Alan E. Nelson, Ed.D. is considered by many to be the global authority on young leader development. Since 2005, he has studied leadership aptitude among 3 to 23-year-olds, with an emphasis on ages 10-18. Since 2010, he has served the US military as a Division of Defense Management Lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School. He has also taught leadership courses at USC, UCI, LMU, and Pepperdine. Dr. Nelson founded KidLead Academy, the world's first online course to train parents how to develop their child's leadership potential (www.kidlead.com). He also founded LeadYoung Training Systems, designing organizational leadership curricula for 3-23-year-olds (www.leadyoung.com). He is the author of 40 books and over 200 articles on personal growth and leadership and the founder of KidLead Inc., a nonprofit focusing on young leader development.Alan has a doctorate (EdD) in leadership from the University of San Diego. During the first half of his life, he was an entrepreneurial leader in the social sector. In midlife, he concluded that leadership development could have a better return on investment by focusing on leaders while they're moldable, not moldy. Alan's been a pioneer in young leader development, designing age-n-stage curricula for 3-23-year-olds. Dr. Nelson has traveled to a variety of countries to train people with his curricula, along with interacting with 1000s of preteens and teens, as part of his research. Here's a link to his org training, including a free assessment for new managers (NMI) https://leadyoungtraining.com/keynote-speaker/ Got to www.AlanENelson.com for more info on Dr. Nelson's training and speaking.Alan has been married for over 43 years to Nancy, the Executive Director of Belmont Village Senior Living of Calabasas (CA) and they live in Thousand Oaks, CA, just north of Los Angeles. The Nelsons have three grown sons and two granddaughters.