Marc Colombo is an American former professional football offensive tackle who is currently an offensive line coach for the New York Giants of the NFL. Colombo was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and he began his career playing football in high school where he earned all-scholastic honors and helped lead his school to two conference titles. He went on to play... read full bio
Manti Te’o is an American professional football linebacker who is currently a free agent. Te’o was born in Laie, Hawaii, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was named the state defensive player of the year and Gatorade state player of the year. He also earned first-team all-state honors, won the Butkus Award, was named... read full bio
Luke Fickell is an American football coach and former professional football nose guard. Fickell was born in Columbus, Ohio, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was a two-time first team All-Ohio defensive tackle. He went on to play college football at Ohio State University where he started in the Rose Bowl and went on... read full bio
"Jill Abramson was the first female executive editor of The New York Times. Prior to her work with the Times, Abramson worked for The Wall Street Journal as an investigative reporter and deputy bureau chief. As of recent, Abramson has worked as a political columnist for Guardian US. Abramson has been noted as one of the most powerful people in... read full bio
Mark Hudspeth is an American professional football coach and former football safety and quarterback. Hudspeth was born in Louisville, Mississippi, and he began his career playing football in high school where he helped lead his team to the Mississippi Private School Association Class A state title and went on to play college football at Delta State University. After finishing his... read full bio
Matt Vinson, a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, works alone as The Wonderfool. In the years after starting The Wonderfool while still a student at Ohio University, Vinson has collaborated with the indie folk band CAAMP and released three recordings under the name. Vinson played every instrument on The Wonderfool's prior records individually, building the album around his upbeat modern folk tunes... read full bio
Mardy Gilyard is an American professional football player who currently plays for the Massachusetts Pirates of the NAL, and is also a current football coach. Gilyard was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was a first-team Class 5A all-state selection, was named MVP of the Florida Coast All-Star Game,... read full bio
Marcus Lattimore is an American former professional football running back and former football coach. Lattimore was born in Duncan, South Carolina, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was the ESPN RISE National High School Junior Football Player of the Year, earned USA Today high school All-American honors, was named South Carolina’s Mr. Football and... read full bio
Marcell Dareus is an American professional football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. Dareus was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was an ASWA All-State honorable mention at defensive lineman, was listed on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100 as well as the Mobile Press-Register Elite 18. Dareus... read full bio
Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a Canadian rock experimental collective that is based out of Montreal, Quebec. The collective currently consists of Efrim Menuck, Mauro Pezzente, Mike Moya, Sophie Trudeau, Thierry Amar, David Bryant, Karl Lemieux, Aidan Girt, and Tim Herzog. Godspeed You! Black Emperor was originally formed by Menuck, Moya, and Pezzente. They formed together after working as a... read full bio
Future Bible Heroes is an American indie-pop band from Boston, Massachusetts, that consists of members Stephin Merritt, Claudia Gonson and Chris Ewan. Future Bible Heroes is led by Merritt who is known for also being the leader and founder of the pop band The Magnetic Fields. Future Bible Heroes rose to fame with the release of their debut album, “Memories... read full bio
The Frames is an Irish rock band based out of Dublin, Ireland, that currently consists of members Glen Hansard, Joe Doyle, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Rob Bochnik, and Dave Hingerty. The Frames formed in the early 90’s and was formed by various rock ‘n’ roll artists. After their formation, The Frames went on to release their debut album, “Another Love... read full bio
Eric Bachmann, also known as Barry Black, is an American musician and producer who is best known for being the lead singer of the indie rock band Crooked Fingers, and the lead singer of the rock band Archers of Loaf. Bachmann was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and he grew up in cities which include Asheville, Greenville, Nashville, and St.... read full bio
Stephen Shapiro is a business speaker, author, innovation evangelist, and a former partner for Accenture. Shapiro has began his work in innovation while working as a leader at Accenture, which is a consulting firm. He has since gone on to be a Hall of Fame innovation keynote speaker, who has gone on to speak to over 50 different countries thus... read full bio
Curt Steinhorst is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and founder of Focuswise. As a keynote speaker, Steinhorst focuses on productivity for companies and has spoken to numerous organizations all over the world. Through his keynotes, he teaches his audience members have to engage more with customers, help lead their employees in new and better ways, how to communicate, and how... read full bio
Max Brown is an employee engagement, motivational leadership speaker who is currently the Director of Leadership at the Shingo Institute, and is an employee recognition, engagement, and leadership expert. He has also been a managing partner at the Institute for Enterprise Excellence. Over the course of his career, Brown has worked with numerous organizations to help them with engagement. He... read full bio
Frankie Amaya is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Cincinnati of the MLS. Amaya was born in Santa Ana, California, and he began his career playing soccer for the club, Pateadores SC, in Orange County, California. During his time playing with Pateadores, Amaya helped them to win the West Conference and was also... read full bio
Eleventh Dream Day is an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, that consists of members Rick Rizzo, Janet Beveridge Bean, Doug McCombs, Mark Greenberg, and Jim Elkington. The band was formed by Rizzo and Bean where they were both performing in different bands. From there, the duo moved to Chicago where they added in other members of the band... read full bio
Marques Colston is an American former professional football wide receiver who has played in the NFL and now works on the administrative side of football. Colston was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and he began his career playing football in high school where he earned All-Conference honors and went on to play college football at Hofstra University. During his college career,... read full bio
Eric Haseltine is Chairman of the Board of the US Technology Leadership Council and a technologist who has worked for the United States intelligence community. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in economics and psychology and went on to earn his PhD in physiological psychology from Indiana University. Haseltine is also a futurist, author, and... read full bio
