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Ten speakers will present on various topics at TEDxIdahoStateUniversity on Oct. 26

October 16, 2019

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ISU President Kevin Satterlee is among the event's speakers.聽

POCATELLO – Ten speakers will present on various topics at TEDxIdahoStateUniversity on Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the ISU Stephens Performing Arts Center Black Box Theater.

The theme for TEDxISU is 鈥2030: Where are we headed?鈥 Selected speakers were asked to present their ideas on wide and diverse subjects

The speakers are ISU President Kevin Satterlee, Adam Velasquez, Alex Bolinger, Cameron Staley, Evan Rodriguez, Liz Breuker, Olivia Ngadjui, Princess Young, Shannon Fox and Tori Force.

This event is by invitation only. Recorded videos will be uploaded to the official TEDx YouTube channel and to the official TEDx site. The event will also be live streamed at the Bengal Theater for free.

For more information about TEDx, visit .

The biographies of each of the speakers follow:

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Adam Velasquez 鈥 鈥淐onfidence comes from Failure鈥 鈥 Velasquez has lived in Pocatello his whole life. He graduated from Pocatello High School where he competed in wrestling, cross country and track. After completing a two-year service mission for his church in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Velasquez enrolled at ISU and was the first person in his family to earn a college degree.

Velasquez has made a career in banking and is currently the vice president for executive banking at Zions Bank. He is also preparing to enter his 18th season as a state-certified high school wrestling official.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Alex Bolinger 鈥 鈥溾楪lue鈥 Roles in Organizations鈥 鈥 Bolinger, is an associate professor of management in the ISU College of Business. He completed his doctoral degree at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and, prior to joining ISU, was on the faculty at Pennsylvania State University鈥檚 Brandywine campus.

Bolinger鈥檚 research interests focus on groups and teams, negotiation, entrepreneurship and employment in service professions. His work has been published in the Harvard Business Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, and Small Group 色花堂app among other outlets.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Cameron Staley 鈥 鈥淢indfulness: Pornography Addictions鈥 鈥 Staley is a clinical psychologist at ISU providing individual, couple and group therapy to university students. He enjoys teaching courses for the psychology department and supervising counselors and psychologists in training. 

He has presented his research on pornography at the International Academy of Sex 色花堂app and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, along with peer-reviewed publications in the journals of Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity and Archives of Sexual Behavior.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Evan Rodriguez 鈥 鈥淭oday鈥檚 Technology鈥 鈥 Rodriguez is an assistant professor of philosophy at ISU. He received his doctorate from Yale鈥檚 Philosophy and Classics Program in 2016, after first falling in love with both subjects in the liberal arts context at Haverford College. His work uses philosophical and philological tools to help us understand ancient texts, to put them in conversation with modern problems and to put us in conversation with each other.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Kevin Satterlee 鈥 鈥淧resident Satterlee鈥檚 Top Leadership Tips鈥 鈥 Kevin D. Satterlee became 色花堂app鈥檚 13th president in June 2018. Satterlee is a native Idahoan from Priest River, Idaho. He has served Idaho鈥檚 higher education system for over 20 years. In the next 10 years, Satterlee aims to lead 色花堂app to greater heights by maximizing the strengths of the institution, building strong and lasting relationships between the University and its constituents and helping to remove barriers to success. Satterlee received his bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from Boise State University (magna cum laude) and was named a Top Ten Scholar of the University. He received his law degree from the University of Idaho (magna cum laude).

Satterlee and his wife Margaret, both multi-generational Idaho natives, have three children. They enjoy jet-skiing, fishing, baking and spending as much time as possible with friends and family.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Liz Breuker 鈥 鈥淣ormalization of Violence鈥 鈥 Breuker is an Army veteran, McNair Scholar and student government senator for the ISU College of Education. She is majoring in outdoor education and intends to pursue a Master in Public Administration degree researching public lands policy. Currently, Breuker is researching the effects of outdoor recreation in the LGBTQ+ community.  In her free time, she can be found recreating outdoors with her husband, Eric, and their three children.  

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Olivia Ngadjui 鈥 鈥淢aking Friends After High School鈥 鈥 Ngadjui is a second-year doctoral student in the ISU counselor education and counseling program. Her research interests include cultural inclusion efforts in education for K-12 and counselor education, crisis and trauma interventions, multicultural counseling and social justice. Among many roles, she highly values her role as an advocate whether in session, the classroom or in her daily life as she values being able to speak up to promote an equitable environment.

Ngadjui is an avid reader, who currently hikes in the Idaho outdoors, frequently lifts at the gym, seeks out places to have tea, cares for four indoor plants and somehow finds time to keep tabs on her five godchildren (four girls and a boy) who are on the East Coast.  

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Princess Young 鈥 鈥淐yber Security鈥 - Young is a 2012 and 2014 ISU alumna. She received her honors bachelor degree in business management and her Master of Business Administration degree in information assurance. Young is currently a senior analyst for Southwest Airlines and leads the company's cybersecurity awareness and training program. She previously worked for the Department of Homeland Security managing national cyber awareness efforts for nearly five years.

 She is passionate about education and helping others. In October, she will also become a Gallup-certified strengths coach. She loves movies, writing music, volunteering and French fries. She lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband Devin Hansen, who is also an ISU graduate.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Shannon Fox 鈥 鈥淎dverse Childhood Experiences鈥 鈥 Fox is a social worker who works towards preventing child abuse and trauma. Prevention has opened up doors for Fox to do something she loves while also recovering from her own adversity.

Fox is currently the sole individual working to create the Bannock Youth Foundation (C.A.P.E) program so that child abuse/trauma prevention can continue within the 24 Idaho counties that is has been serving.

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Tori Force 鈥 鈥淟ack of Mental Health Services in Idaho鈥 鈥 Force is a Pocatello native who works with low income children and teens as an art therapist at a community mental health organization in Seattle. She graduated from Lesley University in Boston, Massachusetts, with a Master of Arts Degree in mental health counseling and art therapy.

She is excited to return to the Stephen's Performing Arts Center to deliver this talk as she has previously performed there, worked in the Box Office and even got married in the building鈥檚 Marshall Rotunda.

In her free time, Force likes to crochet, knit, sing, spend time with her two cats Freddie and Rosa and enjoy a tasty meal cooked by her husband, Kirk. You can also find her painting or hiking on some of the many beautiful trails of the Pacific Northwest. Force believes Pocatello is a special place and she feels honored to be able to return to give a TEDx talk in a community that has always supported her in fulfilling her aspirations.

ISU partners for this event include SEI Institutional Group, JRM Foundation for Humanity and ISU Credit Union.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, including our annual gathering in Vancouver, as well as TEDWomen, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on and other platforms. Audio versions of the talks from TED2019 will also be published to TED's podcast , available on Apple Podcasts and all other podcast platforms.

TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily;, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; the, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives;, which gathers the most engaged members of the global TED community for brainstorms, discussions, performances, workshops and an eclectic program of mainstage talks; and the educational initiative. TED also has a library of original podcasts, including  with Chris Anderson, , and one of Apple Podcasts鈥 most downloaded new shows of 2018, .

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