Justin Jones-Fosu helps leaders and businesses build cultures where people feel appreciated, involved, and inspired to perform work that matters. His work is at the crossroads of leadership, inclusivity, purpose, and performance. It helps businesses understand how people's experiences at work affect their engagement, retention, and results. Justin wrote the books Your WHY Matters NOW, I Respectfully Disagree, and the upcoming... 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
Adults as well as children will recognize Judy Blume titles as: Are You There God It's Me, Margaret; Superfudge; Blubber; Just As Long As We're Together; and Forever. Blume has also written the novels Wifey, Smart Women, and her latest, Summer Sisters. More than 75 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into... read full bio
Jane Wagner is an Emmy-, Peabody- and Drama Desk Award-winning playwright, Jane is best known for her Broadway success, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, as well as The Incredible Shrinking Woman.... read full bio
Jessica Jackley is a microfinance pioneer and the co-founder of Kiva, the world's first online micro-lending marketplace for the working poor. Jessica is the driving force and inspirational spirit of the organization and she speaks to audiences around the world on microfinance, social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility.... read full bio
Jim Kaat won sixteen Gold Gloves and was an All-Star for three seasons. In addition to leading the American League (AL) in wins (25) and complete games (19), he led the AL in shutouts (5). He has three seasons with 20 wins, to go along with his 283 lifetime victories. Following a brief assignment under former player Pete Rose as pitching... read full bio
Survivor, expert, and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country's preeminent voices on the subject of bullying. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Please Stop Laughing At Me...: One Woman's Inspirational Story. A chronicle of her years as the student outcast, the book inspired a movement among bullying victims everywhere of all ages – in... read full bio
One of the principal architects of the Southern California sound, Mr. Souther played a key role in the formation of the Eagles. He cowrote the band’s hits “Heartache Tonight,” “Victim of Love” and “New Kid in Town"". A highly sought-after songwriter and session man, Mr. Souther also released three critically acclaimed solo albums — John David Souther, Black Rose and... read full bio
