Marc Kielburger is a social entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author and gifted orator. Along with his brother Craig Kielburger, Marc is the co-founder of Free The Children, an international charity and educational partner that empowers youth to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change. He also co-founded Me to We, a pioneering social enterprise, and the youth empowerment... read full bio
Nazanin Afshin-Jam has done many things throughout her life. She was former Miss World Canada, the President and co-founder of Stop Children Executions organizations and an active international human rights activist. She also is very well known for her singer/songwriter and actor career. Nazanin Afshin-Jam plans to use her music and speeches to help her efforts in helping be the... read full bio
Under Coach Ellis' direction, a diverse and inclusive community of kids has had access to competitive swimming opportunities for almost 50 years. He pushes the kids to reach their full potential and instills in them the values of PRIDE, DETERMINATION, and RESILIENCE, which are the acronym for the former Philadelphia Department of Recreation. Based in the Marcus Foster Recreation Center... read full bio
Professor Alain Enthoven is a distinguished professor at Stanford, who has been published in the subjects of Economics, organization, management and public policy of health care. He studies the causes of unsustainable growth in national health expenditures and the costs of health insurance, and possible strategies for moderating this growth while improving quality of care. His recent work is focused... read full bio
Mike Peters is one of Americas most prominent cartoonists. He is mostly known for his outstanding work in both political and comic strip cartoons. His began drawing cartoons for his college paper, Student Life at Washington University. After college, Mike Peters began to work for a year on the art staff at Chicago Daily News. After being drafted into the... read full bio
Nancy K. Austins work and writing has been revolutionary to the way business is handled. As a leading authority and well-known speaker on smart management Nancys success is very admirable. She has addressed business, education, and military leaders in countries on six continents. Nancy also co-wrote, with Tom Peters, the book A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference. This book... read full bio
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., is chairman of the board of the National Health Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, whose goal is to improve the health of Americans by enhancing health literacy and advancing healthy behaviors. He also is chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Sullivan Alliance to Transform Americas Health Professions. He was the founding dean and first president of Morehouse... read full bio
Dr. Taylor is a Professor of Food Science & Technology in the Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Dr. Steve Taylor has written over 200 scientific articles, book chapters, encyclopedia articles, and other publications. He was recently identified by the Institute for Scientific Research as one of the most highly cited researchers in... read full bio
Health Choices host Howard Torman, MD is an award-winning national medical correspondent. Dr. Howard Torman, a former faculty member at Harvard University, has appeared on television for the past 12 years providing medical commentary, medical news and explanatory health segments, including a several year stint on "CBS This Morning." Dr. Howard Torman has also authored numerous scientific articles published in... read full bio
William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. William Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed. The versatile William Kennedy wrote the screenplay for Ironweed, the play Grand View, and cowrote the screenplay... read full bio
Michelle Cameron is a historical author and poet. Her first novel was titles In the Shadow of the Globe, which was published by Pot Press, Inc. Michelles book received a lot of excellent reviews and the novel became the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jerseys Winter Book Selection in 2003-2004. The novel has also come to life and has been performed... read full bio
On the eve of my thirtieth birthday, stuck in a dead-end secretarial job, living in a hideous apartment in Long Island City, Queens, and dreading what seemed like a life of terminal mediocrity, I came up with a panicked notion—to cook through all 524 recipes of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, in a year, and blog about... read full bio
This TV celebrity was certain that she wanted to work in the industry. Regretfully, Rene didn't realize that until she had invested thousands of dollars in a psychology degree. She persevered, landing a lucrative position as one of the anchors of The Early Show on CBS after working as a reporter and anchor in Reno, Birmingham, and Dallas. She conducted... read full bio
Filmmaker Lori Benson directed the personal documentary Dear Talula, chronicling her journey through the parallel physical and emotional journeys that follow her breast cancer diagnosis and the inherent self-examination and growth that came with each. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006, was broadcast on the HBO/Cinemax Reel Lives Series in 2007 and was short-listed for an... read full bio
Daryle Pat Lamonica is a former American collegiate and professional football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the NFL. Lamonica is a 5-time Pro Bowler and 2-time First-Team All-Pro. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 12th round of the 1963 NFL Draft. He then was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in... read full bio
Conrad Francis Dobler is a retired American football offensive lineman in the NFL. Dobler was drafted out of the University of Wyoming in the 1972 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, and promptly developed a reputation as a tough customer. After six years in St. Louis and three consecutive Pro Bowl appearances (1975-77), he made the cover of Sports... read full bio
Jim Brazell is a consultant, researcher and orator focusing on 21st century issues including community competitiveness, educational innovation, emerging technology and jobs. Jims clients include think tanks, companies, universities, community colleges, workforce boards, economic development organizations and K-12 schools. ... read full bio
Terry Brock is an internationally recognized speaker and trainer in the areas of technology, the Internet and marketing. He has worked with professionals from organizations in many different fields including real estate, accounting, architecture, banking, sales, marketing, computers and others. He is a speaker in demand because of his practical, easy-to-understand manner and style. Brock is a regular columnist for... read full bio
Tracey Gold is well known to audiences throughout the world. She has appeared in feature films, television series and movies-of-the-week. As a teenager she starred in "Growing Pains" for seven years, playing wholesome, brainy Carol Seaver in a picture-perfect eighties family. Gold was a pretty and professional young star with a limitless future. But behind the smiles she was... read full bio
A truly talented photographic artist, highly acclaimed underwater photographer David Doubilet has been a contract photographer for numerous articles, and he is known for his amazing work published primarily by National Geographic Magazine. Exploring the world's waters, Doubilet has photographed in the depths of such places as the southwest Pacific, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Tasmania, Scotland, and the northwest Atlantic.... read full bio
