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Allie Tillinghast

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Allie is the founder and president of Thriving Not Surviving, Inc. She is a graduate of Connecticut College. She was also on the Varsity Sailing team. She is a lifelong athlete, an avid sailor, and she competed at the collegiate level.

Allie has been a speaker at Turn 2 Foundation’s Annual Leadership Conference and at a Sports Symposium at Princeton University, as well as a moderator for a panel discussion at the New York City Bar Association. Allie brings her combined passion for helping the survivor and athletic community in her efforts with Thriving Not Surviving.

Alexandra "Allie" Tillinghast is currently an Analyst at The Bank of New York in New York City.

Charmaine Carnes

Athlete. Executive. Advocate. Mother. With years of experience, Charmaine Carnes is a visionary champion for human rights, justice and truth for persons who are disadvantaged. With compassion, tenacity and diplomacy Charmaine shares her intellect to serve individuals, not-for-profit organizations and communities in a variety of capacities. Among her accomplishments are effecting changes to the law at the Federal and State levels to support and protect victims of violence and receiving both the Humanitarian Award from Global Sports Development and the Community Service Award from Jackson County, Oregon. As a proud mother to her children, Charmaine awakens everyday to improve and enrich their lives and the world they live in.

Ed Stier

For 17 years, Ed Stier was a Federal and NJ State prosecutor specializing in complex organized crime and corruption prosecutions. After leaving public service, Mr. Stier founded a law firm specializing in conducting objective, carefully documented investigations. During almost 40 years in private practice, he has investigated a wide range of integrity issues throughout the United States including numerous civilian nuclear and nuclear weapons facilities; major construction projects including Yankee Stadium; the World Trade Center recovery effort after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack; as well as reform of the Teamsters Union. Mr. Stier served as counsel to the Academy Award winning documentary, Icarus, that exposed the Russian state sponsored doping scheme culminating at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.In addition to his law practice, since 2003, Mr. Stier has managed an ownership interest in the New York Yankees, served as a member of the board of directors of the YES regional sports television network, and spearheaded numerous philanthropic activities aimed primarily at improving the lives of inner city disadvantaged youth.

Dr. Danielle Moore

Dr. Moore is an Adjunct Professor at The Chicago School. Professionally and as a survivor of Larry Nassar she knows the importance of mental health, the mental and physical implications of trauma, and going through the judicial process is traumatic. One of her career goals is to train others to become strong advocates for survivors, thus making the judicial process more seamless for victims and their families. Dr. Moore completed her Doctorate in Clinical and Forensic Psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology (ISPP), Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at ISPP, Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology at the University of North Dakota, and her undergraduate degree in psychology at Central Michigan University. Dr. Moore has received the 2023 Entreprenista award, The Foundation for Global Sports Development’s 2018 Humanitarian Award, the 2018 Arthur Ashe Award for Courage ESPY, from ESPN, and the 2018 Glamour Women of the Year award. More recently Dr. Moore has been featured on various podcasts and media platforms, including the online magazine ”The Cut,” “Survivor Space,” which is a program funded through the Department of Justice, and the podcast “What Came Next,” which is in the top 100 true crime podcasts and in the top 200 of all downloaded podcasts on Apple. Other philanthropic work includes serving on the board of The Army of Survivors.

Honorable Judge Aquilina

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1984 after earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Michigan State University in 1979. She was the first female JAG Officer in the Michigan Army National Guard and retired with 20 years honorable service. After owning a successful law practice she was elected to the 55th District Court she served 4 years as Chief Judge and Sobriety Court Judge and was then elected to serve as a 30th Circuit Court where she is in her 13th year. Judge Aquilina is a Law Professor at Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School and MSU College of Law. She is a worldwide motivational speaker and author. She authored three fictional novels: Feel No Evil, Triple Cross Killer and All Rise. Her memoir, Just Watch Me, was released December 2020 in partnership with Audible, Hello Sunshine and Reese Witherspoon. Judge Aquilina is a regular legal news commentator on News Nation, the mother of five children, three grandchildren, and resides in East Lansing, Michigan.

Alice Kearney Alwin MDiv

Vice President of Mission, Ministry, and Identity at Loyola Academy. Alice Kearney Alwin was Allie's teacher at the Marymount School of New York, where she served as Director of Ministry and Mission. She was a collegiate athlete on the Women’s Varsity Rowing team at the University of Wisconsin. She is doctoral student at Fordham University.

Ed Tillinghast

Ed Tillinghast is an Army Special Operations Veteran and MBA student at Columbia University. He was an original board member for Thriving Not Surviving as well as a passionate athlete who has completed several ultramarathons in addition to the Boston Marathon.

The Late
Dr. Steven Ungerleider

Dr. Steve Ungerleider is an award winning author of six books. He completed his undergraduate studies in psychology at University of Texas, Austin, where he also competed as a collegiate gymnast under champion coach, Jamile Ashmore.