Jennie Finch is one of America's best-known female athletes. She won a Gold Medal in Athens in 2004 as a member of the US Olympic Softball Team, and is a two-time Honda Award winner. She was named Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA and WCWS, and still holds the NCAA all-time winning streak for softball with 60 wins. Finch was... read full bio
Jim Stanway, Senior Director - Global Supplier Initiatives, has recently assumed responsibility for Wal-Mart's climate change strategy. This involves business development activities aimed at profitable greenhouse-gas measures for customers and the supply chain. Stanway also serves on the board of Texas Retail Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wal-Mart that buys wholesale power for use at its stores and distribution... read full bio
A prolific writer and former actress, Judith Sachs entertains as she instructs, hence her popularity as a speaker and spokesperson. Coming from a long line of physicians, she is well versed in the healthcare topics she addresses. Her many books include: Natures Prozac, What Women Should Knows About Menopause, What You can Do About Osteoporosis, When Someone You Love had... read full bio
The sultry sounds of R&B mixed with modern day music complete this triple threat duo, Jackie Boyz. Their ability to write, sing and perform has paved the way for their current success. Currently working with the likes of producers & songwriters such as Grammy award winning producer Vassal Benford, Jay Wes, John Kersey a.k.a. J Banga, Andrew Lane, Curtis “Sauce”... read full bio
Jake Johannsen made his comedic debut at San Francisco’s Cobbs Comedy Club during an open mike night. He has appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman"" 45 times, in the “HBO Young Comedian’s Special” and PBS’s “Comedy Tonight” series, and was the host of Comedy Central’s series, “Two Drink Minimum”. He has also been nominated as “Best Male Stand-Up... read full bio
Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. Along with fellow Lubbock musicians Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed The Flatlanders. Later on, Ely released his first self-titled album. Throughout his career, Ely has issued a steady stream of albums, and a live album roughly... read full bio
John A. Caslione is a highly respected thought leader and expert in global business strategy and the new global economy. John is vigorously sought after as a keynote speaker and conference leader. Having done business in 88 countries on six continents over the past 20 years, John’s dynamic and pragmatic approach to engaging an audience, with today’s complex... read full bio
John Kruk is a former Major League Baseball player and current baseball analyst for Comcast SportsNet. Kruk began his professional career with the San Diego Padres, making his debut in 1986. He was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1989 season, and blossomed into an All-Star as the team used him primarily at first base. Kruk signed with the... read full bio
Jack DeJohnette is a Chicago-born drummer. After switching from the piano around 1960, DeJohnette joined Miles Davis' Bitches Brew-era band. During his early Chicago years, DeJohnette played everything from R&B to free jazz. After moving to New York in 1966, he played with John Patton, Jackie McLean, Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln. From 1966-9, he achieved his first international exposure... read full bio
For more than twenty years, Jim Jones has been balancing his solo music career with significant work as a collaborator, executive, and entrepreneur. He delivers street anthems with a relaxed menace and authority. The co-founder of the Diplomats and native of Harlem had his breakthrough on his own with the Top 20 album On My Way to Church, which paved... read full bio
Josh Dorfman is a green communications expert on a mission to rebrand environmentalism as appealing and attractive. As an environmental author, award-winning television host, national radio host, national spokesperson and CEO, Josh has learned first-hand what really motivates and inspires people to take environmental action. Perhaps best known as the host of Sundance Channel's The Lazy Environmentalist, Josh also executive... read full bio
Jonathan Merritt is an American author. His books focus on Christian Environmentalism. He has written hundreds of articles about this issue. He first entered the public eye when he organized a national coalition of Christian leaders who care about the creation, founding the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative. He was subsequently asked to serve on the White Houses faith-based... read full bio
Juliet Funt is the CEO of WhiteSpace at Work, a training and consulting firm that helps organizations, their leaders and employees flip the norms of business in order to reclaim their creativity, productivity and engagement. With thought-provoking content and immediately actionable tools, she has become a nationally recognized expert in coping with the Age of Overload in which we all... read full bio
"John is best known for winning the second season of NBC's hit reality show Last Comic Standing. Heffron's amusing and extensive material has earned him two previous Comedy Central specials, and he has become a regular on several different VH1 satire series including “I love the 80s: 3D”, “I Love the 70s: Volume 2”, and “My Coolest Years: My First... read full bio
A successful novelist and poet who was teaching writing and comparative literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, McManus was given a $4,000 advance from Harpers magazine to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker and the scandalous Las Vegas murder trial of Ted Binion, the tournaments prodigal host. But, in an attempt to experience the workings... read full bio
Jerry Michalski is a pioneer in the evolving corporate, social, and cultural landscape being carved out by the technological revolution. The first Managing Editor of Esther Dysons groundbreaking publication, Release 1.0, he has shed light on everything from the birth of the Internet and the rise of Silicon Valley to the recent start-up venture frenzy and the latest innovations that... read full bio
Janice Dickinson is an American model, fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. By the 1980s, she was considered a supermodel in the fashion industry, and later expanded her profession to reality television by judging for four cycles on America's Next Top Model. She subsequently opened her own modeling agency, which was documented as The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. In 2002,... read full bio
Actress Jackie Zeman played Nurse Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital for 32 years, since creating the role in 1978. She has received four Daytime Emmy nominations, a Soap Opera Digest Award, and the Hollywood International Favorite Actress Award for this role. She has also performed in off-Broadway and community productions, as well as in feature films and several primetime specials... read full bio
James A. Jackson is a former professional basketball player, who was chosen fourth in the NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks where he joined Jason Kidd and Jamal Mashburn to form the 'Three J's', known to many as the talented young nucleus of the team. He has participated in three NBA play-off tournaments, he also led the United States... read full bio
Award-winning essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul has had a growing impact on political and economic thought in many countries. Declared a prophet" by TIME magazine, he is included in the prestigious Utne Reader's list of the world's 100 leading thinkers and visionaries. He is particularly known for his commentaries on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good;... read full bio
