Warren Patterson is the CEO at OrderEase, a wholesale order management software solution, based in Barrie, ON, Canada. 

Sid Raisch is an advocate for family business leading growth, change, and results throughout the US horticulture market.

John Stanley has worked with the garden centre industry as a consultant & conference speaker for the last 45 years in 35 countries. 

John Kennedy has presented over the last 24 years and has made a dramatic impact in tourism, agritourism and green industries.

Andrew Burton is a garden centre and retail and catering advisor based in the UK, with over 30 years of senior management & leadership experience.

Co-owner of Botanic Market, Ukraine, Regina has 15 years exp. in marketing and management in the Russian pharma industry.

Derek Peebles is a leader in community economic development with extensive success moving organizations forward by building on cross-cultural and cross-sector collaboration.

Todd Baker is a nursery trade consultant (Todd J. Baker Consulting) and an owner-operator of a wholesale nursery in Ontario, Canada. 

Anna Caroline Ball is CEO and Chairman of the Board of the 126-year-old Ball Horticultural Company.

Katie Elzer-Peters is the founder and CEO of The Garden of Words, LLC, a digital marketing firm that specializes in email marketing, web development, web strategy, and business development for green industry clients.