About Your Presenters

Michael Bresler

Michael is an operational excellence, technology, and AI consultant who helps mission-driven organizations turn complexity into clear, repeatable ways of working. As founder of Broadheights, he partners with nonprofit and education leaders to streamline workflows, reduce administrative burden, and build practical, responsible AI approaches that support (not replace) the humans doing the work. Michael’s focus is simple: free up time and resources so teams can spend more of their energy on relationships, service, and measurable community impact.

Russ Robertson

As the managing member of Cap Ex Advisory Group, Russ guides institutional and nonprofit real estate owners through a myriad of financial, environmental, and market risks that confront the acquisition, ownership, construction, and development process. Russ bundles a unique combination of aesthetic training and analytical rigor, a pecuniary advantage to any owner’s decision-making process. As a former designer, Russ believes AI’s greatest potential lies in its curated use as a tool for ideation and creation, unlocking solutions the human mind alone would struggle to uncover.

Larry Waddell

Larry is the founder and CEO of prism+spire, a consultancy helping agencies and services firms accelerate growth via smart strategy, AI, and workflow automation. In a world where nonprofits face mounting pressure to improve their visibility with funders and their relevance to public officials, Larry’s approach resonates.  Formerly, Larry was COO and then EVP of Business Strategy at Seer Interactive, a certified B Corporation and digital marketing agency supporting companies that use business as a force for good.