Roya Rahmani is an Afghan diplomat who has been serving as Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States. Rahmani was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and during the civil war, her family fled to Pakistan. While there, she attended a school for refugees and returned to Kabul after. She later earned a scholarship from the World University Service of Canada and... read full bio
Roy Sheppard has been a reporter and presenter for BBC and has gone on to work as a consultant for numerous clients. He is also a conference moderator and author and as a moderator he has worked with some of the largest organizations in the world and has moderated the Olympic movement, the ICSC, and RECON in Las Vegas. He... read full bio
Roy Neel has been at the center of some of the most amazing occurrences in the course of history and has assisted in the resolution of some of the most difficult situations that the country has faced over the past three decades. He was the Chief of Staff for Congressman, Senator, and Vice President Al Gore, and he also served... read full bio
Roy Juarez Jr. dreamed of using his difficult yet inspirational life experience to inspire young people and bring families back together. To that end, he formed the human development organization IMPACTtruth, Inc. Juarez has inspired thousands of people both domestically and internationally by collaborating with national organizations including the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, Ford Motor Company Fund, and U.S.... read full bio
Roy Choi is an American chef. He is best known for his food truck cuisine. His unique culinary taste of fusing Mexican and Korean food has catapulted him to celebrity chef status. He feeds people, body and soul. While his pedigree includes Le Bernardin and the Beverly Hilton, his fame rose with one amazing taco that tastes like L.A.... read full bio
Roxanne Pulitzer is an internationally known socialite, novelist and actress. She became a media sensation in the 1980s during her divorce trial, a proceeding that turned into a media circus. Pulitzer is the author of novels Prize Pulitzer, Facade, Twins and the The Palm Beach Story. She later adapted her The Prize Pulitzer: The Roxanne Pulitzer Story (1989) into a... read full bio
Journalist and author Roxana Saberi attracted the attention of the entire world when rumors of her detention in Iran surfaced. She was a political prisoner caught in the center of a major political confrontation between Iran and the U.S. Ms. Saberi, a freelance writer in Tehran who contributed to NPR and the BBC among other publications, was kidnapped by four... read full bio
By cultivating amazing individuals, exceptional leaders, and outstanding service, Rowdy McLean achieves astonishing results for individuals, teams, and organizations. He cultivates extraordinary levels of drive, self-assurance, mastery, implementation, and responsibility, enabling you to attain unimaginable outcomes. Despite his contagious energy and excitement, his clients characterize him as genuine, grounded, and pragmatic. Known as Rowdy for his straightforward, no-nonsense, quiet approach to putting into... read full bio
Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist who has been featured in Forbes as a thought leader in business and a maestro of business innovation. As a strategist, Gibson has work for numerous Fortune 500 companies and has worked as a management educator for nearly 70 different countries over the world. He is also a keynote speaker and best-selling author.... read full bio
Actress Rowan Blanchard is well-known for playing Riley Matthews in the Girl Meets World television series on the Disney Channel. Blanchard started performing when he was five years old. Rowan played Caitlin in the main cast of the Disney Junior Original Series Dance-A-Lot Robot and Mona's daughter in The Back-up Plan. She also played Raquel Pacheco in Little in Common... read full bio
When Ross Watson talks about taking risks, teamwork, and personal dignity, he truly speaks from experience. An outdoor enthusiast for over 20 years, Ross was the first blind climber to attempt North America's highest mountain, 20,320 foot Mount McKinley in Alaska in 1990.... read full bio
Ross Smith is an author, thought-leader, innovator, and Director of Test at Microsoft. He has been working in the technology industry for over 20 years and has worked on everything from handheld devices, PC’s to mainframe systems. He started his career with Microsoft in Product Support and has since gone on to be a Test Lead, Test Manager, and Test... read full bio
Ross Evans is a successful entrepreneur and business leader in the logistics and ecommerce industry. He is the founder and CEO of Orange Distribution Solutions Inc. (OrangeDS), a technology-driven logistics company that specializes in ecommerce fulfillment and supply chain management. Ross began his career in logistics over 20 years ago, working in various roles in the industry before starting his own... read full bio
Douthat, one of the most important and controversial figures of his time, became the youngest op-ed columnist in the history of The New York Times. In addition to serving as National Review's film critic, he writes for the publication on Tuesdays and Sundays, covering pop culture, religion, American politics, and intellectual life. He published The Deep Places, a memoir detailing... read full bio
Ross Chastain, who was up on his family's farm in Alva, Florida, grew up cultivating watermelons when he wasn't completing laps at nearby short tracks. Chastain now drives the No. 1 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time. Chastain has been the busiest driver in NASCAR for the past three seasons after making 200 starts in the top... read full bio
Roslyn McCallister Brock is the youngest person and fourth woman ever elected as chairperson of the NAACP. She actively leads the nation's most significant civil rights organization in its mission to ensure that all individuals have equal rights and that racial discrimination is abolished. As a committed community advocate who works on behalf of vulnerable populations, Brock fights for quality... read full bio
Rosa “Rosie” Gumataotao Rios is best known for being the 43rd Treasurer of the United States under the Presidency of Barack Obama. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Rios was raised by a single mother with nine kids. She worked full-time throughout her years in high school at the Alameda... read full bio
Rosemary Shrager, the ebullient and vivacious chef, moved her cookery school from Amhuinnsuidhe Castle on the Hebrides to Swinton Park in 2003. Her school has been running for four years to wide acclaim, and has been voted one of the top ten cookery schools in the UK by several publications (The Observer October 2001, House and Garden May 2002... read full bio
It's Time to Bring Manufacturing Back to America Manufacturing is coming back to America, but this is not your grandfather's manufacturing. Today's manufacturing is sophisticated, automated and involves less labor. Offshore manufacturing has become less cost effective over the past several years due to longer transit times and rising labor, material, and transportation costs. And well before the US election, 54%... read full bio
Rosemarie Aquilina is an internationally renowned judge who is most notable for presiding over the 2018 USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal where she allowed over 150 women and girls to present personal testimony against Larry Nassar. She ultimately sentence Nassar to up to 175 years in prison. Judge Aquilina was elected to the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County and... read full bio
