TEDxGreenwood

Speakers

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• Ameka Coleman

  Founder/CEO

  Ameka Coleman is the Founder & CEO of Strands of Faith, a wellness-driven beauty brand merging haircare with heart care. As an entrepreneur, she built her company from vision to execution while navigating fear, growth, and self-leadership in real time. Passionate about business, mental wellness, and self-love, Ameka speaks at the intersection of personal development and entrepreneurship, challenging high achievers to stop waiting for confidence and start leading themselves forward. Through her work, she empowers others to build boldly, lead authentically, and turn vision into lasting impact in business and in life.

• Boomintree .

  Boomintree is the founder and CEO of Love More RNB, a live-events brand, and Boomintree Media. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at

• Jeneba Wint

  Futurist, Cognitive Researcher, and Technologist

  Jeneba Wint is a futurist, cognitive researcher, and technologist whose work focuses on one defining question of our era: How do we think clearly in a world that is increasingly trying to think for us? She helps high-capacity professionals design their thought life, strengthening discernment, protecting cognitive sovereignty, and building calm, authority in an AI-augmented economy. Her thesis is simple: AI without agency leads to dependence, and information without discernment leads to noise. She teaches what she calls: Thought life design for the age of AI In the age of artificial intelligence, narrative is infrastructure. Identity is strategy. And intelligence, both human and augmented, is the new business model. As the founder of Bloomology and AI Atelier, she works at the intersection of story, systems, and technology, helping professionals and institutions convert clarity into competitive advantage.

• Kenneth Bourne

  Award-winning Social Worker, Educator, and Founder of Bourne Anew

  Kenneth L. Bourne Jr. is an award-winning social worker, educator, and founder of Bourne Anew, a national platform helping institutions redesign systems that produce predictable harm. Named 2024 Social Worker of the Year by the NASW Pennsylvania Chapter, Kenn partners with school districts, universities, and public agencies to shift how they interpret behavior, measure success, and structure accountability. Blending neuroscience, lived experience, and implementation science, he equips leaders to move from individual blame to structural redesign. Through keynotes, executive advising, and institutional partnerships, Kenn helps organizations translate insight into measurable improvements in safety, culture, and long-term outcomes.

• Paul Muts

  Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Business Coach

  Muts is an entrepreneur, strategic advisor, and creator of the DIPER System — a practical framework for rebuilding life and leadership after failure. After experiencing the collapse of businesses, struggles with alcoholism, financial hardship, and broken relationships, Muts developed a structured approach to regain control and move forward. DIPER stands for Diagnosis, Introspection, Plan of Action, Execution, and Results, a method focused on accountability, clarity, and disciplined action. Today, Muts works in the United States and Uganda while sharing the DIPER framework with organizations, entrepreneurs, and students seeking practical tools to confront adversity, make better decisions, and produce meaningful results.

• Taylor Hart

  Founder

  Taylor Hart is the founder of NeuroHype, where she explores how nervous system states shape attention, motivation, and burnout. With a background in Healthcare Administration and Learning Experience Design, she combines research and lived ADHD experience to rethink how we work with our brains.