Abdul El-Sayed is a doctor, activist, and health expert. El-Sayed has authored several books on social issues facing the United States of America, including Healing Politics. El-Sayed is also a host of Crooked Media’s America Dissected podcast, which explores topics in health. This advocate has served as Health Commissioner of the City of Detroit, is a professor at Columbia University’s... read full bio
Mike Evans is a keynote award-winning speaker and author. Over the years Evans has worked alongside people such as Dr. John Kotter, Tom Peters, Dr. Stephen Covey, Hyrum Smith, Steve Farber, and more. He has worked as a leader and has had consulting roles for companies such as Tom Peters Company, FranklinCovey and Kotter International. As an author, Evans has... read full bio
Julie Zhuo is an author, businessperson, computer scientist, and is the management expert and VP of product design for Facebook. Zhuo was born in Shanghai and moved to Texas when she was 5. She later went on to graduate with both her BS and MS from Stanford University where she studied computer science. From there, Zhuo became an intern at... read full bio
Mark Kamp, also known as Marvelless Mark is an international speaker, author, and engagement guru. Kamp has been featured on outlets such as NBC, FOX, CNN, ABC and USA Today. He is also a radio personality and Las Vegas headliner from Missouri. Kamp rose to fame after the release of his book, ‘Opportunity Rocks’. Since then, he has given experiential... read full bio
Chanel Miller is an American author who rose to prominence after being sexually assaulted at Stanford University. Her impact statement she wrote and read went viral after Buzzfeed published it. This led to Miller publishing the best-selling memoir, “Know My Name”. Her book has been named one of the top ten book by the Washington Post, has been nominated for... read full bio
Linda Edgecombe is a motivational keynote speaker, strategist, trainer, consultant, celebrity humorist speaker, and team engagement and accountability expert. She is known for being one of the top 60 motivational speakers in the world and is a Hall of Fame speaker. Edgecombe is known for firing up her audience and for increasing accountability and making everyone laugh. Edgecombe delivers programs... read full bio
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is the author of the New York Times bestselling books; “Ashley’s War” and “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana”. Apart from her writing, Lemmon is currently the Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Shield AI. She has served as an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations while studying for her MBA at Harvard. She has... read full bio
Teryn Gregson is an American award-winning journalist, gold presenter, host, and blogger. She is best known for being a broadcaster for the PGA Tour and she is known for hosting daily and weekly shows such as The Takeaway and Good, Bad & Unusual. Gregson is also well known for being a reporter for the PGA Tour Live broadcasts where she... read full bio
Patricia Wilson is an American TED speaker and former CEO of the Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area. During her time with the Make-A-Wish foundation, Wilson turned San Francisco into Gotham City for cancer patient Miles so he could be Batkid for a day. This led to her being in the documentary, “Batkid Begins”. Wilson earned a Shorty Industry Award for “Best... read full bio
Anne M. Mahlum is a female entrepreneur who is currently the Founder, Owner and CEO of a fast-growing boutique fitness company she founded in DC in called [solidcore]. In just 7 years, Anne has grown her company to more than 70 locations across 19 different states (entirely corporately owned) with more than 100,000 clients, including Michelle Obama. Anne has raised... read full bio
Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry is an emotional intelligence though leader, and a leadership, performance, and change expert. He is also co-author of the New York Times bestselling book, “Performing Under Pressure” which has been published in 65 countries and has been translated into numerous languages. Pawliw-Fry is a speaker and consultant that makes his audience members think differently on human behavior,... read full bio
Carole Baskin is an American animal sanctuary executive and animal rights activist who is the owner and CEO of the non-profit, Big Cat Rescue. Baskin’s non-profit has gained attention internationally for bringing attention to the plight of captive big cats and she has been featured on outlets such as Animal Planet, Discovery, The Today Show, People Magazine, CNN, and more.... read full bio
Frances West is the former Chief Accessibility Officer at IBM, is the Founder of FrancesWestCo, and is an author. West has been the first female technologist to speak on digital inclusion at the United Nations and even testified to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She is the author of “Authentic Inclusion Drives Disruptive Innovation”, which was featured at SXSW... read full bio
Stewart Liff is an American author and management consultant who is best known for his work in Human Resources Management, Performance Management, Visual Management and team development. Liff was born in Rego Park, New York, and he began his career as a personnel specialist with the Department of Defense. This led to Liff working as a Chief of Employee and... read full bio
Mark Aesch is the author of “Driving Excellence” and is the former CEO of the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority. During his time with the RGRTA, deficits were replaced with surpluses, taxpayer subsidies were reduced, demand for service increased, and the fare was lowered. Since then, Aesch has gone on to be a thought leader for the Boston Consulting Group... read full bio
Klyn Elsbury is a speaker, corporate trainer, and coach from San Diego, California. During her presentations, Elsbury uses neuroscience for coaching programs to create positive change, unleash energy, reignite passion and improve performance. Elsbury has studied at Iowa State Universities’ College of Business. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a Master Practitioner NLP from The... read full bio
Michael Barbaro is an American journalist and a podcast host of The New York Times news podcast, The Daily. The Daily is a five-day-a-week audio podcast that drew in over one million listeners a day in it’s first year of launch. Since it’s launch, The Daily has won a DuPont-Columbia University Award for audio excellence and was named top podcast... read full bio
Jay Ward is an innovation speaker and creative director at Pixar where he has been a consultant on all projects related to the film franchise “Cars”. Ward has earned his BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts. He began his career working in feature film production at Pixar Animation Studios and over the years he has worked his... read full bio
Marcus Collins is a marketing expert, advertiser, and Lecturer of Marketing at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and College of Engineering. Collins has earned his B.S.E. in Materials Science Engineering from University of Michigan and has also earned his MBA in Strategic Marketing from University of Michigan. Collins is also earning his Doctor of Business Administration in... read full bio
Sarah Tripp is the founder and CEO of the body positive fashion and lifestyle blog, Sassy Red Lipstick. Tripp uses her website to post about fashion, beauty, and travel, while promoting body confidence to her audience. She started her website after a summer internship at a fashion ad agency in Manhattan, New York where she felt a passion for sharing... read full bio
