Born in New York City, Wallace Shawn is a Jewish actor. His father is a journalist and his mother is a well-known and veteran editor of The New Yorker. Allen Shawn, his brother, pursued a career as a composer. Wallace received his education at Magdalen College at Oxford and Harvard University, where he majored in history. Wallace was a Fulbright... read full bio
Carole began her career as a journalist with ABC News and is most known for her involvement on Bravo's hit drama-based reality series, The Real Housewives of New York City. She covered overseas stories in Cambodia, Haiti, and India while employed by the documentary unit Peter Jennings Reporting. During the Gulf War, she was also based in Israel. She was... read full bio
Ms. Smith has guided Fortune 50 CEOs through difficult decisions, counseled presidents and world leaders through international crises, and assisted in managing the reputations of some of the most well-known people in the world for more than 25 years. She established Smith & Company in 1993. It is a strategic advice firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New... read full bio
Bob Sutton is an organizational change keynote speaker, Professor at Stanford, and a best-selling author. Sutton has earned his B.S. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and has gone on to earn his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Sutton began his career working as a Professor of... read full bio
Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director who is best known for writing the New York Times best-selling novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” as well as writing and directing the film version of the same name. Chbosky was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and while growing up, he was influenced by the writings of F. Scott... read full bio
Steven Johnson is an American science author and esteemed media theorist born in Washington, D.C. Johnson is the author of several books detailing issues of science, media, and technology. He has contributed to many networks and websites, including editing for "Wired" and regularly writing for the New York Times, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Johnson has assisted... read full bio
Molly Jong-Fast has created her own path in the world of literature while coming from a family with a strong literary heritage: she is the daughter of novelist Erica Jong and author Jonathan Fast and the granddaughter of Howard Fast. As an only child growing up in a Jewish family, Jong-Fast's worldview was shaped by the difficulties of her parents' divorce.... read full bio
Cokie Roberts' bout with breast cancer only reiterated what she already knew. “I had learned the life lesson that life is short and do the things that are important long before I had cancer,” Roberts told Richmond (Va.) Magazine after her diagnosis in 2002. ""I knew work is not important, family is, long before I had cancer”. Along with being... read full bio
Vijay Govindarajan, known as VG, is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School and founding director of Tuck's Center for Global Leadership. Professor Govindarajan is also the faculty co-director for Global Leadership 2020 - Tuck's executive education program that focuses on global management and is taught on three continents.. For over 25 years, Vijay... read full bio
Regarded as “America’s hottest Christian novelist”, Frank Peretti is indeed a best selling Christian author and motivational speaker. He studied English, screen writing and film at UCLA and held several jobs, including playing banjo in a bluegrass group, construction, and pastoring, before finding success as a writer. After being rejected by a few publishers, his book, ‘The Present Darkness’, was... read full bio
New York Times Bestselling Author Emma Straub is from New York City. She graduated from Oberlin College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of the novels ‘The Vacationers’ and ‘Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures’, and the short story collection ‘Other People We Married’. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Vogue, New York Magazine, Tin House,... read full bio
Mark Manson is an American writer, blogger, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO and founder of Infinity Squared Media LLC, is the writer for his website MarkManson.net, and is also the author of books “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” and “Models: Attract Women through Honesty”. Manson graduated from Boston University with a degree in finance and from... read full bio
Rhonda Byrne is an Australian writer and producer who is best known for her book ‘The Secret’, which is based on the belief in the law of attraction. Byrne was born in Melbourne, Australia, and she has previously worked as an executive producer for television series. It wasn’t until the death of her father that Byrne read the book of... read full bio
Tim Grover is a peak performance speaker, best-selling author, and CEO of ATTACK Athletics, Inc. Since starting ATTACK Athletics, Grover has worked with numerous legendary figures in sports such as Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, and several other Olympic athletes, NBA players, MLB players, and NFL players. As an author, Grover has published his best-selling book “RELENTLESS: From Good... read full bio
Morgan Smith is a writer, model, activist, and social media influencer who has recently gained fame creating the viral Viking musical, ‘Oceanborn,’ which has since gone on to become an Off-Broadway show. Smith was the writer and producer of the show and Smith’s friend Mhairi Cameron, was the composer. Smith has also been a novelist and playwright while studying at... read full bio
It is not surprising that James Patterson was featured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine and praised for revolutionizing the book publishing industry, as well as that Time magazine dubbed him "The Man Who Can't Miss." Recently, AARP named Patterson one of the 50 Most Influential People Who Make Our Days a Little Brighter, NBC's Rock Center with... read full bio
Ray Kelly published his long-awaited biography, which is titled Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City. In it, Kelly discusses how he revolutionized the NYPD and successfully kept the city that was the target of the most attacks safe after 9/11. This is the first time Kelly has spoken these topics publicly. Kelly is now the President... read full bio
Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland and went to the Dragon School in Oxford, Harrow and Cambridge to study history, where he received a double first. He graduated from the University of London with an MA in philosophy and started a PhD program but stopped to focus on writing novels. He started crafting his distinct brand of popular philosophy with "How Proust Can... read full bio
Poet and professor of German literature Gertrud Höhler has won numerous honors. She has become Germany's most well-known management expert during the past several years. Since 1987, Gertrud has served as an independent businesswoman, consultant to the top fifty German-speaking corporations, and advisor to many of the elite, including the head of Deutsche Bank. She joined the GrandMet board in the... read full bio
After switching to a plant-based diet, Joanne Molinaro, who is well-known to millions as "The Korean Vegan," started her blog with the same name. Her goal to "veganize" her favorite Korean meals as a personal motivational tool to stay connected to her family and culture swiftly expanded into something much more. She set up accounts on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram... read full bio
