Annual Convention

Beth Shelton is the Chief Executive Office of Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, overseeing all operations for 13,000 members in portions of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.

With thought-provoking discussions among hundreds of speeches, conferences, podcast interviews, and articles written, Beth has reached millions of people on topics ranging from workplace transformation to mental wellbeing to sobriety. From coast to coast, from the Seattle Interactive Conference to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, Beth unapologetically speaks about the human experience and has received national accolades, highlighted on platforms ranging from Good Morning America and Working Mother Magazine to USA Today and the Today Show.

Beth is persistently curious, an avid reader and uses solution-focused leadership to encourage radical innovation. She received her BA from Simpson College and MBA from Drake University, and has been named an alumni of achievement from both, while recently completing the Artificial Intelligence certificate program at MIT. Beth was recently named the 2024 Remarkable Woman by Nexstar Media/WHO TV, where she was honored in Hollywood and appeared on the Jennifer Hudson show.

Beth, a life-long amputee, embraces a spirit of empowering others, having served various causes; including the Iowa Amputee Golf Association, leading a local Girl Scout troop, serving on her local school board, and coaching youth teams in multiple sports.

She has a lifelong love of sports, having been a 3-time collegiate MVP in tennis. She loves driving her vintage Jeep with the top off, just took up guitar lessons, and is enjoying the journey of visiting every national park.

Brody Mullins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took over Big Government.

The book, published by Simon & Schuster, is the definitive account of the rise of corporate power and lobbying in Washington. In two decades as an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Mullins wrote scores of ground-breaking stories about the intersection of business and politics, exposing scandals that prompted new laws and regulations for powerful government officials, lobbyists and Wall Street traders.

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Mullins won the George Polk Award and was twice awarded the Everett Dirksen Award for best coverage of Congress. Washingtonian calls him one of 50 best reporters in politics. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and his work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Politico and The Atlantic.

Brody graduated from Northwestern University and lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, two daughters and son. 

Dustin E. James is high-octane all the time. He carries a huge amount of energy and a winning attitude to everything he does… and the tank never runs empty. Dustin is a proud husband and father of two, a sales professional, serial entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. He has presented to over 500,000 individuals. Dustin brings 20 years of real business experience to his audience and is currently managing three very successful businesses. He has been a TOP PERFORMER in four different
industries. Dustin is still in the thick of things every day – something that
keeps his speaking topics relevant and allows him to bring value to others on a daily basis. Dustin has a very diverse background, both in life and in business, and is able to relate remarkably well to all kinds of people and industries. His real passion is helping individuals and companies get a better grasp on human development in sales, leadership, motivation, and mindset.

I am the Regional Director of Executive Benefits for Comprehensive Life and Income Protection Solutions for the Heartland Region, supporting KS, MO, IA, NE. I work in tandem with our Group Non-Med Reps to distribute an enhanced Guaranteed Standard Issue Income Protection and a Guaranteed Issue Life strategy for Executives.   My role upon inception is one of a kind for Principal and I have enjoyed building this distribution strategy from the ground up.

I have worked in the financial services industry for 10 years. From Nov. 2012 – April 2015 I was part of our Individual Life Wholesaling Team at Principal Financial Group. Since April 2015 my focus has primarily been on Individual Income Protection with a role as both Internal and External Wholesaler. Since January 2018 I have been solely focused on providing top notch Executive Benefits to companies that want to diversify their benefit offerings, to attract and retain high level executive employees.

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