NARPM Annual Convention & Trade Show 2026

A popular and dynamic speaker on the topics of property management, real estate, and business leadership, Marc Cunningham, RMP®, helps people across the country develop and implement successful strategies to improve their business success. Marc will share best practices when it comes to: How to select clients, how to find, attract and retain the best employees, how to stay self-motivated, how to depend on systems, and how to market when you have no money. Marc is a NARPM® Member and the President of Grace Property Management & Real Estate, in Denver, CO.

Harry Heist is the founding partner of the Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, representing a large number of property management companies, owners and investors in legal matters and filing thousands of eviction actions each year. He has evicted well over 150,000 tenants all over Florida. Harry began his legal career in 1989 diving head first into property management law. He does property management law. Nothing else. Harry believes education is the key to success in property management. One of Harry’s passions is keeping Florida a “landlord friendly” state, writing and co-writing most of the changes to the Landlord/Tenant Act in the past 27 years. The firm’s website, evict.com is the largest source of Florida-specific legal information for the property manager. Harry believes that most litigation and headaches can be avoided through proper policies, procedures and forms and has made it his mission to spread the word. He moved to Florida, escaping from New Jersey in 1989, where he attended Rutgers University School of Law and Seton Hall University, graduating with honors from both.

Vince Poscente is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books and is an in-demand motivational keynote speaker helping audiences overcome obstacles and maintain resiliency. He’s an Olympian and a Hall of Fame Speaker in both Canada and the USA. Over the past decade, Vince has led expeditions in the Himalayas to name mountains after everyday heroes. His FULL SPEED AHEAD and BECOME a LOCAL HERO keynotes deliver energy, humor and practical, take-home tools. He was rated by MPI/eSpeakers as one of the Top Ten Motivational Speakers in North America, and Meetings & Conventions named Vince a “Meeting Planners’ Favorite Speaker.”

Alex Sheen is the founder of because I said I would, a social movement and nonprofit dedicated to bettering humanity through promises made and kept. Sparked by the loss of his father, Alex and his organization send “promise cards” to anyone anywhere in the world at no cost. Alex is someone who truly honors commitment. He once walked over 240 miles across the entire state of Ohio in 10 days to fulfill a promise. In just two years, because I said I would has sent over 12.3 million promise cards to over 153 different countries. The promises written on these cards have made headlines around the world. Alex is a five time Tedx Talk speaker and his charitable work has been featured on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, CNN, The Today Show, NPR, The Los Angeles Times and many other programs.

An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his business operation into its basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with billions in product sales world-wide. Former President Barack Obama appointed Daymond John a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepre- neurship (PAGE) to harness his energy, ideas, and experience to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs both at home and abroad. John is an award-winning entrepreneur and has received 100s of awards including the Brand Week Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and was named #2 on LinkedIn’s Top 20 Voices, a list of the top influencers, who are using their voice to help us analyze today’s changing world of work, navigate our industries, and find balance. Most recently, Real Leaders Magazine ranked Daymond John oneoftheTop20 Keynote Speakers in the World for2024! His marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands has made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker today. His marketing firm The Shark Group offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means and connects brands with the world’s top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions. John is also an author of 6 best-selling books including his New York Times best-sellers, The Power of Broke (2016) and Rise and Grind (2018).Hereleased his fifth book, Powershiftin2020 that walks through his tried-and-true process of how to transform any situation, close any deal and achieve any out- come. John’s most recent book, Little Daymond Learns to Earn (2023) is his first for kids, reached the New York Times and Amazon best-seller list the first week of its release. The book addresses the current void of educating our children about money in a fun and engaging story for parents and kids to connect. John’s mission is to continue challenging the status quo and leave a lasting legacy of inspiring other leaders to do the same. Finally, John is celebrating his 17th season on ABC TV’s critically acclaimed business reality show Shark Tank by renowned producer Mark Burnett, which has reinvigorated entrepreneurship around the world. Shark Tank has now gone on to win five Emmy® in the US and millions of weekly viewers world-wide tune into the show as John demonstrates his marketing prowess and entrepreneurial insights.

The iconic Robert Van Winkle aka Vanilla Ice exploded on the Rap/Pop music scene in 1990/91 selling 10 million albums in 4 months and hitting number one on the Billboard charts with the number one single "Ice Ice Baby" and number one album positions. His worldwide album sales are over 25 million and individual songs total over 160 million and are still selling. Vanilla Ice won 2 MTV Awards, a People's Choice Award, and was nominated for a Grammy. Vanilla Ice has starred or appeared in the movies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Cool As Ice, The Helix Loaded, The New Guy, The Bros, Big Money Hustlas, That's My Boy and Ridiculous Six and Sandy with Adam Sandler. Vanilla Ice is starring in Zombie movie slated to film this Spring along with being featured in a video game to be named. He has finished filming a 90-minute documentary to be released this summer and is finalizing a Vanilla Ice movie Biopic deal. His TV credits include Celebrity Boxing, Hollywood Squares, The Farm -UK, Surreal Life, Celebrity Bull Riding, Dancing On Ice 6, Canada Sings Seasons 1&2, and the DIY shows with 9 Seasons of The Vanilla Ice Project, three episodes of Ice My House series, Vanilla Ice Goes Amish 1 & 2, and ABC Dancing With The Stars. Vanilla Ice is currently working on a new Real Estate show and new Car Show for TV. Vanilla Ice performed pantomime Clive on Stage as Captain Hook in Peter Pan in the UK as well as doing a 20-city Dancing On Ice skating tour. His latest TV appearances include guest spots on ABC – The View, Good Morning America, Good Afternoon America, The Today Show, The Late Night Show, guest spots on The Food Network, ABC Dancing with The Stars, Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, and Celebrity Jeopardy. Vanilla Ice has had great success in Real Estate and has launched Vanilla Ice Real Estate.com with mentoring courses in Real Estate investments as well as speaking at live seminars around the US. His TV show "The Vanilla Ice Project" on DIY won The Factual Award for the Best Home TV Show. Vanilla Ice has toured consistently throughout his career since 1990 performing all over the world. The last few years tour stops have included the USA, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Dubai, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, Australia and other countries. Since 2016, Vanilla Ice has toured the USA with The I Love The 90's arena tour with over 200 cities with additional tours in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom. Vanilla Ice has appeared in commercials for Zumba with a launched remix of "Ice Ice Baby", a Vanilla Ice lighting line for Capital Lighting, Castle Lite Beer in South Africa, Virgin Mobile in Australia, and internet ads for Hotels.com, Turbo Tax, 7 Eleven, Six Flags, Lumber Liquidators, Discount Tire, Kraft Macaroni, Tide, Samsung, Bar S Hot Dogs, Bob's Discount Furniture, TEK Roofing, SeaWorld and he is currently filming several new advertising campaigns. Rob specializes in doing corporate appearances with keynote speaking, Q&A, short performances along with Meet and Greets as well as video conference appearances with special shout out tailored to the specific needs of the company.

Anna Maria Farías currently serves as the Assistant Secretary, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). From 2001-2008, Ms. Farías worked at HUD, serving as Senior Counsel to former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Initiatives, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs (CDBG) and Director for the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. From 1992-1993, Farías was a Member of the Wage Appeals Board and Board of Service Contract Appeals at the Department of Labor. Earlier in her career she worked under Secretary of Education William J Bennett from 1985-1988. From 1980-1985, Farías was an Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board. And from 1989-1992, she was Counsel to a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. Ms. Farías received a B.A. with honors from Boston University, a law degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she was the 3rd year class president, and was a Fellow for State and local officials at the Harvard University JFK School of Government. Ms. Farías grew up in the Crystal City Housing Projects, and from 1993-2000 returned home as the Executive Director of the Housing Authority and became one of the first Executive Directors in the country that agreed to live in the housing developments during her tenure. Under her leadership, the Housing Authority received over a dozen awards from the National Association of Redevelopment and Housing Officials (NARHO), including several Section 3 for putting housing residents to work in different construction programs. In recognition of her leadership, Ms. Farías was inducted into the Texas Woman’s Hall of Fame in 2000.

Mary is an internationally known economist and leadership expert specializing in the fields of leadership, productivity, communication, and business profit growth. An energetic, engaging, and perceptive leadership author and speaker, Commander Kelly delivers humorous, inspiring, and insightful keynote speeches, offering tools and insights that increase productivity, morale, and profits. As a consultant she provides creative and insightful problem-solving tools that enable her to transform corporate cultures and structures. • US Naval Academy graduate • PhD in Economics • Trained over 40,000 military and civilians in multi-cultural environments • Naval Intelligence Officer • Human Resources Director • Assistant Chief Staff Officer • Chief of Police • Taught at US Naval Academy, US Air Force Academy, Hawaii Pacific University • Programs in leadership, communication, business growth, teamwork, strategic planning, customer service, time management, and project development.  Executive coach for corporate success Mary authored 11 books, including: • Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success • Master Your World: 10 Dog-Inspired Lessons to Increase Productivity, Profits and Communication • 15 Ways to Grow your Business in Every Economy • Money Smart: How Not To Buy Cat Food When You Don’t Own A Cat • Stop the Barking at Work • In Case of Emergency, Break Glass! • 360 Degrees of Leadership: Steering Around the Icebergs She is also quoted in hundreds of periodicals including Money Magazine, Entrepreneur, the Wall Street Journal , and dozens of business journals. Industry Experience • Government / Military • City Governance • Finance, Insurance, Banking • Education • Medical Practice Management • Dental Practice Management • Housing and Real Estate Awards / Certifications / Honors • B.S. in History from the United States Naval Academy • M.A. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma • M.A. in History from the University of Hawaii • Ph.D. in Economics from Greenwich University • ABD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii • Professional Associations • MENSA • American Economics Association • National Speakers Association Magazine Editorial Chair • National Speakers Association, CO Member of the Year 2015 • Certified Speaking Profession (CSP) • Navy League Leadership Award • US Air Force Academy Outstanding Educator • US Air Force Academy Instructor of the Year • 5th Most Influential Media Person in Colorado • Veteran Business Owner of the Year Nomination • 16th World’s Most Influential Economist EXTENDED SUMMARY Mary Kelly is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and spent over 20 years on active duty in intelligence and logistics. She retired from the Navy as a commander. She has masters’ degrees in history and economics, and a PhD in economics. With over 20 years combined teaching experience at both the Naval Academy and at Hawaii Pacific University, she taught economics, finance, history and management. She has extensive experience in business coaching, management, economics, finance, banking, insurance, real estate, government, organizational leadership, communication, business growth, teamwork, strategic planning, human resources, customer service, time management, and project development. Mary has a track record for success as an organizational change agent. In her role as a human resources director, Dr. Kelly developed a business model for the computer and telecommunications organization for personnel hiring, training and retention that was adopted globally by the U. S. Navy. Managing culturally diverse teams, she orchestrated organizational changes for over 3,000 personnel for 2 military base closures. Her ability to problem solve and provide innovative solutions enabled her to transform the Navy’s largest pay and personnel organization from the lowest in customer satisfaction to the highest in the nation in 18 months, with 23% fewer employees and a 19% budget decrease. As an educator, Dr. Kelly created a mandatory curriculum for a college student body of 4,500 students. During her teaching career, she developed 31 university courses in the areas of business management, economics, history, management, geography, political science, human resources and international relations. Mary taught remote course work for multiple colleges while creating 4 distance learning courses using online lectures, webinars, interactive exercises and podcasting. In addition to standard curriculums, Dr. Kelly coached 450 students on life skills and time-management. She created and taught wealth building and personal finance to students at the United States Naval Academy, resulting in a student body educated on budgeting and retirement planning before graduation. As a speaker and presenter, Mary Kelly pulls from her diverse experience to provide keynote presentations that are engaging and compelling, leaving the audience wanting more. With a warm and sincere style, Mary takes her vast knowledge and provides an educational presentation that holds the interest of her audience. She is a popular speaker on topics of leadership, communication, financial planning, and management. As a communicator, she has chaired academic and military panels for economics, political science and historical conferences, and she has conducted over 2,200 seminars on financial, business, management and leadership topics. Productive Leaders maintains sites in Dallas TX and Denver CO. Mary enjoys skiing, kayaking, time outside with her dogs, and philanthropic activities. Leadership Expert • Helping corporations, government agencies, associations and non-profits develop leadership and productivity skills through engaging and informative keynote speeches, break-out sessions, and focused training. • Member of the National Speakers Association, the Global Speakers Federation, and the Colorado Speakers Association. • Taught at U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Hawaii Pacific University. • Retired from active duty in the Navy with specialties in Human Resources, Logistics, Intelligence, and Security.