11th Annual Good to Great Conference

We are excited to share our keynote speaker, Staff Sergeant Keni Thomas who was deployed to Magadishu Somalia in the summer of 1993 with the 3rd Ranger Battalion as part of an elite special operations package called Task Force Ranger. Their mission was to find and capture a criminal warlord named Mohammed Farrah Aidid. On the 3rd of October, Keni and his fellow rangers distinguished themselves in an eighteen hour fire-fight that would later be recounted in the highly successful book and movie "Black Hawk Down". Nineteen Americans gave their lives and 78 were wounded in the worst urban combat seen by US troops since WWII. Drawing from his experiences on the battlefield, Keni inspires people to achieve greatness by stressing the importance of outstanding leadership at every level, even if the only person you are leading is yourself. Keni sums it up like this, "Leadership has never been the rank, the position or the title you hold. It's the example you set for the ones you serve.”

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Santa Ana Elks Lodge, 1751 South Lyon Street, Santa Ana, United States