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
Marissa Orr is a leadership speaker, and former Google and Facebook marketer. During her time at Google, Orr was Head of Market Intelligence and Strategy, which she stayed at for 13 years. From there, she went on to be Senior Marketing Manager at Facebook before starting her own company, Marissa Gottfried, LLC. She is now an author, public speaker, and... read full bio
Cliff Ravenscraft is the founder of GSPN.TV, or the Generally Speaking Production Network. Ravenscraft has produced over 3,200 podcast episodes since creating his production network, focusing on topics such as family, faith, fitness, and technology. Ravenscraft has helped a variety of individuals and organizations launch successful podcasting ventures through his own personal coaching and consulting firm at PodcastAnswerMan.com and with... read full bio
Paul Adams is a keynote speaker, Vice President of Product Design at Intercom, and was formerly the Global Head of Brand Design at Facebook. Adams has previously earned his Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design and his Master of Science in Interactive Media from the University of Limerick. He began his career working as a Product Designer for Dyson for... read full bio
John Adair is a British author, educator, and leadership theorist who educates on topics which include business, military, and leadership. Adair was born in Luton and studied at St Paul’s School before going on to enter the National Service as a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards in Egypt. After finishing his service, Adair went on to study at Hull... read full bio
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down is an American folk rock band that consists of members Thao Nguyen, Adam Thompson, Charlie Glenn, Jason Slota, and Johanna Kunin. The band was formed in Falls Church, Virginia, after Nguyen met Thompson while studying at College of William & Mary. Both artists were previously performing in different bands and later, Thompson was... read full bio
The Swell Season is a folk-rock duo that consists of members Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. The duo began their career after being asked by a Czech film director to record songs for an upcoming film, “Beauty in Trouble,” that he was directing. From there, the duo began working together on songs that then became their self-titled debut studio album.... read full bio
Shearwater is an American indie-rock band from Austin, Texas, that consists of members Jonathan Meiburg, Lucas Oswald, Emily Lee, Sadie Powers, and Josh Halpern. Shearwater was founded by Meiburg as well as former member Will Sheff, as an outlet for collaboration. This led them to release their debut studio album shortly after, “The Dissolving Room.” They followed up that album... read full bio
