From 1970 until 1992, Bert pitched in the Major Leagues. Infamous for his curveball, which Brooks Robinson claimed, "was nasty, I'll tell you that." Raised in Garden Grove, California, he was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the 1969 draft following his high school graduation. The following year, he graduated to the Majors and was named the American League... read full bio
From 1987 through 1998, William Ripken, sometimes known as "Billy The Kid," played in the American National Baseball Association as a shortstop. He played for a number of teams over his career, including the Cleveland Indians (1995), Texas Rangers (1993-94, '97), Baltimore Orioles (1987-92, '96), and Detroit Tigers (1998). At 180 pounds (82 kg) and 6 feet 1 inch (1.85... read full bio
Charles Smith is a retired professional basketball player for the NBA. In college, he was named Big East Player of the Year. He went on to play for the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship that won the gold medal as well as the 1988 Olympics which won the bronze medal. In 1988 he was chosen by... read full bio
Zigomanis was originally drafted in the 2nd round, 64th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Zigomanis agreed to terms with the Sabres just before the 5 pm deadline, but there was a typographical error in his contract that was faxed to the league offices. By the time the error was discovered, the deadline had passed,... read full bio
Robert “Bobby” Valentine is a former professional baseball player and manager. The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted him with the number five pick in the Major League Baseball draft. Throughout his career, Valentine played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, and California Angels. He was selected as the Pioneer League’s MVP with the Ogden Dodgers. Bobby has... read full bio
McKayla Maroney was a member of the Fierce Five," the US women's gymnastics team of 2012 London Olympics. She is considered one of the best female vaulter's in the world, even after setbacks including a broken nose and fractured toe. An unexpected slip on her last vault resulted in her Olympic silver in the individual competition. She became an internet... read full bio
John Newcombe is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player who won seven Grand Slam singles titles, and an all-time record 17 doubles titles. He was one of many Australian players to dominate the field during the 1960s and 1970s, and is one of the few men to have been ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.... read full bio
Ricken Patel is co-founder and executive director of Avaaz.org, the largest global political web movement in history with 5.5 million subscribers in all 193 countries. Avaaz has a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people want. Ricken was voted Ultimate Gamechanger in Politics" in 2009 by the Huffington Post and... read full bio
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John Gerzema is an American CEO and columnist who focuses on social sciences and the impact of leadership ethics and corporate culture on consumer behavior and financial performance. He has a particular focus on female leadership traits and competencies in modern-day leadership. He is Chairman and CEO of WPP Groups BAV Consulting, overseeing the BrandAsset Valuator, a consumer and brand... read full bio
Chelcie Lynn is an American comedian and actress who is best known for her persona, ‘Trailer Trash Tammy,’ which she began working on through the video app, Vine. When Lynn first started creating videos through Vine, her comedy videos helped her earned nearly 250,000 followers before they got rid of the app. Currently, Lynn has moved her comedy platform to... read full bio
Carl Glickman is President of the Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy and Professor Emeritus of Education at The University of Georgia. He began his career as a Teacher Corps intern in the rural south and, later, was a principal of award winning schools in New Hampshire.... read full bio
Colonel Thomas Kolditz is an internationally recognized expert on crisis leadership and leadership in extreme contexts, as well as cross cultural leadership, and the development of programs to inculcate leadership and leader development in everything from project teams to large organizations. Tom Kolditz is also a leader himself, serving in an array of military tactical command and technical staff... read full bio
For years, Chandler Burr was The New York Times perfume critic and is now the Curator of Olfactory Art at the Museum of Arts and Design, as well as the scent editor for GQ magazine. Burr is author of The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris & New York, which chronicled a year he spent... read full bio
Karen Finerman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, fills a uniquely influential Wall Street role as a top female hedge fund manager. She was recently named one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds by The Hedge Fund Journal, and one of the 25 Most Powerful women in finance by USBanker. As a value investor, Ms.... read full bio
The office for Jeffrey Garten has asked that CTI not list them, give out pricing, information or availability. If you are interested in this celebrity only, please contact CTI directly and we can let you know the process needed to confirm a date with them.
Stanley Bing first made his appearance in ESQUIRE Magazine in 1983, writing scurrilous things about his employers and those of his friends, and giving strategic advice to those even more befuddled than he. Rather than risk expulsion from his crabby corporate environment, he created a new name under which he could observe and criticize the executive class while at the... read full bio
Nancy F. Koehn, a renowned Harvard historian, employs the power of the past to inspire solutions for contemporary challenges. As the holder of the James E. Robison Chair of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, she dedicates her research to entrepreneurial leadership and the exploration of how leaders, both historical and present, shape lives of purpose, value, and influence. In... read full bio
Dr. Benoliel is the editor of Negotiation Excellence: Successful Deal Making, co-author of 2009's Negotiating, author of The Upper Hand, and Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators. He also developed STARLET, a negotiation simulation distributed by Kellogg School of Management. Some of his media interviews include ABC News, Bloomberg Television, CAN TV, The Deal, The... read full bio
Jason is a serial entrepreneur, passionate environmentalist and visionary who argues that industrial revolution is over and the sustainability revolution has begun. Jason takes business thinking vision and action into the 21st century– he looks for profitable game changing solutions to the new business paradigms we face. Turning accepted business concepts and models upside down as he looks at business... read full bio
