Speakers

Pedro Zavarce, director of photography/Senior Producer, owner and founder of PZ Video Productions Inc.  PZ Video Productions, Inc. is a full-service production company with over 25 years of professional production experience, providing creative video, audio and photography solutions to a range of clients, from small to large corporations.

Kevin M. Coleman is the founder of KMC Empowerment where he provides empowering speeches, leadership training, and coaching to help make individuals and organizations successful. KMC Empowerment has always been a passion of Kevin.  Kevin knew that he had much to offer those in leadership positions to help make organizations not only survive but thrive!  This starts with building relationships and partnerships.  Therefore, KMC Empowerment was established to help promote professionalism, work ethic, passion, and relationship building techniques that will inspire individuals and organizations to strive toward excellence at all times.                  

Kevin also helps the U.S. Government by fostering great interpersonal communication between clients and customers.

Kevin served as the President of the Benjamin Banneker Chapter (BBC) of Blacks In Government (BIG). Kevin is dedicated in demonstrating the BBC Theme in all aspects of his life “Believe, Inspire, and be Goal Driven”. While serving as the BBC President the Benjamin Banneker Chapter was awarded two Agency Impact Awards, for doing outstanding work for his Organization and BIG. In addition, Kevin was awarded the BIG Region XI President Leadership Award. Kevin was also awarded the Professional Leadership Award for work he has done in professionally. Kevin has also served as the BBC Treasurer for 5 years. Lastly, Kevin served as the BIG Region XI Council Financial Secretary.

Kevin serves as an officer at his local Church.  He is also a Class Leader for 15 families and serves as Chaplain for the Class Leader Ministry and Steward Board. In addition, he is actively involved in the TV, Health, and Outreach ministries of his Church. 

His interests are empowerment speaking, training, outreach, coaching, reading, writing, and spending time with family.

I've been doing journalism since the age of 6, when I launched the late, lamented Levey's News (circulation: 1). I served as editor, publisher, columnist, and crayon-er. My mother still has copies for the curious.

My college diploma says I majored in English, but I actually majored in editing the student newspaper. I took over as editor-in-chief on Nov. 22, 1963 (talk about your basic baptism by fire). I did everything from paste-up to tossing bundles on front stoops. It qualified me for my first professional job: cub reporter for the Albuquerque Tribune, a Scribbs-Howard p.m.

I spent 13 months there before falling in love with a young woman who lived in D.C. While on a Labor Day, 1967, visit to her, I decided to apply to the Post. It lasted. We didn't.

In my first 14 years on the staff, I worked as (in order) night police reporter, day police reporter, roving national political reporter, assistant city editor, courts reporter, District Building reporter, Capitol Hill reporter, feature writer, assistant sports editor, and feature writer again.

In June 1981, I was asked to write a daily column. Having tried just about everything else, I signed up. It lasted. Somehow, 3,000 columns later, I have too.

I was born in Manhattan and grew up in the Bronx. I escaped at a tender age to attend the University of Chicago, where I earned a BA with special honors.

I've worked for seven local radio stations and four local TV stations as a commentator and talk show host. I've taught journalism at three local universities. I'm a life master and regional champion at tournament bridge, and I still play competitive slow-pitch softball (good field, spotty hit).

I'm married to historian (and recovering journalist) Jane Freundel Levey. I have two children, both of whom profess to be bored by newspapers, but there's time. 

After many years as a trial and appellate lawyer, David O. Stewart became a bestselling writer of history and historical fiction.  His histories have explored the writing of the Constitution, the gifts of James Madison, the outrageous western expedition and treason trial of the mysterious Aaron Burr, and the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.  His histories have won the Washington Writing Award for best book of the year, the History Prize of the Society of the Cincinnati, and the William H. Prescott Award of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America.  His first novel, The Lincoln Deception, about the John Wilkes Booth Conspiracy, was called the best historical novel of 2013 by Bloomberg View.   Sequels include The Wilson Deception, set at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and The Babe Ruth Deception, which follows the Babe’s first two years with the Yankees.