Adult Schedule

Metal Room

Learn how to use your leadership skills to create your career journey. Understand who you are and how you create your path to the future.

Dr. Katie Ervin, CEO of Catalyst Development, has spent her career focusing on intentional leadership, skill building, and organizational health. For over two decades, she has established her reputation as a transformational leader who is driven by challenge, undeterred by obstacles, and committed to furthering standards of excellence. Her expertise encompasses all aspects of organizational development by harnessing team strengths to improve overall performance. Her goal with every client is to build consensus, promote transparency and influence positive change in the organizational culture. Katie loves spending time with her amazing husband, traveling, and playing golf. She has two adult children, and she loves cooking them homemade meals and generally spoiling them anytime they are home!

Salon A

This workshop will provide an overview of the current state of youth mental health in the United States and discuss practical opportunities for both prevention and intervention. The hope of the presenters is that this workshop can be both interactive and experiential. Information and resources will be shared via presentation. Opportunities for participants to engage in self-care activities aimed at reducing compassion fatigue will be included. The goal is for the audience to leave this workshop feeling empowered to identify mental health concerns in the youth they work with and to utilize skills, resources, and empathy to intervene, when necessary.

Dr. Kanya is a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, specializing in anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence. She just completed her doctoral training through Northern Illinois University in 2021 and a postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital from 2021-2022. Her training has included work in prevention and intervention for mental health concerns across the lifespan, with a focus on children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Kanya is passionate about community education and volunteering. One of her favorite experiences volunteering has been working with incarcerated youth to promote social-emotional learning through the use of shelter dogs. In her spare time, Dr. Kanya enjoys spending time with her dog and new kitten, tending to her plants, and enjoying exploring Kansas City.

Dr. Ehrhardt is a pediatric psychology postdoctoral fellow at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, specializing in hematology/oncology. She completed her doctoral training through the University of Tulsa in 2022 and her predoctoral internship at Children’s Mercy Hospital from 2021-2022. Her training has included work with youth and their families from diverse backgrounds in medical inpatient and outpatient settings. She has a passion for serving children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions, such as cancer and sickle cell disease, and promoting psychological wellbeing in the midst of medical trauma. In her spare time, Dr. Ehrhardt enjoys reading fiction novels, participating in TRX fitness classes, and spending time with her husband and new pup.

Fire Room

Why would a natural third baseman labor to develop skills to become a right fielder? Instead of focusing on developing new skills, in this workshop, we will talk through creative ways to lean into your existing expertise — be it a passion for graphic design, an innate ability for public speaking, or a knack for creating strong relationships. Together we will complete a series of exercises to identify strengths that you can use to market yourselves, your organizations, and develop influence.

Stephanie O’Connell is Sales & Marketing leader at Google where she works with public sector advertisers to reach their target audience and grow their organizations. She has been a YVC Board Member since 2015, is a proud native Kansas Citian, and spends most of her free time with her 2-year-old pup, Roey.

Wood Room

Uniting our city across racial lines is something we can all do; however, many people don’t know how and where to start. This workshop will focus on several areas including why we should engage in unity, how to begin, and facilitating the creation of an action plan at the youth and adult level.

Ray Jarrett is the Executive Director of Unite KC, a business owner, and a successful author. Unite KC is a vibrant organization that unites people through education, conversation, and a unifying strategy to engage and encourage people to do “One Good Thing”.

Metal Room

Join Zach as he discusses youth recruitment and retention! This session will cover where and how to recruit youth, the importance of relationship building, and how quality project consistence affects volunteer retention. Zach will also cover highs and lows of Corvallis’ year and facilitate group discussions about recruitment and retention.

Zach Johnson is the volunteer coordinator for YVC Corvallis. Zach manages day-to-day operations of the YVC program including leading YAB, planning and leading volunteer projects, and managing outreach. Zach loves to read, hike, and camp.

Wood Room

Are you looking for ways to spice up your programming? With over 25+ years of experience running a YVC program, Calgary is excited to share our successes and challenges. This is an opportunity to learn from one another, no matter how many years you’ve been part of YVC. Come with an open mind and a willingness to share your experiences too!

Peony has been in the YVC Program Coordinator role for the last three years. She’s either attempting to work out or stuffing her face with poutine, Peony looks forward to her first in-person Summit!

Metal Room

Let’s talk! In this session, our CEO will discuss YVC’s mission, strategic direction and goals for the network. You’ll get an update of where we are, where we’re headed, and how you fit in. We’ll cover major initiatives and gather input from you, our network leaders.

Tracy is YVC’s passionate CEO. She loves Cherry Coke, TikToks, traveling the world, laughing with her husband and kids, and making things happen at YVC!