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Community Schools. Kelly is a Ball State University graduate. She serves on several local boards, including Visit
Fort Wayne.

Jill Witecki : Blame it on too much Scooby-Doo as a kid, but Jill Witecki has been fascinated with ghosts,
ghoulies and goblins ever since she can remember. While cutting her teeth as a cub reporter at The Tampa
Tribune in 2003, she was cast as a scare-actor at Busch Gardens Tampa’s “Howl-O-Scream” event, where
she met and began working with co-presenter Scott Swenson. Soon after, she joined the theme park’s Media
Relations team full-time and became the Howl-O-Scream Marketing Manager. In 2012, Jill came to Tampa
Theatre as the historic movie palace’s Director of Marketing & Community Relations, where she immediately set
about creating the “A Nightmare on Franklin Street” Halloween classic movie series and building the 91-year-
old landmark’s haunted reputation into a profitable series of programs. She is widely regarded as the keeper of
Tampa Theatre’s paranormal past, and her late-night ghost tours have become a popular item at fellow non-
profit’s fundraising auctions.

Latarika (Tari) Young is an Engineering Manager for Embedded Technology and Solutions at Lexmark
International in Lexington, KY. She joined the company as a Firmware Engineer upon graduating with a
Computer Science degree from Transylvania University in 2003. While working, Latarika received her MBA from
the University of Kentucky in 2007. Latarika’s 14-year career has included various technical projects, which
included an assignment in the Philippines. After eight and a half years as a firmware developer, she transitioned
into firmware management to lead the Solutions Frameworks group in 2012. She was the manager of this
group for four years, and just recently transitioned to her current role in 2017. Latarika is also active in her local
community. A Lexington, KY native and 1999 Bryan Station High School graduate, Latarika currently serves as
the Academy Advisory Committee Chair for the Academies of Bryan Station High School. She also serves on
the Bryan Station High School Alumni Association Board, the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center Board of
Directors, and the North Lexington Family YMCA Board of Managers.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS FOR GENEROUSLY SHARING THEIR KNOWLEDGE

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