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Thanks for your interest in "Leading for Change," our 33rd Annual Convention & Expo.

Our Keynote Speaker will be actress and foster care advocate Victoria Rowell.

Her biography and picture is are listed below.

Victoria Rowell - Keynote Speaker

One of today's most talented actresses, Emmy-nominee Victoria Rowell has achieved success on television in The Young and the Restless and Diagnosis Murder and in films such as Eve's Bayou and Home of the Brave. Raised in foster care, she credits her success to the foster families that instilled in her the confidence and drive to succeed.

Rowell is also a classically trained ballet dancer who believes in the influence artistic expression has on children. Passionately involved in many charities, she remains true to her most important cause of advocating for foster children and issuing tribute to those who support the foster care system. 

Determined to help foster children who would otherwise not reach their full potential, Rowell founded The Rowell Foster Children's Postiive Plan, a scholarship fund helping foster children thirve through fine arts classes, sports camps, and cultural enrichment. Embracing her role as a national spokesperson for the Casey Foundation, she also dedicated to fostering the future for all children.

With focus and passion, Rowell work to change the perceptions about foster care and draws attention to the plight of foster children. As a foster care success story, she offer a meassage of hope to both children and adults encouraging them to succeed no matter how trying the journey along the way.