is an attorney with Franklin D. Azar & Associates, P.C., where he practices in the areas of personal injury, civil litigation, and attorney ethics. Mr. Pennywell formerly served as an assistant district attorney for the 1st Judicial District in Shreveport, Louisiana; and served on the Colorado Supreme Court's Standing Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct from 2006-2009. He worked for seven years with the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation as a trial attorney, handling ethical violations on the part of Colorado licensed attorneys. Mr. Pennywell is a member of the Colorado and Louisiana State bar associations, and a former member of the National District Attorney Counsel. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

is a co-founder and managing partner of CZL P.C., where she leads legal services. Her focus is on providing transactional and commercial legal support for domestic and international clients. Ms. Nyambuya brings to her clients a deep understanding of complex legal instruments, strong negotiating skills, and extensive experience in international development and legal reform. She is a highly respected corporate council, legal consultant, and a leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) development. Ms. Nyambuya brings twenty-five years of cross-sector experience as a lawyer and policy advisor for Fortune 500 corporations, social entrepreneurs/social enterprises, start-ups, international development agencies, and foreign governments. She is the principal of Virgil, LLC a corporate social responsibility advisory firm, and a certified mediator and FINRA arbitrator. As a partner in CMC Healthcare Consulting LLC., she supports agency clients as they navigate the start-up and recurring regulatory audits necessary to own and operate successful patient-centered home healthcare and long-term care agencies. Prior to her work at CZL P.C., Ms. Nyambuya was a managing partner at Ebony Law, and the director of experiential learning and professional development at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She has served as faculty at Northwestern University in International and Area Studies teaching CSR and International Development, and at Loyola University School of Law instructing Professional Identity Formation. She earned J.D. degree from The Ohio State University College of Law and her A.B. with distinction, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Esq., SPHR, SHRM-SCP with Carpe Diem Coaching & Consulting, LLC is an employment attorney, facilitator, coach, mediator, and human resources and leadership development professional. She is a human resources professional for over 25 years. Ms. Searfoorce earned her J.D. degree from Santa Clara University School of Law and her B.A. Degree in English from the University of Colorado Boulder. After law school, she focused exclusively on employment law for the first eight of her twenty years at an employer's association. After that, she shifted her focus to leadership development and effective communication. Ms. Searfoorce presents to audiences of all sizes and fields on a variety of topics including employment law, conflict resolution, trust, and assertiveness, with a strong focus on bias and inclusion. A member of the Colorado Bar, she is also a coach and a workplace mediator. Ms. Searfoorce is a certified Enneagram in Business and What type of Leader Are You? trainer. She brings a nuanced lens to employee relations and compliance challenges resulting in fewer workplace legal concerns.