Building A Legacy Student Leadership Conference

Keynote Speaker

Joshua Fredenburg is a nationally acclaimed speaker, author of five books, member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, and President of the ‘Award Winning Circle of Change Leadership Conference that specializes in leadership development, diversity, and healthy relationships.

For the past decade, he has served as a keynote speaker for different lectures, conferences, retreats, and trainings at various colleges, non-profit organizations, and corporate events in forty-four different states. He is a dynamic speaker who is known for delivering an inspirational message with expert advice that leads to immediate, life changing and transformational results!

All of Joshua’s work is done with a heart of humility, love, integrity, excellence, exceptional character, and strong desire to provide emerging and seasoned leaders with a life changing experience!

Lunch & Leader Panel: Panel Member #1

Cathy Campbell earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a specialization in accounting from Daemen.

In her role as CEO of Envolve Maryland, Campbell is responsible for full health plan operations and financial performance. She previously served as regional vice president at Centene, a multi-national health care enterprise that provides services to government-sponsored and commercial health care programs, focusing on underinsured and uninsured individuals. An accomplished health care executive, Campbell had a highly successful 30-year tenure at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York prior to joining Centene. She most recently held the position of senior vice president of government programs at HealthNow of New York, Inc., the parent company of BlueCross BlueShield of WNY.

She currently serves on the Daemen Board of Trustees and on various boards and committees in the community. In addition to her degree from Daemen, Campbell received an executive MBA from the University at Buffalo and completed the Executive Leadership Program offered by America’s Health Insurance Plans.

Cathy is the recipient of Daemen College/ Rosary Hill Alumni Association’s top honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Lunch & Leader Panel: Panel Member #2

Kemp earned a master’s degree in executive leadership and change with a concentration in nonprofit leadership from Daemen. She received a bachelor’s degree in health and human services from the University at Buffalo and also earned a certificate in not-for-profit management from the Harvard Business School Club of Buffalo.

Kemp serves as executive director of the Buffalo Police Athletic League, which offers Western New York youth educational, recreational, and cultural programming in collaboration with law enforcement. Active in the community, Kemp serves on the board of the New York State Network for Youth Success and the Johnny B. Wiley Sports Complex. She is also co-chair of the After School Network of Western New York and is a member of the youth sports task force for the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, among other community committees.

Kemp was recently recognized with a Women Touching the World honor from Unlimited Possibilities Overcoming Poverty Ministry and the Buffalo Builders of Peace Award from United for Human Rights, as well as several other previous accolades. Kemp is the recipient of Daemen College/ Rosary Hill Alumni Association’s honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Outstanding Service to the Community. 

Lunch & Leader Panel: Panel Member #3

Paul Michaud earned a degree in Physical Therapy from Daemen.  

Michaud began his career path with a solid foundation; he notes, “at Daemen, I learned how to take care of people.” Paul Michaud began his career focused in the basic sciences, liberal arts, and patient care.

Michaud was commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Army in 2000. Paul attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science where he received a Medical Degree in 2004.  In 2005, he completed a Transitional Internship at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA.  Paul continued his medical training at Water Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC, where he graduated from the Radiology Residency in 2009 and the Nuclear Medicine Fellowship in 2010.  Following a short period as a Nuclear and General Radiologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Paul continued his service in the U.S. Army in returning to Eisenhower Army Medical Center, where he was named the Chief of Nuclear Medicine in 2011.  Paul was quickly promoted to the Chief of Radiology, later that same year, a position typically reserved for an Officer two ranks senior to MAJ Michaud.

In 2013, Paul was promoted to serve as the Assistant Chief Medical Officer at Eisenhower Army Medical Center.  In 2014, he was 1 of 3 Army Medical Corps Officers selected to attend the 1 year Army Leadership School at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, KS.  Paul subsequently served for 2 years as the Chief Medical Officer of the Reynold’s Army Community Hospital and the Consultant to the Army Surgeon General for Nuclear Medicine. Paul’s focus is team and patient-centered care and implementing sustainable, intrinsically motivating leadership practices. He currently serves on the Daemen National Alumni Board of Governors.

Paul is the recipient of Daemen College/ Rosary Hill Alumni Association’s top honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Session Description: 

This presentation will explain how clearly defining one’s priorities then managing one's time so it can be spent on those priorities leads to effective leaders. Tips will be given on how to do so, and a handout with a prioritization exercise will provide interaction and personal application for each attendee.

Session Description: 

During our presentation titled Communicating Across Cultural Boundaries, we will discuss a variety of topics related to approaching cultural differences. In this session, we will discuss the importance of grounding yourself, the effects of culture shock, microagressions, and most importantly how you as a student leader can create a safe environment for students to thrive in. We will create an engaging and constructive space for our audience through activities and discussions, providing them with the tools to do the same for other students.

Session Description: 

During our presentation titled Communicating Across Cultural Boundaries, we will discuss a variety of topics related to approaching cultural differences. In this session, we will discuss the importance of grounding yourself, the effects of culture shock, microagressions, and most importantly how you as a student leader can create a safe environment for students to thrive in. We will create an engaging and constructive space for our audience through activities and discussions, providing them with the tools to do the same for other students.

Session Description: 

In my session I want to teach people about afrobeat and how dancing helped me in the long run, coming from where I was born in Tanzania mtabila, where I had to dance to just win a bar of soap or a jug of water to bring home to the family. Dancing helped me become a leader, I now am confident enough to teach African dance and embrace it. I want to influence others to become a leader through their passion.

Session Description:

This presentation is to discuss and explain the roles of a student-athlete, student leaders, and how important it is to integrate these roles on campus. Sometimes there is a disconnect between student leaders and student-athletes on campus. Having a student-athlete be a member of a student-led organization or on-campus group can help nurture the relationship between departments and student-activities, which further encourages collaboration and showcasing all students.

Session Description: 

This presentation is to discuss and explain the roles of a student-athlete, student leaders, and how important it is to integrate these roles on campus. Sometimes there is a disconnect between student leaders and student-athletes on campus. Having a student-athlete be a member of a student-led organization or on-campus group can help nurture the relationship between departments and student-activities, which further encourages collaboration and showcasing all students.

Session Description: 

In the second Avengers movie, as they will have to battle one of the strongest armies in the universe, Iron Man expresses his concern: “We'll lose,” Captain America responds: “Then we'll do that together too.” This is when a fictional action movie delivers one of the most important philosophies of working as a team: we succeed and fail together. The plots and lines of the movies in this amazing franchise have divulged a plethora of implications for teamwork, resilience, and leadership. Thus this presentation, utilizing scenes and quotes from the Avengers movies, will present strategies to be a student leader based on Psychology books, research, and the presenters' personal experiences.

Session Description: 

Budgeting and managing money is difficult to do as a college student; especially when you're budgeting for a club or organization. Many factors contribute to poor money management skills. Managing money might be tough to master but with the money management tips presented in this session I will be giving attendees the necessary roadmap to financial success.

Session Description: 

This session will be geared to students who are preparing to graduate. We will discuss the types of leadership skills students develop while holding student leader positions on campus. Additionally, we will discuss how skills from these positions can be used after graduation in a future career path.

Session Description: 

This session will be geared to students who are preparing to graduate. We will discuss the types of leadership skills students develop while holding student leader positions on campus. Additionally, we will discuss how skills from these positions can be used after graduation in a future career path.

Session Description: 

Everyday we meet new people and have new experiences that shape how we perceive the world and those in it. A bias can be formed within five seconds of meeting a person and that bias shapes how you interact with that person. I plan to go over the different kinds of bias and how they can form. As a person in a leadership role bias can affect our decision-making processes in several different kinds of ways, that I will mention. It is my goal that by the end of the presentation for my audience to take more than five seconds to decide what kind of person they are dealing with and to be able to react in the most effective way as a leader and as a role model.

Session Description:

In my session I will be talking about the creation of Wildcat Media & Entertainment (W.M.E). W.M.E. is a student run and operated organization that strives to engage members of the campus community in activities that promote artistic expression, celebrate diversity, and teach the use of multimedia technologies; covering everything from Daemen Sports, all the way down to Film, Music, and Podcast Production. I will be discussing what it takes to create a student club/organization from scratch and the vision required to take an idea from conception to reality.