Country Music Hall of Famer Ronnie Milsap ranks as the pre-eminent country soul singer of his generation. He also represents much more than any two-word definition can convey: a humble, overtly friendly fellow with a talent as vast and multi-dimensional as the American South. As a famous Baptist musician, Milsap provided country music with one of its most important voices... read full bio
When Ross Watson talks about taking risks, teamwork, and personal dignity, he truly speaks from experience. An outdoor enthusiast for over 20 years, Ross was the first blind climber to attempt North America's highest mountain, 20,320 foot Mount McKinley in Alaska in 1990.... read full bio
Ruth Simmons is the 18th and current president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons was elected Brown's first female president in November 2000. Simmons assumed office in fall of 2001. Simmons holds appointments as a professor in the Departments of Comparative Literature and Africana Studies. In 2002, Newsweek selected her as a Ms.... read full bio
Dr. Sally Downham Miller devotes most of her time to work in the area of grief, loss and dealing with change. Her teaching, workshops, and consulting endeavors are popular with health care and education organizations, hospice programs, and corporate conferences. She is the author of Mourning and Dancing (HCI, 1999) and Mourning and Dancing for Schools (HCI, August 2000). Dr.... read full bio
A very special public speaker who has a gift for evoking a wide range of emotions from her audience, Sally Karioth teaches one of the most popular courses on death and dying at Florida State. Drawing on her own experiences as a nurse, teacher, writer, talk show hostess and nationally renowned grief therapist, Karioth penned If You Want To Know... read full bio
Sandra L. Garth was a participant in CNNs New You Revolution with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and successfully completed a lifestyle makeover that resulted in a fifty-five pound weight loss. Several articles have appeared in the Saginaw News chronicling her achievement, and her story appears on the University of Michigans MFIT weight management website. She became a member of the Lifelong... read full bio
For Scott Verplank, staying on top of his diabetes with frequent blood glucose testing means staying on top of his game for the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour. When Scott Verplank tees off, he has more to consider than the other golfers hes up against on the course. From 32 years of having diabetes, Verplank has learned that he must... read full bio
Sharon Osbourne had Gastric Bypass surgery in 1999 and lost over 100 pounds. In 2010 she told People Magazine she was planning on reversing the surgery so that she could learn to control her eating issues on her own. Sharon Osbourne had Gastric Bypass surgery in 1999 and lost over 100 pounds. In 2010 she told People Magazine she was... read full bio
Shelley Morrison has had a remarkable and fascinating forty-plus year career in show business, is better known for her portrayal of Rosario," the feisty, wisecracking maid on NBC's hit comedy Will and Grace. As "Rosario," she takes great pride in portraying an older, Hispanic woman who is tough, smart, and able to hold her own. She dedicates much of her... read full bio
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, is the international best-selling author of 16 books and host of the national TV show, Shalom in the Home on TLC (The Learning Channel). His latest work, 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Your Children, has just been released. An acclaimed syndicated columnist, he won the American Jewish Press Association's highest award for excellence in commentary.... read full bio
Samuel Shem is the pen-name of the American psychiatrist Stephen Joseph Bergman. He is the author of the international bestseller The House of God, combines first-rate medical credentials (Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, Oxford, professorship at Harvard Med) with exceptional talent in the arts. His upcoming novel, Mount Misery, delves into the relationship between psychiatry and managed care. In his... read full bio
The son of former President Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford, Steve Ford has successfully negotiated the bumpy road from the White House. As a speaker, Ford shares a broad range of inspirational stories, including how the family dealt with Betty Ford's battles with alcoholism and breast cancer, his own successful fight to overcoming alcoholism, and the Nixon Pardon. He... read full bio
Steve is the author of In Search of Vision, published by Global Insights in 2000. He has also written many journal articles and was a contributing author to Valuing Differences, published by McGraw Hill in 1995. He has served as past president for the Portland chapter of the American Society for Training and Development and was chairman of the board... read full bio
Steven McCaffery is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University, but now holds the Gray Chair at SUNY Buffalo (Amherst). McCaffery was born in Sheffield, England and lived in the UK for most of his youth attending University of Hull. He moved to Canada to attend graduate school at York University in Toronto. In Toronto... read full bio
When best selling children's author Sue Buchanan thought her life was over, it was really just beginning. Diagnosed with breast cancer and saddled with a grim prognosis, conventional thinking would have told her she was as good as gone. However, Sue is anything but conventional! Now, after more than twenty-two years cancer-free, Sue spreads her crazy brand of hope, and... read full bio
Daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford and Mrs. Betty Ford, Susan Ford Bales speaks throughout the world about the impact of alcoholism/drug addiction on families. Susan was the former Chairman of the Board of the Betty Ford Center in California. In working side by side with her mother at the Betty Ford Center since 1992, Susan shares her insights... read full bio
Suzie Humphreys background is as varied as her audiences_from administrative secretary to television talk show host, to 20 years in radio. She has hobnobbed with movie stars and politicians, interviewed the great and the near great. She has made motion pictures and hundreds of commercials. She has been fired, been broke, been disappointed, been a petrified expectant mother when she... read full bio
Suzy Chaffee, cofounder of the Native American Olympic Team Foundation. She is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and actress. Following her racing career, she modelled in New York with Ford Models and then became the pre-eminent freestyle ballet skier of the early 1970s. She is perhaps best known by the nickname, Suzy Chapstick, from the 1970s, when she was... read full bio
Sylvia McNairs three-decade career has led her to the musical realms of opera, oratorio, cabaret and musical theater. Her journey has taken her from the Metropolitan Opera to the Salzburg Festival, from the New York Philharmonic to the Rainbow Room and the Ravinia Festival. Reviewed by publications to include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the London Times... read full bio
Tamia is a Canadian R&B singer, noted for her spinto mezzo-soprano, a rangy three octaves, capable of both dark contralto depths and angelic soprano highs. Tamia has released six albums since she was discovered by Quincy Jones, at the age of nineteen: Tamia, A Nu Day, More, Between Friends, Beautiful Surprise, and Love Life. They all achieved success on R&B... read full bio
