Mat Plendl was the US National Hula Hoop Champion at the age of 13, then went on to a career in stage musicals and voice-over. At age 24 he performed his hula hoop act on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 3 times within a 6-month period, and has since dazzled audiences in person and on TV across the... read full bio
Mike Feder learned, as the host of his own radio show, to exorcise his demons through storytelling and performance. Feders favorite radio show topics were a variety of strange and interesting objects, psychiatrists, failed marriages, and reluctant fatherhood. In Feders novel The Talking Cure, he tackles all of those topics, and helps readers understand the journey from the inside of... read full bio
Michael Medved is a nationally known political radio talk show host. His daily 3 hour show reaches over 200 radio stations all over the country. Having 4.7 million listeners daily has helped Michael Medved reach the top ten list of political talk show hosts in the United States. Medveds radio career began when he became a regular guest for the... read full bio
Mel Young is a social entrepreneur and change agent who is fervently committed to ending homelessness worldwide and the transformative potential of sport. Mel is renowned worldwide for his thought-provoking and inspirational speeches on social enterprise, homelessness, the positive effects of sports, and the Homeless World Cup—a trailblazing social movement that uses football to empower homeless people to transform their own... read full bio
Dr. Michael Osit is a licensed clinical psychologist and author who has worked with children, adolescents, and families for more than 3 decades. His most recent book is Generation Text: Raising Well Adjusted Kids In An Age Of Instant Everything. He is a dynamic and entertaining speaker and frequently presents seminars and workshops for mental health professionals, parents,... read full bio
At the age of 5, Michael Grimm began to study music with his grandmother. Michael Grimm began writing music and playing guitar more frequently in his early teens. He began playing regular gigs with other musicians. Artists Etta James and Otis Redding heavily influenced Michael on his transition to Southern Soul. The Mississippi native moved from the swamps to the... read full bio
Monica Mancini is an American recording artist and concert performer. Monica Mancini is a Concord Record recording artist and a Double-Grammy award nominee, who has carved out a career as a singer and concert performer, appearing with symphony orchestras worldwide. Mancini is one of the twin daughters of famous film composer Henry Mancini and his wife Ginny. She began... read full bio
Considered by many (including Peter Buck, Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain) to be the greatest band to emerge from the underground scene, the Meat Puppets first played together at friends’ parties in their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Brothers Cris (bass) and Curt Kirkwood (guitar and vocals) and Bostrom (drums) were simultaneously attracted to hardcore’s cathartic energy and opposed to its... read full bio
A stand-up comedian with over twenty years of professional experience, Milt has performed everywhere from television to cruise ships, from comedy clubs and college campuses to corporate events ranging in audience size of twenty to two thousand. Milt’s style of stand-up comedy is clean, clever, and funny. His humor has always been devoid of stereotypes, cheap shots, or laughter at... read full bio
Michelle Wright is a Canadian country artist who has become a widely recognized female country singer in the 1990’s. Her music career started in a band in 1983. Michelle and her band signed with Savannah Records and soon released her debut single “I Want to Count on You”, the song was a hit and peaked at No. 48 on the... read full bio
Meredith Brooks is a singer/songwriter and guitarist. She emerged on the music scene when there were countless other female singer/songwriters all with something to say. Meredith Brooks determined to set herself apart, released the edgy track B***h". This single garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. "B***h" became such a hit, it... read full bio
"Jamie Alcroft was working as a disc jockey at a Florida radio station when he got a note from somebody named Mack Dryden suggesting they get together. ""You're one of the funniest men in town,"" read the note ""I'm the other one."" To make a wild and colorful story short, they worked up an act and hit the road... read full bio
By learning more about women, Marti Barletta demonstrates how to increase your customer base, increase revenue per customer, and foster longer customer loyalty. Her most recent book, PrimeTime Women, focuses on the high-spending sweet spot of the market—Boomer women in their mid-life prime—and teaches marketers how to take advantage of this prime segment's growth, size, and purchasing power to propel... read full bio
Michael Elizondo has been spreading the joy of laughter around the country for many years. Also known as, Doc Humor, Michael has a unique perspective on doctors and medicine. He started his comedic career performing at the open-mic nights at Comedy Store in La Jolla. Now he performs at comedy clubs across the country including, Rascals, Loonies, Harveys, Wits End... read full bio
Michael Nash is best known for his directorial debut film titled Fuel, a film that won The Grand Jury Award at the International Lisbon Film Festival. Nash was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied acting and writing at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institution in New York before moving to Los Angeles where he has been working in the... read full bio
Before he lost his leg to cancer at 17, Marc Woods swam in local races, but never achieved his full potential. After the surgery, he stepped up his training, winning a race while still undergoing chemotherapy. Six months later, he was swimming faster with one leg than he ever had with two. Eighteen months later, he represented Great Britain for... read full bio
Marilyn Tucker Quayle brings a unique perspective to the issues facing the American people. She is the closest advisor of her husband, Dan Quayle, who served as Vice President under President George Bush. She has an insider’s knowledge on the workings of Washington and respects and understands both the power of the free enterprise system and the limits of government’s... read full bio
Miriam Peskowitz is the mother of two girls, including an 8-year-old who climbs trees and leads spy missions in the backyard. She has been a camp counselor, an historian, a blogger, a musician, and a professor, and is the author of several books, including The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars and the New York Times bestseller The Daring Book for... read full bio
MIMI SCHWARTZ, the author of five books, is a veteran speaker nationwide and abroad. Recent bookings have included Oberlin College, Princeton University, San Diego's Jewish Book Festival, Decatur Book Festival, and the Geneva Writers Conference in Switzerland. A Professor Emerita of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, she has been published in over 100 journals and anthologies, and... read full bio
With an MA and PhD in historical theology from the Catholic University of America, Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, popularly known as "Dr. Italy," is renowned for his ability to communicate important Catholic truths in a way that is both relevant and easy to understand. Dr. D'Ambrosio has taught at CDU as well as University of Dallas, International Catholic University, Ave Maria... read full bio
