Men's Leadership Advisory Group

Man In: The Men's Leadership Experience. Connections that stay with you. September 17, 2026 at Chicago Botanic Garden.

Man In™ Advisory Group

Meet the Leaders Helping Shape

Man In™

Association Forum has convened a powerhouse advisory group to help shape Man In™: The Men’s Leadership Experience, a day-long immersive leadership lab focused on connection, wellness, reflection, and growth.

Why the Advisory Group Matters

Designing an experience with care, courage, and real community insight.

The Man In™ Advisory Group is helping shape the tone, guardrails, and experience design for this new leadership offering. Their role is to ensure the experience is thoughtful, inclusive, practical, and grounded in the real needs of leaders across the association community.

This initiative is designed to help men reflect, grow, and connect through modern, inclusive leadership. The advisory group will support pilot planning for 2026 and help guide an experience that creates room for candid dialogue, different perspectives, and genuine connection.

Man In™ Advisory Group

Meet the Leaders Helping Shape Man In™

The Man In™ Advisory Group is helping shape the tone, guardrails, and experience design for this new leadership experience.

Adam Smiley Poswolsky

Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky

Keynote Speaker on Workplace Belonging & Human Connection, Bestselling Author

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Greg Heidrich

Greg Heidrich

CEO (Retired), Society of Actuaries

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Darryll Stinson

Darryll Stinson

Keynote Speaker on Mental Health, Leadership & Performance, TEDx Speaker

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Jonathan Adams, CAE

Jonathan Adams, CAE

Senior Consultant, Association Management Center

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Shawn Boynes, FASAE, CAE

Shawn Boynes, FASAE, CAE

Association CEO, Mental Health & Inclusion Advocate

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James Jessie

James Jessie

Chief Sales Officer, Travel Portland

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Ahmmad Brown, PhD

Ahmmad Brown, PhD

Equity and Inclusion Advisor & Professor of the Practice, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University

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Association Forum Bryan White, CAE

Bryan White, CAE

Group Vice President, Kellen Company; Association Forum Board of Directors Liaison

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Lowell Aplebaum, EdD, FASAE, CAE, CPF

Lowell Aplebaum, EdD, FASAE, CAE, CPF

CEO, Vista Cova, Expert Facilitator

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Association Forum Artesha Moore, FASAE, CAE

Artesha Moore, FASAE, CAE

President & CEO, Association Forum

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Carlos Cardenas, CAE, AAiP

Carlos Cardenas, CAE, AAiP

Senior Strategic Consultant, DelCor Technology Solutions; Co-Founder, Associations Latino; Co-Founder, Veterans Chamber of Commerce

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Association Forum Alec Rosofsky, CAE, CMP

Alec Rosofsky, CAE, CMP

Senior Director of Learning & Events, Association Forum

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