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
Tommy DiDario is an entertainment host, lifestyle expert, and an insider for GQ magazine. As a host and lifestyle expert, DiDario talks about topics such as pop news, trends, fashion, travel, health, fitness, grooming and wellness. DiDario is very passionate about health and he is also a contributor for Sunwarrior where he hosts speaking engagements where he talks on topics... read full bio
Jacob Green is a motivational speaker, trainer, author, and coach based out of Orange County, California. Green has previously earned his B.A. in Social Sciences – Public and Community Service from University of California, Irvine, from there, Green has gone on to earn his Master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University – Long Beach. Green began his career... read full bio
Shane Feldman is a leadership speaker who is founder and CEO of Count Me In. Count Me In started as Feldman’s project in high school, and is now the world’s largest millennial-led movement and over the past 10 years the company has initiated thousands of projects worldwide. With his work, Feldman has been recognized by the United Nations, the White... read full bio
Bradley Staats is a change management and performance speaker and is the Associate Professor of Operations at the Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina. Staats working with various clients and organizations to help them to improve on their business to stay innovative and relevant. Staats has earned his B.A. and B.S. at the University of Texas at... read full bio
Jane Chen is the co-founder and CEO of the non-profit, Embrace, a social enterprise that helps premature and low birth-weight babies with a low-cost infant incubator to help them to a healthy weight. Chen has earned her B.A. in Psychology and Economics from Pomona College and has earned her Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and her MBA from... read full bio
Tyler “TeePee” Polchow is an American retired esports Call of Duty player who is currently a desk analyst for Call of Duty League. Polchow began his career playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare playing with team Leverage. From there, Polchow has gone on to play and coach for various teams such as VWS Leverage, Quantic Leverage, Complexity, Evil Geniuses, OpTic... read full bio
David Merritt is a health care adviser, communications strategist, author, and Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Strategy at America’s Health Insurance Plans. With AHIP, Merritt leads their communications and coalitions, advocacy and strategy on issues from Medicare and Medicaid to health policy, prescription costs, and value. Merritt has previously been Managing Director for Frank Luntz at Luntz Global... read full bio
Allison Massari is a motivational speaker, storyteller, entrepreneur, and executive coach. As a motivational speaker, Massari has been voted one of the top ten best motivational speakers in North America by Meetings and Conventions Magazine. After leaving a keynote by Massari, audience members have claimed she’s bold, deeply moving, life-changing, and extraordinary and her speeches linger with audience members for... read full bio
Rishi Manchanda, M.D., MPH, is a public health innovator, author, and entrepreneur who is currently the President and CEO of HealthBegins which is the nation’s first mission-driven consultant firm that helps clients improve care and outcomes by ‘moving upstream’. Manchanda has earned his B.S. in Biology, Peace and Justice Studies, Religious Studies from Tufts University and he has gone on... read full bio
