Alicia Quarles is among the most celebrated television journalists. She is known for her extensive experience, and ability to conduct successful interviews with entertainments elite, such as Angelina Jolie and George Clooney. Quarles has reported live from the red carpet of the Academy Awards, the White House Correspondents Dinner, several Super Bowls, and the Cannes Film Festival for outlets including:... read full bio
Janine Shepherd is an internationally renowned speaker whose inspiring TED talk, A Broken Body Isnt a Broken Person, has garnered over 1.5 million views. Shes been featured on 60 Minutes, This is Your Life, and recognized with her countrys highest honor, The Order of Australia. Janine's story reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. An Australian national champion skier... read full bio
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Author and child advocate, Regina Louise calls foster kids nobodys children, for she was once one of them. Discarded by her birth parents, tossed around throughout over thirty foster homes, Regina didnt experience much of a childhood while suffering at the hands of the families in the foster care system. Today, she has risen above her adversities and recreated the... read full bio
Adam J. Foss is a strong advocate for criminal justice reform and the importance of the role of the prosecutor in ending mass incarceration. His philosophy is that the profession of prosecution is ripe for reinvention requiring better incentives and more measurable metrics for success beyond, simply, cases won. As a sought after speaker on criminal justice reform, he highlights... read full bio
Futurist Byron Reese is the former Chief Innovation Officer for Demand Media, overseeing research and development. He penned the book Infinite Progress: How Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Hunger, Poverty, and War. Byron is skilled in envisioning the future, as well as how to profit from it. As both a successful serial entrepreneur and an award-winning futurist, he has the... read full bio
Originally from northern California, in the wine country, Claire has a rich background that lends well to being an effective speaker and instructor. Claire’s professional experience includes the ground up construction and opening her own veterinary hospital. She has over a decade of experience as the chief executive officer of her company, and as an employer. Outside of the... read full bio
Scott Deming draws on over thirty years of real, in the trenches, corporate life. He is a highly respected and sought after speaker on the topics of sales, branding, business and leadership. His business acumen is broad and deep and his presentations are high energy, on point, relevant and truly effective. Deming has held many board positions, been involved in... read full bio
Mary Curran Hackett is the author of two best-selling novels PROOF OF HEAVEN and PROOF OF ANGELS (HarperCollins, NY) and the forthcoming memoir ALL THE THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED that chronicles a tumultuous year in her twenties when she survived a violent rape and began life as a single mother. Ultimately, she came away with a newfound strength, faith, and... read full bio
In her book, Prosecuted But Not Silenced, Maralee Mclean shares her difficult legal battle to protect her daughter from her ex-husbands sexual abuse. A dedicated child advocate, she organized a National Rally of Mothers at the Capitol and is involved in legislative work on the task force for the Colorado Childrens Code appointed by the Governor. Maralee has testified before... read full bio
The story Erin Marryn shares with her audiences is one of great courage and perseverance. Her life was forever altered at the very young age of six, when she was sexually abused for the first time. The next five years was plagued with more abuse, which Erin kept a secret until she was eleven. She battled with depression, self-injury, anorexia... read full bio
Yasmin Maya, who was born in the Mexican town of Amatepec, traveled about 225 miles from her home in Carpinteria, a picturesque seaside California city, to Tijuana, where she would stay for three years to determine her residency status before returning to the United States. Maya turned to YouTube for solace as she was anxious and upset about her uncertain immigration... read full bio
Lisa Copeland is and award-winning sales strategist, best-selling author and named among the Top 100 Women in the Automotive Industry by Automotive News. An innovator in the automotive industry, she led the first FIAT retailer to break the NAFTA sales record by selling more than 100 new FIAT 500s in one month. Lisa was named to the Board of Directors... read full bio
Christopher McKee is an international political economist, entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of the PRS Group Inc., and Gavea Emerging Markets Corporation. His companies, and their worldwide-based analysts, work together to deliver exclusive, quant-based political and country risk forecasting to some of the worlds leading institutional investors, multinational firms, think tanks, multilateral institutions, and major universities. Christopher has written several books... read full bio
Kevin White is the Founder and Chief Strategist of XPL, and brand experience and event agency. Through his storytelling- about people, organizations, and companies- Kevin strives to inspire his audiences. He has delivered presentations across the country and internationally, on topics encompassing How to Think Like Google, Disney, and Other Innovative Brands, Create Problem Solving, The Death of Creativity (and... read full bio
Ariel Joseph Towne is The Feng Shui Guy. Towne is an expert in Feng Shui or the Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. He has cultivated an international and star-studded client list. From struggling artists to A-list celebrities, individuals to large families, and start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, Ariels clients have been able to achieve their... read full bio
Respected journalist Sam Quinones was formerly an LA Times reporter, covering immigration, drug trafficking, neighborhood stories and gangs. He has penned three acclaimed nonfiction books: True Tales From Another Mexico, Antonios Gun and Delfinos Dream, and most recently, Dreamland: The True Tale of Americas Opiate Epidemic. His first two books were written in Mexico, where he was a freelance writer... read full bio
Sam Bruni is a serial entrepreneur who has built e-commerce businesses that now produce over 1 billion in annual revenue. Currently, Sam is an owner in a 100 million dollar portfolio company where he serves as the CMO of the conglomerate and President of two of their consumer facing businesses. Sam also serves as an Advisor to an Artificial... read full bio
Albert Flynn DeSilver is an internationally published poet, memoirist, novelist, speaker, and workshop leader. He received a BFA in photography from the University of Colorado in 1991 and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1995. Albert served as Marin County California's very first Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. His work has appeared in more than... read full bio
Creating a Mindset for Change Do you and your organization have the needed agility to maneuver the road ahead Let Laura Goodrich help. Laura is a Workforce Innovator, experienced in transformation and change. With over 20 years of working with organizations leading change, Laura has learned that without the right mindset you will never be able to gain the needed momentum to create... read full bio
