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Keith Blase is a 1973 graduate of St. Louis University with a BS Degree in Business Administration.

Keith has over 30 years of experience in sports administration and program development at the amateur and professional level, Keith has also served as a General Manager or Coach of six USA Hockey National Teams and was a member of the 88' and 92' U.S. Olympic Hockey Teams. Keith was instrumental in the development of USA Hockey's coaching Education and Player Development Programs from 1983 - 93.

Keith most recently guided the US Sled Hockey team to a Silver Medal at the 2004 World Championships in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden and a Bronze Medal at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino Italy. Keith is currently the Chair of the International Paralympic Committee's Ice Sledge Hockey Sport Committee and remains active as a clinic instructor and volunteer for USA Hockey.

Keith was inducted into the St. Louis Amateur Hockey Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2015 for his contributions to Hockey in St. Louis as well as nationally and internationally.

Jim Johnson was recently the Assistant Coach for the Edmonton Oilers and was previously the Assistant Coach for the San Jose Sharks. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth and a 13 year veteran of the National Hockey League. Jim has competed as a member of 5 US National Teams and is a member of the 1991 Canada Cup Team.

Jim has worked with the Phoenix Coyotes as a consultant to the General Manager, Broadcast Analyst, and served as the Assistant Coach for the 2000-01 season. Jim has also Coached the USA Hockey National Junior Teams during the 2000, 2001, and 2002 seasons.

Jim is the former Assistant Coach for the Washington Capitals, former Head Coach for the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL and former Assistant Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is also the Founder/Director of the nationally ranked PF Chang’s Hockey Program.

Mike Sullivan is currently the head coach of the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins after starting the season as head coach for the AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Sullivan began his coaching career when he was named the Head Coach of the Providence Bruins on July 29th, 2002. Under his watch, Providence captured its third division title as the Bruins won the North Division with a 44-20-11-5 record and 104 points last season. They ranked third overall in the AHL in offense with 268 goals and were the only team in the league with six 20-goal scorers. The club also established a new franchise record with a 19-game home unbeaten streak from Dec. 6-Feb. 23 at 16-0-3-0. Sullivan’s record behind the Providence bench was 41-17-9-4 through March 20, when he was promoted to Boston as an assistant coach under current Vice President and General Manager Mike O'Connell. Boston went 3-3-3-0 in the nine remaining regular season games before being eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in five games during the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Sullivan returned to Providence following the NHL playoffs and was behind the bench for the final three games of Providence’s four-game series loss to Manitoba in the AHL playoffs.

On August 31st, 2005 Sullivan was named Assistant Coach for the Men's Ice Hockey Team which competed at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. He most recently served as the Head Coach for the US Squad at the 2007 IIHF World Championships and as Associate Coach for Team USA at the 2008 IIHF World Championships.

Sullivan, a native of Marshfield, Mass., played four seasons of college hockey at Boston University from 1986-87 through 1989-90. The center scored 61 goals and 77 assists for 138 points and 104 penalty minutes in 141 career college games and was captain of the Terriers as a senior. He was drafted by the New York Rangers as their fourth pick, 69th overall, in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, but never signed with the Rangers. He turned professional in 1990, playing the 1990-91 season with San Diego of the International Hockey League under the tutelage of O’Connell. Sullivan signed with the San Jose Sharks as a free agent in August 1991, beginning his 11-year NHL career. He played two-plus seasons with the Sharks before going to Calgary in January 1994, where he played the next three-plus seasons with the Flames. During his time in Calgary, he recorded his best offensive season with nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points over 81 games in 1995-96. He was traded to his hometown Bruins in June 1997 and played one season in Boston, scoring five goals and 13 assists for 18 points and 34 penalty minutes in 77 games during 1997-98. Sullivan was claimed by Nashville in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft, but was traded to Phoenix on June 30, 1998 and played his final four NHL seasons with the Coyotes until his retirement as a player following the 2001-02 season.

Currently the Head Coach at Yale University (Bulldogs), Keith is a graduate of Yale with Over 20 years of Professional Coaching experience; Keith has served as a Coach for the Washington Capitals and the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. He was also a Coach of the 92' US Olympic Team, the 96' US Hockey Gold Medal World Cup Team, and the 2000, 2001 and 2002' USA Hockey National Junior Teams. In 2013, Keith led Yale to its first ever NCAA men's ice hockey National Championship.

Keith is an active participant in the USA Hockey Coaching Education and Player Development Programs as a clinic presenter and coach.

Steve Stralser PhD. is a clinical professor at Thunderbird: The Garvin School of International Management, where he teaches entrepreneurship. He is the founder and CEO of the Center for Professional Development, an organization dedicated to the further training and development of professionals. Dr. Stralser's MBA in a Day(R) seminar series brings leading-edge concepts and principles taught in today's best business schools to professionals everywhere.

Eric has over 20 years of success and demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, corporate leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship. His background includes a deep and diverse academic career, experience in numerous industries, and involvement working with all levels of corporate citizens, including extensive work at the “C-level”. As seasoned entrepreneur Eric has been involved with over 10 start-ups, as well as having experience being a director on numerous boards. He has demonstrated his abilities to build value at clients ranging in size and complexity from the incubation stage up through the Fortune 5.

With a B.A. in psychology and a M.A. in sport psychology, Julia’s official research in sport psychology began as an undergraduate at Providence College. Choosing to attend Providence College to play soccer, her experiences as a collegiate athlete motivated her to seek out an internship with a sport psychologist working with collegiate athletes. From Providence, Julia attended McGill University, where she completed a master’s thesis on the knowledge and routines of NCAA Division I hockey coaches. More specifically, through interviews with some of the most successful coaches in collegiate hockey, Julia was able to analyze and examine their intermission strategies, decision-making, and behaviors. In addition to studying the different coaches’ communication, motivation, and management strategies, Julia explored leadership, psychological momentum, emotional intelligence, and sport specific psychological skills. Once she completed her graduate work, Julia took her psychological and coaching knowledge and applied it in a position as an AP psychology teacher and soccer coach at the Pingry School.

Julia is the founder of Allain Mental Performance LLC, works as a mental performance coach with a division I college hockey team, and is a certified neurotrainer and performance vision specialist for Performance 20/20 located in Stamford, CT