Geraldine Laybourne spent 15 years at Nickelodeon, taking over the management of the network, and started accepting advertising for the network, in 1984. Laybourne and her team were responsible for creating and building the Nickelodeon brand, launching Nick at Nite and expanding the network by establishing it in other countries, developing theme parks and creating Nickelodeon magazine, movie, toy... read full bio
If you are one of the millions of people across America that enjoy Birkenstock footwear, there is one person you can thank, Margot Fraser. Margot is the founder of Birkenstock Footprint Sandals, Inc., the original U.S. distributor of Birkenstock footwear. In 1966, at a health spa in Bavaria during her annual visit to Europe, a fitness trainer suggested Margot try... read full bio
Kay Koplovitz is the founder of USA Networks and the first woman network president in television history. Among her recent accomplishments, Ms. Koplovitz created Springboard Enterprises, a national organization that fosters venture capital investments in women-led high growth companies. In its first four years, Springboard has presented 275 companies that have raised $2 billion in new capital. She also co-founded... read full bio
Award-winning writer Lisa Johnson Mandell is the author of the humorous How to Snare a Millionaire (St. Martin's Press) and has written innumerable dating pieces for women's publications. She has also appeared on numerous talk shows and news programs, including Dr. Phil, Inside Edition, Montel, CNBC, and many more. Her work has appeared on numerous internet news sites as well... read full bio
Mrs. Mosbacher is Chair and CEO of Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, Inc., an international entrepreneurial and consulting business in New York City. Mrs. Mosbacher is well-known for her expertise in the areas of innovative and goal-oriented management, creative marketing, the development and leadership of motivated work teams, and most especially, turning around troubled companies in the branded consumer products area. Mrs.... read full bio
Stuart Diamond has been a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business for more than 20 years. He is also a journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize, an author, an entrepreneur, and an attorney. He presently teaches a negotiation course at Penn Law School and an engineering negotiation course at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering... read full bio
Television journalist Zoraida Sambolin is the co-anchor of NBC 5 news Today alongside Stefan Holt. She was formerly the co-anchor of CNNs morning show Early Start. Sambolin created and hosted Small Talk for Parents on PBS's WYCC-TV and hosted Nuestros Ninos on Telemundo for three years. Following this, she joined NBC's WMAQ-TV as a freelance news anchor and, the next... read full bio
The Emmy Award-winning travel editor for CBS News and the author of the New York Times best-selling Travel Detective book series, Peter Greenberg is the nations preeminent travel expert. The consummate insider, Travel Weekly has named him one of the 33 most influential people in the travel industry, along with Al Gore and Sir Richard Branson.... read full bio
Ben Casnocha is an award-winning entrepreneur and author from Silicon Valley. He is co-author with LinkedIn founder/chairman Reid Hoffman of the #1 New York Times bestselling book The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. He is also co-author of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age based on his article... read full bio
Antonia Juhasz is a leading oil and energy expert. She is an award-winning policy-analyst, author, and journalist, covering all aspects of oil and energy policy with a specialization on the role of oil in conflict, particularly the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Juhasz has written three books: Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, a searing... read full bio
Robert Bryce is one of America's most prominent energy journalists. A senior fellow with the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment at the Manhattan Institute, he is the author of five books and hundreds of articles. His work on energy and other topics have appeared in dozens of publications, ranging from The Wall Street Journal, to Counterpunch and The... read full bio
Survivor, expert, and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country's preeminent voices on the subject of bullying. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Please Stop Laughing At Me...: One Woman's Inspirational Story. A chronicle of her years as the student outcast, the book inspired a movement among bullying victims everywhere of all ages – in... read full bio
The office for Dan Schawbel has asked that CTI not list them, give out pricing, information or availability. If you are interested in this celebrity only, please contact CTI directly and we can let you know the process needed to confirm a date with them.
Utz Classen is one of Germany’s most charismatic business leaders and turnround experts. He has held senior management positions with some of Germany’s most prominent companies, across a number of industry sectors. He is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Syntellix AG, Member of the Supervisory Board of AWD Holding AG, Honorary Professor at the University of Hanover, Institute... read full bio
Rita has worked with many of the world’s leading companies on their brand strategy, and across all sectors. Clients have included BMW, Rothschild, PwC, British Airways, Procter & Gamble, Marks & Spencer, Barclays, Thomson Reuters, PepsiCo and Visa International. She features on a wide variety of TV and radio programmes on business, brand, marketing and communication issues, including CNN, BBC,... read full bio
Peter Cross is recognized as one of the UK’s leading brand strategist businesses. Cross is a partner of Mary Portas and Managing Partner of Yellowdoor. He is also a regular commentator on TV Radio and the national press on the subjects of retail, branding, and consumer trends. Peter has worked in marketing communications for over 20 years, starting his... read full bio
Mark Gallagher has worked in Formula One for almost 30 years and has spent the last 15 working as senior executive within the management of Jordan Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing and Cosworth. While operating at the centre of this fascinating sports business, Mark has worked directly with the world’s top drivers and team owners, giving him a privileged understanding... read full bio
is a Danish stage director and arts administrator. In his early years, he served as a director's assistant to such figures as Harry Kupfer, John Cox and David Pountney. In 2000, Holten became artistic director of the Royal Danish Opera. His work there included a highly acclaimed production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, which was released on DVD as The... read full bio
Yasheng Huang is a professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India. He had previous appointments at the University of Michigan and Harvard Business School. Huang is the author of Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, a... read full bio
One of Europe's most respected HR experts, Gareth Jones' most recent role was as Director of Human Resources and Internal Communications at the BBC. His career has spanned both the academic and business worlds. He began as an academic in Economic and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia before moving to the London Business School, where he joined... read full bio
