2026 PurpleOne Conference Speakers
Lori Palisin
Executive Director of Safe Journey & CEO of PurpleOne
Jim Schmidt
Secretary of the Gabby Petito Foundation
Dr. Meghan Kinter
Former PurpleOne Communications Director
Kara Wasser
Founder & CEO of Looped Solutions
Tara Petito
Treasurer of the Gabby Petito Foundation
Rich Shopene
Deputy Director of Police & Security, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nichole Schmidt
President of the Gabby Petito Foundation
Dr. Melanie Hetzel Riggin
Penn State Behrend Director, School oof Humanities & Social Sciences