. Perna is the founder and CEO of TFS Results, a full-service strategic consulting firm at the forefront of the national paradigm shift in education and workforce development. As an international generational expert, Mark has devoted his career to empowering educators and employers to unleash the tremendous potential of today's young people. Mark founded the Education with Purpose & Employment with Passion movement to help communities connect the pipelines between education, business, and economic development. His work has helped countless parents, educators, employers, and national organizations across North America to engage with the younger generations more effectively.