2024-2025 Executive Leadership Team
Spencer Horn
PRESIDENT
Businesses globally look to Spencer as an enthusiastic, insightful source for counsel and advice on developing productive and focused corporate cultures. Spencer draws upon his 33 years of executive experience to reenergize seasoned and emerging professionals and increase organizational effectiveness. He inspires change, to develop: a powerful culture, effective communication, high performing teams and engagement.
Spencer is currently the President of Altium Leadership. He has been CEO of a leadership company and Vice President of a NASDAQ company which developed IMAX theaters in tourist destinations. There he worked with major organizations such as IMAX Corp., National Geographic Television, Radio City Productions, Disney Films and Larry Miller Theater’s, Inc.
Additionally he worked with a performance training company and his clients including the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation, Sodexho, Dunkin’ Brands, Wendy’s International and Brinker International.
Michelle McCullough
PRESIDENT ELECT
Michelle McCullough, CSP is a speaker, author, and business strategist dedicated to helping leaders and organizations thrive. As the creator of the Stretch Capacity™ Leadership Model, she provides groundbreaking insights on communication, trust, and retention—key challenges that impact business success.
Michelle’s groundbreaking national research uncovers behavioral influences affecting workforce performance, giving executives actionable strategies that drive results. The 2024 US Happiness Report and the 2025 Leadership & Engagement Report showcases her findings With over 250 media interviews, she is a sought-after consultant and speaker, delivering powerful presentations that blend research, real-world strategies, and engaging storytelling.
Her expertise in high-performance leadership and communication empowers organizations to achieve sustainable success while maintaining balance and resilience. She was the NSA Mountain West Chapter President from 2018-2019, a 2024 NSA Last Story Standing Finalist and is a Certified Speaking Professional.
VICE PRESIDENT
At the age of 3, Dan discovered the power of the spoken word on an audience. He continued looking for audiences, and as a High School senior was named the State Champion for Extemporaneous Speaking in the Bicentennial Speech Competition. Since then, he has found great joy in facilitating learning in adults as a corporate trainer. He has focused on financial related industries, including insurance and investments, and residential mortgages and real estate. He has also trained thousands in sales and management skills, along with the mindset which reflects Emotional Intelligence.
He is now branching out to take his message to the teeming hordes of young people who are just starting out on life's path. His goal is to influence MILLIONS of high school students to design a life where All Dreams Are Possible!
PAST PRESIDENT
Mike Brian began his marketing and communications career in 1987. As an owner of Penna Powers, a leading Marketing, Advertising and Communications Agency in Utah for over 20 years, he cultivated an expertise in strategic planning, marketing and the art of delivering powerful leadership presentations. He has helped hundreds of companies and thousands of executives connect with their audiences better and with more impact.
Mike is also the creator of the NSA National Story Competition - The Last Story Standing. Providing a platform for all professional speakers to hewn their skills as a storyteller and professional speaker.
He is currently the Chair of the Last Story Standing National committee and a member of the Chapter Leadership Council.
Rachael Curfew
SECRETARY | BOARD MEMBER
Rachael Curfew is a certified Strategic Intervention coach with specialized training in "Working with Women" and "Marriage Education and Divorce Prevention" from the (Tony) Robbins-Madanes Coach Training Program. Along with Strategic Intervention, Rachael combines her expertise in gratitude and the healing properties it has to mental health, self-guided art for emotional release, NLP, and EFT to empower individuals and their relationships.
Through coaching, corporate training, and speaking, Rachael facilitates both personal and professional transformations worldwide, guiding clients in strengthening relationships, enhancing leadership skills, and fostering personal success within the workplace.
2024-2025 Board of Directors
BOARD MEMBER
Les Patterson is a Leadership Keynote Speaker, Business Coach, and Military Veteran who helps leaders get home for dinner more than twice a week!
As the founder of Red Edge Mentoring, Les is passionate about “Empowering Leaders to Create and Live a More Intentional Life.” His Intentional Leadership Framework helps leaders and organizations “Clarify Their Vision, Focus Their Strategy, and Live Their Promise.”
Les and his angel wife Elisa have been married 36 years and are the proud parents of three veteran sons, two lovely daughters, and grandparents to three. He has written and shared over 600 poems honoring the little moments of life. Someday, he might even put them in a book.
BOARD MEMBER
Ernie Harker
Ernie is a fireball of creative energy—an expert in branding, marketing, and AI-driven content creation. A sought-after speaker, author, illustrator, and consultant, he helps businesses ignite their brands and leverage AI for marketing.
His career launched in 1993 as a concept artist for a top SLC ad agency. He later founded Ernburn, a creative studio known for brand development. At Maverik, Inc., he led a game-changing rebrand, transforming a tired country store into a $3B adventure brand. He love exercise, junk food, and hanging out with his family and 8 brothers.
BOARD MEMBER
Lyndsey VanSickle
Lyndsey V knows what it is to live under immense pressure and sees how the stresses of our day block productivity and passion. Her keynotes are hands-on and focus on life’s unsaids, the real cause of burnout, to get professionals back to their original passions.
Lyndsey is the author of The Black Book. She is a passionate wife, and mama to four, with love for speaking and outdoor adventures with her family.
BOARD MEMBER
Jodi Orgill Brown
Jodi Orgill Brown believes that every interaction is an opportunity to change a life. As a resilience and interactional leadership expert, award-winning author, and brain tumor survivor, she helps leaders and teams turn adversity into impact through the right interactions and the right stories.
She earned a master's degree in organizational leadership, a bachelor's degree in public relations, and is a certified consultant, coach, and Exactly What to Say guide. Her memoir, The Sun Still Shines, is an award-winning and bestselling book. She just released her fifth book, DePRESSiON Fighter, which helps individuals create a path to resilience through the storms of life.
BOARD MEMBER
Talia Riley
Talia Riley is a dynamic motivational speaker, bestselling author, teacher at Challenger, and podcast host of Creating Confident Communication. As the founder of SOAR, she empowers leaders, youth, and women in business to build strong connections and unstoppable confidence.
A proud mother of four, wife of 26 years, and previous small farm owner, she finds joy in life's simple moments while inspiring and empowering others to elevate their communication and relationships.
BOARD MEMBER
Leta Greene
As a trucker’s daughter, Leta, a.k.a. Mrs. HOTNESS™ has learned the ins and outs of the beauty industry from the outside in! She has learned them so well, she has published a book on the content about which she speaks and presents: “How to Embrace Your Inner Hotness: An Inside-Out Approach to a Lasting Makeover,” is a best seller!
She speaks on more than just beauty, however: she talks about life in a way that makes you laugh your heart out! Leta has been featured on major local TV, numerous podcasts as a beauty, self-image, reliance and confidence expert. What does this talented woman consider her most important accomplishment? “Easy!” she laughs. “My husband and children still like me!”