Melissa King is a pioneering chef, businesswoman and philanthropist who is happy to be Chinese American and LGBT and who also works as a creative entrepreneur outside of the kitchen. King is the champion of Top Chef All-Stars: Los Angeles on Bravo (Season 17) as well as the fan favorite. King has gone on to serve as a culinary judge on... read full bio
The popular 10-season comedy Friends and Grace and Frankie were both written and produced by renowned TV writer and producer Marta Kauffman. Together with David Crane, Marta developed the enduringly popular NBC sitcom Friends. The venerable show received 63 Emmy nominations and won Outstanding Comedy sitcom. The WGA West presented her with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for lifetime accomplishment... read full bio
Actress Laura Donnelly is from Northern Ireland. She made her television debut in the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush, where she appeared in two episodes as the female lead's potential love interest. She is also well-known for her roles in Casualty, Hex, and the Irish movie Insatiable, where she plays the lead role. She recently played Barbara Best's sister in... read full bio
As America's Sweetheart Kelly Kapowski on the popular NBS sitcom Saved by the Bell, renowned actress and novelist Tiffani Thiessen made her debut. She shot to fame after participating in more than 400 television programs during the course of her career from 1989 to the present. She appeared for six seasons in the popular USA series White Collar, which received... read full bio
A seasoned IT entrepreneur, Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI, an AI-first business that is revolutionizing how people and computers interact. He formerly served as vice president of AI products and policy at Google. Prior to that, he co-founded DeepMind, which Google later acquired. He spent more than ten years as Head of Applied AI, helping the... read full bio
Marv Albert, who has more than 50 years of broadcasting experience and is regarded as one of the best sports commentators of his time, has called six NHL Stanley Cup Finals, twelve NBA Finals and eight Super Bowls. After more than ten years as the primary voice of the NBA on TNT, Albert just announced his retirement from Turner Sports. He... read full bio
The Las Vegas Raiders' Maxx Crosby is a defensive end who has twice made the Pro Bowl. Maxx was born and raised in Texas before spending his collegiate years playing football for Eastern Michigan. He played there for three seasons before declaring for the NFL Draft, when the Raiders selected him in the fourth round (106th overall), making it a successful... read full bio
Ben Sasse became a professor and the 13th president of the 170-year-old University of Florida. Ben is devoted to leading Gator Nation through this period of fast change in the nature of labor, technology and higher education. He is a husband, father, historian, Uber driver and football enthusiast. Ben has worked quickly to develop new leadership, build a UF-wide strategic planning project and base UF's... read full bio
The wife of Vice President Mike Pence, Karen Pence, is a mother, an educator and a celebrated watercolorist. Mrs. Pence strives to raise awareness of art therapy and the sacrifices made by armed service men and their families in her role as the Second Lady of the United States. Prior to being elected First Lady of Indiana, Mrs. Pence spent 25 years... read full bio
Conor Oberst, an artist from Omaha, began writing dark and tormented solo songs under the name Bright Eyes when he was barely a teenager. From its modest beginnings in the mid-1990s, the project became into one of the more well-known figures in the melancholy indie music scene of the time. A changing cast of musicians supported Oberst's tremulous vocals, but Bright... read full bio
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is based in Boston, Massachusetts. This orchestra is part of the five major American symphony orchestras referred to as the “Big Five”. Founded in 1881, the orchestra’s home performance hall is Boston’s Symphony Hall. The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs over 250 concerts annually, nationally and internationally. Currently James Levine is the lead of the orchestra, succeeding... read full bio
Rem Koolhaas is regarded as one of the most brilliant, adventurous and imaginative architects in the world. He is one of the most prominent architects in the world and was awarded the coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000. Rem didn't start out as an architect by creating a physical structure, but rather by authoring a book. His book Delirious New York is... read full bio
Matthew Hussey is a New York Times bestselling author of Get The Guy, podcaster, confidence coach, relationship columnist for Cosmopolitan magazine and resident love expert on The Today Show. As the leading dating authority and confidence coach for women, Matthew has helped millions get the life of their dreams through his sold-out live seminars, and step-by-step online coaching and training... read full bio
At the age of 18, Carl Leighton-Pope began his professional life by working at the Marquee Club in Soho, London, with artists like Rod Stewart, The Who and Eric Clapton. The start of a lengthy career in the music industry that lasted more than 55 years was those early days as a Mod riding a scooter and shopping on Carnaby Street. In... read full bio
The most frequent holder of world records for the UK is Sebastian Coe, who is also regarded as the finest runner to ever represent his nation. Coe, a London native, started his athletic career with the Hallamshire Harriers team in Sheffield when he was 12 years old. His father served as the team's running coach. At the European Indoor Championship, when... read full bio
The Black Sabbath tribute band Zakk Sabbath, which consists of Zakk Wylde on guitar and vocals (Black Label Society, Pantera, etc.), Robert "Blasko" Nicholson on bass (Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Rob Zombie), and Joey Castillo on drums (ex-Danzig, ex-Queens Of The Stone Age), has announced their Tour Forever / Forever Tour. In between Wylde's numerous performances over the past five or so years,... read full bio
Joanna Lumley is an engaging speaker, a captivating host of awards shows and a successful presenter thanks to her quirky flare and intriguing personality. Joanna has starred in over 25 major motion pictures and many television shows for more over 40 years, including Shirley Valentine, On Her Majesty's Service, The Wolf of Wall Street and of course Absolutely Fabulous. She has received a... read full bio
Tiff Needell has been a staple at business events ever since Top Gear beaming his face into over five million households in the mid-1990s. Tiff engages with audiences of all sizes, whether she's speaking at a private event at the Ritz or entertaining hundreds of people at the British Grand Prix. Tiff uses his more than thirty years of racing expertise... read full bio
John is a well-known comedian and actor from Liverpool who also does charitable work. He was employed as a sales representative before quitting to pursue comedy full-time. In just three years, he was entertaining packed houses. With the assistance of Greg Whyte, a LJMU professor of applied sport and exercise science, John cycled, rowed, and ran from Paris to London... read full bio
In addition to eyeglasses, shoes, purses, accessories and weddings, his successful business just debuted a new activewear collection called "Roland Mouret Body." Coming from humble origins, the designer has experienced a variety of challenges in business, including nearly going bankrupt and reclaiming ownership of his own name after losing it. In addition to speaking out against single-use plastic, Roland, a supporter of... read full bio
