Laurie David is founder of the Stop Global Warming Virtual March and the producer for the primetime special, Earth to America!, for which she was awarded the Gracie Allen Award for Individual Achievement. A respected environmental speaker, David has also been honored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Riverkeeper organization as an environmental hero." Laurie David has also been a producer... read full bio
Rock icons The Lovin Spoonful burst onto the 60_s music scene to become one of the most revered groups in music history. Combining the best of folk music and rock and roll, with a touch of country thrown in, they gave us such hits as Do You Believe in Magic, Daydream, You Didnt Have to be So Nice, Nashville Cats... read full bio
Lucy Woodward is an American pop/jazz singer and composer, whose parents accredited musicologists, Lucy grew up surrounded by music. She spent summers in Holland visiting her composer/conductor father (who once conducted for the BBC), learning classical music. With her mother, a music teacher who sang opera and belly danced professionally, Lucy was also raised on plenty of opera music, as... read full bio
Louise DuArt, often called the world's greatest impressionist, continues to astound critics and celebrities alike with her dead-on impressions of America's most famous people. Her talent for replicating celebrities in fun-loving style has made Louise DuArt one of the most revered impressionists today. Her more than one hundred marquee characters range from Barbara Walters to Judge Judy, Joan Rivers to... read full bio
Lee Roy Parnell's music is a blend of hardcore honky tonk, barroom rock & roll, blues, boogie, Western swing, blue-eyed soul, and occasional gospel. He released his self-titled debut album, a collection of horn-driven country-soul, that received good reviews but didn't break him commercially; that would happen with Love Without Mercy, which mostly dispensed with the horns and emphasized Parnell's... read full bio
Louis Van Amstel is a three-time world dance champion, who began dancing at the age of 10, in a small city outside of Amsterdam. In his early teens, Louis began to travel the world representing his country in many major dance competitions. Competing for both ballroom and Latin dances, he became a three-time Latin Dance Champion. He stopped competing in... read full bio
Lacey Schwimmer is an American competitive ballroom dancer. She has made herself a household name from being on the hit dancing television shows So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With the Stars. She began training and dancing competitively at a very young age. Lacey comes from a very talented dance family. Her parents are notable West Coast Swing... read full bio
Lawrence Otis Graham is a nationally-known business author and advisor to companies and organizations on diversity and progressive strategies for managing a changing workplace. He is the author of, Proversity: Getting Past Face Value, a guide to improving the diverse workplace. He is also author of the New York Times bestseller, Our Kind of People: Inside Americas Black Upper Class,... read full bio
Lacy J. Dalton has one of the most distinctive female voices in country music. She is best known for her powerful, gritty vocals. Lacy was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania to a very musical family. She learned how to play instruments and write songs from her parents. Lacy’s musical sounds are heavily influenced by classic country music from the 40s, 50s,... read full bio
The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) are a 1990s hip-hop trio based out of Newark, New Jersey. MCs Mr. Funke and DoItAll Dupr met DJ Lord Jazz (a native of Cleveland) when all three were undergraduates at Shaw University. In their initial releases, their first two albums Here Come The Lords (1993) and Keepers of the Funk (1994), earned them... read full bio
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. wowed the judges and won over America’s hearts when he auditioned for the television show America’s Got Talent. Landau became homeless at the age of 19 and worked as a car washer to support himself and his wife, Jennifer leading to his audition. Right before auditions, Landau’s home was robbed and was down to his last... read full bio
Originally from Northern Ireland, Les Hewitt is one of the top performance coaches and business speakers in North America. He has more than 30 years experience as a business owner and entrepreneur, 25 of which have been focused in the professional training industry. Les Hewitt created more than 700 workshops and training programs that have been successfully utilized by thousands... read full bio
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 Sapphires 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
Lisa Niemi Swayze has spent decades in the film industry, both in front of and behind the cameras. But it is perhaps as an activist on behalf of pancreatic cancer where she is having the most impact. Married for 34 years to actor Patrick Swayze, Lisa was truly his partner in all sense of the word. She co-authored Patrick's 2009... read full bio
Founded during the Louis Armstrong Centennial Celebration, the Louis Armstrong Society is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of New Orleans Style Jazz, and to honoring the most notable and influential individual of the genre: Louis Armstrong. The mission was simple: to share the spirit of Louis with people around the world. That spirit was based on Louis’s perspective of... read full bio
Luis Gonzalez, a former MLB outfielder, is one of the most popular players in history. He is best known for getting the game-winning hit in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series off Mariano Rivera to give the Diamondbacks their first World Series championship. With businessman and entrepreneur Anthony Conti, Gonzalez has founded IsTalking, LLC, a Phoenix-based company that develops... read full bio
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Lucy Bernholz is the Founder and President of Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. a strategy consulting firm that helps philanthropic individuals and institutions achieve their missions. Bernholz is the publisher of Philanthropy 2173 an award winning blog on the business of giving, serves as Executive Producer of The Giving Channel on Fora.tv, and has been a visiting scholar at Stanfords... read full bio
Smith, a native of Jamestown in Bienville Parish, north Louisiana, was selected by the Cubs in the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft after being scouted by Buck O'Neil. With his 95 mph fastball, Smith's stature of 6 feet, 6 inches made him a formidable presence on the pitcher's mound. Smith led the National League (NL) in saves three times in... read full bio
In God is My Coach: A Business Leader’s Guide to Finding Clarity in an Uncertain World business expert Larry Julian teaches overwrought professionals how to become overcoming pioneers. It is a must-read for executives in search of success and peace of mind. Julian deftly reveals “The Eight Gifts in the Gray” — Purpose, Potential, Perspective, Platform, Power, Pace, Place, Prosperity... read full bio
