Karen Gedney MD, Internist, prison physician. Author of '30 Years Behind Bars,' speaker, mentor, consultant and advocate for holistic prison reform. Noted as one of the best in the Business by the American Correctional Society, awarded Nevada's Heroes for Humanity award for her work in HIV, and chosen to be the first recipient of the 'Service to Society Award,' by Clark University, MA. Dynamic, unique speaker who survived being a hostage in prison and turned her crisis into a calling that motivates others to take part in solving complex societal problems like mass incarceration.