Leadership
For A New Era
REFIRE™ takes leaders from understanding their own capacity, to seeing how their presence affects others, to recognizing the everyday friction that shapes trust, ownership, and performance. Each speaker builds on the last, ending with practical ways to lead today’s workforce while preserving the direction, standards, and accountability the operation demands.
As organizations across our region compete for specialized talent and prepare for the retirement of deeply experienced professionals, REFIRE™ gives leaders practical, human-centered ways to attract, inspire, and retain the workforce their organizations depend on today and will depend on in the years ahead.
To maintain a high-trust environment conducive to deep personal reflection, this experience is exclusively reserved for leaders at the director level and above.
OCTOBER 30, 2026 · Crowne Plaza Oceanfront Melbourne
2605 North A1A Melbourne, FL 32903
Keynote Speakers
FLOW STRATEGY™
Diane Allen
Find The Energy Of Influence
Peak potential exists within every single employee, not just a few. Diane Allen shows leaders how to access their own Flow Strategy™ to inspire and unlock widespread genius.
HUMAN AUTHENTIC INTELLIGENCE™
Allison Adams
The Architect of Human Authentic Intelligence™
Allison designed HAI™ to show leaders what's at stake when authenticity disappears from the workplace and what becomes possible when it doesn't.
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INVISIBLE FRICTION™
Chris Rollins
Stop the Friction. Start a Ripple.
Invisible Friction™ builds in moments of avoidance and disconnection. Chris Rollins shows leaders how to turn those everyday interactions into trust, collaboration, and speed.
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CEO & FOUNDER
Stacey Marmolejo
While some people talk about the importance of humanity in the workplace, Stacey Marmolejo has spent a career proving it. Her path reads like a masterclass in building things that matter.
She was a member of the rebranding team at Continental Airlines; the work was so enduring that it survived the carrier's acquisition by United Airlines and remains in use today.
While serving as the publisher of Training magazine, she created the Training Top 100 program, which recognized excellence in workforce development for years and inspired what continues today as the Apex Awards.
At Affinity Group she oversaw the consumer events division, producing large-scale live shows across the United States. Most recently (2024) she served as volunteer event manager for the Canaveral Mineral and Gem Society's 51st Anniversary Show in Melbourne, delivering the most profitable event in the organization's history.
She built not one but three School of Rock franchises over seventeen years, leading teams, developing people, and successfully exiting on her own terms.
She is also a six-time published author. During COVID, when the world went quiet and tourism collapsed, Stacey built an online directory (since sold) and wrote the Insider's Guide to the Space Coast as an invitation to tourists to visit the area and buy from local businesses. FOX35 shared her story.
In 2020 she came to Florida's Space Coast to care for her father. She built a life here. She lost him in June 2025.
And then she built REFIRE.™
Melbourne's business community is full of talented, driven, passionate leaders worthy of a day designed to refuel them. A room where the Space Coast's most influential professionals come together around the ideas that matter most. Stacey has spent her career inside organizations where people either thrived or were left behind. She knows the difference. And she knows which one wins.
The systems are important. The strategies are real. But the leaders who win long-term know that systems and strategies only work when the people running them feel seen, valued, and inspired.
REFIRE™ is built on that belief.
Big Ideas,
Real Impact.
Every event we host is designed with intention — from the atmosphere we create to the way each session flows.
PARTNERSHIP
Become a Sponsor
On Friday, October 30, 2026, the Space Coast's most influential business professionals, owners, executives, HR leaders, healthcare professionals, attorneys, financial advisors, and educators will gather for one extraordinary day that will change how they lead.
What Sponsorship Means at REFIRE™
REFIRE™ sponsorship puts your brand at the center of a curated, first-class experience that Brevard’s business leaders will be talking about long after the day ends.
Sponsorship Delivers
Brand visibility before, during and after the event
Direct access to top-engaged Space Coast professionals
Recognition across all event marketing and communications, including social media, mail campaigns and print
Association with a high-quality, first-class experience that reflects your organization's commitment to leadership and people
Meaningful face time with decision-makers in a relaxed, inspired setting