Keynote Speakers

Mark Schulman

Rockstar Keynote and Celebrity Drummer

Heather J. Crider

High-Performance NeuroPerformance Coach

Hacking the Rockstar Brain: Intersecting Rock and Roll with Simple Neuroscience to Elevate Confidence and Swagger for World-Class Performance
Monday, July 7, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Step into the groundbreaking fusion of rock's electrifying aura and cutting-edge neuroscience. In this trailblazing collaboration, Mark Schulman and Heather J. Crider catapult your mental agility, creativity, and performance to stratospheric heights. This dynamic duo delivers a powerhouse presentation that melds thrilling drum sequences with revolutionary brain optimization techniques.

Takeaways include:

  • Collaborative Synergy: Build highly synergistic teams through the principles of empathy and mutual respect, boosting innovation and efficiency.
  • Inspirational Influence: Explore how compassion and collaboration can become your most powerful tools for inspiring you and leading your team to greatness.
  • Creativity Explosion: Ignite a surge of creativity, reshaping your approach to challenges and seizing opportunities with innovative solutions.
  • Peak Performance: Unveil elite performers' strategies for sustaining top-tier excellence, even under intense pressure.
  • Mental Edge: Equip yourself with on-the-spot, neuroscience-backed tools to boost mental resilience and overall well-being.

About Mark

Mark Schulman, a celebrity drummer and activational speaker, has a unique journey. He transitioned from a classically trained cellist to becoming the first-call drummer for the world’s top artists. His impressive roster includes P!NK, Billy Idol, Stevie Nicks, Foreigner, Sheryl Crow, Cher, and many other world-class artists. This journey showcases the immense power of attitude, transformation, and the relentless pursuit of excellence, as he unpacks the secrets of rockstar performance.

With over 32 years of electrifying stages worldwide, he not only brings unparalleled energy to music but also translates this dynamism into motivational speaking, where he becomes the bridge between the pulsating heart of rock ‘n’ roll and transformative business and corporate leadership. As a cancer survivor, Mark's resilience and vitality infuse his keynotes, where he shares the secrets of rockstar performance, emphasizing attitude's role in driving extraordinary outcomes. His published works, including Conquering Life’s Stage Fright: Three Steps to Top Performance and The Attitude Equation: Rockstars in All Fields Share Their Secret Attitudes, extend his philosophy to all, laying out a blueprint for harnessing fear into confidence and transforming attitude into action.

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About Heather

Grounded and mentored in the most advanced research from the most recognized thought leaders in neuroscience at the world’s top institutions (Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Wharton, Brown, etc.), Heather J. Crider is one of our nation’s few certified coaches in both neuroscience and the emerging fields of neuro-performance and neuro-leadership.

With a discerning bias toward a practical, evidence-based approach, industry-leading companies worldwide tap Heather’s uniquely honed, highly engaging, neuroscience-based ability to empower overwhelmed professionals to beat burnout, equip leaders with exceptional resilience, unleash brain-powered breakthroughs, deepen human connections, as well as unlock both boundless energy and superlative performance.

Heather is the author of Believe In Yourself More Than Your Grandma: Unleash Your Superpower Through Simple Neuroscience, released in 2024, and hosts the Go Reflect Yourself podcast. As a neuroscience coach and neuro-practice pioneer, Heather has appeared on numerous podcasts and webinars and featured in Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, Brainz Magazine, and Thrive Global. Finance, Brainz Magazine, and Thrive Global.

Together, Mark and Heather have joined forces to create an empowering, entertaining, and transformational experience through neuroscience and the power of rock 'n' roll.

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