Keynote presentations

NCCYM provides exceptional keynote presentations that will engage your head and heart.

Ms. ValLimar Jansen

ValLimar Jansen is blessed with an extraordinary voice making her a highly regarded singer, cantor, and recording artist. She is also a college professor, a leader of worship and prayer, an inspirational speaker, and a workshop presenter at conferences nationally and internationally.

ValLimar Jansen

Mr. Jack Jezreel

Jack Jezreel is the executive director and founder of JustFaith Ministries, an organization that crafts faith formation programs emphasizing the Gospel message of peace and justice, Church social teaching and the intersection of spirituality and action. Jack holds a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Notre Dame and has worked in parish ministry for more than 20 years. He and his wife Maggie, have three daughters and live in Louisville, Kentucky.

Jack Jezreel

Msgr. Ray East

Monsignor Ray East is pastor of St. Teresa of Avila parish in southeast Washington DC, a vibrant African American Catholic community deeply engaged in catechetical, evangelization, and service ministries to its members, the surrounding neighborhood, and the Archdiocese of Washington.

Msgr. Ray East

Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin

Anne Bryan Smollin, PhD, is a Sister of St. Joseph, a therapist, group facilitator, lecturer, and consultant. She is an international speaker on topics such as humor, laughter, joy, stress, interpersonal relationships, communication, and motivation. She is presently executive director of Counseling for Laity in Albany, New York.

Sr. Anne Smollin