Rosemarie Aquilina is an internationally renowned judge who is most notable for presiding over the 2018 USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal where she allowed over 150 women and girls to present personal testimony against Larry Nassar. She ultimately sentence Nassar to up to 175 years in prison. Judge Aquilina was elected to the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County and... read full bio
Tamara Holder is an attorney, and a television commentator who has contributed for MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News on legal & progressive issues. Holder studied at University of Arizona, and the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Holder has previously written for The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller and was frequently on WABCs radio show Hannity. Holder has written the... read full bio
Tony Buettner is a National Speaker and the Senior Vice President of Business Development at Blue Zones. Buettner speaks at about 80 events a year to incredibly large audiences and has spoke at The Aspen Institute and Estes Park Institute. One of Buettners main tasks is Project Manager for the Blue Zones Projects and does precise planning, operations, and makes... read full bio
Dr. Rick Rigsby is President and CEO of Rick Rigsby Communications and when you hear one of his speeches you leave feeling empowered and never the same again. Rigsby has been an award-winning journalist, a college professor, and a character coach and chaplain for the Aggies football team. Rigsby has spoken for several academic schools and universities, service organizations, Fortune... read full bio
Kavita Shukla is the founder and CEO of The Freshglow Co. and the inventor of Freshpaper. Her innovative and globally-reaching programs take on the issues of food waste we face in our consumer world. Shukla has been featured in publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Oprah Magazine, Glamour, and on shows like CNN and The Today Show.... read full bio
Michael Katchen is the Wealthsimple, an online investment advisor, CEO. His low-cost, accessible application for smart investing serves more than thirty-thousand clients. It is known as one of the Best Financial Services Websites in the World by the Webbys. The Financial Post has titled Katchen as an Industry Mover, and he was also recognized as one of Torontos 50 most... read full bio
Renee Gagnon is a startup founder and has been CEO of Thunderbird Biomedical Inc. Gagnon is the first public Transgender CEO for a marijuana company, not to mention the first female. She currently is the Founder and CEO of US-based company HollyWeed North Cannabis Inc. where she works on delivering supplies through the Cannabis Industry. Gagnon is a pro when... read full bio
Diana Kirschner is an American psychologist and author best known for her involvement in therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy, which she integrated into one and titled it Comprehensive Family Therapy. Kirschner has coauthored three books and written six of her own, most of her own books being about love. She has also been a founding member of ‘Journal of... read full bio
Allison Adler is a famous and well known television writer and producer. She is best known for her work on Supergirl, The New Normal, Glee, Chuck, and Family Guy. Adlers career began when she worked on Veronicas Closet. She later began producing Family Guy, and a variety of other television shows. Adler is a contributor now to The CWs Dynasty,... read full bio
Brent Ridge is a former doctor and vice president for healthy living at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Ridge along with his husband founded Beekman 1802, a company that doubles as a green lifestyle and goat farm. The duo have gone on to land their own reality show entitled The Fabulous Beekman Boys which caused them to gain popularity. Ridge and... read full bio
"Brendan McDonough is the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a firefighting crew. Several years ago, while experiencing a rough patch in his life, Brendan enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a crew of firefighters from Prescott, Arizona. When the crew encountered a 3,000-degree inferno in Yarnell, Arizona, all crew members but Brendan were trapped and killed. Within minutes,... read full bio
The first and only blind person to run across America. Jason Romero is an expert at teaching people to transform Dreams into Reality. He has amassed a lifetime of expertise in this field as a General Manager for General Electric where he ran a $400 million dollar business, and was a former VP of Global Operations for a Fortune 100... read full bio
Yascha Mounk is a speaker and writer. He focuses his work on the rise of populism and issues facing liberal democracy. With a PhD in Government from Harvard University, Mounk is now a Government lecturer at Harvard, a Senior Fellow in the Political Reform Program at New America, and an Executive Director at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.... read full bio
Heather Payne is a technology expert and advocate for women and youth. As the founder of Ladies Learning Code, a national non-profit organization focused on teaching women and girls coding, Payne is known as an expert in the technology world. Payne was named one of Canadas 100 Most Powerful Women by the Womens Executive Network and is on her way... read full bio
A'Lelia Bundles is an African-American journalist and author who has worked as a producer and executive for ABC News. She grew up in Indianapolis and grew up in a family of business executives. Bundles had a passion for writing since a young child and became editor-in-chief for her junior highs newspaper, which had her receiving first place awards and honors... read full bio
Afi-Tiombe Kambon is a motivational speaker, actor, and oral historian of African-American history. Kambon graduated from Hayward University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and is working on her Masters in Theatre Arts and History. Her story is one of strength, Kambon had cancer as a childhood and because of this became an amputee. Because of her passion in African-American... read full bio
Ashly Perez is a Cuban-Filipino-Korean-American writer, actress, director, and producer. Perez has gone viral with her YouTube videos and was the creator for the Buzzfeed Violet channel, which has over 3 million subscribers and over a billion views. Perez writes the videos and uses her own humor, which has gained a big audience and gained her a lot of popularity.... read full bio
Clint Harp is the founder of Harp Design Co., an author, woodworker, and has been seen on the television series “Fixer Upper” as the go-to carpenter for Chip and Joanna Gaines which led him to his own television series, “Wood Work”. Harp and his wife started Harp Design Co. as a means to recycle wood from buildings, trees, scrap, etc.... read full bio
Eddie Barbanell is an American actor, comedian, and speaker, best known for his roles in films like Billy in “The Ringer”, Coach Eddie in “Hall Pass”, and in the film “Dumb and Dumber To”. He has also played Bradley in a few episodes of the Comedy Central series “Workaholics”. Barbanell has Down syndrome, which he doesn’t allow him to overpower... read full bio
Gabriel Cordell was born in Libya and his family moved to New York a few years after he was born. He grew up managing his family’s business but felt the longing for acting running through his blood. Cordell decided to pursue his dream and on the way to his first audition tragedy struck, his Jeep was t-boned and he went... read full bio
