Speakers Bureau

Michael Cancelliere
I possess extensive firsthand experience in motivating individuals and teams to perform at a higher level, resulting in outcomes that were not thought to be possible. I am a high energy leader with a successful career that spans 40+ years. Since retiring from Navistar, Inc in early 2021, I have formed MAC Business Advisors, LLC where I do work as a strategic advisor, executive leadership coach, and develop and implement customized Leadership Development programs and Sales and Life Skills Development programs.
Previously active in Junior Achievement and Served on Boards of TRALA (Truck Rental and Leasing Association), NAPT Foundation (National Association for Pupil Transportation), founding member of the American School Bus Council; recognized in 2005 as recipient of Industry Achievement Award. Recognized by Chairman and CEO in 2011 for outstanding growth and profitability results for the North American Parts Group.

Rob Dalaskey
Rob has been recognized both regionally and nationally by Northwestern Mutual as a top advisor and leader. He has a unique process that allows him to get to know his clients and understand their goals, needs, and current situation before providing recommendations.
Rob graduated with a degree in Business Management from Eastern Illinois University. He also went to Harvard Business School. In addition, he has multiple financial planning degrees from the American College. Rob is also an Eagle Scout and enjoys boating, golf, and Chicago sports. He resides in Naperville, IL with his wife Kim and their son Will and daughter Paige.

Tamara Nosa

Macarena (Rena) Tamayo-Calabrese
Macarena Tamayo-Calabrese (Rena Calabrese) is the President and CEO of Naper Settlement. She is a lawyer with over 25 years of experience in private practice, not-for-profit and association management. In her position as President and CEO of Naper Settlement she oversees a thriving 13 acre living history museum campus, with focus on experiential life-long learning and discovery for all people. During her tenure the institution has surpassed all-time records in membership, attendance, annual revenue and has raised over $12 million for two capital projects, including first time seven figure gifts by private donors. Under her tenure the museum has become a national leader in informal education and recently won the coveted American Association of State and Local History Museums 2023 Leadership in History Award, the Excellence Award for Treasures member Magazine from the Illinois Association of Museums and is a finalist in the Best Entertainment/Live Music Venue Award. As a private practitioner she focused on immigration law and litigated removals, adjustment of status appeals, and asylum matters. She has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has served on the Liaison Committee with the USCIS District Director in Chicago, sat on AILA’s Liaison Committee for the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Chief Counsel and was Chair-elect for the Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) International and Immigration Law Section, and served as a speaker for various continuing legal education programs for the ISBA. Ms. Tamayo-Calabrese was named by the President of the American Bar Association (ABA) to its Commission on Immigration’s Advisory Committee and by the Chair of the ABA Commission on Women to the board of its magazine, Perspectives. Ms. Tamayo Calabrese has written a weekly column called “Talking About Immigration” for La Raza, the largest Spanish-speaking publication in the United States. She was also featured weekly on a radio show in the Chicago-land area.
On the international and association management front, Ms. Calabrese was the highest-ranking Latina for the American Bar Association (ABA), where among other positions she served as Director of the International Liaison Office and later the Latin America and Caribbean Law Initiative. In that capacity she was responsible for all ABA rule of law projects and initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. She developed and implemented programs to train judges, lawyers and government officials in developing democracies on a variety of subjects including, commercial and criminal law, trafficking in persons, dispute resolution, CAFTA and arbitration. Additionally, Ms. Tamayo-Calabrese has led trainings of high court justices, private lawyers and government officials in Africa and China, and served as Director of a multi-million-dollar Mediation in Mexico project funded by the United States.
Ms. Tamayo-Calabrese is a proud Latina immigrant, advocate for women, who served as the Executive Director of the National Association of Women Lawyers. As such, she was one of only six Latinex to head a national association and served as a special guest-speaker for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. She authored two book editions of Dear Sisters Dear Daughters: Strategies for Success from Multicultural Women Attorneys and is a featured author for Today’s Inspired Latina Vol. 5 and Today’s Inspired Leader Vol II. In 2019 she was named an Influential Women in Business. She has served as Chair of the Diversity Committee for the Chicago Bar Association and Board Member of the Cancer Society, Chicago Chapter.
Ms. Tamayo-Calabrese is a graduate of Hofstra School of Law in New York and attended DePaul College of Law in Chicago as a visiting student where she met her husband, Michael. They have three daughters and own a law firm.




Mario Lambert
Mario Lambert believes that when teams are focused on high-performance & a worthy mission, they can be a catalyst for good in the world. He sees this as the ultimate result of inclusion; helping people with access to learn from each other and the freedom to explore their full potential.
With over 21 years leading business development teams and helping companies with hiring strategies, Mario has experienced the privilege of being a part of winning teams, and struggles when learning to find their way. As a speaker, trainer and consultant, he shares his story, and seeks to help you and your organization build upon yours. His facilitation style is to create high-trust environments that create space to challenge how people can get better together.

Azizi Marshall
Azizi Marshall is a leading Mental Health and Workplace Wellness expert teaching businesses around the world how to create and sustain the healthiest, most successful versions of their business possible – by actively engaging employees, leaders and business owners through interactive trainings, strategic mental health plans and creative wellness programs; engaging the WHOLE business so it can thrive.
Azizi Marshall is the Founder & CEO of the Center for Creative Arts Therapy, an arts-based psychotherapy practice and training center in Chicago.
In a world flooded with burnt-out employees, high turnover rates, and mental health dis-information, Azizi’s creative mental health approach and straightforward business advice draw thousands of inspired clients to her work. Best known for her fun and accessible approach to mental health, she’s built an international wellness empire from scratch on her laptop and across the globe.
Azizi is delightfully changing the way the world views mental health. She speaks on stages around the world and mentors scores of heart-led businesses each year to enhance their employees’ quality of life AND their business. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Certified Trainer in Creative Arts Therapy and accomplished author, cultivating a culture a care within businesses and their teams is her life’s passion.
Azizi holds two graduate degrees in community mental health AND theatre, and is adjunct faculty with the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has been featured in Oprah Magazine, CNN, NBC News, Thrive Global, Bustle, Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Glancer Magazine. She speaks on stages, TV and podcasts regularly throughout the country on mental health and Creative Arts Therapy, and guest posts on national news articles about workplace wellness and creativity.