Our Speakers & Presenters
Kingdom Leaders Who are Stationed to Influence all Major Spheres of Culture

REV. AIMEE L. REID-SYCH

Aimee is on the apostolic ministry team at The Tabernacle in Orchard Park, NY now under the leadership of Bishop Robert Stearns, founded by her father, Bishop Tommy Reid.  Aimee serves as the Sr. Associate Pastor and lead- worshipper of the house.  She is the wife of Jay Sych, and mother of two incredible girls, Kayla & Chloe. You can see Aimee on the internationally renown TV show, 3D Woman on TCT television network. She travels worldwide in teaching, preaching & worship ministry, has released  worship recordings and has authored several books including an extensive curriculum on a lifestyle of worship called, "For This I Bow."

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Now as President of COVnet, a network of over 300 ministries, organizations and churches, she founded United Women Rise under this umbrella. Alongside an incredible team of women leaders across all spheres of culture, they together dream of motivating, inspiring, challenging and equipping women to rise in their call to be kingdom leaders in this generation.

DR. CELESTINE BOOZE

Dr. Celestine Booze is a native of Niagara Falls, New York and currently serves as the Co-Pastor of the Potter’s House Christian Community Church, in Niagara Falls, NY where her husband Archbishop Booze serves as the senior pastor.

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She serves as of Overseer of the World Missions Ministries International Fellowship of Churches, which presently includes 10 countries in the organization. Within the local church, she provides pastoral oversight to the Sunday school, Women’s Ministry, Ministers and persons in training for fivefold ministry, and the Media Ministry. She is the founder and instructor of the Potter’s House School of the Prophets.

Educationally, Dr.  Booze holds a Master of Divinity from Tabernacle Bible Seminary and a Doctorate of Religious Philosophy from Tabernacle Bible College and Seminary of Tampa, Florida.  She also received advanced leadership training at Beulah Heights University of Atlanta, Georgia.

Professionally, Celestine served the Niagara Falls Police Department for 20 years assigned to the patrol division and the detective bureau. She retired after 20 years of service and holds the distinction of being the first female promoted to the rank of detective in the history of the Niagara Falls Police Department.

Dr. Booze is a well sought-after international speaker and her ministry has taken her throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, numerous African countries, and the Caribbean conducting Pastoral and Leadership Training Conferences, Crusades, Revivals, Workshops, and Prayer Breakfasts.

DAMAR & CARISSA DOWELL

D.R. & Carissa Dowell have been catalysts for change for over a decade in Buffalo, WNY region, and beyond. Their lives are a testament to accepting the calling of being bridge between communities of color and predominantly white communities.
 
In 2019, they co-founded Team Dowell Inc., A Holistic Human Resource company and are a certified minority business enterprise. Through their subsidiary “Equipped Trainings” they have trained thousands of employees in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Anti-Harassment & Anti-Discrimination, Personal Wellness, Leadership & Management Mastery and more.
 
Using what they learned through serving global corporations, in 2021, they established God’s Dream, Inc., a nonprofit Christian organization that is determined to equip religious institutions to address the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion issues that they face. God’s Dream has several programs and initiatives, including scholarship funds for athletes, students pursuing the arts, and high school seniors that are seeking to take a gap year.
 
D.R. & Carissa have served as Worship Leaders for over 13 years and are the co-founders of “Jesus Centered Music”, a Christian recording group. They’ve released two albums, “Intensify” in 2014, and “Fully Submerged” in 2017. They have both served in various capacities at their home church Vanguard.
 
D.R. & Carissa’s greatest joy is their family. They have been married for 14 years and have 4 amazing children; Nevaeh, Jacob, Sarah, and Joshua.

DR. TARA JABBAAR-GYAMBRAH

Alongside her work at Kennesaw State University and the Maxwell Leadership team, Dr. Tara is the CEO and Founder of TMJ Consultanting. TMJ Consulting provides innovative solutions for higher education, corporations, and non-profit organizations to stay ahead of the curve in education. We provide customized strategies and assist agencies with navigating change in the global world of education. Our mission is to prepare and propel leaders of excellence into education to be global innovators of transformation in their communities.  Services: Leadership Development, Curriculum Design, Consulting, Education & Training, and Program Creation.

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DR. DONNA POTTER

Hello, my name is Dr. Donna Potter. I’m the Founder and President of In His Name Outreach. I’ve been fruitfully ministering to others since 1999.  My strength lies in applying Christian values to life’s challenges and my motto is “Conflict = Growth.” I am vested in Counseling & Recovery Services. Though I wear many hats from education to consultant for NYS, a piece of my heart sits in the heart of Rwanda with our mission project. It is an honor to serve God in my community, country, and abroad.

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In His Name Outreach Inc. (IHNO) is a WNY non-profit NGO organization specializing in Christian Counseling and Recovery Education, Resources, and Services.
At IHNO, we believe in Transforming our community through offering integrated approaches and Faith-based solutions for everyday Life Challenges. We believe in actively participating in Healing our community in Mind, Body, Spirit, and Soul. IHNO has been making a difference in personal, professional, church, and corporate settings across New York State.
 

JUDGE JAHARR S. PRIDGEN

On January 2, 2015, Mayor Byron W. Brown appointed Judge JaHarr S. Pridgen to the Buffalo City Court bench.  In appointing Judge Pridgen, Mayor Brown cited Pridgen’s “impeccable credentials, strong ethics and her passion for the city,” adding that he was confident that her sound judicial temperament would make her a “kind and compassionate presence on the bench.”

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In November 2015, Judge Pridgen was elected unopposed to serve a ten-year term to the Buffalo City Court bench.  As a Buffalo City Court Judge, Judge Pridgen presides over criminal matters, including felony and misdemeanor arraignments, felony hearings, pre-trial hearings, jury and non-jury trials, sentencings, and civil matters.

As of January 1, 2018, Judge Pridgen is an acting Erie County Court Judge.  In that capacity, Judge Pridgen has served as an Acting Erie County Family Court Judge presiding over Article 6 and Article 8 petitions in Erie County Family Court where she assisted families with matters involving family offenses, custody, and visitation.  Currently, Judge Pridgen presides over the Buffalo City Court Human Trafficking Court and Buffalo City Court Domestic Violence Court.

Prior to her appointment and election, Judge Pridgen served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Erie County District Attorney’s Office and served as a Legislative Assistant to former University District Common Councilmember Bonnie E. Russell.  

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Judge Pridgen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. 

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Judge Pridgen is a member of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, Bar Association of Erie County, Western New York Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, and New York State Association of City Court Judges.  Judge Pridgen also serves on boards for the Assigned Counsel Program of Erie County, the Cullen Scholarship Foundation, Buffalo Prep, and the Erie Community College Paralegal Department Advisory Council.

VERONICA JENKS

Veronica Jenks has served with Eagles’ Wings for over 15 years. She is passionate about discipling and seeing people walk in the fullness of their calling in God, especially the younger generation. Veronica has traveled across America and in other nations leading children in times of worship, prayer and teaching.  She has also traveled to Thailand, the Philippines and Holland to work with victims of human trafficking. Veronica is married to Stephen, and they have one child through the gift of adoption and one child in their care. She has her Masters in Social Work from NYU.

DR. CHARITY VIRKLER KAYEMBE

Charity Virkler Kayembe is passionate about the sacred supernatural and making the mystical practical in believers’ everyday lives. She is the founder of Glory Waves Ministries, an organization committed to equipping the saints for spiritual intimacy and kingdom influence. She has been featured on Shawn Bolz’ Exploring the Prophetic, Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural!, CBN News, Charisma Magazine, and The Elijah List. Charity has a Doctorate in Biblical Studies and is a professor at Christian Leadership University. She has co-authored five books, including Hearing God Through Your Dreams and Everyday Angels. On her blog at GloryWaves.org, Charity writes about the unfolding adventure that is walking by the Spirit.

Charity is also a Director with Gia Wellness, sharing God’s gifts of health and healing through ultra-hydrating “Living Water” and advanced quantum technologies that offer patented energetic solutions to protect your family from 5G radiation and electromagnetic field (EMF) pollution, empowering you to thrive in the wireless age. Her international outreach has taken her to all corners of the globe, traveling to over 70 nations on six continents. She and her husband of 19 years, Leo, are living happily ever after in upstate New York.

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Cheri Leight

Cheri Leight began her career in marketing in 2006 as an Administrator at Ingram Micro and quickly ascended to the role of a Marketing Manager. She developed and grew successful marketing programs for large technology brands like HP, Cisco, Lenovo, Intel, Brother, and more. Following her success, she was promoted to Video Producer managing the east coast video production team. In this role, she consulted with clients, developed creative direction, managed budgets, wrote scripts, and communicated with team members throughout the creative process.

In 2013, Cheri made the decision to leave her career and workforce to care for her family.  In 2016, she joined the team at The Tabernacle in Orchard Park as a Creative Marketing Director. She was responsible for the strategic planning, project development, and management of all internal and external communications for the church and related ministries. This included creating a budget, invoicing, and reporting. 

Cheri's experience in the marketing and creative industry led her to become a co-founder at Pan-American Film Division. Along with administrative roles with the company, she also works hands-on with projects as a producer, assistant director, assistant editor, and production assistant.

While continuing to work with Pan-Am Films, in 2021 Cheri became the Communications Director at IHNO Counseling and Recovery Services. In her role, she is charged with managing clients while developing new initiatives, including donor and client engagement, and maintaining and expanding relationships with other agencies, government officials, non-profit partners, and businesses. She also acts as the head of creative services and branding while overseeing the organization's external communications and mission.

For over a decade, Cheri has amassed an extensive set of skills from leading and managing multi-million dollar marketing programs, to co-producing a feature film, to holding numerous roles on commercials and short films over the years. She possesses a deep and diverse skill set and is uniquely gifted with the ability to fill nearly any role, whether on-set or behind the scenes. It’s her passion to be an important part of the process in seeing a story or creative concept come to life.

PASTOR JESSICA COLLINS

Jessica has been married for 22 years and has 2 amazing children, Judah (19) and Eleanor (17). She grew up in Toronto and attended the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship School of Ministry and an internship during the Toronto Revival in the mid-1990s. Jessica met her husband Justin when she attended Elim Bible Institute in Lima, NY. Ten years later they moved to Redding, CA to attend Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in 2010-2012 where she also worked with Love After Marriage bringing healing, equipping, and restoration to couples all over the world.

Today, they live in North Tonawanda, NY where they pastor Vanguard Church, an apostolic center building a community of passionate people who carry the Presence of God, healing, and equipping of the spiritual gifts. Nine years ago, they felt called by the Lord to come back to WNY from Bethel Church in Redding, CA. God sent them with a powerful word concerning His plan to pour out His Holy Spirit like the mighty Niagara Falls leading to an awakening of hearts and transformation of culture that would eventually affect the nations. Their mission is to see the church reveal and walk in the glory of God, through His goodness, love, and supernatural power, so that all may come to know our wonderful Savior and Creator. They have seen countless lives transformed and miracles happen as they traveled the world bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Presence, love, and power of God, to thousands in Asia, Africa, Central America, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

TARA SCARINGI

I’ve always had a passion for helping people better their lives. I completed my undergraduate degree in Athletic Training at SUNY Cortland in 2002 and an MS in Exercise Science in 2004. I worked with both the football and lacrosse teams. My knowledge of nutrition was slim, even after two degrees in fitness.

I completed an MS degree at Daemen College in Physician Assistant studies in 2009, graduating with high hopes of educating people on living a healthy lifestyle, avoiding chronic disease, and minimizing, or even eliminating their medications.  Convincing people to choose a healthy lifestyle was no easy task. Unfortunately, most wanted the quick answer, the medicine that would make their symptoms disappear. I was not comfortable with masking symptoms, and wanted to get to the cause.

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I returned to Orthopedics, as internal medicine and prescribing medications was no longer suiting me. I do continue to work in Orthopedics at Excelsior Orthopedics where I treat acute injuries, write minimal prescriptions and talk nutrition to anyone willing to listen.

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I continued my health and wellness journey, became a yoga instructor, and completed two nutrition certifications through Cornell and the Wellness Forum. In December 2017, I opened Be Moved Fitness which is adjacent to Synergy. I tell people, nutrition over exercise if you have to choose between the two; Both for the best results. We have several clients who participate in both, and their results speak for themselves. 

JIMMY SCARINGI

Jimmy has been a lifelong resident in Niagara County. He was a multi-sport athlete in high school, and played junior hockey in Canada. He owned his own personal training business where he and his staff changed the lives of hundreds of people in the community with tremendous weight loss. During that time he was a competitive bodybuilder and fitness model. After experiencing health issues from that lifestyle, he sought a change of heart both personally and professionally. Jimmy started his journey into holistic health back in 2010 when he began his clinical education at Ulan Nutritional Systems in Tampa Fla. Jimmy graduated from the program and also became a teacher with UNS. In 2017 Jimmy opened Synergy Nutrition & Wellness here in North Tonawanda. 

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His vision was a holistic wellness center to uplift his community through many modalities. Today Synergy is home to many modalities and professional services to change healthcare in our community. Jimmy’s always telling people the following “your body’s ability to heal is greater than anyone as permitted you to believe.... until you meet people like us”  

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Jimmy is the owner of Synergy Nutrition & Wellness where they are home to 3 locations in WNY.  His practices were founded on the goal of changing the healthcare paradigm by teaching people how to not need medication or surgeries via living a proactive lifestyle in mind, body, and spirit.  Jimmy is a classically trained kinesiologist and an understudy to the late Roby Mitchell MD PhD.  Who uses muscle testing and Intelligent Design medicine to deliver incredible results.  Jimmy’s practices employees 30 amazing people and they serve over 300 weekly visits to patients. Jimmy is a proud father to an amazing little girl, husband to a great wife, and servant to the Lord.  

NATALIE NEUMANN

Natalie Neumann is Owner and CEO of Riverside Men’s Shop respectfully founded in 1918, and S&E Jewelers founded in 1948.

Along with her husband and business partner, James Neumann she has purchased both stores and continues the legacies of two of Buffalo’s most renown businesses. Riverside Men’s Shop has been suiting up the men of Buffalo for 104 years with fine men’s clothing. S&E Jewelers has been making memories with Western New York with fine jewelry for 74 years. 

Together they operate both retail businesses in one open floor setting on Transit Rd, near Genesee St.. Strategic roles for each of them was designed by gifting, education and experience.

Natalie is the visionary, strategic planner and buyer for Riverside Men’s Shop while she handles business, finance and marketing for both stores. 

Educated at both Hilbert College and The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, men’s fashion and suiting them up for success has been her passion since she was a young girl.

Both stores are Kingdom Businesses with a philanthropic mission.  Fueling the body of Christ and the local community by financial donation and partnership as well as spiritual influence.

Natalie’s passion finds her mentoring other Christian business owners as to their roles in the community and the body of Christ as well as wisdom in their finances. 

She serves at Villa Maria College as a member of The Board of Trustees and The Stewardship & Growth Committee. 

She also serves as Strategic Planning Director and Corporate Representative on the Board at United Women Rise.

Natalie and her husband are active members at The Tabernacle of Orchard Park as alter ministry and leaders of a weekly home life group.

She is the mother of Morgan, 37 (Anthony), Monica, 32 (Nicholas), and Josiah 17, grandmother to Mia, 4, and Sebastian 2. 

TRACY FLEISCHMAN

Tracy Fleischman is a nurse practitioner who combines her extensive knowledge of standard medical practice with a passion for holistic care for her patients. She believes in working hand in hand with patients to help them achieve their health goals. She educates them on how their bodies respond to nutrition changes and assists them with lifestyle modifications. She encourages changes that will transform genetic predispositions and ultimately reverse metabolic disease patterns. It is her goal to help her patients find natural alternatives to pharmaceuticals for their conditions.

Her affiliation with Synergy happened in the most holistic and organic way possible. She was a Synergy patient for two years before joining the staff and she is honored and excited to help improve the health of our community!

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Tracy has spent her entire career working in various positions in the healthcare field. A life-long learner, she holds a BS in management from Houghton College, an Associate in Applied Science Degree/Nursing Major from Niagara County Community College (high honors graduation), and recently completed her Masters in Adult-Gerontology from Daemen College (graduated with honors).

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As a member of the Western New York Nurses Association, she holds an adjunct teaching staff position for Niagara County Community College, where she is a clinical instructor in their nursing program. She is also a nursing preceptor at Kaleida Health, serving as a resource and point person for newly hired nursing staff.

DEB WARNER

Deb Warner, along with her husband Al, are founders of Set Free Inc., a networking ministry building bridges between leaders to transform their world. This growing team of servant leaders in business, government, church, and education is working together to rebuild and transform the Buffalo/Niagara region. Deb and Al work consistently to bring the Body of Christ together across racial and denominational lines. 

Deb and Al have over forty years of experience pastoring and equipping local churches and their leaders, including a term as missionaries to Hong Kong. Since 1999, they have facilitated a pastors prayer group in Buffalo. They invest their time encouraging and mentoring leaders to fulfill the call of God on their lives. Deb and Al preach and teach together—creating a Kingdom mindset. Deb loves to motivate and encourage people to be released as overcomers and world changers.

They have two adult sons: Caleb and Nathan, along with Nathan's wife, Megan and grandchildren, Caiden and Gracelyn.