Theme: A New Era

TEDxManitouSprings is delighted to host 4 incredible speakers sharing their ideas worth spreading on April 30th, 2022. We will explore topics that are either new or changing in the world we find ourselves today.

In addition, we will have performances, opportunity for Q&A with each speaker, lots of laughter, cocktails and mocktails, and plenty of time to connect with others who are ready to break free from the stagnancy from the past two years and look forward to the future.

SCP Hotel
2850 S Circle Dr.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80906
United States

Audrey Holmgren

Living Kidney Donor Advocate

Audrey is a local artist and business leader in the Pikes Peak Region of Colorado. In 2019, she made the decision to donate her kidney to a friend, and since then, has become passionate about living kidney donor education. Audrey is a graduate of the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs with a degree in Business Management, and a minor in Entrepreneurship. She has lived in Colorado almost all of her life and is devout in helping local residents navigate the kidney donation process. In her free time, she is either playing in the mountains with her family, or she is at her piano creating music.

Michael Ashford

Conversation Enthusiast

Michael Ashford is the Director of Marketing at a Denver-based software company, The Receptionist, as well as a podcaster and independent journalist. He has spent years researching leadership, conflict communications, and how to overcome political and social polarization in an effort to chart a path to help us bridge divides and find more common ground.

Shelli Brunswick

COO of Space Foundation

Shelli Brunswick, COO of Space Foundation, brings a broad perspective and deep vision of the global space ecosystem — from a distinguished career as a space acquisition and program management leader and congressional liaison for the U.S. Air Force to her current role overseeing Space Foundation's three primary divisions: Center for Innovation and Education, Symposium 365, and Global Alliance.

Vivian Cobb

Entrepreneur and Emotions Advocate

Vivian Cobb is a multipreneuer. She has an extensive range of entrepreneurial adventures under her belt. She co-owned with her first husband a successful video and film production company in Dallas, Texas for 12 years. Moving to Colorado and to the real estate industry, Vivian has owned her boutique real estate brokerage, Cobb Real Estate, in Colorado Springs for 20 years. Vivian’s latest passion is that of an emotions advocate, understanding how important it is to embrace emotions rather than hiding from them. This role evolved through the devastating loss of her second husband. Simultaneously, she lost her home, her money and her buying power. Vivian is on a mission to inspire others to deal with their emotions (not stuff or numb them) through any adversity present in the workplace or their personal lives. She has authored an adult coloring book, “Negativity Clouds Truth” and is currently writing her second book, “Playing In the Deep Work” due to be published by the end of 2022.