Keynote Speaker – Dave Carey
Dave Carey is a sought-after professional speaker, trainer, and an accomplished consultant. He has over twenty years of highly successful hands-on experience in senior leadership and management positions. Dave is uniquely qualified to inspire audiences, and to assist organizations with leadership development, team building and organizational development efforts. Additionally, Dave’s book, The Ways We Choose, Lessons for Life From A POW’s Experience is in its fourth printing.
A 1964 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Dave is a retired Navy Captain. He was three times selected to be a Commanding Officer and served as the Director of the Navy’s premiere site for leadership and management training. In this role he personally conducted seminars for prospective commanding and executive officers as well as senior government service employees.
During the Vietnam era, as a Navy carrier pilot, Dave’s aircraft was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile while flying a combat mission over North Vietnam. He spent the following five- and one-half years as a POW incarcerated in numerous Vietnamese prisons. His POW experience taught him timeless lessons that are applicable to everyone. Among Captain Carey’s military awards are the Legion of Merit, five Bronze Stars, two Meritorious Service Medals, the Purple Heart, eight Air Medals and the Navy Commendation Medal.
Today as a motivational speaker, Dave relates his experiences as a POW to help people better understand the prison-like aspects they may experience in their personal and professional lives. His personal story, told with intensity and humor, inspires and empowers others to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties and gain a renewed sense of purpose, satisfaction, and control over their circumstances.
