John Baldoni is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and author of 16 books that have been translated into ten languages.

John’s thought leadership is reflected in his writing as well as his choice of media: columns, videos and books. John also integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes which he illustrates with his still life photos. John is also the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more a hundred global business, academic and thought leaders and doers.

John’s books include Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis;
Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World, GRACE: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us, MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, Lead with Purpose, Lead Your Boss and The Leader’s Pocket Guide.

In 2022, Thinkers 360 named John a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management. In 2023, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert.

John is also a member of the renowned 100 Coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service. 100 Coaches was founded by Marshall Goldsmith.

John established a career as a highly sought-after executive coach, where he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.

John has authored more than 800 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Inc.com. John also produced and appears in a video coaching series for SmartBrief, a news channel with over 4 million readers. John is the author and host of two online leadership courses: “Leading through Change & Crisis” and “Leading with Resilience + Grace” for Methods of Leaders/100 Coaches. John’s leadership resource website is www.johnbaldoni.com

Zen Benefiel, MA, MBA, TLC, DD
Founder - Planetary Citizens | Conscious Leadership & Transformation Guide | Systems Thinker | Podcast Host

Zen Benefiel is a seasoned interview host, leadership consultant, and transformation guide with over three decades of experience in facilitating holistic growth for individuals and organizations. His capstone project is PlanetaryCitizens.net. An advocate of systems thinking and coherence, Zen blends a unique mix of expertise in business, quantum principles, and consciousness studies to help his clients achieve sustainable, purpose-driven change.

Zen’s background spans various disciplines, including conflict resolution, team dynamics, and servant leadership. His approach is rooted in a profound understanding of human potential and the interconnectedness that shapes our experiences. Drawing insights from science, spirituality, and innovative organizational practices, Zen’s work is focused on fostering collaboration, resilience, and authentic engagement.

As the creator and host of One World in a New World, a podcast dedicated to exploring personal and professional transformation, Zen has reached a global audience with thought-provoking conversations about growth, unity, and visionary leadership. His career has also included roles as Operations Director for Live and Let Live, where he champions global harmony and positive societal impact.

Zen holds dual master’s degrees in business administration and transformative leadership, alongside certifications in teaching, healing modalities, and metaphysics. His books, such as Navigating Holistic Growth: The Servant Leader's Guide, offer a roadmap for leaders and teams aiming to enhance synergy and foster sustainable progress.

Zen is available for consulting, speaking engagements, and interviews on topics related to conscious leadership, systemic growth, and building cohesive, purpose-aligned teams.

I help Middle Managers influence up, inspire down and collaborate across! Award winning speaker, facilitator and author. Ask me about Middle Management Leadership Development. #TheMiddleMatters

Mark Nation is a globally recognized management expert, bestselling author, keynote speaker, executive coach, and leadership consultant. He is personally driven to discover what makes individuals, teams, and organizations amazing—those elements that power the heart and soul of individuals and businesses worldwide. His bestselling book, Made for Amazing: An Instrumental Journey of Authentic Leadership Transformation, helps people to identify and sharpen their unique talents in the workplace and beyond. Made for Amazing received a Gold Medal in the 2018 Gold Ink Awards and was named one of the Top 20 Books of 2022 by independent research firm, Global Gurus. Global Gurus also rated Mark one of the world’s Top 30 Leadership Coaches from 2018-24, and in 2023 he was named to the International Thought Leaders Hall of Fame by the International Federation of Learning & Development (IFLD).

Mark has built and managed companies across five industries, developing people, products, and partnerships on six continents. He has worked with a wide range of clients, from top executives, corporate managers and young leaders, to Fortune 500 organizations, start-ups, schools, churches, and non-profits. He has been an active member of Forbes Coaches Council and a Fellow with The Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School. Mark has appeared in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Fox, NBC, ABC, Christian Post, SmartBrief, Leadership Freak, Boston Business Journal, Faith Radio, Channelnomics, MarketWatch, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Chicago Daily Herald, and Silicon Valley Business Journal.

In his presentations, workshops, consulting and coaching sessions, Mark focuses on developing authentic leaders who seek to operate with strong values and high integrity. His most sought-after topics have included purpose-driven leadership, personal branding, executive advisory services, career development and transitions, expat and global management, team building and corporate engagement, effective partnership design, and service leadership.

Mark is Founder of Nation Leadership, the Made for Amazing Project, and Harvard Help Circle. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a former professional musician and Ironman triathlete who enjoys skiing, running, biking, and meeting incredible people all over the world. Mark’s work and travels have taken him to over 40 U.S. states and 38 countries, where he has managed, performed, or spoken to over 300,000 people. When not traveling, Mark is based in Tennessee.

Fact: LEADERSHIP and CULTURE have the GREATEST IMPACT on employee retention, acquisition, engagement, performance, and execution of your strategy.

What do I do? *** I Empower Leaders ***
---> I help leaders create a people first workplace culture so that they and their teams can be their absolute best and thrive.
---> I believe in Empowering People though Caring Leadership, at all levels.

Leadership | Effective Remote / Hybrid Work | Change | Technology Adoption | Coaching / Mentoring

Services focus:
1. Boost Leadership - Caring Leadership, People Centric Strategies and Culture
2. Boost performance - Strategy to execution and change leadership
3. Boost problem solving, decision making and growth

I offer the benefit of my experience during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic as well as prior leadership roles effectively leading remote teams with diverse skill sets across a wide geography helping Commercial and Public Sector clients with varied technologies.

An experience leader in the consulting services, software and cloud computing industries, my career focused on the effective introduction of emerging technologies, delivering strategies, programs, and digital transformations to arrive at impactful and competitive business solutions in commercial enterprise and government.

A People First and Servant Leadership advocate, I’m passionate about teamwork and helping create high performance teams to deliver strong results. Successfully led Management Consulting, eBusiness, Middleware, HCM / HRTech and Cloud consulting services teams with high client satisfaction and low attrition.

Leading and managing remotely still boils down to the same thing in the end. Effective remote work requires discipline and organization, strong relationships, trust and collaboration.

Dr Stacey Ashley CSP is a Leadership Visionary.

People describe Dr Stacey Ashley as the leader’s leader. The person who can help to make the complex simple. Able to offer the simple, practical, next step, in a strategic context. The person leaders lean on when they are facing situations and circumstances that are at the same time challenging, exciting, offering opportunity, and often moving through uncharted territory. A pathfinder if you like.

In 2023 Stacey received the Thought Leader Of The Year Gold Award at the International Stevie Awards for Women In Business in New York. One of her 14 Stevie awards. She has been twice named in the global LinkedIn Top Voices, and Thinkers360 Top Voices globally and for APAC.

With a talent for translating complex concepts into simple and practical ideas for immediate application, Stacey is the author of six Amazon #1 best-selling books about leadership.

Stacey is focused on future proofing CEOs. Their leadership, their people, and their organisations. With over 30 years’ experience, she has helped 1000’s to develop their leadership competence, confidence, and credibility so they can:

Build the practical foundations for effective leadership
Get out of the trenches, to lead strategically & with influence
Transition quickly and effectively to leading larger, more complex portfolios
Effectively lead change and transformation
Create a leadership coaching capability
Create the space to lead, for greater influence and impact
Create HP executive teams – enabling rather than impeding progress
Develop horizon thinking

AMONG HER MANY AWARDS
Linkedin Top Voices 2018 & 2021
14 International Stevie Awards, including Gold - Thought Leader of the Year 2023
Nominated Telstra Business & Womens Awards 9 times
FTIEA International Leadership Excellence Award 2022
Thinkers360 Global Top 10 Thought Leader in Coaching 2023
Top 20 Leadership Coaches 2023

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
FCPA - Fellow of CPA Australia
FIML - Fellow of Institute of Managers & Leaders
PCC - Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation
APAC - Member, Asia Pacific Alliance of Coaches
CSP - Certified Speaking Professional
PSA- Member, Professional Speakers Australia WSA - Member, Women Speakers Association GSF - Member, Global Speakers Federation

CORPORATE CLIENTS INCLUDE:
ABC, AccessEAP, ACCORD, Actron Air, ASX, AAPT, ACCOR Hotels, ACCOR Plus, AEC, ANU, CSIRO,
CAANZ, CPA, DHA, Engie, Husqvarna, IPA (US), JORA, Menulog, Mustad, Navitas, NDIS, Perrigo, QLD Ed, SAAB, Swisslog, Torrens Uni, UBank, UNSW, World HR Congress, ZIP

Future-Ready Leadership | Organizational & Executive Transformation | Inspiring Others to “Unlearn to Relearn”

"The future belongs to those who embrace transformation—leaders who unlearn, relearn, and evolve to meet the challenges of a fast-changing world. Leadership is no longer about titles—it’s about shaping the future."

Dr. Elie Daher is a global transformation strategist, seasoned CEO, thought leader, best-selling author, and host of the Reimagining You podcast. With 39 years of experience across industries, cultures, and economies, he has built a reputation for transforming leadership, future-proofing organizations, and guiding executives through reinvention.

A champion of Excellence in Leadership, Dr. Daher helps leaders master leadership transformation, business reinvention, and cultural adaptability. His unlearn to relearn philosophy is designed for executives and entrepreneurs navigating AI-driven disruption, multigenerational workforce shifts, and cross-border business dynamics.

Throughout his career, Dr. Daher has held key roles as CEO, CMO, EVP, and executive coach, shaping industries such as technology, oil & gas, FMCG, and enterprise solutions. As a Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member and Founding Board Member of MGSCC – Middle East, he mentors leaders worldwide.

His best-selling books, Reimagining Leadership and Reimagining You, provide practical blueprints for leadership and career transformation:
- Reimagining Leadership equips executives with strategies to lead with agility, innovation, and foresight.
- Reimagining You offers a 10-step roadmap to breaking free from traditional career paths and building a future of impact.

Expertise:
- Transforming Leadership – Cultivating agility, innovation, and future-ready leadership.
- Transforming Organizations – Shaping resilient, high-performing companies.
- Transforming Mindsets – Driving reinvention and multi-generational leadership strategies.
- Cross-Border Influence – Navigating global leadership and negotiation.

Through the Reimagining You podcast, Dr. Daher continues to inspire leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals to embrace transformation.

Beyond business, he is an adventurer—exploring mountains, islands, and endurance sports with the same tenacity he brings to leadership. His philosophy? Stay bold, stay curious, and always lead forward.

Arthur is ranked as the world’s #1 thought leader in organizational culture and #10 in leadership for 2021 and 2022 by Global Gurus. He is the Creator of the Web3 “Global Mentor Exchange” and the “Wisdom City” Learning & Development Metaverse. As the original developer and founder of the accredited Directive Communication Psychology and bestselling author of 13 books in organizational psychology and culture performance including Amazon #1 Seller “GAME ON – Reinventing Organizational Culture with Gamification”, Arthur’s research and gamification methodologies have influenced the training and leadership development industry and now extended to Web3 platforms to support Organizations and Experts to maximize practical applications of Digital Transformation. His innovative tools, assessments, games, and web3 applications have a visible ROI on engagement, productivity and effective behaviour modification though his unique game-based psychological approaches to leadership and corporate culture transformation interlacing humanity and technology. His research on the genetic foundations of the brain’s Ambiguity Relief clarity getting processes have been the inspiration of the Colored Brain model used across multinationals in 57 countries. Combing his multi-faceted gamified systems and processes in his proprietary Directive Communication Psychology, and over 620 licensed DC Certified Trainers and Consultants who practice and train others using his methodology, games, and assessments, DC is a global brand that defines visible results.

In everything I do, I believe in challenging the status quo, to improve processes, get better results, and set things in order.
I listen carefully, work with people, communicate clearly, use storytelling, and I believe in the power of positive attitude.
I solve problems and deliver results.

I coach and mentor brilliant individuals on their development journey, helping them build the skills, confidence, and mindset to take ownership of their growth and drive impactful projects.

I deliver engaging keynotes with captivating stories designed to inspire and ignite emotions. Each talk is tailored to the audience to maximize value, blending storytelling with actionable insights, easy-to-grasp analogies, memorable "Aha!" moments, and hands-on recommendations.

Through my company, Mantegora, I aim to fulfil our shared purpose of “Making the world a better place by empowering people and delivering impact”. We equip individuals, teams, and organizations with the mindset, skills, and structures to drive impactful projects, deliver meaningful change, and create lasting value. We help organizations execute their strategy and overcome project delivery challenges. By transforming PMOs and Project Management teams into high performing delivery machines, coaching talents, building trusting teams, and fostering a winning mindset, we create environments where people and projects succeed together.

I bring a unique blend of 20+ years of corporate experience, consistently delivering business results and building and leading successful teams. I have coached and mentored 100+ brilliant individuals on their development journey, engaged countless people in workshops and training, and inspired large audiences through keynotes and talks.

This is how I can help you:
• Increase your project success rate
• Connect your strategic objectives with exceptional delivery
• PMO Leadership
• Design, setup, evolve your PMO
• Implement your Portfolio, Program and Project Management Framework
• Advisory
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Set up a mentoring program for your team
• Event facilitation and training
• Inspire and motivate your team
• Keynote speaking

Author of "Freefall: Leadership Lessons from the Skies", "Leadership Unpacked" & "Punchlines & Power Moves", International speaker, MC & experienced leadership development & contact centre and collections consultant. Thinkers 360 Top 50 Thought Leader. Improving people, processes, payments & performance

Inspiring Resilience. Elevating Self-Esteem. Empowering Lives. Author | Resilience Coach | National Speaker

Empodero e inspiro a ejecutivos de habla hispana en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica para redefinir su ADN profesional, desbloqueando las oportunidades laborales de sus sueños.

Soy Mónica Couttolenc-Urrea, una apasionada Coach de Marca Personal y Carrera Profesional, así como Mentora en Búsqueda Ejecutiva y Headhunting. Mi misión es empoderar a los profesionales para brillar, ayudándoles a desbloquear su verdadero potencial y navegar en sus carreras con confianza. Creo que cada individuo tiene una historia única que contar y estoy comprometida a ayudarte a crear la tuya.

At CPF Coaching LLC, we go beyond individual coaching to offer comprehensive business advisory and security consulting services. This includes strategic planning, risk management, and implementing effective cybersecurity measures tailored to your business needs. We aim to protect your organization against emerging threats and are well-positioned to thrive in an increasingly digital landscape.

As a security practitioner, I assist businesses in tackling cybersecurity risks with minimal friction, enhancing resilience while securing people, processes, and technology. This holistic approach is crucial in today's complex cybersecurity environment.

He gives back by producing a podcast, “Breaking into Cybersecurity,” focused on helping people transition into the cybersecurity industry by sharing the stories of those who have done it in the past five years to inspire those looking to do it now. He also co-authored “Develop Your Cybersecurity Career Path: How to Break into Cybersecurity at Any Level” and “Hack the Cybersecurity Interview: A Complete Interview Preparation Guide for Jumpstarting Your Cybersecurity Career”. He also hosts the 'Breaking into Cybersecurity' podcast, sharing stories to inspire those entering the field. Check it out here: https://feeds.captivate.fm/breaking-into-cybersecurity/ and video versions on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakingIntoCybersecurity. My company also hosts a Substack - https://substack.cpf-coaching.com and podcast on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@cpfcoachingLLC

Christophe holds a Master of Science in Information Technology, Information Assurance, and Cybersecurity, a graduate certificate in Information Systems, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Information Systems from Walden University. These include several industry certifications like the CISSP, GSLC, etc.

H.E. Amb. Terry Earthwind Nichols is the author of Consortium WE ARE EVOLVING INTO A NEW PARADIGM WHERE PEOPLE-NOT-NOT SALES-COME FIRST and “PROFILING FOR PROFIT What crossed arms don’t tell you…Mastering the Art of Observation.” Terry is the Chairman of Evolutionary Healer, a global transformational performance improvement company. UN Peace Ambassador at Large / United Refugee Green Council Ambassador for USA & Global. As a "Top 10" thought leader when he’s not consulting chief executives or training sales teams on the ‘art’ of observation, Terry can be found doing intriguing interviews, planning his next vacation, or having dinner at his favorite restaurant in a suit he designed himself. 2021/2022 Thinkers 50 Nominee, 2022 Top 25 Marketers, 2024 Top 100 Voices in Leadership, 2023, 2024, 2025 Top 125 Podcasts

For over 30 years, my passion for helping companies and people succeed has driven me. Through executive coaching, training programs, keynote speeches, and strategy consulting, I've assisted organizations worldwide, ranging from startups to the Fortune 10. My approach focuses on transforming complex business concepts into simple, practical solutions. I deliver tangible results that help my clients achieve their goals and achieve long-term success. I am also the author of "Awesomely Simple – Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas into Action" and "Excellence by Design – Leadership."

Background
At 26, I was the CEO of an international Rockefeller foundation, overseeing projects in 20 countries. Two years later Inc. Magazine named me one of America’s Up-and-Coming Young Business Leaders. More than a dozen organizations have recognized me as one of the world's top business experts. The American Management Association named me one of America's Top 50 Leaders to Watch, along with Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google and Jeff Bezos of Amazon. The prestigious Thinkers50, the definitive global ranking of management thinkers, shortlisted me as one of the top eight in the World for their Distinguished Achievement Award. Thinkers 360 placed me on the Power List of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership. Others on the list include Simon Sinek, Gary Vaynerchuk, Adam Grant, and Marshall Goldsmith.

Services
As an executive coach, I work closely with you to enhance your skills in strategy, culture, high-performance teams, and other critical business topics. With my experience as CEO of four companies and a global business consultant, I bring real-life solutions to help you achieve sustainable results.

As a training facilitator and keynote speaker, I'm an expert at making complicated business topics easy to understand. Every program I deliver is custom-tailored to meet your specific needs. My presentations are fast-paced, highly engaging, content-rich, and deliver ideas and tools that can be implemented immediately.

As your strategy partner, I will help sharpen your strategic thinking and guide you through the process of identifying a set of core strategies that will serve as the foundation for your team's creation of a strategic blueprint designed to increase market share, revenues, and profitability.

Maria is the co-founder of MSC Marketing Bureau. She works as a speaker manager with selected thought leaders and speakers. She also works with senior executives as a Presence, Inspired Leadership & Personal Branding Coach, helping them to bring forth their authentic leadership qualities and inspire their teams and audiences.

Maria has over 20 years of business experience, holds an MSc in Strategic Marketing from Aston University, a BSc in Social Policy and Marketing from London Metropolitan University and a Specialization in Inspired Leadership from Case Western Reserve University. She is a Certified Visionary Leadership Coach (OKVLC), an NLP Associate Practitioner and a TEDx speaker coach and content curator.

Her work has been recognized recently by Peoplehum, naming her one of the 100 global inspirational leaders (2021) and is a finalist for the 2021 Global Women in Leadership award by She Inspires. Her thinking on Presence has been shared on various publications, podcasts and interviews.

Barbara Vercruysse: Global Kindness Advocate, Thought Leader, Leadership Mentor, Business Consultant in Quality Management & Operational Excellence, Public Speaker and Bestselling Author.

Barbara Vercruysse is an inspiring figure in the realm of leadership, recognized for her dedication to fostering kindness in both individuals and organizations. Surviving stage 4 skin cancer and navigating a near-bankruptcy ignited her passion for making a lasting, positive impact. She champions a leadership style rooted in kindness, believing it is essential for creating balanced, humane workplaces and for addressing the global challenges we face today.

With over 30 years of professional experience, Barbara is a seasoned entrepreneur, consultant, and mentor, specializing in resilience and operational excellence. Currently, she works as the Quality Officer and Operational Excellence Lead at a BMW dealership group, where she enhances business processes, nurtures talent, and promotes an empowering work environment.

Through her "Empowerment & Kindness Institute," Barbara provides mentorship and consulting services to inspire leadership that balances efficiency with empathy. Her insights are informed by a deep understanding of human behavior and a genuine care for her clients' well-being.

As President of Professional Women International (PWI) in Brussels, part of the PWN Global network, Barbara plays a pivotal role in empowering women to achieve professional success and advocating for gender-balanced leadership. Guided by values of respect, courage, collaboration, excellence, and inclusiveness, she leads initiatives that equip women with the tools to thrive in business and society.

Barbara also serves as Head of Communication at the European-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EUICCI), where she applies her expertise in communications to strengthen partnerships and foster international collaboration.

A prolific public speaker, Barbara has delivered talks worldwide, including for Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation initiative; Microsoft's Soft Skills Community; Harvard University; and the World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS). She passionately advocates for “Leading with Powerful Kindness,” a philosophy she views as vital to personal and professional success.

Barbara is the bestselling author of The Path of Powerful Kindness, a transformative book that has resonated with readers worldwide. In this inspiring work, she shares her vision of kindness as a powerful leadership tool and a transformative force for individuals and organizations. Drawing from her personal journey and professional expertise, the book offers actionable insights on fostering compassion, resilience, and purpose-driven leadership in today’s complex world. The Path of Powerful Kindness has been praised for its profound yet practical wisdom, empowering readers to lead with authenticity and grace.

Barbara’s passions include reading, painting, travel, the arts, and meaningful conversations. She sets a yearly goal of reading 50 books, reflecting her lifelong commitment to personal growth. She has shared her insights in major publications like the Huffington Post and Thrive Global and reaches millions through her weekly Inspirational Talks across social platforms.

Venkatesh Rajamani has several years of experience delivering working software in short, feedback-driven cycles. He has helped organizations adopt agile software delivery practices, including large banking, payments, telecom, and product organisations. He started his career as a Software Engineer and spent several years as a hard-core Programmer. He has worked with large software delivery organisations like HP, IBM, Logica, Paypal, Ericsson, and RBS. He founded tryScrum.com in 2018 to execute his mission of Humanizing Organizations. Venkatesh is fluent in 4 languages. He is based in Chennai, India and sets the overall direction for tryScrum. He is the world's first to hold together CST, CEC, CTC, PST, PKT, Path to CSP Educator, CAL-Educator and ACS-Educator. He loves reading books, travelling and public speaking. Venkatesh received his B.E. from Anna University in Chennai and his MBA from the University of Madras. He is a PhD scholar at the Girne American University.

Nir Megnazi is a leadership development expert and executive coach helping senior tech leaders drive retention, employee engagement, and influence. As co-creator of Intel’s flagship coaching program—recognized with the ICF Prism Award—his work contributed to over $1B in operating margin gains, $40M in retention cost savings, and 76% of employees of program participants reported increased frequency of desired leadership behaviors. A dynamic keynote speaker, Nir shows how expanding emotional capacity is the catalyst for deeper engagement and accelerated business results—especially in fast-paced, high-stakes, and chaotic environments.

Global Credibility Expert Mitchell Levy is a 2x TEDx speaker, an international bestselling author of over 60 books, and an executive coach at Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. After interviewing 500 thought leaders on credibility, he published a 7-country international bestselling book, delivered a powerful TEDx on humanity, created courses, and created the Credibility Nation membership community to help those live, learn and surround themselves with others on the credibility journey.

He's an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 750 books. He's provided strategic consulting to hundreds of companies and has been the chairman of a board of a NASDAQ-listed company. Mitchell has been happily married for thirty-one years and prior to covid-19, regularly spent four weeks a year in Europe with family and friends.