Speakers & Celebrities

"Just imagine if there was NO Salvation Army last year.

 Christmas and Thanksgiving would not have been possible for 4.2 million people.

 2.7 million people in our prisons, who are ready to change their lives would have been without a minister.

 82,000 unemployed Americans would still be unemployed.

 180,000 kids would have missed the experience of summer camp

 Workingparents of 165,000 preschoolers would have been without a safe place to send their children.

 More than 955,000 disaster victims would have had no place to go for food, shelter, and financial assistance in the face of home fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other disasters.

 785,000 senior citizens would remain lonely, hungry, and desperate

64 million meals would have been missed among our most vulnerable in society

10 million more nights would have been spent on the streets

373,000 people struggling with drugs and alcohol would have had nowhere to turn to change their lives

18,400 missing people would remain missing.

15,000 children in the United States alone would not have had an Army working for them to eradicate slavery ad child trafficking

Thankfully, we don’t have to imagine this, we do have the Salvation Army."

General Session I: Jenna Bush Hager is a contributing correspondent to NBC's Today where she focuses on telling stories of wonderful people doing great things across America.
General Session I: Jenna Bush Hager is a contributing correspondent to NBC's Today where she focuses on telling stories of wonderful people doing great things across America.
General Session II: Recipients of the Evangeline Booth Award, Bill & Gloria Gaither have produced over 700 popular gospel songs, including the hymnal standard "Because He Lives, "The King Is Coming," and "He Touched Me," as well as a dozen musicals and a collection of books.
General Session II: Recipients of the Evangeline Booth Award, Bill & Gloria Gaither have produced over 700 popular gospel songs, including the hymnal standard "Because He Lives, "The King Is Coming," and "He Touched Me," as well as a dozen musicals and a collection of books.
General Session II: Receiving the Evangeline Booth Award, Michael Flaherty is the president and co-founder of Walden Media. Walden's mission is to rekindle curiosity and recapture imagination through the development and production of family films and literature. Left to right: National Commander Commissioner William Roberts, Michael Flaherty, and Commissioner Nancy Roberts.
General Session II: Receiving the Evangeline Booth Award, Michael Flaherty is the president and co-founder of Walden Media. Walden's mission is to rekindle curiosity and recapture imagination through the development and production of family films and literature. Left to right: National Commander Commissioner William Roberts, Michael Flaherty, and Commissioner Nancy Roberts.
General Session II: Glen Keane is a 36 year veteran of Walt Disney Feature Animation, and is most noted for creating and animating such legendary Disney characters as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas, the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, and Tarzan.
General Session II: Glen Keane is a 36 year veteran of Walt Disney Feature Animation, and is most noted for creating and animating such legendary Disney characters as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas, the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, and Tarzan.
General Session II: Jodi Benson has received worldwide recognition and critical acclaim as the voice of Ariel in the Academy Award winning Walt Disney animated feature film The Little Mermaid, as well as the bubbly voice of Tour Guide Barbie in Disney's Toy Story II, winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture.
General Session II: Jodi Benson has received worldwide recognition and critical acclaim as the voice of Ariel in the Academy Award winning Walt Disney animated feature film The Little Mermaid, as well as the bubbly voice of Tour Guide Barbie in Disney's Toy Story II, winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture.

General Session III:  Peter Sheahan has established a globally recognized brand as a leading expert in  workforce trends and generational change.  In the space of three years he has built a multi-million dollar consulting practice attracting clients such as Newscorp, Google, Coca Cola, L'Oreal and Ernst & Young. The author of four books, including the best seller Generation Y:  Thriving (and Surviving) with Generation Y at Work, he clearly understands what it takes to be successful in the rapidly changing business world.

General Session III:  Tom Tierney is a recognized leader in serving the nonprofit sector.  In 2009, he was named as on The Nonprofit Times' Power and Influence Top 50.  Tom is chairman and cofounder of the Bridgespan Group and Bridgestar, organizations designed to provide professional services to philanthropists, foundations, and other nonprofits and increase leadership talent for the nonprofit sector.