Oh sure, they have real names; but they are best known as The Carrot Guys." And their message on employee engagement will change the way you do business. Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, are the highly sought-after speakers and authors of the critically acclaimed, best-selling business books The Carrot Principle, The 24-Carrot Manager, A Carrot A Day (a Wall Street... read full bio

Ajay Shah. Mr. Shah has been a Director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2004. Mr. Shah is the founder and Managing Director of the Silver Lake Sumeru Fund. In addition, Mr. Shah is the Managing Partner of Shah Capital Partners, a technology private equity firm. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Shah was the CEO of,... read full bio

Alan Greenspan is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private advisor and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. First appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until... read full bio

Alexa von Tobel is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, the leading personal finance and lifestyle website for women. Alexa developed the idea for LearnVest in 2006, during her senior year at Harvard College when she realized she, and most of her peers, had never had any formal education on how to effectively manage their finances. Alexa searched for reliable... read full bio

Alexis Glick recently departed Fox Business News where she was the Vice President of Business News and anchor of Money for Breakfast and The Opening Bell. Glick joined Fox News in 2006 as the Director of Business News. She became the Vice President of Business News responsible for overseeing all aspects of FBN's business programming shortly before the launch of... read full bio

Reddit, co-founded by Alexis Ohanian and friend Steve Huffman, has become one of the World Wide Web's most striking examples of democracy in action. Founded in 2005, it grew a user base of tens of thousands and quickly attracted the attention of publisher Condé Nast, which acquired it in 2006. Unlike social bookmarking" sites (such as Delicious), Reddit fashions itself... read full bio

Tall and lean with a thoughtful face, Allison Parris is very much the quintessence of contemporary. The freshman designer carries herself with a rare blend of youthful sophistication that, much like her premier collection, effortlessly engages. Allison Parris is well spoken and precise in her diction (a quality that I interpret as evidence of her creative mind), and full of... read full bio

One Idea Can Change The World - The journey from new mom to founder of Amilya's Soapworks to Oprah's Smart Choice Mom and now to co-founder of Lucky Napkin has been full of obstacles, disappointments, success, failure, great sacrifice and tons of surprises. Amilya Antonetti is a best selling author has shared the stage along side some of the... read full bio

Amy Webb is a professional disruptor (that's a good thing!). Called a secret weapon from the future, she knows how businesses are about to be disrupted by emerging technology well before anyone else does. Amy is CEO of Webbmedia Group, a digital strategy agency that studies disruptive technologies and consumer behavior. Her worldwide client base includes Fortune 100 and Global... read full bio

Andrew J. McKelvey is the Chairman and CEO of Monster Worldwide, formerly known as TMP Worldwide Inc. McKelvey founded the company in 1967 and is a graduate of Westminster College. With no capital and no clients initially, the company began focusing on the niche market of yellow page advertising and captured approximately a 30 percent share of the national accounts... read full bio

New York Times chief mergers and acquisitions reporter and columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin is a leading voice about Wall Street and corporate America. The founder and editor of DealBook, an online daily financial news service published by The Times, he also is an assistant editor of business and finance news, helping to guide and shape the paper's coverage. New York... read full bio

Andy Finnie is founder and managing director of Aged2Excel Ltd, a company that specialises in providing a complete portfolio of age diversity services. Originally set up to support the employment needs of the experienced job seeker, the company has continually developed and now offers a number of services, including advice, guidance and support for employers seeking to implement new policies,... read full bio

Hailing from Sweden, Anja Hynynen comes from a long pedigree of textile workers, artisans, and craftsmen. Her impeccably tailored garments-made from vegetable-dyed wool, hemp, cotton, silk, and linen-are almost architectural in their construction, featuring cascading ruffles, lattice-like cutouts, and wide swathes of harlequin diamonds.... read full bio

Anne Brouwer is a Senior Partner with extensive retail management and consulting experience. Clients find her retail experience invaluable when helping them develop effective strategies and new concepts, and optimize performance in merchandising, operations and the customer experience. Anne leads our softlines consulting practice, and has worked with a diverse group of clients including Lands' End, Limited, Cabela's, Curves International,... read full bio

As the creator and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, one of the highest-rated dramas in television history, Anthony E. Zuiker is one of the most creative and multifaceted individuals working in Hollywood today. Not only did Zuiker develop a blockbuster television series; he built an entertainment empire that transformed television programming and advertising. A world-wide phenomenon, the CSI... read full bio

Antoine van Agtmael is founder, president and chief investment officer of Emerging Markets Management, L.L.C. He is known for coining the term "emerging markets." He has held several senior level management positions at the World Bank Group, where he founded the IFC Emerging Markets Index and Data Base. He is the author of Emerging Securities Markets and co-editor... read full bio

Arthur Laffer is an American economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-1989). Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of tax elasticity which asserts that, in certain situations, a decrease in tax rates could result in an increase in tax revenues. Laffer is the author and... read full bio

Barbara Caplan currently serves as a partner for Yankelovich Partners, Inc., a leading U.S. marketing research and consulting firm. A prominent expert on consumer trends, Ms. Caplan is one of America's foremost authorities on the food, retail, fashion, housing and personal care industries.... read full bio

Barbara Stanny is a Money Expert and has appeared on numerous national and regional television and radio programs to spread her message of financial empowerment for women. These include: Good Morning America, The View, Power Lunch on CNBC, Money Matters on CNN, Your World with Neil Cavuto and The O'Reilly Report, both on Fox News Channel, just to name a... read full bio

In 1980, the New Republic called Ben Heineman the ���possessor of the best resume in America.�۝ Years later, it�۪s still hard to argue with the assessment. Heineman graduated from Harvard College where he served as the Editorial Chairman of the Crimson, was a Rhodes Scholar, served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal, clerked for Supreme Court Justice Potter... read full bio