The Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Miguel Quiles
Industry-leading Photographer
Miguel is a Sony Artisan Of Imagery, Content Creator, as well as a beauty & portrait photographer currently residing in Orlando, Florida. Starting his photography business in 2012, Miguel has traveled the world photographing interesting faces as well as teaching photography at conferences like WPPI, Photo Plus, Shutterfest, Imaging USA, and many more. He’s appeared on Creative Live, Adorama TV, and currently releases videos weekly on his YouTube channel as well as Sony’s Alpha Universe YouTube channel.
Mallory Padgett, MJE
Director of Yearbooks
After more than a decade of teaching and yearbook advising experience, Mallory has developed a skill set that allows her to specialize in yearbooks and yearbook education. Mallory understands the need for intentional and diverse marketing campaigns, offers insight into the education and classroom/school environment management that it takes to run a successful publication, and has successfully managed budgetary and branding components of a publication. As a recent high school yearbook teacher and adviser, Mallory has critical insight and experience that allow her to relate to the students, staff, and advisers at a local level. She is also involved in state and national Journalism conferences.
Yearbook Speaker
Photography Speaker
Hayes Davis
Photographic Supervisor
With a passion for Photography and the enjoyment of working with students, Hayes found his niche in the fast paced school portrait business. Having been in the school portrait business 20 years, he has seen the transition from film to digital image capture and enjoys utilizing new technology to advance the photography experience. As the Photographic Supervisor for Leonard’s Studios, Hayes has the honor of training Leonard’s award winning photography team and to advance the school portrait experience.
Peter Muhly
Photographic Coordinator
World Photojournalist and Leonard’s Photography Coordinator, Peter Muhly, will share over 25 years’ of his
photojournalism experience in covering both national and international news, sports and features. Peter’s images have won numerous awards, have been published in major publications around the world and continue to provide him with royalties. In 2014, Peter relocated back to Florida to join Leonard’s as the Tampa Photography Coordinator, where he trains and coordinates a team of professional
photographers. Whether creating portraits or covering sports, Peter strives for that ‘Decisive Moment’.
Photography Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Larita Province
Yearbook Support Representative
Having spent over a decade working in the school yearbook and portraits industry Larita has made Leonard’s her home, allowing her to bond her love and passion for a higher standard of customer service and yearbook design in to the perfect coupling. She is well versed in the yearbook software program and able to quickly suggest an array of options/ideas for any adviser whether they are new to the yearbook world or wanting to try something new. Always quick to smile she starts off her emails with a smiley face, letting the receiver know that she’s ready to help in every way possible.
Cassidy Kyle, CJE
Yearbook Support Representative
Cassidy has been a member of Leonard's staff for over a year now. With a Bachelor of Science in multimedia journalism, her transition from former yearbooker to her current role was seamless. With a passion for storytelling, creative design, and uplifting others, Cassidy has been instrumental in developing next-level secondary yearbooks, leaving smiles wherever she goes. Last year, she proudly achieved her Certified Journalism Educator (CJE) certification, further solidifying her commitment to the craft.
Yearbook Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Sarah Bristow
Sales Manager
Sarah taught for 10 years in secondary schools, and was a yearbook adviser for 5 years. Her background also includes
studies in Communications and Journalism.
Sarah joined the Leonard’s team in 2014 as a Sales and Service representative, working primarily with high schools in developing their yearbooks and servicing their photography needs. Sarah assisted her schools in growing their yearbook programs and facilitating their photography events. Currently, Sarah serves all regions in Florida and Georgia as the Sales Manager, supporting all schools and Leonard's Representatives.
Lisa Urban, CJE
Senior Sales and Service Representative
Lisa is a proud graduate of Flagler College, who makes NE Florida her home with her daughter. As the Salesperson of the Year for Leonard's for the last 6 years, she is most valued for making connections and becoming a true partner with all of her schools, while representing Leonard's with her own style of passion and integrity.
She is known for offering simple solutions, her ability to problem solve and help her schools on all levels,
Lisa loves supporting both her schools and students as well as her team at Leonards by helping them to become as creative and successful as possible.
With over 20 years as a teacher and adviser, and more than a decade at Leonard’s in the Yearbook
and Photography field, she is proud to be a Certified Journalism Educator.
Yearbook Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Nicole Krantz
Sales Representative
Nicole has over 20 years of experience behind a camera, photographing everything from landscapes to portraits. Her hobby of photographing pets blossomed into her business, Pawparazzi Pet Photography, based out of Sarasota, Florida. Along with the photographer’s position at Leonard’s, Nicole also serves as a sales representative for the company, which she began in 2017.
Amanda Patrick, CJE
Sales Representative
Amanda is a former educator and award-winning yearbook adviser that shares a passion for making yearbook programs come to life. As a Bronx, New York native, she quickly fell in love with Florida while attending Saint Leo University, and, after graduating, found herself as a yearbook adviser and teacher. With over 9 years of experience working with students, advisers and staffs, Amanda enjoys being able to provide a unique perspective and real world examples to those advisers and staffs she works with. She is known for her level of creativity and ability to think outside the box.
Yearbook Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Alecia Peacock, CJE
Sales Representative
Alecia's passion for preserving memories through photography began during her time on the yearbook staff in middle and high school and has continued throughout her career as a Certified Journalism Educator (CJE) and Photography & Yearbook Representative with Leonard’s Photography.
Alecia is thrilled to share this passion and knowledge with students, working alongside advisers to bring their yearbook visions to life.
Corallynn Chesser
Photo Logistics Coordinator
Corallynn is a Photo Logistics Coordinator on the Leonard’s photography team. Since developing a passion for photography at 15 years old, she has always had a camera in hand. When she discovered school photography and joined Leonard’s team 4 years ago, she found whole new aspects of photography to love. Working with students and teachers, being surrounded by a great team, and limitless creativity.
Photography Speaker
Photography Speaker
Mohammed Osman
Leonard's Photographer
Mo joined the Leonard’s photography team in 2022 and has been a professional in the industry for 22 years. A visionary photographer and a narrative chaser who loves to incorporate storytelling into every frame he captures. With an insatiable curiosity and an innate sense of artistry, Mo has established himself as a true jack of all trades. Mo’s creativity extends far beyond his own art. he possesses an unwavering desire to share his knowledge and ignite the same spark in others. Recognizing the importance of education, he took on the role of an educator, dedicating his time to working with aspiring photographers and students. His patient and compassionate nature allows him to connect with students on a profound level, inspiring them to explore and maximize their own creative potential.
Peter Muhly
Photographic Coordinator
World Photojournalist and Leonard’s Photography Coordinator, Peter Muhly, will share over 25 years’ of his
photojournalism experience in covering both national and international news, sports and features. Peter’s images have won numerous awards, have been published in major publications around the world and continue to provide him with royalties. In 2014, Peter relocated back to Florida to join Leonard’s as the Tampa Photography Coordinator, where he trains and coordinates a team of professional
photographers. Whether creating portraits or covering sports, Peter strives for that ‘Decisive Moment’.
Photography Speaker
David Daly
Leonard's Orlando Coordinator
Photography isn’t just David's job, it isn’t just his career, but it’s his calling. Originally from Boston, David has settled nicely into a Florida lifestyle. As a photographer He wants his photos to stand out. You will have a blast working with David and it’s hard not to with his positive energy and infectious laugh. Over the past 24 years, David still has the same passion as when he first started.
Photography Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Nelson Helm
Pictavo Art Director
Nelson Helm is an art director, curriculum developer and staff consultant for Pictavo. Starting on his middle school staff, he continued yearbook through high school and college, editing national award-winners along the way. Before returning to the corporate side of the yearbook industry, he worked for Food Network Magazine and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.Nelson has helped staffs create the books of their dreams by listening, and relying on his unique insights to what buyers want. He enjoys sharing his passion by teaching at scholastic journalism conventions and engaging with young creatives across the country.
Steve Kent
Pictavo Chief of Staffs
One of the most prominent voices in scholastic journalism, Steve Kent drives yearbook innovation. While a publishing consultant based in Virginia, Steve’s family of staffs won more Crowns from Columbia Scholastic Press Association and Pacemakers from National Scholastic Press Association than any other group working with a single rep in the country.He has taught thousands of students from coast to coast how to create the new kind of yearbook: Inclusive, relevant and coffee-table worthy. Steve’s always been at the forefront of the yearbook activity, from product development aspects such as new paper, cover and upgrade treatments to curriculum and design innovations affecting how staffers create the books themselves. He helps staffers discover our buyers give us direction.Steve authored Yearbookonomics™ the go-to playbook for content gathering, staff management, business planning and marketing, and holds its trademark. In addition, for more than a decade, he piloted a grid-based, modular formatting approach with staffs all over America, providing a faster spread creation process and a straightforward way to increase the number of students involved in meaningful content. Now, the most modern form of that can be found in Pictavo.
Yearbook Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Ranae Atkinson
Cypress Lake High School Yearbook Adviser
Ranae is currently the College Career Specialist, social media manager, media specialist, and yearbook advisor at Cypress Lake High School and Center for the Arts in Fort Myers, FL. She just finished her 29th year teaching and this was her 12th year as a high school yearbook advisor. Outside of school she is a mom to 2 daughters. As alumni of her current school she has a passion for all things Cypress. Ranae loves working with her yearbook staff to develop a theme that showcases all the wonderful events that happen throughout the school year. Her favorite part of yearbook is photography and pushing her students to think more creatively when telling the stories that make up each spread.
Jessica Brown
Beachside High School Yearbook Adviser
Jessica has been teaching for 16 years. She has taught everything from Engineering, STEM, Media, and an array of things in between. For the last four years, she has been a yearbook advisor, three of those years at Freedom Crossing Academy, and this year she began a new program at St. John’s newest high school, Beachside High School. Jessica is a mother of three and wife to a Navy Chief. In her off time (which isn’t much) she enjoys practicing her photography skills and being outside with her family.
Yearbook Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Donna Hale
Liberty Pines Academy Yearbook Adviser
Donna is an 8th grade Advanced ELA, Journalism, and Intensive Reading teacher at Liberty Pines Academy. After attending Vanderbilt University and completing a BA in English and a Masters in English Education, she has taught high school and middle school. This is her 19th year of teaching and 14th year at Liberty Pines. Donna is in her 6th year as a yearbook adviser and in her second year serving on the Leonard’s Advisory Committee. She loves living in St. Augustine with her husband and their black lab, Jett.
Brianna Hart
St Josephs Academy Yearbook Adviser
Brianna is a graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and a Master of Arts in Art Education. She has been teaching at St. Joseph Academy since 2015 and became the yearbook adviser in 2020. She continues to work with art through her own personal practice, various community projects, and sharing her passion for art and creative thinking with everyone she meets. She encourages student choices to foster their own creative ideas in order to practice contemporary art thought processes and techniques.
Yearbook Speaker
Yearbook Speaker
Dr. Cindi Jaime
Winter Haven High School Yearbook Adviser
After earning her teaching credentials, Cindi relocated to Polk County for a fresh start and began her teaching career in 2016 as a Business Education Teacher at Winter Haven Senior High School. The following year she took on the role of yearbook adviser.
Over the past 7 years that she has served as adviser, Cindi has found that while her yearbook class is oftentimes the most time-consuming and the most stressful, she has also found it to be the most enjoyable and rewarding class she has ever taught!