A Gathering of Friends All star line-up includes: Master of Ceremonies: Gilles LaMarche, DC Dr. LaMarche is a passionate chiropractor who has practiced for 25 years in northern Ontario. He is an avid student of the psychology and philosophy of success for more than 30 years, and he has spoken to audiences throughout Canada, United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Japan, Scandinavia, Europe and Australia. He is the author and co-author of more than nine books including Say Yes to Chiropractic Success and The Parker System for Professional Success. A member of the Parker College postgraduate faculty since 1990, Dr. LaMarche was named Canadian Chiropractor of the Year for 2005-2006 by the readers of the Canadian Chiropractor magazine. He is director of Parker Seminars and vice president of development and external relations at Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas. Welcome Speaker: Eleanor White, DC, CCA President Dr. White is president of The Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA). For more than 20 years Dr. White has been a dedicated member of the chiropractic profession. She has served on the Board of the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) in an administrative capacity with the World Federation of Chiropractic and as a member of the Board of Governors of the CCA. Dr. White’s dedication was recognized when she was awarded the Service to the Profession award by the OCA and in 2005 when she received the President’s Citation from the CCA for her contribution in the development of the profession’s Clinical Practice Guidelines. Dr. White is a graduate of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and practices in Markham, Ontario. Adjusting to Three and Half Decades of Chiropractic: Allan Freedman, LLB Mr. Freedman has taken a journey from 1976 to now within the world of chiropractic. He has been a patient, instructor, lawyer, advocate, author, speaker, confidant and consigliere to many within the chiropractic profession over the decades. Allan has taught 32 classes at CMCC and continues to provide at least one lecture a year to CMCC students. By conservative counts, and not including continuing education and conference lectures, Allan has taught or lectured to more than 4,800 chiropractors. Music of the Night Performers: June Crowley June Crowley has performed from coast-to-coast on Canadian stages and in the United States. She has appeared with The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, The Canadian Opera Company and The Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Memorable roles include: Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, Lily in The Secret Garden, Marion the Librarian in The Music Man, Anna in The King and I, and the narrator in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Susan Gilmour Susan Gilmour is a singer-actress of international standing, having starred on Broadway in Los Angeles, across the US and Canada. Stage credits include Miss Stacy in Charlottetown’s own Anne of Green Gables, Aldonza/Dulcinea in Man of LaMancha and Fantine in Les Misérables. She went on to perform Fantine on Broadway in Los Angeles (where she received a Robby Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress). Susan recreated the role of Fantine in the 1998 production of Les Miserables in Toronto. Mark Payne Mark Payne is a sought-after pianist, vocal coach and conductor from London, Ontario where he is the music director and head coach for the opera program at University of Western Ontario. In addition, he is chorus master, repetitur and pianist for Orchestra London. David Rogers David Rogers has starred in major productions ranging from Broadway revues to mega-musicals and from operetta to rock opera. Leading roles include both Raoul and the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Lancelot in Camelot, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore, Tony in West Side Story and Che in Evita. David has appeared as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Toronto, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, Kitchener, Florida and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa Master of Ceremonies: Gilles LaMarche, DC Dr. LaMarche is a passionate chiropractor who has practiced for 25 years in Northern Ontario. He has spoken to audiences throughout Canada, United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Japan, Scandinavia, Europe and Australia. He is also the Master of Ceremonies for the convention’s Opening Event. Tribal Leadership - creating a culture of health care excellence: Dave Logan, PhD In more than 20 years experience, Dr. Logan has discovered that the most important factor in determining patient satisfaction, safety, quality and business development is the tribal culture of the practice. Focus with him on the advantages of creating a culture of excellence, how to assess the culture you have and how to take the critical steps to moving the culture forward. Dr. Logan is a faculty member in the management & organization department at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. He currently teaches management and leadership in the USC Executive MBA—an area rated #1 on the latest Wall Street Journal ranking of EMBA programs. Dave is also faculty at the Foundation for Medical Excellence in Portland where he teaches in the International Center for Leadership in Finance in Kuala Lumpur, endowed by the former prime minister of Malaysia. He has authored or co-authored articles, training programs and books including The Three Laws of Performance, which hit #2 on the Wall Street Journal list of bestselling business books and #2 on the Money best sellers list of USA Today. The Drum Café The Drum Café provides hands-on entertainment that is sure to energize, motivate and entertain you. A concept developed eight years ago in south Africa, where it is tradition among the culture for a group to come together to make music, and build or celebrate community before any major decision or engagement. Making music as a group has always encouraged communities - be it civil, professional or scholastic - to realize that they are all there for the same reason or to achieve the same goal. Over the years, the Drum Café has performed for political luminaries such as Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles, President George Bush, Colin Powell and Tony Blair; as well as corporate giants like Microsoft, BMW, Motorola, IBM, McDonald’s, Coca Cola and Nike.