Jeff Thredgold has been entertaining and informing audiences for over two decades. He has a unique ability to cut though the fluff" and discuss serious issues and developments in a very understandable way. Jeff has spoken to more than 1,500 groups throughout North America, traveling more than two million miles in the process. Jeff leads his audience on... read full bio
Although Tehran Mission is his first novel Rudy Wright is by no means a first-time author. As a film and television director he wrote and directed a wide variety of documentaries, corporate presentations, business theater productions and multi-image spectaculars. He won a film festival award for Americana 2000 a theme presentation for Americas Bicentennial which premiered at the White House.... read full bio
Samuel Shem is the pen-name of the American psychiatrist Stephen Joseph Bergman. He is the author of the international bestseller The House of God, combines first-rate medical credentials (Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, Oxford, professorship at Harvard Med) with exceptional talent in the arts. His upcoming novel, Mount Misery, delves into the relationship between psychiatry and managed care. In his... read full bio
Yvette Freeman is an African American actress and health advocate. She is best known for her role on the NBC drama, ER. Yvette has appeared on every season since the show started, making her one of the longest returning characters of the series. Aside from ER, she has appeared on television series like Days of Our Lives, Pretty Little Liars... read full bio
Dr. Gregory P. Kalemkerian has devoted his life to studying and examining the effective treatments for lung cancer and mesothelioma. He completed medical school, internal medicine residency and a year as a chief medical resident at Northwestern University, followed by a clinical and research fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. Subsequently he became a physician-scientist in... read full bio
Dr. Beverly Whipple, a certified sex educator, sex counselor, and sex researcher, is the coauthor of the international bestseller, The G Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality, which has been translated into 19 languages and was re-published as a Classic 23 years later. Her other books are Safe Encounters: How Women can say Yes to Pleasure and No to... read full bio
Allen Klein is an award-winning professional keynote speaker and best-selling author, who shows audiences worldwide how humor can help them deal with everyday trials and tribulations, as well as triumphing over tragedy. Allen was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. He is also a Hunter College, The City University of New... read full bio
Greg Mortenson is most famous for his humanitarian work in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, promoting education and building schools, specifically for girls. He is also a professional speaker, writer, and is a former mountaineer. After a 70 day, failed attempt to climb the worlds second highest mountain, K2, Mortenson became lost while descending the mountain. Instead of arriving in Askole,... read full bio
Sister of the late Dana Reeve and board member of the Lung Cancer Alliance. After her sister Dana Reeve died of lung cancer, days before her 45th birthday, Deborah Morosini took up her sisters legacy of strength. In just a little more than a year, her crusade has led to unforgettable lessons of hope, frustration and a maze of... read full bio
Edward Leigh is a politician. He served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Leigh was knighted in the Honors for public and political service. He speaks regularly in the House, mainly on civil liberties, constitutional, ecclesiastical and economic matters. Leigh is a strong supporter of Margaret Thatcher. Leigh served as a Minister in Government. Edward Leigh served as Chairman... read full bio
She is the author of Listen to Your Life, Whats Really Holding You Back and Rich Minds, Rich Rewards. She coaches entrepreneurs who have created multi-million dollar businesses as well as executives, emerging entrepreneurs and professionals in 23 states, Canada and three European countries. Her greatest fulfillment comes when her clients, readers and audience members take action and make meaningful... read full bio
Matilda Raffa Cuomo’s life has been dedicated to service. She has been a respected and distinguished advocate on behalf of women, children and families. As the former First Lady of New York State, she diligently worked as a volunteer with state and elected officials and community leaders, to establish programs to prevent child abuse, strengthen families, promote adoptions for foster... read full bio
Cathrine Ann was homeless, unemployed, penniless, and on probation with no formal education, but she was determined to turn her life around. At age 40, instead of continuing on the path of hopeless despair, she chose to take a massive risk. It was then that Cathrine Ann combined her street smarts, raw ambition and a lot of creativity to launch... read full bio
The woman Mediaweek says could very well be the next generation's Anna Quindlen" steps out from behind her celebrated New York Times column in a book about the intersection -- or more accurately collision -- of life and work. A few years ago, award-winning reporter Lisa Belkin left the office to work from home, amid the chaos of two young... read full bio
Cheryl Cran is a self confessed positive control freak, bold leadership expert, Gen X/Baby Boomer cusper with three Gen Y kids and is an internationally renowned professional keynote speaker. Her latest book, The Control Freak Revolution examines the positive and negative aspects of controlling tendencies and illustrates how to use positive control to achieve positive results. As an in-demand... read full bio
WITH HIS HOMEGROWN STORYTELLING AND NATURAL-BORN GUITAR TALENT, THE SAUCE BOSS RIGHTEOUSLY SINGS THE BLUES. He gives the feeling that can only come from a life lived in the eye of the storm. He has weathered more than his share of hurricanes, sunburn, and mosquitoes – and he’s got the chops to prove it. He has taken his... read full bio
Brett Leake is a dynamic performer of observational material. His lively desire to learn and to know lead him from the kitchen to the car to the classroom to the stage. Behind a persona that is appears sometimes confused, sometimes frustrated, Brett wonders about the little things the automobile battery light, people who draw a line through the number... read full bio
Judith Viorst is the author of seven collections of poems for adults: the Village Square; Its Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life; People and Other Aggravations; How Did I Get to be 40 and Other Atrocities; When Did I Stop being 20 and Other Injustices; Forever Fifty and Other Negotiations; and Suddenly Sixty... read full bio
Rolland Smith is an Emmy Award broadcast journalist with 40 years of broadcast experience as an anchor, reporter, documentary producer, and writer. Mr. Smith formally worked for the CBS network where he was co-host of The CBS Morning Program. He also anchored WCBS-TV Channel Two News and the Ten Oclock News at WWOR-TV in New York. Mr. Smith is also... read full bio
Known to millions around the world for his 21 years with CNN, Lou Waters has been a success in everything from Top 40 rock and roll radio to worldwide television news. Waters became interested in broadcasting while studying architectural engineering at the University of Minnesota. He broke into radio as an announcer with WMIN AM, and later worked at WLOL... read full bio
