Keynote Speaker

Rachel Sheerin

The high-energy, authentic keynote speaker and emcee that you wished you’d seen on every conference stage! Rachel Sheerin helps take events from strategic to sincere and impactful!

The world needs more successful people doing what they were born to do — and being happy while they do it. Rachel has always loved to entertain, help others, and make people smile and that’s exactly why speaking on stage feels like home.

Rachel has built multi-million dollar sales teams, created sought-after courses and worked for titans of industry across the world. Today, Rachel motivates and educates high-performers so they can level up their success, increase their impact, and live a life they love.

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OCA Featured Speaker

Sylvester Kent Butler, Jr.

Kent Butler is the 70th President of the ACA and holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, with a concentration in Counseling Psychology, from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Butler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and Nationally Certified School Counselor (NCSC).

Dr. Sylvester Kent Butler, Jr. currently serves as the faculty advisor to CHI SIGMA IOTA International Honor Society. Dr. Butler also serves as the Principal Investigator, for The High-Risk Delinquent and Dependent Child Educational Research Project: Situational Environmental Circumstances Mentoring Program (SEC), which is a partnership between the University of Central Florida and several Florida universities. On the national level, Dr. Butler has served the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) as the 2011–2012 President and American Counseling Association (ACA) Governing Council Representative (2015–2018).

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Burning at Both Ends

Managing Burnout in Your Career + Life

When tough times come to call, we’re at even greater risk of burnout. In this fast-paced and motivational program, burnout-expert and Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst, Rachel Sheerin, provides tactical tools and insights into why burnout happens in times of crisis and how it shows up, feels and impacts ourselves and teams.

Armed with strategies on how to conquer fear and navigate tough times, this humor-filled training helps tired professionals put on their own oxygen masks.

AFTER OUR KEYNOTE SESSION, YOU WILL:

  • UNDERSTAND: Why burnout happens to people who care about their work and how burnout shows up in yourself and others.
  • FEEL EMPOWERED: To influence yourself and others with actionable strategies to repair and prevent burnout
  • CREATE: Your own roadmap for success and happiness in and out of work.
  • DEFINE: Goals that re-energize and refocus yourself as a person and professional!

Who You’ll Hear From

Pre-Conference Workshop Presenters