Jaida Dreyer is a Country artist who was born in Canada, raised in the South, and currently lives in Nashville. Her influences include Loretta Lynn, Steve Earle, Chris Knight, June Carter Cash, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons, Jack White, Kelly Willis and Kris Kristofferson. Shortly after moving to Nashville, she began receiving offers for publishing deals. Her... read full bio
Organ master Jimmy McGriff may have studied formally at Juilliard and at Philadelphias Combe College of Music, but theres nothing fancy about his music. Its basic to the bone, always swinging and steeped in blues and gospel. McGriffs brand of jazz is about feeling. Thats the most important thing, he says. Blues has been the backbone of most of the... read full bio
John Cassidy is an American balloon artist, magician and comedian from New York City. He holds several Guinness World Record speed records in balloon sculpting and has inflated and sculpted 747 balloons in one hour. He also holds the record for most balloon sculptures completed in one minute. As a performer, Cassidy gives performances for all ages and does a... read full bio
A mountain biker who competes in the intense extreme sport of National Bike Trials, Jeremy VanSchoonhoven rides his bike over obstacles such as large boulders or rocks, cars, logs, tables, and building roofs. As a Champion Observed Trials Rider, Jeremy engages in a demanding extreme sport in which he navigates an obstacle course without putting his feet on the ground. With... read full bio
Jon Langston is a singer-songwriter from Loganville, Georgia. Langston first learned to play his guitar when he was only in 8th grade, but he didn’t pursue his music career until he was studying in college. Country music is his passion, he loves all kinds of music and that’s what has shaped his sound. Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Tim Mcgraw... read full bio
Jai Rodriguez has hosted several television shows, including Bravo on With the Show and Animal Planet's Groomer Has It. He also hosted The 9th Annual Toscars Awards Show. He cohosted the Style Network's Ultimate Style, where he and Daisy Fuentes rounded up the week's top style stories to keep viewers abreast of what's all the rage on the runway, the... read full bio
Celeste Lecesne frequently becomes involved in projects related to writing, acting, producing, or trying to effect social change because of the tale. But in the course of accomplishing his goals and working to improve the world, he has also been sharing his life's narrative. His goal in cofounding The Trevor Project was to save the lives of young LGBT... read full bio
Jody Adams has often been praised for her creativity, support for local farmers, continuous charitable work, and business knowledge by local and national publications. She was a contestant on the second season of Top Chef Masters, one of BRAVO TV’s popular culinary competition, there she prevailed through cooking challenges like offsite wedding wars, preparing a meal for a member of... read full bio
Josh Kilmer-Purcell is a New York Times Best Selling author, columnist, advertising executive, and star of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, on Discovery's Planet Green network. Kilmer-Purcell moved to New York City, working as an advertising art director. Using his marketing experience, Kilmer-Purcell is dedicated to helping small farms and villages find new ways to survive and thrive. Kilmer-Purcell's story is... read full bio
Jeff McInnis is an American Chef. His culinary career began as a Sous Chef at Asolare in the Virgin Islands. After his short stint there he started working in San Francisco at the Asian-French restaurant, Azie. In 2006 he became Chef de Cuisine of The DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach. Since joining the Ritz-Carlton, Chef McInnis has... read full bio
Jake Delhomme is a former quarterback. Delhomme began his professional career as a practice squad player with the Saints. Delhomme played his first NFL games with Saints eventually. Delhomme played as the Carolina Panthers starting quarterback. Delhomme holds most of Carolina's quarterback records and led the team to Super Bowl XXXVIII in his first season with Carolina.... read full bio
Jeff Hostetler is a former quarterback in the National Football League. ABC News interviewed Hostetler as part of One Moment in Time: The Life of Whitney Houston, a two-hour special on ABC. In Super Bowl XXV, Houston performed The Star-Spangled Banner", and Hostetler and Super Bowl XXV MVP Ottis Anderson reflected on Houston's performance in that game. Hostetler is slated... read full bio
Dr. Rippe is regarded as one of the leading authorities on preventive cardiology, health and fitness and healthy weight loss in the United States. Under his leadership the Rippe Lifestyle Institute has conducted numerous research projects on cardiovascular risk factor reduction, fitness walking, weight loss, running, basketball, bodybuilding, cycling, rowing, cholesterol reduction and low fat diets. ... read full bio
Joel ben Izzy is a storyteller, author and story consultant. He has traveled the world, gathering and telling tales. He has produced six award-winning recordings of his work and is also the author of a highly-acclaimed memoir, The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness. In addition to his geographic travels, Joel has been to worlds where storytellers rarely venture,... read full bio
Godfrey Daniels is one of the oldest and most venerable music institutions in eastern Pennsylvania. A small neighborhood coffeehouse and listening room, it has long been a hangout for music lovers and aspiring musicians, and in the late 1970s, one of these was a young Moravian College student named John Gorka. Rolling Stone called him the preeminent male singer/songwriter of... read full bio
His father and brothers will tell you that drummer Jason Marsalis is the most precociously talented member of the entire family. Jason received schooling from his father both at NOCCA and on the bandstand, where he has appeared for the past decade as a member of Ellis’ trio. Other important associations for Jason include his prominent role in the trio... read full bio
Over the past three decades, the voice of Janis Siegela nine-time Grammy winner and a seventeen-time Grammy nomineehas been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfers diverse musical catalog. Alongside her career as a member of this 30-year musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned a half dozen finely-crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects,... read full bio
J.D. Brookhart is an American football coach and former football wide receiver. Brookhart was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and he began his career playing football in high school before going on to play college football at BYU and Colorado State where he was selected as a GTE Academic All-American. After finishing his college career, Brookhart took several years off of... read full bio
Janet Langhart Cohen is an Emmy-nominated journalist, author and playwright, and president of Langhart Communications. Over her twenty-five year career, Langhart has appeared on CBS in Chicago, hosted ABC's Good Day in Boston, and made appearances on NBC and BET. Langhart was a mentee of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ad was an active proponent of the Civil... read full bio
James Glassman is the founding executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, an action-oriented think tank that will be an integral part of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. He is widely recognized as an expert on economy, finance, technology and international affairs. He wrote an investing column for the Washington Post, as well as two books on finance,... read full bio
