
Join Us for This Year’s Event: The Power of Small
Step into our inaugural event where bold ideas meet passionate people in the heart of Downtown Cary. This is your opportunity to connect, contribute, and be part of something bigger.
Whether you’re ready to share a powerful idea, help bring this experience to life behind the scenes, or simply join us for the day, choose how you want to be involved with The Power of Small.
Meet Our 2026 Event Speakers


Angelica Ventrice
Angelica Ventrice works with high-performing leaders to bridge the gap between external success and the internal capacity required to sustain it. As a specialist in human behavior and performance psychology, she examines how identity and nervous system patterns shape leadership at pivotal moments of growth. By reframing health as a strategic asset rather than just self-care, Angelica helps leaders recalibrate their internal patterns to achieve lasting clarity, consistency, and fulfillment.

Jenny Bates Heaton

Jenny Bates Heaton
Jenny Bates Heaton is the founder of Bates Leadership, partnering with individuals, teams, and organizations for greater alignment, clarity, and engagement. She brings corporate leadership experience, including serving as Head of Organization Development at Ahold Delhaize, a Fortune 500 grocery company with a global workforce of 400,000. A certified executive coach and Board Chair of AMI, she aligns talent and business strategies through practical values, clear competencies, and shared purpose.

Maggie Kane

Maggie Kane
Maggie Kane is a social entrepreneur and the founder of A Place at the Table, Raleigh’s first pay-what-you-can nonprofit café. Driven by a passion for people, she builds unconventional communities to ensure that every individual has a dignified place at the table. By reframing hospitality as a vehicle for social change rather than just service, Maggie helps communities foster deep connection and proves that belonging is the most important ingredient for collective growth and fulfillment.

Matt Gulliver

Matt Gulliver
Matthew Gulliver is the founder of Oak & Iron Fitness, a strength and conditioning community based in Raleigh and Cary. A coach turned entrepreneur, he focuses on the compounding power of small, intentional actions and the belief that wellness extends far beyond the gym. By prioritizing consistency over intensity, Matthew helps individuals build physical and mental resilience, challenging them to take radical ownership of their progress to create lasting change one choice at a time.

G. Page Singletary

G. Page Singletary
G. Page Singletary is a writer, speaker, and business leader who explores the pursuit of a meaningful life beyond constant visibility. Drawing on a career in global technology and entrepreneurship, he created RELEVANCE, a project examining how lasting impact accumulates through consistency and care. Page reframes value not as temporary achievement, but as the quiet influence of staying present for others. His work helps individuals find fulfillment in the meaning they build across life’s many diverse seasons.

Patricia Bauer

Patricia Bauer
Patricia Bauer is a senior global marketing executive with 25+ years of experience leading brands across technology, consumer, and home-improvement industries. With a background in engineering, she brings an analytical approach to B2B and B2C marketing, product leadership, and strategy. She’s also a trained leadership and life coach who practices servant leadership and works to build emotionally intelligent, growth-focused cultures.

Dr. Princess M. Cullum

Dr. Princess M. Cullum
Dr. Princess M. Cullum is a leadership and executive coach with multi-industry experience in large, complex organizations. She specializes in executive development, women’s leadership, and culture, with work tied to gains in engagement, retention, leadership pipelines, and organizational capability. She is Founder and CEO of Cullum Business Solutions, LLC and CEO of You®, with prior roles at FORVIS, Center for Creative Leadership, Bank of America, and more.

Sonali Ratnasinghe

Sonali Ratnasinghe
Sonali Ratnasinghe is the founder and Executive Director of Youth Ambassadors of Service, a leading youth-led nonprofit in North Carolina. A recipient of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award, she focuses on empowering students through leadership and service. Sonali reframes youth engagement as a catalyst for professional growth and community impact. As an instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill, she bridges the gap between executive communication and the future of work to inspire lasting change.
Our 2026 Community Partners
TEDxCary is made possible by the generous support of organizations that believe in the power of ideas. We are proud to partner with local leaders who are committed to innovation and the growth of our Cary community.

F45 West Cary
Transform your life with the world’s most innovative high-intensity functional group training right here in West Cary.

F45 Downtown Raleigh
Experience the ultimate team-based workout fueled by community and cutting-edge fitness technology in the heart of Downtown Raleigh.

Exec Socks
Upgrade your professional wardrobe with premium, conversation-starting socks designed for the modern visionary.

RaleighPOP Balloons
Transform your next event with custom, high-impact balloon installations designed to bring a bold, festive energy to any celebration.

TukTook Bites
Born from a passion for Indian heritage, Tuk Took delivers authentic wholesale snacks and traditional flavors to retailers and large-scale events across the region.
ABOUT
In the spirit of Ideas Worth Spreading, TEDxCary unites the thinkers, doers, and dreamers of our community to share ideas that challenge perspectives and spark meaningful change.
As part of the global TEDx movement — where x = independently organized TED event — TEDxCary brings the TED experience to a local stage. Through thought-provoking talks, performances, and curated TED videos, we create space for connection, curiosity, and creativity to thrive.
While TED provides the framework, TEDxCary is proudly self-organized — shaped by the voices, vision, and diversity of Cary, North Carolina. Every idea shared, every conversation sparked, and every perspective explored reflects the unique energy of our community and its commitment to innovation and impact.