Mike Murphy

Mike is an only child who grew up in Williamston Michigan. He has been a police officer for 28 years, bouncing around with a few smaller departments until landing with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in 1990. He started his career in the jail, and has worked his way up to the rank of Undersheriff. As Undersheriff Mike primarily focuses on the day to day operations, with an emphasis on human resource matters, budget, and policies. The Sheriff’s Office is a $17 million operation consisting of over 150 employees and 300 incarcerated individuals.

Mike has had the honor of attending many leadership and executive trainings; School of Police Staff and Command, Leadership Development, and Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Institute to name a few, but is most proud of his time spent at the prestigious FBI National Academy.

Mike’s passion is community involvement and helping people. Mike understood the importance of community policing before there was such verbiage. His involvement includes but is not limited to: The Livingston Sunrise Rotary Club, Board of Directors for LACASA (an organization focusing on shelter and services for those victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse) and Board of Directors for WorkSkills Corporation (an organization providing vocational training to people with disabilities). Mike is the “go to” guy in Livingston County when there is a charity or community project that needs a helping hand.

Mike Dilbeck

As a filmmaker and video producer for over 30 years, Mike produced a film in 2008 that would change the course of his career — and his life. RESPONSE ABILITY, the award-winning educational film on bystander intervention for 40 organizations and over 250 college campuses, immediately became a distinct and special project. This one struck a chord. This one caused a demand. This one sparked a movement.

The reasons why have showed up in each of the nearly 4,000 stories he has accumulated from his keynote audiences. Each story is heartbreaking. Each story is filled with the shame and regret from not intervening in a moment of need. Each story points to the pain we carry with us for the rest of our lives…pain that determines whether we will ever stick our neck out again and show courage. Pain that impacts our own confidence and self-esteem.

Now, as a filmmaker-turned-advocate, Mike delivers hope for a new world through this movement. He speaks frequently for organizations, campuses, companies and communities — delivering his powerful, yet challenging, keynote to audiences of all sizes. When not speaking, he is writing, training others, or creating the next big thing.

In 2015, Mike was designated a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association. The CSP is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform competence.

(Super) Ewan Drum

Super Ewan is a Metro Detroit based hero serving food, clothing and necessities to his homeless and needy Super Friends for over two years now. His sidekicks include his mom & dad, younger siblings, exchange student and grandparents. Each month Super Ewan helps approximately 150-200 people.

When he takes off his infamous red cape, he is Ewan Drum, 9 year old fifth grader at New Haven Elementary. Ewan enjoys riding his scooter, playing video games and is the goalie for his soccer team, the Dill Pickles. He resides with his parents (James and Angela), little sister (Feenie), little brother (Crosby), Spanish exchange sister (Julia), his grandma (Mary) and Porkchop the wonder dog!

Ellie Jacques

As a child, Ellie believed she was destined to save the world. But as she grew up, the world conditioned her to believe that she was unworthy of the heart that beat in her own chest. The pressure of the status quo intensified in college where she sough solace in substance abuse, a reckless pursuit of validation, and a tough-as-nails exterior. She graduated, convinced that she was destined for mediocrity.

She became connected to the heroism community in 2014 and two years later she has transformed. Ellie credits her current well-being to the development of heroic consciousness: awareness of and the use of the hero’s journey as a tool to navigate the world. She now shares what she has learned with service providers, youth, parents, and teachers in personal development trainings. She uses the hero’s journey to provide a meaningful framework for abstract concepts such as “leadership”, “self-efficacy”, “optimism”, and “resilience”, giving this less tangible knowledge a greater context of utility and applicability for individuals. She has taught heroism in Flint, Michigan, one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America, as well as in Geelong, Australia and has successfully co-founded two Hero Towns that currently operate in Flint and Geelong. These organizations continue to service clients through heroism education programs today.

She wishes to drive the research behind her conviction that heroic consciousness can save the world by empowering individuals to be their own heroes - to create positive change, make values-driven decisions, and cope effectively - as well as act heroically on behalf of others.

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