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The Think Ahead Summit is an annual event designed to celebrate
citizens' efforts to build healthier, more livable communities throughout
the region. The summit welcomes hundreds of citizens from all walks
of life to gather and learn from one another. National speakers
inspire possibility thinking and action. Speakers have included
Search Institute Founder and Researcher, Peter Benson; Chicken Soup
for the Soul Author, Dan Clark; U.S. Senator, Elizabeth Dole; Mt.
Everest Summiteer and Author, Alan Hobson; Cultural Anthropologist
and Author, Jennifer James; National Geographic Photographer, Dewitt
Jones; Systems Thinker and Author, Margaret Wheatley; Better Together
Author, Professor Robert Putnam; Rebecca Ryan, Founder of Next
Generation Consulting; and Dr. Ruby Payne, education and author of
"A Framework for Understanding Poverty."
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