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RootsTech Speakers

Keynotes and Industry Experts

Keynote Speakers

Speakers

Adina Newman

Professional Genealogist

Aimee Rose-Haynes

Genetic Genealogist

Alba Sort

AI Governance Specialist & Genealogist

Aleksandra Kacprzak

Professional genealogist

Alexander Tolksdorf

Professional Genealogist

Alice Childs

Assistant Director

Ammon Smith

BYU Genealogy Undergraduate

Amy Carpenter

Professional Genealogist

Amy Harris

Professor

Andre Kearns

President and Board Chair, National Genealogical Society; Founder & CEO, Black Ancestries

Andrea Bentschneider

Professional Genealogist

Andrew Redfern

Educational Technology Specialist

Annette Burke Lyttle

Professional Genealogist

Barbara Tien

Ringleader

Brandon Baird

Professional Genealogist

Brian Rhinehart

Professional genealogist

C. Ann Staley

Professional Genealogist

Dr. Cacey Farnsworth

Associate Professor of History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University

Calista Williams

Course Director

Carly Lane Morgan

Founder - Family Tree Notebooks

Carolyn Ladd

Professional Genealogist

Cathy Wallace

Special Projects Coordinator BillionGraves

Chaya Sara Herman

Professional Genealogist

Cheri Hudson Passey

Professional Genealogist

Christian Hargraves

Advanced Applied Researcher in AI

Christopher Jones

Assistant Professor of History at Brigham Young University

Crista Cowan

Corporate Genealogist

Cynthia R Evans

Research Director 10 Million Names

D. Joshua Taylor

President, NYG&B

Dan Poffenberger

Senior British and Irish Research Specialist

Daniel Horowitz

Genealogy Expert

Danielle Pritchett

Genealogy Librarian

Dante Eubanks

Family Historian and Genealogist

David Allen Lambert

Chief Genealogist

David Rencher

Chief Genealogical Officer - FamilySearch

David Ryan

Professional Genealogist

Debbie Gurtler

Professional Genealogist

Diahan Southard

Founder of Your DNA Guide

Diane Stepro

Family and Local History Librarian

Drew Smith

Associate Librarian Emeritus

Edward A. Rueda

Journalist

Elisabeth Zetland

Senior Researcher

Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal

Professional Genealogist

Else Churchill

Genealogist, Society of Genealogists, London

Emily H. Garber

Professional Genealogist

Ethan Russell Hatch

Professional Genealogist

Eva Holmes

Professional Genealogist

Dr. Evelyn McDowell

Founder and Chair of Board of Directors

Fiona Brooker

Professional Genealogist

Gal Zrihen

Product Manager at MyHeritage

Gilad Japhet

Founder & CEO of MyHeritage

H. Wallace Goddard

Professor of Family Life

Heidi Kuosmanen

Professional Genealogist

Jalyse Ortiz

Professional Genealogist

James Longstaff

Metadata Specialist II

Jana K Greenhalgh

Professional Genealogist

Janet Few

Family and Social Historian

Janet Hovorka

Genealogy Industry Veteran

Janette Silverman

Professional Genealogist

Janice M. Sellers

Professional Genealogist

Jarrett Ross

Genealogy Youtuber

Jay Rosenzweig

CEO, Birthparentfinder.com

Jeanette Daniels

Professional Genealogist, Heritage Genealogical College

Jen Shaffer

Professional Genealogist

Jennifer Mendelsohn

Co-founder and Lead Genealogist, The Holocaust Reunion Project

Jenny Hawran

Professional Genealogist & Writer

Jenny Joyce

Professional Genealogist

Jensen Cordon

Research Consultant

Jeongwoon Kim

Country Manager

Jerome V. Spears

Professional Genealogist

Jill Nock

Professional Genealogist

Joe Price

Professor

Judy Nimer Muhn

Owner, Lineage Journeys, Professional Genealogist

Julia A. Anderson

United States and Canada Research Specialist

Kaelyn Deeter

Professional Genealogist

Kaitlyn Pauley

Professional Genealogist

Karen Auman

Professional Genealogist

Karen Kowallis

Professional Genealogist

Karen Stanbary

Board-certified Genealogist

Karina Satomi

Researcher

Kate Townsend

Certified Genealogist

Katherine Schober

German-English Translator, Author, Speaker, Educator

Kathy Meade

North American ArkivDigital Representative

Katja Wüstenbecker

Professional Genealogist

Kaye Prince Hollenberg

Professional Genealogist

Kelley Conner Lear

Certified Genealogist

Kelli Allen, QG

Qualified Genealogist

Kelly Renee Summers

Asia Content Strategist

Kelly Richardson

Founder, Venone

Kristina Gow Clever

Certifed Genealogist®

Laura Hedgecock

Author, Speaker, Storyteller

Lianne Kruger

Professional Genealogist

Linda Debe

Professional Genealogist

Lisa Ratzlaff

FamilySearch Onboarding Trainer

Lisa Stokes

Accredited Genealogist®

Lisa Vogele

Chief Tree Climber

Liv Marit Haakenstad

Professional genealogist, speaker, and author

Liz Snow

Professional Genealogist, BYU Faculty

Lori Samuelson

Professional Genealogist

Lynn Broderick

aka the Single Leaf, Professional Genealogist

Lynn Turner

Director of the FamilySearch Library

Mahasin Saleh

Associate Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Marichka Melnyk

Genealogist

Mark Christensen

Professor of History

Mark Thompson

Professional Genealogist

Markus Schönherr

Professional Genealogist

Mary M Robles

Project Coordinator

Masen Brandon

Professional Genealogist

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective

Author, Podcaster, Family Historian

Mel Howes

Chairperson

Melanie McComb

Senior Genealogist at American Ancestors

Merrill White

Multi-Area Manager FamilySearch

Michael Cassara

Professional Genealogist/Speaker

Michael D. Lacopo

Professional Genealogist and Lecturer

Michael Hurst

Research Specialist

Michael L. Strauss

Military Historian

Michael Provard

Retired RootsTech Guy

Miles A Meyer

Professional Genealogist

Morag Peers

Professional Genealogist Glasgow Genealogy

Dr. Nicholas Dixon

Genealogist and Historical Researcher

Nick Barratt

Historian, author, broadcaster and professional genealogist

Nicola Johnson

Professional genealogist, writer and presenter

Nicole Dyer

Professional Genealogist

Orice Jenkins

Genealogist

Patrice Connelly

Genealogist and musicologist

Patrick Monson

FamilySearch Content Strategist

Paula Williams

Professional Genealogist

Paul Fox

Principal of the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies

Dr. Penny Walters

International speaker and author

Rachel Crump Matheus

RootsTech Team Member

Rachel Trotter

Family History Storyteller and Guide

Rachel Zanella

Professional Genealogist

Ran Snir

VP of Product Management at MyHeritage

Rebecca Ellefsen

Professional historian, researcher, author

Reem Awad-Rashmawi

Professional Genealogist

Renee N. Carter

FamilySearch Support Missionary

Rhonda Anderson Lauritzen

Founder/Author at Evalogue.Life

Ric Murphy

President General of the Society of the First African Families of English America

Rich Venezia

Rich Roots Genealogy

Robert M. Call

Professional Genealogist

Roberta Estes

Genetic Genealogist

Ruth D. Hunt

Family Historian & Professional Genealogist

Sachi Kikuchi

Teacher, Translator, Koseki Specialist

Samuel “Samy” Yecutieli Biçaço

Independent Family Historian and Author

Dr. Sarah Reed

Assistant Professor

Scott and Angelle Anderson

PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy

Sean Daly

Genealogist

Senia Foster Kirk

Genealogy Research Consultant

Sergii Udaltsov

FHD Representative from ECA

Shannon Combs-Bennett

Professional Genealogist

Sharon Smith

Information Governance Specialist

Sheila Smith

Professional Genealogist

Stephanie Arage Bennett

Dallas Public Library Genealogy & History Manager

Steve Little

AI Program Director, NGS

Sue McNelly

Professional Genealogist

Sunny J Morton

Genealogy Educator

Susana Leniski

Professional Genealogist

Suzanne Russo Adams

Director, Center for Family History and Genealogy

Tim Cross

Product Manager

Vera Ivanova Miller

Russian & Ukrainian Genealogy Blogger

Vincent Thomas Jr

Family Historian

Vira Baklan

Slavic Genealogy Expert, FS Support Supervisor

Yetunde Abiola

Family Historian & Researcher