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Barb Allen spent more than 30 years in commercial construction, climbing the ladder from boots on the ground to heels in the corner office, from Tradeswoman to Operations Director. Her career gave her a front-row seat to the challenges that stall women's advancement in predominantly male industries and to what it takes to eliminate those challenges. She is the author of OneLadder to Leadership and host of the Constructive Behaviors podcast, and now speaks to leaders and organizations across construction and other predominantly male industries to build stronger, more equitable paths to leadership.

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Jim Tracy is one of the highest demand influencers and speakers on workplace culture in
North America. He combines real life CEO experience with candid stories about resilience
and team building. Having spent decades at the helm of multi-generational organizations,
he understands the challenges of rolling out teams in a dynamic and changing marketplace.
Jim is not just a successful bootstrapping CEO, he is a podcaster, jet pilot, best selling
Author, Grampion to 18 grandkids and award winning business person. Jim was inducted
into the Wireless History Foundation's Wireless Hall of Fame, awarded the prestigious Bill
Carlson Lifetime Service Award from NATE, and recently named a Business ICON of Idaho.
Jim has founded, built, scaled, bought and sold multiple businesses. He has testified before
the United States House of Representatives. Tracy has been trained by F-16 fighter pilots
and continues to fly jets. He has completed over three hundred and fifty podcasts and
authored three books.

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Steve Muscato helps leaders and organizations distill the tension between what they’ve built and what they’re built for.

The guy holding

the door open.

Steve spent decades inside organizations — from Fortune 500 brands to nonprofits — helping them find clarity about who they are, what they stand for, and where they're going. He sat with leaders at every level. And beneath most of those conversations, he kept noticing the same thing.

Not an execution problem. An identity problem.

The tension between what leaders had built and what they were built for. Most of them had never had a room where that tension could be named — let alone examined honestly.

Crafted Clarity is that room. The podcast, The Still app, Go Deeper, CCLE, and the conversations — all of it exists to create the environment where that distillation can happen.

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Terry Kalna joined the ECHL as Chief Operating Officer on October 17, 2025. He served as an advisor to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Chairman of the USA Hockey Marketing Committee.

Kalna was most recently Chief Revenue Officer at Canucks Sports & Entertainment, where he led the organization’s broadcasting, business intelligence, corporate partnerships, premium and ticket sales teams. Under his leadership, the Canucks achieved significant commercial growth, including a 50% increase in overall revenue and a new television deal with Rogers Sportsnet.

Before joining the Canucks, Kalna spent seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins as Chief Revenue Officer (2020–2022) and Senior Vice President of Sales & Broadcasting (2015–2020). During his time in Pittsburgh, he led several milestone initiatives, including the landmark 20-year naming rights agreement for PPG Paints Arena and the organization’s first jersey partnership with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Kalna’s teams are known for operating with an agency-style mindset—building customized platforms, activations, and events for corporate partners while executing data-informed, high-energy ticketing strategies focused on value delivery and relationship-building.

Kalna spent 2001 to 2015 with NASCAR (then International Speedway Corporation), including eight years as Managing Director, Partnership Sales & Marketing. Earlier in his career, he held roles with ISL Worldwide AG and Penske Motorsports.

In addition to his executive experience, Kalna maintains deep ties to hockey. He has served on USA Hockey’s Marketing Committee since 2011 and holds a USA Hockey Level 5 coaching certification (2014) as well as a Coach 2 certification from Hockey Canada (2024).

He played youth hockey in Pittsburgh before attending Tabor Academy and later graduating from Hobart College in 1998.

Terry is relocating to New Jersey with his wife, Whitney, and their two children, Caitlyn (16) and Trevor (14).

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Everyone carries a strength inside them, often without even knowing it’s there. The key is learning to tap into that strength when life demands it. Sometimes it comes from lessons we’ve picked up along the way. Other times, it shows up in the moment, surprising even us.

I’ve often asked myself: Where does my inner strength come from? The truth is, it’s not from just one place. My upbringing shaped me: parents, grandparents, neighbors, teachers, faith, and friends all left their mark. The discipline and structure of the Marine Corps drilled into me a commitment to every cause I took on. Years of pain, frustration, and setbacks gave me a relentless determination to get back up and keep going. My successes fueled my drive, and even my failures gave me fire to keep pushing forward.

What I’ve learned is simple but powerful: I can’t expect my future to be handed to me by someone else. It’s my responsibility. There are ten little two-letter words I’ve carried with me for years, words that keep me motivated whenever I feel the temptation to give in: IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME.

That doesn’t mean we don’t need other people. We do. Relationships, family, and community are vital to living a full life. But at the end of the day, no one else can set my goals or make me take the steps to reach them. That’s on me and it’s on you, too.

So when life knocks you down, and it will, dig deep. Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Find what inspires you. Lean into it. And remember this one truth that has carried me through everything I’ve faced: It’s Always Too Soon to Quit!

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Sarah Treacy, aka @thesobersherpa, is the founder of The Sober Adventure
Collective and creator of Sobriety Is the New Epic, a speaker series and growing body of work
challenging what people believe life after drinking can look like.
Sober since April 2020, Sarah left a 20-year corporate marketing career in 2024 to build a life
around adventure, connection, and helping others do the same. Through mentorship, retreats,
community experiences, and conversations with people redefining their lives in sobriety, she
explores the question that often comes after the hardest part: Now what?
Sarah’s work is for people who have created enough stability to stop organizing their lives
around alcohol and are ready to use what sobriety has given them to create something bigger.
Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesobersherpa/
Email: sarah@soberadventurecollective.com
The Sober Sherpa’s Website: www.thesobersherpa.com
The Sobriety is the New Epic Website: www.soberadventurecollective.com

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Dr. Khutso Madubanya is a change strategist, author, international speaker, also known as “The Change Whisperer.” She is the founder of Dance With Change™ through which she helps people navigate life’s inevitable transitions with less fear, more self-trust, and greater agency.

Having lived and worked in eight countries across five continents and reinvented herself more times than she can count, Dr. Khutso brings both professional expertise and deeply lived experience to her talks, workshops, and advisory sessions. Grounded in her doctoral research in organizational sensemaking, her proprietary P.I.V.O.T.™ framework offers a practical way to move through uncertainty without losing yourself.

She is the author of No More Free Passes and Dancing With Change. Through honest storytelling, wisdom, warmth, and humor, Dr. Khutso reminds women that strength does not mean carrying everything alone. Even when life changes unexpectedly, we still have the power to lead without sacrificing ourselves or becoming overwhelmed.