Diana Kirschner is an American psychologist and author best known for her involvement in therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy, which she integrated into one and titled it Comprehensive Family Therapy. Kirschner has coauthored three books and written six of her own, most of her own books being about love. She has also been a founding member of ‘Journal of... read full bio
Allison Adler is a famous and well known television writer and producer. She is best known for her work on Supergirl, The New Normal, Glee, Chuck, and Family Guy. Adlers career began when she worked on Veronicas Closet. She later began producing Family Guy, and a variety of other television shows. Adler is a contributor now to The CWs Dynasty,... read full bio
Brent Ridge is a former doctor and vice president for healthy living at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Ridge along with his husband founded Beekman 1802, a company that doubles as a green lifestyle and goat farm. The duo have gone on to land their own reality show entitled The Fabulous Beekman Boys which caused them to gain popularity. Ridge and... read full bio
"Brendan McDonough is the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a firefighting crew. Several years ago, while experiencing a rough patch in his life, Brendan enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a crew of firefighters from Prescott, Arizona. When the crew encountered a 3,000-degree inferno in Yarnell, Arizona, all crew members but Brendan were trapped and killed. Within minutes,... read full bio
The first and only blind person to run across America. Jason Romero is an expert at teaching people to transform Dreams into Reality. He has amassed a lifetime of expertise in this field as a General Manager for General Electric where he ran a $400 million dollar business, and was a former VP of Global Operations for a Fortune 100... read full bio
Yascha Mounk is a speaker and writer. He focuses his work on the rise of populism and issues facing liberal democracy. With a PhD in Government from Harvard University, Mounk is now a Government lecturer at Harvard, a Senior Fellow in the Political Reform Program at New America, and an Executive Director at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.... read full bio
Heather Payne is a technology expert and advocate for women and youth. As the founder of Ladies Learning Code, a national non-profit organization focused on teaching women and girls coding, Payne is known as an expert in the technology world. Payne was named one of Canadas 100 Most Powerful Women by the Womens Executive Network and is on her way... read full bio
A'Lelia Bundles is an African-American journalist and author who has worked as a producer and executive for ABC News. She grew up in Indianapolis and grew up in a family of business executives. Bundles had a passion for writing since a young child and became editor-in-chief for her junior highs newspaper, which had her receiving first place awards and honors... read full bio
Afi-Tiombe Kambon is a motivational speaker, actor, and oral historian of African-American history. Kambon graduated from Hayward University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and is working on her Masters in Theatre Arts and History. Her story is one of strength, Kambon had cancer as a childhood and because of this became an amputee. Because of her passion in African-American... read full bio
Ashly Perez is a Cuban-Filipino-Korean-American writer, actress, director, and producer. Perez has gone viral with her YouTube videos and was the creator for the Buzzfeed Violet channel, which has over 3 million subscribers and over a billion views. Perez writes the videos and uses her own humor, which has gained a big audience and gained her a lot of popularity.... read full bio
Clint Harp is the founder of Harp Design Co., an author, woodworker, and has been seen on the television series “Fixer Upper” as the go-to carpenter for Chip and Joanna Gaines which led him to his own television series, “Wood Work”. Harp and his wife started Harp Design Co. as a means to recycle wood from buildings, trees, scrap, etc.... read full bio
Eddie Barbanell is an American actor, comedian, and speaker, best known for his roles in films like Billy in “The Ringer”, Coach Eddie in “Hall Pass”, and in the film “Dumb and Dumber To”. He has also played Bradley in a few episodes of the Comedy Central series “Workaholics”. Barbanell has Down syndrome, which he doesn’t allow him to overpower... read full bio
Gabriel Cordell was born in Libya and his family moved to New York a few years after he was born. He grew up managing his family’s business but felt the longing for acting running through his blood. Cordell decided to pursue his dream and on the way to his first audition tragedy struck, his Jeep was t-boned and he went... read full bio
Nathan Sawaya, otherwise known as the LEGO Artist, is a sculpture-maker who creates art out of, you guessed it, LEGO bricks. Sawaya has led the touring exhibition titled The Art of The Brick across the globe to showcase his beautifully crafted LEGO sculptures. Prior to his work as a LEGO artist, Sawaya was a New York City corporate lawyer. Since... read full bio
Marc Romero was in high school when he suffered a terrible accident that left him as an amputee. Although he struggled to get back to normal he found while recovering how athletic he was and went on to join the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. He then went on to be a top free-skier, producer, teacher, and writer. All of this... read full bio
Mark Goffeney is an American musician that was born without arms and therefore is known as Big Toe, which is also his band name, because he plays his instruments with his feet. Born into a musically inclined family, Mark just naturally had the urge to perform despite his handicap. He originally started playing the trombone in school and fell in... read full bio
Winston Scott is a former NASA Astronaut and a retired U.S. Navy captain. He graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music and a Master of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Upon graduating from Florida State, Scott entered Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School. Upon finishing school he became a Naval Aviator where he served as... read full bio
Ali Fedotowsky began her career as a cast member on ABCs The Bachelor series. Later, Fedotowsky starred in The Bachelorette and got engaged with Roberto Martinez in the finale. Now, Fedowtosky is a weekly morning show correspondent for a local San Diego Fox news station. She has also taken part on the live judging panel for Miss USA and hosted... read full bio
Amanda Boxtel was enjoying her life skiing when all in a blink of an eye she somersaulted and an electric current went through her legs and left her paralyzed. She unfortunately was left with a permanent spinal cord injury, which left her without a way to walk, but she didn’t let that stop her from living her best life. Fast... read full bio
Amanda Hesser is the co-founder and CEO of Food52, a digital food community containing recipes, cooking advice, and kitchen and home products. Food52 has won awards including the James Beard Award for Publication of the Year and the IACP Award for Best Website. Prior to launching Food52, Hesser was the New York Times Magazine food editor. Hesser has also authored... read full bio
