Legendary Sports Agent, often credited as the real-life inspiration for the film Jerry Maguire. The world’s most famous sports agent, Leigh pioneered the sports management industry. With an unrivaled history of record-setting contracts, he has secured billions of dollars for his clients, and directed more than $600 million to various charities around the world. He has represented many of the... read full bio
Leighton Langan is a Content Marketing and Campaign Manager currently working for Snappy Kraken in Ormond Beach, Florida. With experience spanning three companies and three jobs, Leighton has demonstrated an ability to adapt to new roles and environments. While their average tenure at a company is one year and six months, Leighton has been with Snappy Kraken for 151 days... read full bio
Leila is one of the foremost authorities on Latin music worldwide, and she has greatly contributed to changing how the industry as a whole covers and views Latin music. Billboard, which has daily, in-depth coverage of Latin music and receives close to 2.5 million unique views each month for its Latin content in both English and Spanish on Billboard.com, is... read full bio
Leila Janah founded the nonprofit, Samasource that connects people living in poverty with small, computer-based tasks that help build skills and generate life-changing income. The organization has moved over 14,000 people out of poverty in nine different countries. They have secured over $5M in contracts with over 75 firms such as Wal-Mart, eBay, and LinkedIn. With the help of funding... read full bio
Leland R. Kaiser, Ph.D., is a dynamic motivational speaker known for his ability to change the way organizations think. A recognized futurist and acknowledged authority on the changing American healthcare system, Leland Kaiser is an organizational consultant to many healthcare organizations and U.S. hospitals. Dr. Kaiser holds an appointment as associate professor in the graduate program in health administration at... read full bio
Leland Melvin is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He studied at the University of Richmond on a football scholarship and graduated with a Bachelors in Chemistry. From there, he went on to earn his M.S. degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Virginia. Melvin started his career with NASA in the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch.... read full bio
Lemonada Media is an award-winning podcast network who was founded by Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs. Lemonada Media is a women-run podcast network that talks on humanity and how you can take the bad moments and turn lemons into lemonade. The podcast also encourages their listeners to get real and start living. Kramer is the co-founder, CEO and... read full bio
Len Berman is the former weekday evening sports anchor on WNBC-TV. Berman was with WNBC/NBC from 1982 to 2009. He was previously with WCBS-TV from 1979 to 1982, and before that at WBZ-TV in Boston from 1973 to 1978. At the end of WNBC's 11 p.m. newscast on Wednesday April 22, 2009, following taped messages of goodbye and good luck... read full bio
Everest is the first mountain in the world to be climbed by a woman from Scandinavia, and Lene Gammelgaard did it. She is a motivational speaker that focuses on mental toughness and abilities to help people face the problems of the future. Lene is an ardent and energizing speaker, and the core message of her presentation is about having a... read full bio
Lenedra Carroll is an accomplished businesswoman, visionary, singer, artist and author who grew up on a homestead in rural Alaska in the 1950s. Of Ms. Carrolls achievements, three that stand out are her successes as an author and as a successful music manager, and her work as a humanitarian. Her unique management style and business intuitions led her to enjoy... read full bio
Lenora Billings-Harris, is an international consultant, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), and author of The Diversity Advantage: A Guide to Making Diversity Work focuses 100% of business on diversity and inclusion issues. With more than 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, Lenora has developed a unique way of presenting sensitive topics in a high-energy, thought-provoking and non-threatening... read full bio
Leo Chao is a highly experienced sustainability advocate and entrepreneur with a passion for developing innovative packaging solutions. He is the co-founder and CEO of Zenpack, a leading packaging design and manufacturing company that specializes in sustainable packaging. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Sustainability Officer at Haptik, an AI-powered chatbot platform. Chao began his career in the packaging industry over... read full bio
Leo Hilse was a German-born artist, known for his contemporary abstract paintings and mixed media works. He was born in 1953 in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in a creative family where his passion for art was nurtured from an early age. His parents, both artists, provided him with the support and guidance he needed to develop his own artistic... read full bio
Leon Kaulaho Siu is best known for being the Foreign Minister for the Hawaiian Kingdom. After the United States admitted to wrongfully taking the Hawaiian Islands, Siu was a big part of setting out to reclaim their island as their own. Siu has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hawaii for several decades and has been heavily involved... read full bio
Leon Logothetis is a motivational speaker. Upon realizing his life situation was uninspiring, Logothetis embarked on a journey across the world. Inspired by ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’, Logothetis began his life on the road fueled by his inner rebel, kindness, and human connection. He has visited more than 90 countries and traveled to every continent. Good Morning America, Los Angeles Times,... read full bio
Leonard Brody is an exclusive keynote speaker, who covers entrepreneur and venture capitalistic aspects. Leonard co-found NowPublic.com, a platform for citizen journalism, and was CEO. TIME Magazine named the company one of the top 50 websites in the world, and was later acquired by Anschutz Corporation. Brody has been the President of the Clarity Digital Group which is responsible for... read full bio
Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive researcher and professor. She currently works at UCSD and is the Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. Prior to her recent roles, Boroditsky was a professor at MIT and Stanford. Boroditsky’s innovative research answers questions about the mind, world, and language. She has won several awards for her work, including the NSF Career... read full bio
Writer and social historian Lerone Bennett, Jr. has served as the executive editor of Ebony for almost 40 years. His written work deftly explores the history of race relations in the United States as well as the current environment in which African Americans strive for equality. Lerone Bennett attended Morehouse College, earning a B.A. in 1949. He has always... read full bio
Born in Miami, Florida, Les Brown and his twin brother, Wes, were adopted at six weeks of age by a single woman who had very little education and financial means, but a very big heart. As a child, he was mislabeled as a slow learner. This stigma stayed with him, damaging his self-esteem to an extent that took him years... read full bio
Originally from Northern Ireland, Les Hewitt is one of the top performance coaches and business speakers in North America. He has more than 30 years experience as a business owner and entrepreneur, 25 of which have been focused in the professional training industry. Les Hewitt created more than 700 workshops and training programs that have been successfully utilized by thousands... read full bio
