Darryl Worley has a career that has produced nearly twenty hit singles, including three #1s, as well as chart-topping albums and sales in the millions. Nearly twenty years into his remarkable career, with five successful studio albums, his outlook is as positive as it has ever been. His most recent single, ""You Still Got It"", emerged on Billboard's Hot Country... read full bio
Dr. Bernard Siegel retired from his practice as an assistant clinical professor of general and pediatric surgery at Yale to speak to patients and their caregivers. He originated Exceptional Cancer Patients, a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patients' drawings, dreams, images and feelings. ECaP is based on carefrontation", a safe, loving therapeutic confrontation, which facilitates personal lifestyle... read full bio
Domenica Catelli has positively influenced the way families eat and prepare food across the United States. Catelli is a recurring judge on Iron Chef America, a guest on CBS News and Oprah and Friends on XM radio, and has been featured in Southern Living magazine, WebMD the Magazine, and Oprah.com. Celebrities and VIPs such as Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, John... read full bio
David Weinberger has been a fellow, senior researcher, and member of the advisory board at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society for a long time. He forecasts the effects of today's technology on tomorrow. David, a prolific writer and thinker with a background in philosophy, is regarded as a visionary for the ways that technology is reshaping our... read full bio
Dizzy released a number of vividly described coming-of-age songs on their debut album Baby Teeth, a real-time meditation on the tiny tragedies and large disappointments of post-adolescence. The Oshawa, Ontario-based band discovered that as their perfectly crafted outpouring gained widespread attention (and won Best Alternative Album at the Juno Awards), their listeners had formed a strong link with them. Frontwoman... read full bio
David de Rothschild is the founder of Adventure Ecology, an organization that uses adventure and the arts to create stories which inform and inspire action via a global community. Created in 2005, Adventure Ecology not only creates a dialogue about the environment but allows for people to share and act on this knowledge as well.... read full bio
Dramos, a proud Nuyorican, is best known for his work as a producer and fourth chair on the nationally syndicated radio/television program The Breakfast Club. He has carved out a niche for himself in the entertainment industry by stepping out from behind his fellow National Radio Hall of Fame co-hosts. Demonstrating his versatility, Dramos has gained recognition as a DJ... read full bio
The author of Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth, published by PublicAffairs in Spring, 2003. Monkey Dancing won the Colorado Book Award and was translated into Italian and Korean. PublicAffairs published Powder Burn: Arson, Money and Mystery on Vail Mountain, an investigation into the costliest act of ecoterrorism in U.S.... read full bio
Dick Vermeil is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs. He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level. Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football.... read full bio
Dr. Roberta Bondar, after many years of training, became Canada's first female astronaut when she flew on the space shuttle Discovery in January 1992. She currently conducts research into blood flow in the brain during microgravity and various pathological states. Dr. Bondar is keenly interested in physical fitness and in educating students about environmental issues. She has received many honours,... read full bio
Dennis B. Ross is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department. Ross was appointed Special Advisor for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. During President Jimmy Carter's administration, Ross worked under Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. During the Reagan administration, Ross served as... read full bio
David Akers is a left footed American football placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 1997 after playing college football at Louisville. Akers has also been a member of the Carolina Panthers, Washington Redskins, Berlin Thunder, and Philadelphia Eagles for whom he played... read full bio
Debbi Fields is the founder and current spokesperson of Mrs. Fields Bakeries. Additionally, she has written several cookbooks. She currently lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband, former Holiday Inn and Harrah's CEO, Michael Rose. She and her husband are very involved in philanthropic work throughout the area. In 1969, Oakland Athletics owner Charles O. Finley introduced ball girls" to... read full bio
Don 'D.C.' Curry is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who got his first start on BET's Comic View. He is best known for starring as Craig's sex-crazed Uncle Elroy Jones in Next Friday and Friday After Next and for his role on the sitcom Grace Under Fire. He also hosted BET's Comic View.... read full bio
Derrick Morgan is a former American professional football linebacker who played with the Tennessee Titans the entirety of his NFL career. Morgan was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and he began his career playing high school football was he was named the Defensive Player of the Year and earned first-team All-State after he recorded 47 tackles and 7 sacks as a... read full bio
Dee Dee Bridgewater (AKA Denise Grant) was born in 1950 to a musically driven father (a trumpeter and teacher) and thus was exposed to music at a very young age. She would sit around and listen to the music her father would play and, by the time she was 16, Dee Dee was in a trio of RnB vocalists who... read full bio
Dan Abrams is a well-known lawyer, author, ABC News legal commentator, and replacement anchor for Good Morning America. Abrams has a distinguished media career that spans many platforms, and he is well known for his intelligent commentary and hosting duties. By anchoring shows like The Abrams Report and Verdict with Dan Abrams, Abrams attracted a lot of attention. His coverage of... read full bio
Dr. Ian K. Smith, M.D. is an American physician and author. He has made many television appearances including The View, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360. Dr. Ian has been featured and wrote for many mainstream publications like Time, People, Newsweek and Men’s Health. Dr. Ian also hosts a national daily news feature called Health Watch with Dr. Ian... read full bio
David Shenk is an American writer, lecturer, and filmmaker. He is author of six books, including The Genius in All of Us. With his signature blend of facts, reason, and great storytelling, Shenk presents dazzling new scientific research showing how the potential for greatness is not restricted to an elite few, but is instead a universal part of human code.... read full bio
Duke Ellington was eulogized as "the supreme jazz talent of the past fifty years" by critic Alistair Cooke in an issue of Esquire. A prolific composer, Ellington created over two thousand pieces of music, including the standard songs "Take the A-Train" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and the longer works Black, Brown, and... read full bio
