2026 Speakers and Topics:

Keynote Speaker: Hunter Pinke
Keynote Topic: "No Bad Days"

How to Live the Rest of Your Life Without Having Another Bad Day

“After becoming a paraplegic in a skiing accident during the winter of 2019, I was told by health professionals that I would have good days and bad days going forward. I told them they were wrong.

I don’t have bad days.

Learn how to stack good days upon good days and live a life of gratefulness and joy.”

Audiences Will:

Learn where joy truly comes from
Discover the 3 truths that can get you through any tough day
Learn how their small gesture of kindness could change the world
Discover the healing that comes with helping someone else
Be entertained and inspired by customized examples and stories

Hunter Pinke is an Elite Mental Performance and Leadership Coach who helps high-achieving individuals sharpen their competitive edge, elevate confidence, and grow into the leaders teammates naturally want to follow.

Hunter specializes in collegiate athletes who want to perform with greater clarity under pressure, lead with authenticity, and positively influence team culture. His coaching blends mental performance training, leadership development, and team-culture work to help:

Lead with confidence and credibility
Stay mentally ready in high-pressure moments
Build stronger, connected relationships with teammates
Influence team culture in real, lasting ways

Huter is also an entrepreneur with ownership and management in multiple companies. He brings the real-world leadership experience of building teams, making high-stakes decisions, and navigating pressure beyond sport—insight that strengthens those who want to lead at the highest level.

A former three-time collegiate team captain, Hunter, understands the demands of high-level competition, the weight of leadership, and the mental challenges athletes face both on and off the field. After experiencing a spinal cord injury during his playing career, Hunter developed a deeper understanding of resilience, mindset, identity, and leadership—lessons he brings into his work.

Hunter’s approach is encouraging, practical, and athlete centered. He meets athletes where they are and helps them access the higher version of themselves—the one they envision—so they can lead boldly, compete freely, and perform to their full potential.

Stephanie Frank

Drug and Alcohol Collection Coordinator

Express Employment Professionals

Topic: “Reasonable Suspicion Training for Supervisors”

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the purpose and procedures of drug testing
2. Recognize workplace problems that may be related to alcohol and other drugs.
3. Be familiar with signs & symptoms that may be the result of substance abuse.
4. Intervene in problem and crisis situations.
5. Gain confidence about supervisor responsibility for reasonable suspicion.

Stephanie Frank is a results-driven Compliance Coordinator with over 5 years of experience managing comprehensive drug and alcohol testing programs. Recognized for her expertise in FMCSA, FRA, FAA, FTA/DOT regulations, and executing pre-employment, random, post-accident, follow-up and reasonable suspicion testing programs. Stephanie prides herself on staying on the cutting edge of evolving drug trends from regional synthetic variations to the latest in workplace panel testing-ensuring collection protocols remain accurate and relevant to what we see in the Red River Valley. Stephanie has successfully completed Proficiency in 49 CFR part 40 Procedures, Certified Breath Alcohol Technician as well as a Factory Authorized Calibration Technician with Intoximeters.