Entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer, and Owner of a Major League Baseball Team Linda Alvarado owns the company, Alvarado Construction, Inc., which is currently regarded as one of the United States' most dynamic general contracting businesses due to its rapid expansion. Although their headquarters are in Denver, Colorado, they also have locations in the states of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. When Linda... read full bio
Lily Grant and Sergio Cruz are both accomplished professionals in the world of e-commerce, with extensive experience in Walmart's Marketplace. Lily currently serves as the VP of Account Services at WhyteSpyder, an Ascential Company, where she leads a team dedicated to helping vendors optimize their business on Walmart Marketplace. Her previous role as an e-commerce Category Specialist at Walmart focused... read full bio
Lily Cole is a writer, activist, model and actor who has spent almost 20 years promoting environmental causes. Cole started looking into supply chains and sustainable business practices after a successful career in fashion, where she was named one of the top ten models of the 2000s by Vogue France. She later became a patron of the Environmental Justice Foundation and... read full bio
Lilly Singh is an award-winning, multi-hyphenate entertainer, actress, producer, writer, best-selling author and advocate. A leading force in pop culture, she has pivoted her successful online career to the big and small screens. Lilly broke barriers as the only woman of color to host a late-night show on a major network in nearly thirty years with “A Little Late with... read full bio
Journalist, filmmaker, and television personality Lilia Luciano is a brilliant and multifaceted Puerto Rican. She has had a huge impact on the world of journalism and has established herself as a renowned figure in the field. She is known for her compelling storytelling and great investigative skills. Lilia was born and reared in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she discovered early... read full bio
Miquela Sousa, or Lil Miquela, is an Instagram personality and digital art model that was created by Trevor McFedries and Sara DeCou of Brud. Miquela started as an Instagram profile and through the social media outlet it details a fictional narrative of Miquela and her life. Miquela is a CGI character who is a model that has worked with several... read full bio
CDR RORKE T. DENVER has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and other international hot spots. He stars in the hit 2012 film Act of Valor in a role based on his own SEAL adventures. His first book, Damn Few: Making the Modern Warrior, is... read full bio
Lidia Bastianich is a celebrity chef, author, television program host, and restaurateur from Croatia. She specializes in cooking Italian and Italian American cuisine and has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows for decades. She has even had four of her own different cooking shows. Her most recent show is called Lidia's Italy in America. She also owns... read full bio
Libby takes audiences through her experience with battling breast cancer, the difficult choices she had to make, and her frustrations with the healthcare system. Informative, honest and funny, her step-by-step examples of how to navigate the medical system in the midst of a crisis are very much a metaphor on how to get through life during difficult times.... read full bio
For more than 15 years, Libby Pataki has actively worked alongside her husband, Governor George E. Pataki, to raise awareness for a host of issues crucial to families, children and women's health. Mrs. Pataki has traveled New York State working with breast cancer advocates to increase public awareness. As First Lady, Mrs. Pataki has also continued her work as an... read full bio
She began her television career as an assistant at a prominent corporation that the renowned Norman Lear founded. The business was acquired by Coca-Cola, Sony, and Columbia Pictures in her early years of employment. After "raising my hand and figuring it out," Libby quickly ascended the ranks to become vice president of publicity, advertising, and promotion for Sony's global television... read full bio
Veteran Irish actor Liam Cunningham was a man of many roles, bringing a somber yet vibrant presence to the screen and television. Viewers of the epic fantasy TV show "Game of Thrones" knew him best as Davos. Ireland's Dublin was Cunningham's birthplace. He left school to work as an electrician, a career he pursued for the following eleven years. He... read full bio
Lidewij (Li) Edelkoort is a very successful businesswoman and a well-known trend forecaster in the world. Due to her notoriety, she has worked with well over a thousand global companies, such as Nissan, Philips Electronics, L'Oreal, Estee Lauder, Lancome, Roche Pharmaceuticals and Wella. Trend setters and followers in many sectors throughout the world anxiously anticipate Edelkoort events. Her multidisciplinary show "Armour: The... read full bio
Pronounced "Lee Schwin Sing," Li Cunxin is an extraordinary man descended from an extraordinary family. About his incredible life, he has written a fantastic book. Li describes his tenacity, vision, bravery, hard work, and determination in his best-selling autobiography, "Mao's Last Dancer." He also talks about how these qualities—particularly the integrity and sacred family values he learned growing up in... read full bio
Lhakpa Sherpa has made climbing history by training at Whole Foods for the ascent of her life despite all obstacles. The Netflix documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa focuses on Sherpa. Her early years in Nepal, her record-breaking tenth summit, and her struggle to regain her autonomy and agency in the face of hardship are all covered in... read full bio
Lex Sokolin, a well-known futurist and businessman, is actively influencing the direction of financial services. Lex is actively involved in developing the infrastructure and applications required for a decentralized future in her role as Head Economist and Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, a prominent blockchain technology startup. His areas of expertise include public and private blockchains, digital assets, protocol crypto-economics,... read full bio
American businessman, author, and former Arena League football player Lewis Howes. He is the host of the podcast discussion show The School of Greatness. Howes was a decathlete and an All-American football player who attended Capital University and Principia College. He once held the NCAA record for the most receiving yards in a single game after catching 17 passes for 418... read full bio
Silicon Valley tech CEO Lew Cirne is currently the long-standing Founder of New Relic, a software analytics company. Known as the Coding CEO, Cirne was an innovator of application performance management (APM) software technology as the founder and CEO of Wily Technology. As a forerunner in the development of APM, Cirne holds nineteen patents in this field. Cirne was a... read full bio
Lew believes that "Civility is its own reward". She suggests that "In choosing civility, people find their best self, and in doing so, they experience the grace, courage, generosity, humanity, and humility that civility engenders." LEW BAYER ... read full bio
LeVelle Moton, a well-known head basketball coach, philanthropist and activist, is an expert in creating values-based missions, tactics for productive teamwork and discovering your purpose. Moton gained the moniker "Poetry 'n Moton" and graduated from North Carolina Central University with the third-highest scorer in school history. He came back as an assistant coach before taking over as head coach and leading the... read full bio
