Darrius Garrett was born and raised on the Eastside of Long Beach, CA, surrounded by death, drugs, and gang violence. After being arrested for drug possession, Darrius was jailed in the 9th grade. He was later released and enrolled in Ms. Gruwells English class at Wilson High School - a move that Darrius believes changed his life. Inspired by his... read full bio
Richard Bookstaber, one of the first Wall St. insiders to warn about the potential for crisis caused by the explosion of financial derivatives. He is a perfect speaker for finance, investment, and banking events. Called one of Wall Street's 'rocket scientists" by The New York Times, Bookstaber is the author of A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds,... read full bio
Glenn Murphy joined Gap Inc. as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in July 2007. Under his leadership, the company has successfully driven bottom line earnings growth by focusing on healthy margins and effectively managing costs. The company recently reported fiscal year earnings growth for 2008 of 16 percent. With more than 20 years of retail experience, Murphy... read full bio
David Bennett is co-owner and co-editor of Ancient and Future Catholics, ChurchYear.Net, and Life in Your Years (a site related to wellness), and a member-manager of Saint Hilary Communications. He is a member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. Currently, his day job" is the religion department chair at a Catholic High School. David has written and spoken on a... read full bio
Patty Wooten RN is a successful nurse, a renowned international speaker, and an hilarious clown. With an extensive background in critical care, hospice, and home health, Patty set forth to express her love of nursing through the development of two fascinating clown characters; bold and bawdy Nancy Nurse and her whimsical, compassionate counterpart, Nurse Kindheart. From Miami to Madrid, from... read full bio
Annie Negrin is a Media Personality and Ophthalmology Surgeon with over 15 years clinical experience combining strengths in Patient & Family Centered Care, Health & Wellness Expertise, and Communications. Covering a range of health and wellness topics, she focuses primarily on public health education, prevention-based medicine, and up to date research. Dr. Annie has appeared on cable, broadcast and web... read full bio
Have you been reading about the same trends in industry journals that I have been reading about Conference audiences are now moving away from lecture-style presentations. Instead, they are choosing dynamic, interactive events in which they can get involved. Think about it ... Did your conference attendees pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars each to sit ... for days Did they spend... read full bio
Tim Crum is a nationally recognized expert on fundraising, board governance and shelter operations in the animal shelter industry who is often called upon to speak at national and regional conferences. in 2008, Tim founded Animal Shelter Fundraising, and has consulted with more than 200 animal welfare groups across the United States and has raised in excess of $200,000,000. ... read full bio
Anti aging medicine, regenerative-preventive medicine, medicine of the future, proactive about your health and wellness It is no longer necessary to accept the mental and physical decline associated with aging. A century ago the average life expectancy was 43 to 47. Today, life expectancy has almost doubled, due mostly to advances in medicine and technology. The rapid... read full bio
Robby Wagner brings nearly two decades of his professional presence in both comedy and fitness into the corporate world with Healthy Humor Productions. He is author of the book "My Burpee's Shadow" and has been featured in numerous media outlets that include magazine, newspapers, radio shows, and television. His programs include endless humor, audience participation, motivation, and education to companies... read full bio
Nelson Mandela recommended her for her bravery... Monique is an award-winning hostage survivor, author, TV presenter and philanthropist - whose real life story has inspired thousands to face their challenges and overcome them. She is an avid adventurer who has traveled around the world. Among her many adventures are the capture of a shark on scuba for research purposes,... read full bio
Master Jodi is an entertaining speaker who is passionate about the environment and Feng Shui. 'Our environment is a reflection of our personalities' is one of Jodi's signature talks. Understanding how our environment affects us leads to greater clarity in life and brings us health, weaht and happiness. ... read full bio
SOME OF HIS MOST REQUESTED TOPICS ARE: A GAME PLAN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Every person, team, company and community need a game plan to reach the potential they were given. Coach Z will show you a path to help develop your own game plan based on these cornerstones: Picturize and Blue print for Success You can't heat an oven with Snowballs Dominate the... read full bio
Odette Laurie is a Clarity & Impact Strategist for driven entrepreneurs on the path to creating a 6+figure business by implementing key marketing strategies and mindset shifts that will create massive impact in their life and in the world. Her first business, at the age of 27, started from a whim and grew into a seven-figure success story. Known as "The... read full bio
Rick Broniec, MEd. is a Writer, Inspirational Speaker, Coach and Transformational workshop facilitator. He is known as "There Vibrant Relationships Guy". With his 30 years of experience in the field, Rick has great passion for inspiring people. He also has dived deeply into explorations about Passion, Purpose and Mission, Intergenerational Healing and Multicultural Awareness and Healing work. He is... read full bio
