An accomplished film and music producer, Lisa Cortes has a special talent for giving light to expressive voices not often heard and stories not often told. After reading Sapphire’s novel Push in 1996, Cortes was tremendously moved by the powerful message and knew it had to be translated to the big screen. The result was 2009's captivating hit film Precious,... read full bio
Working in his parents' Italian restaurant as a child, Joe Bastianich's life charts a culinary adventure that ends with becoming one of America's premier restaurateurs - as well as a noted winemaker, bon vivant, street-level philosopher, and marathon runner. After college Joe bought a one-way ticket to Italy, where he spent a year traveling, working in restaurants and vineyards, digging... read full bio
Brian Wansink is the John Dyson Professor of Consumer Behavior at Cornell University, where he directs the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. He is author of over 100 academic articles and books, including the best-selling Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think along with Marketing Nutrition, Asking Questions, and Consumer Panels. Wansink was granted a leave-of-absence from Cornell... read full bio
Bill Reinert is the former National Manager of Advanced Technology for Toyota Motor Sales, USA. His primary function was to coordinate Toyotas various research, development and marketing activities related to alternative-fueled vehicles and emerging technologies. He worked on several advanced hybrid electric products, direct hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, reformed fuel approaches for hydrogen, full-featured electric vehicles, city electric vehicles, plug-in... read full bio
Andrew Winston is a globally recognized sustainability expert. He works with large companies to determine how they are able to develop sustainable options. His first book, ‘Green to Gold’, was the top-selling green business book, selling over 100,000 copies in seven languages. Winston is a founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, providing information sought after by Boeing, HP, Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, and more.... read full bio
Author of La Technique and La Methode earned him a place in the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame. Founder of the American Institute of Wine and Food. He has won numerous awards for instructional videos and books. Writes a column in Food & Wine magazine. In 1996 created a line of kitchen linens,currently available in gourmet specialty stores.... read full bio
This entrepreneur and American engineer founded companies like Atari Corporation and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theatre. Nolan Bushnell is an innovator of his time. Starting his engineering background from the University of Utah College of engineering where he gained his degree in electrical engineering. With colleague Ted Dabney, they were able to build the very popular arcade games. The... read full bio
Keith Hernandez began his 17-year baseball career playing with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he won the National Leagues Most Valuable Player Award. After leaving the Cardinals, Keith joined the New York Mets and helped lead them to a World Series Championship in 1986. He was also recognized as a six-time All-Star, with eleven consecutive Golden Gloves for fielding. He... read full bio
"Muna AbuSulayman, executive manager of Strategic Studies and Research Initiatives at Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company, was among the 250 Young Global Leaders chosen by the World Economic Forum for 2007. Riyadh-based Muna Abu Sulayman was the only Saudi to gain a place on the year's list. The Young Global Leaders were chosen from over 4,000 candidates by... read full bio
The Kindle Single Gutenberg the Geek, What Would Google Do, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live, and Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News are all written by Jeff Jarvis. He cohosts the podcast This Week in Google and writes a blog about news and media at Buzzmachine.com. At the... read full bio
Hannah Storm is currently the lead anchor for ESPN’s flagship show SportsCenter, and host of the series Face to Face with Hannah Storm, which is an interview show featuring some of the highest profile figures in sports. She has hosted the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as part of the network's NBA Sunday game coverage, and has been a... read full bio
The world's foremost expert on the application and blending of grit and resilience is Dr. Paul G. Stoltz. In addition to being named by HR Magazine as "One of the Top 10 most influential global thinkers" and Executive Excellence as "One of the 100 Most Influential Thinkers of Our Time," he is the author of five internationally bestselling books on... read full bio
Bob Harper is an American personal trainer and author from Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for appearing as a trainer on the television series “The Biggest Loser” and has gone on to host the show. He has also been an advisor on “The New Celebrity Apprentice”. Harper has previously been a personal trainer for celebrities including Jennifer Jason Leigh.... read full bio
Warren St. John is an American author, journalist, and is CEO and executive editor at Patch Media. He started his career working as a reporter for The New York Times and from there, started publishing his own books and continued to work as a journalist. Warren has published two books, the National Bestseller “Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip... read full bio
Dinesh D’Souza is former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, and he also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is also a published author, speaker, political commentator, and filmmaker. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College. D’Souza’s writing... read full bio
Named by Fortune Magazine for his positive influence on medical research, ""The Man Who Changed Medicine"", Mike Milken is a financier and philanthropist who almost single-handedly created the market for high-yield bonds. He co-founded the Milken Family Foundation which supports education and medical research, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic source of funds for prostate cancer research.... read full bio
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Author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling novel Mother on Fire, Sandra Tsing Loh was inspired by her popular one-woman show of the same name, which played at 24th Street Theatre for seven months. Variety named her one of the 50 most influential comedians during that time. "Aliens in America," "Bad Sex With Bud Kemp," "Sugar Plum Fairy,"... read full bio
As a well-known wellness strategist, keynote speaker, and respected author, Dr. David Nico, often known as "Dr. Healthnut," is dedicated to enabling people and companies to attain outstanding outcomes. Named one of "America's Ultimate Experts" by Woman's World magazine, Dr. Nico has nearly thirty years of varied experience in the medical field. His knowledge is broad and includes topics like... read full bio
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