Stanford University's Hoover Institution is home to Michael Auslin, PhD, the Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia. He is a historian by profession and focuses on Indo-Pacific geopolitics and US policy in Asia. Among Auslin's six works are the best-selling Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific and The End of the Asian Century: Dangers to the... read full bio
Michael Aronin is a celebrated motivational speaker who uses his own experiences with having cerebral palsy to teach his audiences how to get past personal shortcomings and move forward productively in their careers. Being both a comedian and motivational speaker, he is able to make this difficult topic both entertaining and enlightening. His outstanding efforts have been recognized by such... read full bio
Michael Acton Smith OBE helped create Calm.com, Firebox.com, and Mind Candy. Michael co-founded the online gift retail site Firebox.com in his early twenties. The site sells fun and slightly bizarre gifts, and their breakthrough item was a shot glass chess set. After that item was released, their business exploded, and The Sunday Times listed them and 13th on their... read full bio
Michael A. Smyer is Co-Director of the Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Psychology, all at Boston College. He received his Ph.D. in personality and clinical psychology from Duke University and a B.A. in psychology from Yale University. Dr. Smyer, a licensed clinical psychologist,... read full bio
Michael A. Choti, MD, MBA, FACS is the Chief of the Handelsman Division of Surgical Oncology and the Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Abdominal Surgery at the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. He also has the title of the Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Abdominal Surgery. He is either the lead investigator or a co-investigator for a number... read full bio
Winner, of Chef Wanted with Anne Burell Focusing on innovative Italian food with a fresh, modern twist, Chef Williams won her current job at this fancy-night-out Beverly Hills destination, part of the Four Season Los Angeles complex, by competing for it on TV. Trained at the Global Culinary Academy in San Francisco, Chef Williams cooked under Wolfgang Puck at Spago... read full bio
Meryl Comer is an Emmy award-winning reporter, producer, moderator & talk show host with more than 30 years of broadcast journalism experience. She is President of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative and offers insight and guidance for navigating Alzheimer's challenges and an urgent call to action for intensive research and a warning that we must prepare for the future,... read full bio
Merryl Tengesdal, a trailblazing pilot, author and retired colonel, made history as the first and only African American woman to fly a U-2 in the USAF. Tengesdal served for more than 20 years as a Naval Aviator and Air Force Combat Pilot, flying the "Dragon Lady" high-altitude surveillance aircraft while moving all over the world in support of military and combat... read full bio
Meridith Valiando Rojas who is known for being the co-founder and CEO of DigiTour Media, a producer of live events that features social media talent. Rojas has earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music Production and Business from New York University and she went on to begin her career with DigiTour Media. Through her work with the company, she helped to... read full bio
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Meredith Fineman is the CEO and founder of FinePoint, which is a leadership and professional development company that helps individuals rise through visibility and voice. She is also an author and host of the podcast, ‘It Never Gets Old.’ Throughout the course of her career, Fineman has trained individuals to use public relations as a positive way to make change... read full bio
Actress and model Mercedes Yvette joined people with lupus and healthcare professionals to help the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) celebrate the first anniversary of Lupus Now, the first-ever national magazine about lupus. The publishing milestone was observed October 17 in San Antonio during the American College of Rheumatologys Annual Scientific Conference. The LFA created Lupus Now in response to... read full bio
Mercedes Schlapp is an American journalist and political commentator. She is also a communications specialist, something she talks more in-depth about in her speaking events. As a first generation Cuban-American, she works for both English and Spanish-speaking media outlets as a political commentator. Under two different presidential administrations, Mercedes actually served as the director of specialty media, as well as... read full bio
Mena Suvari is an actress, model, and fashion designer. Not long following the start of her modeling career, she gained guest roles on television shows from the '90s to include Boy Meets World and High Incident. Mena Suvari made her film debut in the dramatic movie Nowhere. She reached international fame for her role of Angela Hayes in American Beauty... read full bio
For 26 years, shes played one of the ultimate survivors of daytime television Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless.In real life, actress Melody Thomas Scott has endured her own personal drama, dealing with the painful bladder condition, interstitial cystitis or IC. Melodys story is filled with the pain and frustration shared by millions of other IC sufferers,... read full bio
Money-savvy expert Mellody Hobson has been educating viewers on important financial decisions for over fifteen years. She is a regular contributor and analyst on finance, the markets and economic trends for CBS News. She also contributes weekly money tips on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Hobson is President of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors... read full bio
Mellanie revitalizes individual and organizational health and productivity. Through her personal story of battling the #1 killer, heart disease, Mellanie provides a wake-up call that helps audiences create permanent change. Her engaging stories and powerful messages, gleaned from her many years in the corporate trenches and her extensive life experience, equip attendees with tools, techniques, and attitudes to overcome adversity,... read full bio
Melissa Stockwell is an American War Hero and a Paralympic Medalist. She was born in Grand Haven, Michigan, and joined the ROTC at the University of Colorado. After the September 11, 2001 attack, Stockwell was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, and after a few years, was deployed to Iraq. While in the Iraq War, Stockwell... read full bio
Melissa M. Proctor always dreamed of becoming the very first female coach in all of the NBA. Today, she is absolutely proof that dreams to come true if you really work hard against adversity and never give up. While Melissa herself was never too active in sports, she took a liking to it. She covered her journey into this with... read full bio
Melissa Murray is the daughter of two Jamaican immigrants and a strong voice in the transformational power of gender justice and women’s basic rights. She is one of the greatest scholarly minds on the subject, constitutional law, and reproductive rights. At her public speaking events, she discusses the structures, institutions, and systems of what allow a woman to thrive in... read full bio
