An accomplished actress, writer, comedienne and director, Renee Taylor was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Fran Fine's flamboyant mother, Sylvia. She and her husband, actor/writer/director Joseph Bologna, were nominated for an Academy Award for their first screenplay, Lovers and Other Strangers," and won an Emmy Award for their television special "Acts of Love and Other Comedies." A... read full bio
Dr. Marjorie Blanchard has earned a reputation worldwide as a compelling motivational speaker, an accomplished management consultant and trainer, a best-selling author and an entrepreneur. Recently, she was chosen Speaker of the Year by New Woman magazine and American Express. She also was the co-recipient with her husband, Ken Blanchard, of the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Cornell University.... read full bio
Leland R. Kaiser, Ph.D., is a dynamic motivational speaker known for his ability to change the way organizations think. A recognized futurist and acknowledged authority on the changing American healthcare system, Leland Kaiser is an organizational consultant to many healthcare organizations and U.S. hospitals. Dr. Kaiser holds an appointment as associate professor in the graduate program in health administration at... read full bio
Mr. Korber is a Physician Assistant with 30 years of health care experience that includes leadership roles in clinical practice, clinician education, non-profit administration, and patient education research. He is a certified non-physician hypertension specialist by the Association for Hypertension, is published in several peer reviewed journals & textbooks, and has presented continuing education talks at regional, state, and national... read full bio
Experience a passionate, wise and caring healer who helps people transform their lives by showing them how to rise above their limitations, remove their roadblocks, rekindle their dreams and become the principal agents in their own professional and personal lives. Carl A. Hammerschlag is a master storyteller and internationally recognized author, physician, speaker and healer. A Yale trained psychiatrist; he... read full bio
Elaine La Lanne was a junk food junkie. When she was 27, she worked at a TV station in San Francisco and was the talent booker for The Les Malloy Show. It was there that she first met Jack La Lanne, who said to her: You should be eating apples and oranges and bananas, and if I didn't like you,... read full bio
Valda Boyd Ford, MPH, MS, RN Valda Boyd Ford is a professional speaker, consultant and author. For over thirty years Valda has worked in nearly 50 countries to improve health and decrease vulnerability. For more than a decade Valda has worked to help women (and couples) learn how to get the spice back in their relationships, help women to achieve satisfaction... read full bio
Moving from Task To Touch™ in your organization is an evidence based presentation using research from 1,000 hours sitting bedside with patients observing their care and interviewing them on their expectations. The Perceptive Patient is a keynote on how a consultant, patient experience researcher and cancer patient observed her own 17 month healthcare journey. Brooke has spent the last 19 years conducting... read full bio
Jessie Pavelka is a US fitness expert and TV Host. In the UK he has hosted sensitive and inspirational weight loss shows Obese: A Year to Save My Life and Fat: The Fight of My Life for Sky TV and in the US he is currently one of the trainers on Series 16 of NBC's The Biggest Loser. Born in... read full bio
Well known for having earned the title of Mr. Natural Universe as well as being an incredibly dedicated figure in the fitness field, Jerry Anderson has been featured over 55 times on CNN as a loved and trusted authority in the world of fitness, health, and wellness. He has worked as a certified personal trainer for over 30 years and... read full bio
Nick Buettner is an explorer, Ed-Tech Innovator, National Speaker, Community and Corporate Program Director, and works for Blue Zones Projects. Buettner has led 17 expeditions over 6 continents around the world, for the past 20 years. He received his BA in International Business with a minor in Economics from Augsburg College. Buettner has traveled to three of the Blue Zone... read full bio
Kevin Hines is an American activist who is a suicide survivor as well as a suicide prevention speaker, author, filmmaker, and mental health adovcate who gained attention at the age of 19 after trying to take his own life by jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Since then, Hines’ story has been featured on numerous... read full bio
Dr. Felice Dunas is an alternative health and sexuality expert, consultant, coach, author, speaker, and acupuncturist. She has been using Ancient Principles to enhance the lives of couples, families, individuals, and workers for over years. Her teachings stem from ancient Chinese Medicine and she has earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology and international health care from UCLA before going on... read full bio
Belleruth Naparstek is an American social worker, psychotherapist, author, teacher, and producer of a guided imagery library of self-administered audio programs. Naparstek has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 30 years and is the creator of Time Warner Health Journeys. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and earned her Master’s degree in clinical social... read full bio
John Tamiazzo, Ph.D., is an author and doctor who is an expert in the fields of human potential, health, wellness, imagination, and transpersonal psychology. Transpersonal psychology is the study of the states of our consciousness during dreams, love, hypnosis, imagination, meditative states, spirituality, and transcendence. Tamiazzo has been the program director for the Calabasas Neuropsychiatric Institute, Woodview Calabasas Psychiatric Hospital,... read full bio
Bowen White, MD is a physician, medical clown who is a healthcare consultant and colleague of Patch Adams. White shares insights with others with his clown persona known as “Dr. Jerko.” White wants others to know that he isn’t normal and that he doesn’t consider normal to be healthy. He has published a book all about the subject titled, “Why... read full bio
Ann Richards is a life coach and mindfulness expert whose passion is to inspire individuals and groups to be the best version of themselves. Richards feels it is her purpose to share the opportunity and knowledge to be able to wake up happy every single day and wants to give people the right tools to have that mindset. Richards began... read full bio
Joe Flower is an author and healthcare futurist who is a thought leader on the changes in healthcare in the United States and around the world. As an author, Flower has published the book ‘How To Get What We Pay For: A Handbook for the Revolutionaries – Doctors, Nurses, Healthcare Leaders, Inventors, Investors, Employers, Insurers, Governments, Consumers, You.’ He has... read full bio
Julie Silver, MD is an associate professor and the associate chair for strategic initiatives at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and she is also an author, businesswoman, and cancer survivor. When she was only in her 30’s, Silver was named as one of Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by the Boston Chamber of Commerce but... read full bio
Holly Rilinger is a coach, trainer, and ten-year veteran of the fitness world. Known as one of the most inspiring motivational trainers in the game, she is also the star of Bravo’s new elite fitness show, Work Out New York. She is a Nike Master Trainer, Flywheel Sports Master Trainer, Certified Personal Trainer, Group X Instructor, and former professional basketball... read full bio
