An American heart transplant patient with a reputation for scaling mountains to encourage organ donation: that's how you'd describe Kelly Perkins. Since having a heart transplant in 1995, Perkins has chosen summits of numerous iconic mountains that are significant to her personally and in terms of a particular cause. She was recently quoted as saying, "We thought, how great would that... read full bio
Before Kevin Pearce suffered a serious traumatic brain injury (TBI) that nearly claimed his life, he was aiming for an Olympic gold medal. Kevin was a world-class snowboarder who was once seen as Shaun White's major opponent. He won back-to-back Oakley Artic Challenges and two Air & Style victories. With a thrilling performance at the Winter X Games, he won... read full bio
DJ Michelle Pesce grew up in Ohio loving 80s and 90s hip-hop and pop. During her tenure at Wolf-Kasteler, she worked with prominent actors and musicians. Pesce was captivated by the energy of 200,000 fans and the world's top musicians at Woodstock '99. After that 3-day encounter, she acquired Technic turntables to educate herself DJing. A year later, DJ Spinderella... read full bio
Kim Polese is an entrepreneur and technology executive. She is the Chairwoman of a social finance startup focused on helping people eliminate debt and achieve long-term financial health. She was named to President Obama's Innovation Advisory Board, which guided the Commerce Department's study of US economic competitiveness. Ms. Polese is also an advocate of public policy to increase America's innovation... read full bio
Since establishing his integrative general internal medicine practice in New York City in 1986, Dr. Woodson Merrell has been on a quest to improve medicine and healthcare. He has been a national pioneer and leader in the development of Integrative Medicine, which blends the best evidence-based therapy approaches from conventional and complementary medicine. Along with standard internal medicine and diagnostics, Dr.... read full bio
Mike Magee, MD, is a physician, lecturer, and author noted for linking health and environmental issues, CSR, and health system reform in the U.S. He wrote Health Politics: Power, Populism, and Health. After hosting Health Politics with Dr. Mike Magee for several years, he established Health Commentary. Award-winning program created 180 films about obesity and global warming for 200,000 users.... read full bio
Professor of Ethics at the University of San Francisco, David Batstone. He is the creator and CEO of the global social initiative company Right Reality. The two most recent novels by Batstone are Saving the Corporate Soul and Not For Sale (HarperSF) (Jossey-Bass). He founded the SojoMail e-zine, worked for six years as executive editor of Sojourners magazine, and was... read full bio
Yppah (pronounced "Yippah"), also known as Joe Corrales, Jr., released his debut album You Are Beautiful At All Times in 2006. His magnificent debut is a luscious blend of beautiful, often melancholy electronica, breakbeat drum samples, and shoegazed melodies arranged in an evocative soundscape. Yppah’s music frequently combines guitars shoved through massive reverbs/delays, keyboards/synthesizers, live drums, and other techniques, drawing on... read full bio
The legendary performance Frank & Dean: We're Back Baby! features Art Poco as Dean Martin and Bob Hoose as Frank Sinatra. Bob Hoose, one of the best singers in the nation who sings in the Sinatra style, is remarkably similar to Sinatra both vocally and physically. He has performed at famous Florida venues like Mar-A-Lago and The Breakers, headed a number... read full bio
Emma Bunton, often known as Baby Spice, debuted with the renowned Spice Girls pop group in the 1990s. However, Emma began her solo career in 1999 with a single duet with Tin Tin Out for their song "What I Am," which climbed at number two on the UK charts. The UK number-one hit "What Took You So Long" was off... read full bio
In the 2013 special election for South Carolina's first congressional district, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, an American economist and politician who serves as the Restoration Institute's director of business development at Clemson University, lost to Mark Sanford. She is Stephen Colbert, a comediansister. ,'s Colbert Busch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the eighth of eleven kids born to... read full bio
Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice founded SoulCycle. I vision of a 45-minute indoor-cycling workout, stylish branded environment, and "above and above" customer care that began in 2006 in the back lobby of an Upper West Side dance school Cutler found on Craigslist. The pair created a workout that combines inspiring coaching, high-energy music, and a full-body workout. Today, SoulCycle inspires riders nationwide. Cutler... read full bio
Singer and composer Meghan Linsey performs modern country music. Prior to beginning a solo career, she was a part of the successful duet Steel Magnolia. She also participated in the eighth season of The Voice, an American reality television program. Linsey was reared in Tangipahoa Parish's Ponchatoula despite being a New Orleans native at birth. She started a band and... read full bio
The spectacular Motown celebration Motor City Fever is a nationally touring musical extravaganza. In this incredible event, an exceptionally talented ensemble that has performed on stage with some of the superstars themselves performs dozens of famous Motown anthems and other songs. A fantastic live band supports the cast, and the play has spectacular wardrobe changes. Great Motown tunes made popular... read full bio
In addition to being a well-respected financial counselor, Hal Blackwell is also the author of the best-selling book Secret of the Skim, which is about the wealth management industry in the United States. Blackwell, who is now a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, correctly foresaw the global financial meltdown that occurred in 2008 in his work. He safeguarded his customers'... read full bio
Marcus Sheridan is a widely sought-after keynote speaker in the world today, recognized for his extraordinary capacity to enthrall, inspire, and motivate live audiences through his straightforward but effective transformative business strategy. The New York Times has referred to Marcus as a "Web Marketing Guru," and Forbes has listed Marcus as one of 20 "Speakers You Don't Want to Miss."... read full bio
Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson first ran into one other outside of Manchester's 42nd Street nightclub in November 2005 while their respective groups of friends were engaged in a fight. They started talking about music instead since they were too inebriated to participate. They chose the name Hurts for their new band after realizing they had similar musical tastes. Hurts,... read full bio
Hector Xavier Monsegur is an American computer hacker and one of the co-founders of the hacking collective LulzSec. He is also known by the online alias Sabu, which he uses. Monsegur, who was facing a sentence of 124 years in jail, turned informant for the FBI. He worked with the agency for almost ten months to assist them in identifying... read full bio
Personal trainer Gregory Joujon-Roche established Holistic Fitness in Los Angeles in 1994. Holistic Fitness' guiding principles emphasize developing an inner connection through a customized program targeted to the individual sans the typical loud music and bright lights seen in most gyms. Gregory Many well-known celebrities that Joujon-Roche trained have appeared in films that called for significant character changes from the... read full bio
René Bonvanie has more than 25 years of experience serving in executive management and marketing roles within the enterprise IT industry. His most recent position was that of Senior Vice President of Marketing, SaaS, and IT at Serena Software. Prior to that, he held the same position at SAP as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing. Previously, René served as... read full bio
