Before jumping an 18-foot fence into California, Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, also known as Dr. Q, was a poor teen living in a small Mexican community. He then used hope, hard work, and determination to climb to the highest echelons of the American Dream. "Freddy," as he was then called, was the oldest of five children and worked by day as an... read full bio
Miguel A. Cardona is an educator and leader from the United States. President Joe Biden nominated him to be the 12th Secretary of Education of the United States. From his classroom of fourth-graders to his position as Secretary of Education overseeing the country's 65 million students, Secretary Cardona has dedicated his 27-year career in education to enhancing educational equity and access. Academic... read full bio
Kevin Surace is a highly regarded Silicon Valley innovator and entrepreneur. He’s been named INC Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC Innovator of the Decade, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, and Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee. Mr. Surce has been inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame. His technical background includes pioneering... read full bio
Dr. Susan M. Love is a pioneer in the field of women's health and breast cancer. She is President and Medical Director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. A former member of the National Cancer Advisory Board and one of the founding mothers of the breast cancer advocacy movement, Susan Love serves on the boards of the National Breast... read full bio
Kathleen Kennedy Townsen was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. The eldest of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel's 11 children, and the eldest grandchild of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, she is part of the Kennedy family. A life long advocate for women, children and the underserved, Kathleen Kennedy... read full bio
Jeff Rubin has been the top-ranked economist in Canadian financial markets for more than a decade. Rubin recently stepped down as Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets to devote his time exclusively to speaking and writing on economic issues. He is the author of the path-breaking book, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, as well... read full bio
A popular humorist, Dave Barry has poked fun at an array of topics, from bad songs to historical events. A writer who has built a career out of finding the humor in nearly everything, Dave Barry grew up wanting to be a writer. His famous sense of humor emerged early on. Barry landed his first newspaper job at the Daily... read full bio
Mary Higgins Clark's books are world-wide bestsellers. In the U.S. alone, her books have sold over 85 million copies. She is the author of twenty-seven previous suspense novels. Her first book, a biographical novel about George Washington, was re-issued with the title, Mount Vernon Love Story. Her first children's book, Ghost Ship, was published as a Paula Wiseman Book/Simon &... read full bio
Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger are two of America's most beloved chefs. The duo has been business partners for over 20 years, beginning with the opening of City Cafe on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles in 1981. Currently they are hands-on owner-operators of the popular and critically acclaimed Border Grill restaurants in Santa Monica and Las Vegas, serving Modern... read full bio
Having a successful career as radio talk show host and PR/communications specialist, Neale Donald Walsch was in complete shock when a crippling car accident changed his whole life. Walsch was angry and began to speak to God and received an answer to what he should do with his life. The result was the phenomenally successful Conversations with God trilogy. Walsch... read full bio
Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on the geopolitics of oil, energy, security and risk. Associate director of the Energy Program at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, she is a frequent keynote speaker at major energy industry and investment conferences. Jaffe is a co-author of the book Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises: The Global... read full bio
The American author Nathanial Philbrick earned his bachelor’s degree in English at Brown University. After grad school at Duke University, Philbrick went to work for Sailing World magazine for 4 years. He then left Sailing World and became a freelancer for a couple years. In this time is when he wrote and edited various sailing books. Philbrick’s book Mayflower was... read full bio
Ming Tsai is a fusion cuisine chef and restaurateur who currently hosts two cooking shows – Ming's Quest on the Fine Living television channel and Simply Ming on American Public Television – and formerly hosted East Meets West on the Food Network, for which he won an Emmy Award. He has appeared as a challenger chef on the Food Network's... read full bio
Enter the G-Block and go Around the World in 80 Seconds with Shepard Smith, whose fast-paced and jam-packed anchoring is a glimpse into the future of television news. His highly relatable reporting has been a trademark on FOX News Channel (FNC) since he joined the network at its inception in 1996. Smith anchors FNCs signature evening newscast, The Fox Report... read full bio
Henry Waxman is a well-known American politician. He has represented the 30th congressional district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives. Henry is a representative of the Democratic Party and is considered a highly influential member of Congress passing laws including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.... read full bio
Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and columnist for Fortune, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. As anchor of Wall Street Week with Fortune on PBS, he spoke each... read full bio
Fran_ois Charles Armand Fillon was Prime Minister of France during a time in which the French government needed a much-needed push. As a member of the UMP, Francois Fillon became Jean-Pierre Raffarin's Minister of Labor and undertook controversial reforms of the 35-hour working week law and of the French retirement system, initiative he took upon himself as a decisive policy... read full bio
Fans of the hit HBO series The Sopranos will instantly recognize Federico Castelluccio, the actor who plays Furio Giunta, a pony-tailed Neapolitan enforcer best known for his forbidden tryst with Tony's wife, Carmella (and having to high-tail it out of the country as a result).There are many actors who happen to be painters. Federico is a rare breed who's just... read full bio
For thirty-two years, Jerry Coffee has called Hawaii home. The only other place he lived longer was in the infamous Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam. Those seven years, nine days he spent as a prisoner of war - much of it in solitary, enduring torture - served not to embitter him, but to strengthen his faith, love of country, and... read full bio
On The Practice, Lisa Gay Hamilton played an attorney dedicated to defending people's rights. As a woman, Hamilton is fighting to defend fellow women from becoming victims of physical and sexual violence. An actress who seems to have talent waiting to burst out of the small featured roles to which she has been assigned, Lisa Gay Hamilton made it to... read full bio
