2019 Signature Event and Annual Meeting

Kwame Christian, Esq., M.A., is the Director of the American Negotiation Institute where he conducts negotiation and conflict management workshops around the country. As an attorney and mediator with a bachelors of arts in Psychology, a Master of Public Policy, and a law degree, Kwame brings a unique multidisciplinary approach to making difficult conversations easier. In addition to his role with the American Negotiation Institute, Kwame also serves as a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, the top ranked dispute resolution program in the country, and Otterbein University’s MBA program.  He is the author of the best-selling book Nobody Will Play With Me: How to Use Compassionate Curiosity to Find Confidence in Conflict and his TEDx Talk, Finding Confidence in Conflict, was the most popular TED Talk on the topic of conflict of 2017. Kwame also hosts the top negotiation podcast in the world, Negotiate Anything. The show has been downloaded over 650,000 times and has listeners in 181 different countries.

Stephanie R. Hanna, Esq., is the founder and owner of The Other 85.  She has been coaching law students and attorneys for the past decade – helping them navigate the profession, build their reputation, and develop their careers. Having been a prosecutor, judicial staff attorney, solo practitioner, magistrate, and law firm associate, Stephanie understands the dynamics at play in each environment. She knows what it takes to develop and maintain key relationships, how to value people skills, and how to fit it all into an attorney’s busy practice and life. She is a frequent speaker on these topics and works with attorneys individually and in small group settings providing personalized coaching and action plans to help attorneys master The Other 85.