Alexander Conrad
Alexander Conrad is a homeschool graduate. He went from attending the conference, to help running it, to speaking at it! He loves cooking, making YouTube videos, listening to music and spending time with his friends. He is a firm believer that positivi … Read moreAlexander Conrad
Amy Palmer
Amy Palmer lives in northern Virginia with her husband and three of her children. She attended BYU, where she met her husband and got her BS degree in civil engineering. She worked with a small engineering firm until her first child was born. She then … Read moreAmy Palmer
Anna Palfreyman
Anna Palfreyman began her personal homeschool journey six years ago, while living with her family in Germany. The desire to create a home environment where children can grow and flourish was what ultimately propelled Anna into devoting her time to educ … Read moreAnna Palfreyman
Bay Buchanan
Angela “Bay” Buchanan began her political career as the National Treasurer of Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaigns in 1980. This position catapulted her into a distinguished career beginning in 1981, when President Reagan appointed her to be Treasure … Read moreBay Buchanan
Becky Rappleyea
Becky Rappleyea is a homeschool mom of five children. Her homeschool journey began 35 years ago, when her own mother felt inspired to teach her five children at home. In Southern Oregon where she grew up, homeschooling was almost unheard of, and her fa … Read moreBecky Rappleyea
Blake Jones
Blake Jones grew up as the fifth of six kids in a homeschooling family (though he did attend public school for three weeks!). He has been attending LDSHE conferences since he was 12, and is a former YCT member. After graduating, Blake served a full-tim … Read moreBlake Jones
Brooke Greenstreet
Brooke Greenstreet grew up in Arizona and is an east coast transplant, married to the Navy. The Greenstreets have been very lucky to be in Chesapeake, Virginia for the last decade, and they have four children between ages five and thirteen. If you had … Read moreBrooke Greenstreet
Cara Rector
Cara Rector is the mother of five wonderful daughters. She has been guiding the homeschool efforts of her family since 2010, and she herself is the product of homeschooling off and on from her elementary through high school years. She has a great love … Read moreCara Rector
Christine Owens
Christine Owens has been homeschooling her children for seven years and has been married to her high school sweetheart for 21 years. She believes that children have an in-born curiousity to learn all things. At a young age (since she was four), she kne … Read moreChristine Owens
Cindy Gaddis
Cindy Gaddis is a 27-year home education veteran and mother of seven right-brained children, ages 18-32. She’s married to her high school sweetheart, and their family lives in a log house on fifteen acres in beautiful central North Carolina. A passiona … Read moreCindy Gaddis
Dale Shields
Dale has been working with computers for over 30 years and still enjoys it. Besides managing a team of IT people, he enjoys woodworking, remodeling, automobiles, photography, and driving his kids all over the place. He also serves on a board of directo … Read moreDale Shields
Damon Rappleyea
Damon L. Rappleyea, Ph.D. is an associate professor and Director for Marriage and Family Therapy Programs at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. His research interests are in the areas of family violence, adolescent relationship dev … Read moreDamon Rappleyea
Dana Wood
Dana has always enjoyed teaching. In high school she had the opportunity to be a student teacher, but found the experience frustrating as she was constantly told “you can’t do that in a public classroom! There are too many kids.” After that experience, … Read moreDana Wood
David Glassett
David loves seeing light in others’ eyes. In his work, he sees that in two ways: exploring a great map and addressing personal or business needs through leadership coaching. He’s both a cartographer and a leadership coach. In his maps, he loves explori … Read moreDavid Glassett
David Softley
David Softley is an award-winning director and speaker, a banker, and most importantly a homeschooling father of seven, who is very excited to be at LDSHE. He draws upon a wide array of experiences that span multiple industries and zany family adventur … Read moreDavid Softley
Dennis and LeeAnn Earl
Dennis and LeeAnn Earl currently reside with their family on a farm in western North Carolina. Both have degrees in education, but trying to raise eleven children (nine boys & two girls) has impacted their views on education far more. They enjoy sp … Read moreDennis and LeeAnn Earl
Greg Denning
Greg Denning is a Total Transformation mentor, coach and trainer. He has been working with youth and families for the last 21 years on five different continents. He grew up in a broken home and ended up out on his own at sixteen. He studied voraciously … Read moreGreg Denning
Heather Fuhriman
Heather is the mother of four young adult children (three boys and one daughter), all of whom have been homeschooled from the beginning. She enjoys learning alongside her children through project-based learning. She is an eight-year veteran Leadership … Read moreHeather Fuhriman
Holly Tippetts
Holly and her husband James are the parents of six amazing children. They are finishing their 25th year of homeschooling in Holt, Missouri. Holly loves adventure and travel which is good because their family has moved eighteen times. She graduated from … Read moreHolly Tippetts
Hunter Tippetts
Hunter Tippetts was born in Germany while his parents were in the military. He is the fourth of six children and was homeschooled his whole life. He graduated at the LDSHE conference in 2014. Since then he has served a full time mission in Resistencia … Read moreHunter Tippetts