Our Featured Speakers:
Toyinda Smith, Morning Motivation Speaker
Toyinda L. Smith is a bestselling author, business consultant, and inspirational speaker. She is the
principal of both The Coaching Seat, LLC and Leadership Strategy & Consulting, LLC. She specializes in guiding individuals and groups – particularly women, teams and organizations – to be champions in leadership, athletics, education and business.
The Coaching Seat works to certify influencers who desire to operate as a coaching leader or
professional coach and helps coaches strengthen their coaching posture. Leadership Strategy &
Consulting provides solutions through keynote speaking used to infuse teams and increase productivity, conducts workshops that examine topics such as employee engagement, temperament identification, emotional intelligence, confidence, unleashing potential and advancing team goals. As a business consultant she serves entrepreneurs starting or struggling in business with clarifying their focus and developing revenue generating activities.
For over 14 years, Toyinda held leadership roles at Purdue University, honing her ability to guide
individuals and groups to win in every area of the mindset, re-fire to recover passion, and re-set self to place individuals back on a championship track.
She is a champion in her own right. As an invited to walk on to Purdue University's track and field team, she went on to become an eight-time B1G Conference championship medalist including five B1G Conference champion titles and two-time All-American. She won the NCAA indoor weight throw championship in 1999. She has since earned the privilege of being inducted into two athletic halls of fame and has been honored by a host of other organizations for leadership and innovation and has made several Top 40 under 40 lists.
Toyinda has championed efforts through transformation assignments with corporations such as Amazon, Chick-fil-A – Lafayette, Indiana, and Fifth Third Bank – Indianapolis, Indiana. Business networks such as South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s in the Hartsville, Darlington and Florence locations. Higher education institutions such as Purdue University, Francis Marion University, Coker University, Tri-County Technical College, Florence Darlington Technical College, and Ivy Tech Community University – Indiana.
Nonprofit organizations like the Byerly Foundation, Pee Dee Community Action Partnership, United Way- Midwest and the Sankofa Project in Washington, D.C.
She earned an associate degree in organizational leadership and supervision and double bachelor’s
degrees in psychology and sociology at Purdue University. She has a master’s degree in student affairs and higher education from Indiana State University. Toyinda is the creator of the Champion Influence® Initiatives, certified to facilitate the Real Colors® Personality Instrument, trained to integrate Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment, and is a certified leadership Speaker, Trainer and Coach with the John Maxwell Team. She also serves as an Adjunct Faculty in speech communication and President & CEO of the 501c3 organization, Legacy of Women, Incorporated.
Toyinda L. Smith is a bestselling author, business consultant, and inspirational speaker. She is the
principal of both The Coaching Seat, LLC and Leadership Strategy & Consulting, LLC. She specializes in guiding individuals and groups – particularly women, teams and organizations – to be champions in leadership, athletics, education and business.
The Coaching Seat works to certify influencers who desire to operate as a coaching leader or
professional coach and helps coaches strengthen their coaching posture. Leadership Strategy &
Consulting provides solutions through keynote speaking used to infuse teams and increase productivity, conducts workshops that examine topics such as employee engagement, temperament identification, emotional intelligence, confidence, unleashing potential and advancing team goals. As a business consultant she serves entrepreneurs starting or struggling in business with clarifying their focus and developing revenue generating activities.
For over 14 years, Toyinda held leadership roles at Purdue University, honing her ability to guide
individuals and groups to win in every area of the mindset, re-fire to recover passion, and re-set self to place individuals back on a championship track.
She is a champion in her own right. As an invited to walk on to Purdue University's track and field team, she went on to become an eight-time B1G Conference championship medalist including five B1G Conference champion titles and two-time All-American. She won the NCAA indoor weight throw championship in 1999. She has since earned the privilege of being inducted into two athletic halls of fame and has been honored by a host of other organizations for leadership and innovation and has made several Top 40 under 40 lists.
Toyinda has championed efforts through transformation assignments with corporations such as Amazon, Chick-fil-A – Lafayette, Indiana, and Fifth Third Bank – Indianapolis, Indiana. Business networks such as South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s in the Hartsville, Darlington and Florence locations. Higher education institutions such as Purdue University, Francis Marion University, Coker University, Tri-County Technical College, Florence Darlington Technical College, and Ivy Tech Community University – Indiana.
Nonprofit organizations like the Byerly Foundation, Pee Dee Community Action Partnership, United Way- Midwest and the Sankofa Project in Washington, D.C.
She earned an associate degree in organizational leadership and supervision and double bachelor’s
degrees in psychology and sociology at Purdue University. She has a master’s degree in student affairs and higher education from Indiana State University. Toyinda is the creator of the Champion Influence® Initiatives, certified to facilitate the Real Colors® Personality Instrument, trained to integrate Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment, and is a certified leadership Speaker, Trainer and Coach with the John Maxwell Team. She also serves as an Adjunct Faculty in speech communication and President & CEO of the 501c3 organization, Legacy of Women, Incorporated.
Alan Mills
A trusted adviser, dexterous counsellor, skilled advocate, accomplished litigator and effective relationship manager, Alan Mills serves as general counsel to domestic and foreign businesses,
financial institutions and other organizational clients and individuals. He currently serves as chair of the firm’s Special Servicer Team.
Alan’s extensive business law practice includes selling and acquiring commercial real estate and other critical assets. He also represents clients in complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters, including financial institutions, special servicers, equity and hedge funds and
secured creditors.
A formidable litigator, Alan has served as lead counsel in the resolution of disputes involving common law fraud, mechanics’ liens, construction defects, lender liability, breach of contract, tort, premium recovery, RICO, conversion, product liability and commercial fraud. In addition, he guides
secured and unsecured creditors through bankruptcy proceedings involving relief from the automatic stay, confirmation, cash collateral and valuation disputes, and reclamation and preference claims.
Clients of all kinds turn to Alan to manage the full scope of their legal affairs. A dedicated team player and committed relationship manager, Alan serves as outside general counsel to businesses and other organizations of all sizes and market segments. He is appreciated for his magnanimous
personality and attentiveness to each client’s often distinct and unique needs. Alan is known for his ability to represent sophisticated clients in all areas of commercial law and for developing even the most extensive legal teams — with a focus on productivity at every turn.
Notably, Alan currently serves as official financial institutions counsel to the government of Mexico. A former chair of the firm’s Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring practice, Alan has also served on the firm’s management, recruiting and client relations committees, where he helped develop the
firm’s diversity goals.
Alan is a jazz enthusiast, and an avid collector of pop and modern art.
A trusted adviser, dexterous counsellor, skilled advocate, accomplished litigator and effective relationship manager, Alan Mills serves as general counsel to domestic and foreign businesses,
financial institutions and other organizational clients and individuals. He currently serves as chair of the firm’s Special Servicer Team.
Alan’s extensive business law practice includes selling and acquiring commercial real estate and other critical assets. He also represents clients in complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters, including financial institutions, special servicers, equity and hedge funds and
secured creditors.
A formidable litigator, Alan has served as lead counsel in the resolution of disputes involving common law fraud, mechanics’ liens, construction defects, lender liability, breach of contract, tort, premium recovery, RICO, conversion, product liability and commercial fraud. In addition, he guides
secured and unsecured creditors through bankruptcy proceedings involving relief from the automatic stay, confirmation, cash collateral and valuation disputes, and reclamation and preference claims.
Clients of all kinds turn to Alan to manage the full scope of their legal affairs. A dedicated team player and committed relationship manager, Alan serves as outside general counsel to businesses and other organizations of all sizes and market segments. He is appreciated for his magnanimous
personality and attentiveness to each client’s often distinct and unique needs. Alan is known for his ability to represent sophisticated clients in all areas of commercial law and for developing even the most extensive legal teams — with a focus on productivity at every turn.
Notably, Alan currently serves as official financial institutions counsel to the government of Mexico. A former chair of the firm’s Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring practice, Alan has also served on the firm’s management, recruiting and client relations committees, where he helped develop the
firm’s diversity goals.
Alan is a jazz enthusiast, and an avid collector of pop and modern art.
Benjamin Crump
Through a steadfast dedication to justice and service, renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice. His legal acumen has ensured that those marginalized in American society are protected by their nation’s contract with its constituency. He is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law.
Crump’s tireless advocacy has led to legislation preventing excessive force and developing implicit bias training and policies. He has been nationally recognized as the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker of the Year, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, and Ebony Magazine Power 100 Most Influential African Americans. In 2016, he was designated as an Honorary Fellow by the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Toll Public Interest Center.
He has represented families in several high-profile civil rights cases including Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida, in 2012; Michael Brown, who was killed by a law enforcement officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014; and Stephon Clark, who was killed by police officers in Sacramento, California, in 2018. Crump represented 9 of the 13 black women who were victims in the Holtzclaw Oklahoma City Police rape case in 2015 and worked on the precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court case involving excessive police force against Robbie Tolan in 2008.
Ancillary to representing countless families, Crump has represented them against some of the most
colossal institutions in the world. Recently, Crump filed a lawsuit for reparations against Harvard
University over images of slaves once used to advocate racism that Harvard refuses to turn over to the family of those slaves. These invaluable photographs are believed to be the earliest pictures of American slaves in existence. If Harvard relinquishes the photos to the family, it will mark the first time that descendants of African slaves have recovered anything from slavery.
Crump is the President of the National Civil Rights Trial Lawyers Association and previously served as President of the National Bar Association. He was the first African-American to chair the Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors and currently serves on the Innocence Project Board of Directors. He is the founder and director of the Benjamin Crump Social Justice Institute.
Among dozens of accomplishments, Attorney Crump has been recognized with the NAACP Thurgood Marshall Award, the SCLC Martin Luther King Servant Leader Award, the American Association for Justice Johnnie Cochran Award, and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Eleanor Roosevelt Medallion for Service.
He hosted the critically acclaimed legal docudramas “Evidence of Innocence” on TVOne and “Who
Killed Tupac: The Search For Justice” on A&E, and served as executive producer of the documentary, “Woman in Motion,” about Nichelle Nichols, one of the first African-American TV actresses. He is a frequent contributor to Huffington Post Black Voices, CNN, and USA Today. He is the author of Open Season: The Legalized Genocide of Colored People, a thought-provoking commentary included by Time Magazine as one of its 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019.
Crump graduated from Florida State University and received his law degree from FSU College of Law. He is married to Dr. Genae Angelique Crump.
Through a steadfast dedication to justice and service, renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice. His legal acumen has ensured that those marginalized in American society are protected by their nation’s contract with its constituency. He is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law.
Crump’s tireless advocacy has led to legislation preventing excessive force and developing implicit bias training and policies. He has been nationally recognized as the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker of the Year, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, and Ebony Magazine Power 100 Most Influential African Americans. In 2016, he was designated as an Honorary Fellow by the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Toll Public Interest Center.
He has represented families in several high-profile civil rights cases including Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida, in 2012; Michael Brown, who was killed by a law enforcement officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014; and Stephon Clark, who was killed by police officers in Sacramento, California, in 2018. Crump represented 9 of the 13 black women who were victims in the Holtzclaw Oklahoma City Police rape case in 2015 and worked on the precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court case involving excessive police force against Robbie Tolan in 2008.
Ancillary to representing countless families, Crump has represented them against some of the most
colossal institutions in the world. Recently, Crump filed a lawsuit for reparations against Harvard
University over images of slaves once used to advocate racism that Harvard refuses to turn over to the family of those slaves. These invaluable photographs are believed to be the earliest pictures of American slaves in existence. If Harvard relinquishes the photos to the family, it will mark the first time that descendants of African slaves have recovered anything from slavery.
Crump is the President of the National Civil Rights Trial Lawyers Association and previously served as President of the National Bar Association. He was the first African-American to chair the Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors and currently serves on the Innocence Project Board of Directors. He is the founder and director of the Benjamin Crump Social Justice Institute.
Among dozens of accomplishments, Attorney Crump has been recognized with the NAACP Thurgood Marshall Award, the SCLC Martin Luther King Servant Leader Award, the American Association for Justice Johnnie Cochran Award, and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Eleanor Roosevelt Medallion for Service.
He hosted the critically acclaimed legal docudramas “Evidence of Innocence” on TVOne and “Who
Killed Tupac: The Search For Justice” on A&E, and served as executive producer of the documentary, “Woman in Motion,” about Nichelle Nichols, one of the first African-American TV actresses. He is a frequent contributor to Huffington Post Black Voices, CNN, and USA Today. He is the author of Open Season: The Legalized Genocide of Colored People, a thought-provoking commentary included by Time Magazine as one of its 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019.
Crump graduated from Florida State University and received his law degree from FSU College of Law. He is married to Dr. Genae Angelique Crump.
Our Special Guest Speakers:
Attorney General Curtis Hill
Curtis Hill is the 43rd Attorney General of Indiana. As Indiana's chief legal officer, Hill oversees a staff of more than 400 employees spread across multiple divisions. Hill has focused his agenda on defending freedom, protecting families and encouraging youth to pursue meaningful lives. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University, Bloomington and later received his law degree from IU as well. Hill began his legal career in the general private practice of law while serving as a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney in Elkhart County. In 2002, Hill ran for his first public office winning the first of his four elections as prosecuting attorney. Hill has been a member of the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Inc. (past president); Indiana Prosecuting Attorney's Council Ethics Committee; National District Attorneys Association (former vice president); FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division Advisory Policy Board and State Board of Law Examiners Character and Fitness Committee. Hill also is a trustee of The Nature Conservancy Indiana Chapter and a life member of the NAACP. In his spare time, Hill has performed on stage in a variety of local community theater productions, including recurring roles as the King of Siam in "The King and I." He also has been known to don a white jumpsuit to impersonate the "King of Rock and Roll." Among some of his other credits, Hill has been cast in "Guys and Dolls," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat," "The Jungle Book" and "A Christmas Carol" (in which he portrayed the ghost of Jacob Marley). He also has a passion for martial arts, having earned a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a black belt in Hapkido.
Curtis Hill is the 43rd Attorney General of Indiana. As Indiana's chief legal officer, Hill oversees a staff of more than 400 employees spread across multiple divisions. Hill has focused his agenda on defending freedom, protecting families and encouraging youth to pursue meaningful lives. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University, Bloomington and later received his law degree from IU as well. Hill began his legal career in the general private practice of law while serving as a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney in Elkhart County. In 2002, Hill ran for his first public office winning the first of his four elections as prosecuting attorney. Hill has been a member of the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Inc. (past president); Indiana Prosecuting Attorney's Council Ethics Committee; National District Attorneys Association (former vice president); FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division Advisory Policy Board and State Board of Law Examiners Character and Fitness Committee. Hill also is a trustee of The Nature Conservancy Indiana Chapter and a life member of the NAACP. In his spare time, Hill has performed on stage in a variety of local community theater productions, including recurring roles as the King of Siam in "The King and I." He also has been known to don a white jumpsuit to impersonate the "King of Rock and Roll." Among some of his other credits, Hill has been cast in "Guys and Dolls," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat," "The Jungle Book" and "A Christmas Carol" (in which he portrayed the ghost of Jacob Marley). He also has a passion for martial arts, having earned a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a black belt in Hapkido.
Johnny Pryor
Assistant Vice Chancellor Pryor joined the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Division of Student Affairs in January 2019. As a member of the executive team of the Division of Student Affairs, Pryor provides leadership for initiatives that enhance student learning. In addition, he serves as an adjunct lecturer for the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI teaching employment law. Prior to joining the Division of Student Affairs, Pryor served in various roles in academic and student affairs for more than 15 years. Recently, for more than eight years, he served as assistant dean for student affairs at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Additionally, he served as senior assistant director of Career Services at Dartmouth College and director of Post-Graduate Studies at Butler University. At the national level, Pryor is co-founder and past president of the National Association of Law School Student Affairs Professionals, former at-large board member of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, and member of the National Association of Student Personal Administrators. In the Indianapolis community, a graduate of Class XLII, Pryor serves on the advisory council of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series.
Assistant Vice Chancellor Pryor joined the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Division of Student Affairs in January 2019. As a member of the executive team of the Division of Student Affairs, Pryor provides leadership for initiatives that enhance student learning. In addition, he serves as an adjunct lecturer for the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI teaching employment law. Prior to joining the Division of Student Affairs, Pryor served in various roles in academic and student affairs for more than 15 years. Recently, for more than eight years, he served as assistant dean for student affairs at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Additionally, he served as senior assistant director of Career Services at Dartmouth College and director of Post-Graduate Studies at Butler University. At the national level, Pryor is co-founder and past president of the National Association of Law School Student Affairs Professionals, former at-large board member of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, and member of the National Association of Student Personal Administrators. In the Indianapolis community, a graduate of Class XLII, Pryor serves on the advisory council of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series.
Our Alumni Sessions Speakers:
Terrance Kinnard on behalf of the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
Terrance Kinnard, is a founding Partner in the Law Firm of Kinnard and Scott, located in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Terrance earned his Law Degree from Indiana University in 2000. After
graduating from Law School he worked at the United Auto Worker Legal Services Plan in
Marion, Indiana. In this capacity he served the members of the United Auto Workers in various
legal matters including Real Estate, Civil Litigation and Contract Disputes.
Prior to attending Law School, Terrance earned his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from
the University of Indianapolis. Terrance specializes in applying his clinical expertise and legal knowledge with helping clients to recognize their own strengths and power over any situation. This personal philosophy is evident in how he conducts his life. Terrance is a firm believer in the education of others. His out-and- out promotion of critical analysis helps him move clients from their perceived difficulty and onto solution. Terrance is able to do this because of his “evidence based” approach to determinative, constructive and practical outcomes. This methodology was developed while working on his PhD in Educational Administration at Indiana State University. Terrance has been able to combine his clinical and legal expertise with evidence based research in critical thinking in a manner that allows him to support clients as they navigate their circumstances.
Terrance Kinnard, is a founding Partner in the Law Firm of Kinnard and Scott, located in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Terrance earned his Law Degree from Indiana University in 2000. After
graduating from Law School he worked at the United Auto Worker Legal Services Plan in
Marion, Indiana. In this capacity he served the members of the United Auto Workers in various
legal matters including Real Estate, Civil Litigation and Contract Disputes.
Prior to attending Law School, Terrance earned his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from
the University of Indianapolis. Terrance specializes in applying his clinical expertise and legal knowledge with helping clients to recognize their own strengths and power over any situation. This personal philosophy is evident in how he conducts his life. Terrance is a firm believer in the education of others. His out-and- out promotion of critical analysis helps him move clients from their perceived difficulty and onto solution. Terrance is able to do this because of his “evidence based” approach to determinative, constructive and practical outcomes. This methodology was developed while working on his PhD in Educational Administration at Indiana State University. Terrance has been able to combine his clinical and legal expertise with evidence based research in critical thinking in a manner that allows him to support clients as they navigate their circumstances.