COLUMBUS, Ohio — Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced Ken Carter and Leslie Koch as the two presenters for its Emerging Leaders conference, which takes place July 19-21 in Austin, Texas.
Carter, of the 2005 film, "Coach Carter," will provide attendees with advice about accountability, integrity, teamwork, and leadership to succeed. Carter turned heads when he locked his undefeated basketball team out of the school gym after they failed to uphold academic and behavioral contracts they signed at the beginning of the season. By holding his team to high standards, he – in two years – turned around the school virtually single-handedly, improving students’ academic performance and ridding it of graffiti and drug dealers. Ultimately, the students he influenced rose above basketball, attaining college educations and futures they might never have achieved.