2025-26 Live2Lead:Dayton Maxwell Coach Partners/Co-Hosts
We're grateful for the support of our co-hosts and partners who help bring the Live2Lead experience to our community. Their shared commitment to leadership and growth makes this event possible and impactful.
Pronto ONE LLC
Blanca Criner
is a marketing leader and community advocate based in Dayton, Ohio. She connects people, drives business growth, and serves on multiple boards to inspire positive change.
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Cindy Gaboury
has years of experience and award-winning credentials. Cindy offers practical insights and strategic guidance to the leaders she serves. Her genuine love for people shines through in how she uplifts her team and clients.
Wanza Jackson-Mitchell Consulting LLC
Wanza Jackson-Mitchell
is a retired warden and award-winning leader with 34 years at the ODRC. Wanza is now a Leadership Training Consultant for the American Correctional Association, an adjunct instructor for Wilmington College, and a Maxwell Leadership Coach and Transformation Table Facilitator.
Jeanne Porter & Associates
Jeanne Porter
is a mentor, consultant, and speaker with 20+ years of experience empowering women through faith and connection. She founded Women in Business Networking and Women in Christian Leadership to help women lead with purpose and confidence.
Wendy Roop Coaching
Wendy Roop
has a wealth of experience as an executive coach and a passion for helping others achieve their goals. Wendy is a seasoned professional dedicated to empowering individuals and teams to reach their full potential.
Phillips Thompson Consulting
Dr. Tiffany Thompson
is a DNP, RN, and CPHQ, who cares deeply for her clients. As a Healthcare Consultant, Coach, and Trainer, she is committed to facilitating impactful change in individuals' lives and the healthcare organizations' quality improvement and patient outcomes.
Cristy Kettering
Cristy is a connector, activator, and encourager, who loves supporting individuals and organizations in their personal and professional growth and impact. Since 2015, in partnership with John Maxwell, she has inspired and equipped over 1,000 Dayton Area leaders and their organizations by sharing Dr. Maxwell's proven leadership principles and by bringing the Live2Lead world-class speakers to Dayton via the Live2Lead:Dayton leadership event. In addition, at the invitation of Presidents and local leaders, Cristy has traveled with Dr. Maxwell and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation to Paraguay, Panama, Costa Rica, and Tupelo, Mississippi, to help facilitate Community and Country Transformation Projects. Cristy's ten years of Maxwell Leadership training and her background in education, media, business, nonprofit, and ministry leadership have influenced her strong belief that individuals and organizations thrive when they discover their God-given passions and purposes and use their strengths and skills in a healthy, collaborative growing environment. Cristy holds NANOE CNE, CDE, and CNC credentials and consults nonprofit organizations on leadership and major gifts fundraising. She loves facilitating and catalzying Maxwell Foundation Community Transformation Tables in the Greater Dayton-Springfield Area, in which hundreds of local leaders have participated. Cristy also enjoys serving on the Unify Dayton Core Team and the Women in Christian Leadership's Leadership Team.
Ken Kettering
Ken has over 30 years of professional experience in radio and television broadcasting, most noted for his time at WDTN-TV2 with Omar Williams and Dan Patrick, 14 years as a Fox45 news anchor and program host of “In The Area," and a recent 7-year stint in Christian radio at 93.7 The Light.
Ken's a Certified John Maxwell Coach and co-host of Live2Lead:Dayton. He uses his training and gifting to communicate and connect with and help people of all ages and backgrounds and truly believes, as John Maxwell teaches, that valuing and serving people and building strong, authentic relationships is the foundation of leadership and influence. He deeply values faith and family and also enjoys interviewing people, sharing stories, directing high school musicals, watching a good game, and laughing hilariously with family and friends.
Ken and Cristy have lived in the Dayton area for 48 of their 50 married years. They still enjoy doing life together in the Gem City with their four married kids and thirteen grandchildren.
Official Live2Lead Hosts
We’re proud to serve as your local hosts for Live2Lead—an inspiring leadership experience designed to equip and empower leaders at every level. We're here to help bring these powerful messages to our community and spark meaningful growth.