Keynote Speaker

Dr. Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor has over twenty-five years of experience in higher education, management and the helping professions. He holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Biology, a Masters degree in Social Work and a Doctorate in Counseling, all from the University of Arkansas. Until January 2006 he was the Director of Guidance Services at Arkansas State University at Beebe where he was responsible for counseling, disability, career, testing, academic advising, orientation, housing/ residence life, student activities/leadership, student success programming and other student services. He left that position to continue his research and programs to improve educational services to Generation NeXt, and the other students we serve.

Dr. Taylor has been licensed as a psychotherapist in Arkansas since 1981. Bringing experience from over 150 professional publications and presentations at state, regional, and national events, Dr. Taylor will share his expertise at EACE with discussions centered on a combination of his two most popular programs "Generation NeXt Comes to College" and "Generation NeXt Goes to Work". His eye-opening perspectives grounded in data and the literature, practical suggestions and humorous presentation style have made him a popular training consultant with numerous schools, colleges and professional organizations.

Mr. Gregg Levoy

Gregg Levoy is the author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life (Random House), hailed by Booklist as “Ravishing!”, and This Business of Writing (Writer’s Digest Books). He has written for the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Omni, Psychology Today, American Health, Reader’s Digest, New Age Journal, and many others, as well as for corporate, promotional and television projects.

Mr. Levoy is a former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of New Mexico, and former columnist and reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer and USA Today; he is the recipient of a 1st-Place writing award from the Associated Press, and a Genesis Award for “Outstanding Newspaper Commentary” for a New York Times Magazine essay.

He has been a frequent Keynoter at career development conferences around the country-----including the 2005 SACE Conference. He has also presented Callings lectures and workshops at many colleges and corporations around the country.

Mr. Levoy will share his passion with EACE through what he describes as “a hands-on exploration of the process of creating a sense of calling about our work and our lives, a deep feeling of fit between who we are and what we do, a feeling of engagement, alignment, contribution. In fact, I think the great vocational question isn’t “What should I do with my life?” or “What major should I declare?” or “What do I want to be when I grow up?” I think it’s “Who am I?” His participation at the EACE Conference is designed to give people an intimate and experiential, an inspiring and practical, look at some of the juicy underlying strata of career and calling, our own as well as those of the people they counsel and employ.