November 19 - 21, 2024 | Austin Convention Center | Austin, TX

Jordan Whetstone

Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, is a fourth generation runner, athlete advocate, community organizer, project manager, filmmaker, founder of Rising Hearts and a mom to a 2 year old and 9 month old twin girls. Since the 2019 Boston Marathon, she uses her platform – […]

Johnny Cupcakes

Johnny Earle aka Johnny Cupcakes started 16 businesses before he was 16 years old.  While his friends hung out with cute girls at parties, he hung out with cute old ladies at craft fairs. Johnny eventually baked up the idea for his bakery themed T-shirt brand and opened The World’s First T-shirt Bakery, Johnny Cupcakes. […]

Kiera Smalls

Kiera Smalls is a prominent community builder and innovator known for her consistent ability to connect resources and opportunities to those who need them the most. Her impactful work spans several sectors, including technology, entrepreneurship, transportation, health, and fitness. Currently, as the first Executive Director of the Running Industry Diversity Coalition, Kiera spearheads initiatives that […]

Cade Netscher

Cade is the Founder and CEO of Neurun, an innovative AI platform that is partnering with brands to personalize outdoor route experiences for activities such as running, cycling, skiing, and off-roading. An avid runner with a background in Neuroscience from Duke University and a passion for endurance sports, Cade is deeply committed to merging AI […]

David Basacco

After spending six years working with Race Directors at an agency level, David joined Race Roster in April of 2022.  He now serves as the COO of Race Roster & ASICS Apps helping oversee registration operations globally as well as ASICS Runkeeper.

Christine Bowen

Christine Bowen is an accomplished operations and sales executive with more than 15 years of experience in the sports industry. She is a strategic thinker with proven skills in taking projects from concept to market acceptance. Christine’s career has demonstrated extreme proficiency in a wide range of business-critical functions, including sponsorship sales, partnership management, and […]

Alex Vander Hoeven

Alex started his career in Deloitte’s consulting practice as a systems analyst gaining expertise in helping companies organize their sales and procurement data to optimize business processes. After completing his MBA, Alex teamed up with a group of high school friends to organize the Rock the Road 10K, which led to the founding of Race […]

Suzanne Swift

I have been an avid runner for over 30 years. I’ve run 10 marathons, including 3 Boston Marathons, a couple of 50K’s, a couple of Ironman, marathon swims and a ton of other things but who’s counting? I’m originally from Houston, TX where I volunteered at many local events, served on the Houston Area Road […]

Ted Knudsen

Owner of the San Francisco Running Company and avid trail runner since 1995.  

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