Mr. Ford was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers School of Law in New Jersey. From 1982 to 1985, Mr. Ford served as a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation where he investigated a variety of violations including Violent Crime, Fugitives, Drugs, and Corruption.

Mr. Ford entered on duty with the FBI as a Special Agent in August 1985. Following New Agents training, he was assigned to the St. Louis Division, primarily working Violent Crime and Organized Crime matters. He also served on the SWAT Team where he participated in the execution of numerous high risk arrests, search warrants, and protective details.

In June 1989, Mr. Ford was transferred to the Newark Division where he investigated Drugs, Violent Crime, and Gang matters. During this time, he also served as Team Leader on the SWAT Team. In August 1998, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent on a drug squad. In January 2000, he was named the supervisor for the Public Corruption/Civil Rights squad. In August 2005, he was assigned as SSRA of the Red Bank Resident Agency, where he supervised all criminal matters.

In February 2006, Mr. Ford was assigned as a Team Leader in the Inspection Division at FBIHQ, where he served until August 2007. During this time, he participated in the auditing of all programs throughout the FBI.

In October 2007, Mr. Ford was designated as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the Newark Division, first overseeing the Administrative Branch and later the Criminal Enterprise Branch.

In August 2010, Mr. Ford was promoted into the FBI’s Senior Executive Service, where he served as an Inspector in the Inspection division. During this time, he served as Inspector-in-Charge of field office and FBIHQ inspections, as well as Shooting Incident Review Teams, audits, and special inquiries.

In August 2011, the Director appointed Mr. Ford as Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division.

Here’s the formula for Sustainable Success: Find several great customers, turn them into evangelists and they will take you to the promise land! If this sounds easy, it is. However, it’s highly unlikely you will turn your external customers into loyal evangelists until you turn your internal customers (your employees) into loyal evangelists.

Scott Deming takes his thirty plus years of business ownership, board positions, working with small, independently owned companies as well as multi-national, publicly traded corporations, employee relationship expertise, customer experience savvy, and wraps it into the most comprehensive, easy to implement and energetic program you’ve ever seen. As one national publication wrote: “Scott Deming’s customer experience process is more like the ten moral principles for great business practice and success!”

Scott Deming speaks for and trains companies across the globe – big and small, in just about every industry. From CEOs to business owners to managers to sales people to customer service reps, Scott Deming’s programs have transformed individuals and organizations alike, showing them the real process for customer evangelism and lasting customer loyalty. As Scott Deming says – “There is no correlation between a satisfied customer and a loyal customer. A satisfied customer will stay with you until the next best deal comes along.” Move your customers from satisfied to loyal, with the process that works.

Communicate better. Become a stronger leader. Build a team that loves the corporate mission and sells with passion. Improve business and increase sales. Create a powerful, emotional, one-of-a-kind cult brand. Turn customers into evangelists for life. Be a marketing machine. Own your space. How? Come experience Scott Deming and learn how to transform yourself and your organization into a powerful, emotional brand that employees and customers will want to belong to.

Stacey Hanke is co-author of the book, Yes You Can! Everything You Need From A To Z To Influence Others To Take Action. When it comes to influence, it’s quality, not quantity. She is currently working on book #2 on the topic of Redefining Influence.

As a communications expert, Stacey reveals how to enhance your influence Monday to Monday. How many of us can say we had a great idea, but could not do just that; say it?

Stacey helps individuals eliminate the static that plagues delivery—to influence, persuade, sell, or simply effectively communicate face-to-face with a clear message. Throughout her career, she has trained over 15,000 people how to enhance their influence, conquer public speaking fears, rid themselves of bad body language habits and choose words wisely. She has delivered more than 500 presentations for business leaders in the financial industry to the healthcare industry to government and everyone in between. Her client list is vast from Coca-Cola Refreshments, General Mills, Nationwide, Cardinal Health, Kohl’s, United States Army and Navy, Advocate Healthcare and Leo Burnett. She has been the Emcee for Tedx. She has inspired thousands as a featured guest on numerous radio interviews nationwide. She has inspired thousands through numerous national media; Smart Money, Businessweek.com, The Balancing Act on Lifetime Network, WGN Chicago and WLS-AM Chicago.

Her area of expertise lies in offering practical influence skills and techniques that build confidence and credibility into leadership, client relationships and our personal lives. She does this by helping individuals enhance their influence to maximize performance, improve results and build relationships to win business.

She is also a:
• Co-author of the book, Yes You Can! Everything You Need From A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action.
• Featured author of the book, Conversations On Success, on which she partnered with Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Jack Canfield and Fish Philosophy author John Christensen
• 2009 Recipient of the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Alumni Award
• Member of the National Speakers Association. Stacey was one of six speakers selected to present at the 2008 NSA Convention in the category “Top Six Under Forty”

Nationally-recognized speaker and on-camera talent Bob Losure is now back home in Atlanta, where his national broadcasting career began as an anchor at CNN. In January, 2015, Bob keynotes for German-based Komet Dental's National Sales Conference in Charlotte. In June he'll keynote on “Overcoming Adversity” for Accelerent before business leaders in Kansas City.

In November, 2014, he traveled to Miami to emcee the World Crane and Transport Summit at the Biltmore Hotel. In October he spoke before key executives of Norfolk Southern Railroad in Atlanta on dealing with the news media successfully. Bob is anchoring several projects using Georgia Public Broadcasting's studios, including a video of a fictional collision of two Norfolk Southern trains as part of Norfolk Southern's extensive safety project rolling out in 2015.

In June, Bob delivered an inspirational speech to 300 cancer survivors at Houston's Memorial Hermann Cancer Center. He spoke of some simple steps to take to conquer those dream killers--Fear, Risk, Adversity, and Change. In 1985, he overcame huge obstacles as a cancer patient to audition at CNN, got the job, and anchored from the time of the Shuttle Challenger disaster through the first Persian Gulf War and the O.J. Simpson trial. Bob also went on-location for CNN to give a vivid account of Nelson Mandela's historic visit to Atlanta, Hurricane Hugo's devastation, and the San Francisco earthquake in 1989.

At conventions he's the face on-stage promoting OfficeMax, RadioShack, and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. In April he emceed the ExpressPros Leadership Simulcast in Los Angeles before an audience of 1,000 at the Fred Tavli Theatre along with ESPN's Dick Vitale, with thousands viewing nationwide.

His on-stage and on-camera skills have been used for numerous corporate and convention interviews in recent years, with guests including Walter Cronkite, James Carville, Judy Woodruff, former Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge, “Wolf of Wall Street” financier Jordan Belfort, Washington Post author Carl Bernstein, and many others. In the past two years, Bob has shown his versatility in anchoring three eight-hour webcasts including 30 live interviews for Thrivent Financial at the Minneapolis Convention Center, hosting a news conference for foreign journalists for Delta Airlines in New York, and moderating a closed-circuit televised town hall meeting with Delta CEO Richard Anderson and 215 flight attendants at Delta headquarters in Atlanta.

Bob Losure's national work as an on-camera spokesman in commercials is clearly visible on almost any given day nationwide. His clients include Newsmax Magazine, Goldline, MagicJack, Bushmaster, Remington, and many others. His voice is almost as well-known as his face, narrating the ESPN2 weekly series “Territories Wild with Tom Miranda” for ten years.

He currently chairs the advisory board of the Computer Outlook Foundation, which donates laptops to those in the military serving overseas so they can remain in touch with their families. Bob is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha's “Order of West Range”. It's his fraternity's highest alumni honor, and has been awarded to only one other broadcaster, former ABC journalist Ted Koppel.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, Nikki Stone became America’s first-ever Olympic Champion in the sport of aerial skiing. What made this performance so unbelievable, was the fact that less than two years earlier, a chronic spinal injury prevented her from standing, much less walking or skiing off a 12-foot tall snow jump that launches aerialists 50 feet into the air. Nikki is also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Union College and a Suma Cum Laude masters graduate of the University of Utah. Her aerial retirement is less than restful as she trains other Olympic athletes in speaking skills, helps report for the Salt Lake City NBC affiliate, sits on 5 different philanthropic Committees, blogs for the Huffington Post and authored the best-selling book, "When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How to Stick Their Necks Out". Stone now travels around the world working as a sought-after inspirational speaker and on-line sports show host, sharing her secrets to success.

Robin Crow has forged a remarkable career on his journey from RCA recording artist to successful entrepreneur, and has built several world-class businesses from scratch. He is an acclaimed public speaker with a client list that is a who’s who of blue chip corporations and forward thinking organizations. Robin doesn’t just talk business; he lives it. His company Dark Horse Recording, a four-studio complex and resort has set the gold standard for customer service and excellence in the recording industry. It is home to Faith Hill, Ashley Judd, Neil Diamond, Taylor Swift, Matchbox 20, Tim McGraw, Michael W. Smith, Jewel, Alison Krauss, and many others. Robin is also the Founder and CEO of the Dark Horse Institute for Audio Engineering.

Crow lectures widely on the implications of global issues and their effects on business sustainability. Leadership and Customer Service are always the foundations from which his talks originate. He has given over 2100 presentations. His newest book, Evolve or Die, reached #5 on the USA Today Best-Seller list. His other books include Rock Solid Leadership, and Jump and the Net will appear. He loves hanging out with his four children, throwing large barbecues for his studio clients and friends, and spending as much time as possible in the Rocky Mountains.

Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D., is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant who transfers his knowledge of exceptional business practices in ways that develop joyful and productive workplaces with a focus on the total customer experience. His insights encourage leaders and frontline workers to grow and
invest passionately in all aspects of their lives.

Dr. Michelli is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Nielson Bookscan and New York Times #1 bestselling author. His latest book is Leading The Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customer, Your Products, and Your People and he currently is working with Mercedes-Benz USA on a book tentatively titled Driven to Delight which will be released in 2015.

Joseph’s other titles include The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire Engage and WOW, Prescription for Excellence: Leadership Lessons for Creating a World-Class Customer Experience from UCLA Health System, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary, The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace which was co-authored with the owner of the "World Famous" Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle.

Joseph Michelli received his Masters and Doctorate from the University of Southern California. He is a professional member of the National Speakers Association and the Authors Guild. Joseph has won the Asian Brand Excellence Award and achieved numerous other writing and presentation honors. He is an editorial board member for the Beryl Institute's Patient Experience Journal (PXJ) and on the founders council of CustomerExperienceOne.

Having journeyed with a close family member through a six year battle with breast cancer, Dr. Michelli is committed to social causes associated with curing cancer as well as abating world hunger.

Rory Vaden is a Self-Discipline Strategist whose insights have been shared on Oprah radio and featured in print media such as SUCCESS™ Magazine. Rory has degrees in Business Management, Leadership, and an MBA. He is the Co-Founder of a multi-million dollar sales training company, Southwestern Consulting®, and has personally coached top producers such as Chad Goldwasser, the former #1 Keller Williams agent worldwide. He is also an all-time production record holder for the 150 year old network marketing organization, The Southwestern Company. As a two time world champion of public speaking finalist for Toastmasters International, Rory has shared his compelling “Take The Stairs” message with people in Taiwan, China, Canada, the UK, and the USA.

Steve Russell served 21 years in the United States Army as an infantry officer, deploying operationally to Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq. During his command of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, he was widely covered during the first year of the Iraq war by TIME, CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, AP and Reuters. He and his unit were featured in BBC Panorama’s Saddam on the Run documentary as well as Discovery’s Ace in the Hole. He has also been the subject of numerous books and publications. Russell retired from the Army in 2006 to return to his native state of Oklahoma, where he has advocated nationally for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

He is the Chairman and Founder of Vets for Victory, an organization that works to better the lives of America's military men and women.

As a sought after speaker, Russell draws upon personal and unit experience to share practical leadership techniques, problem solving and decision-making under pressure.

Through expert storytelling, he captivates audiences with his recounting of the hunt and capture of Saddam Hussein while inspiring them with a message of hope and patriotism.

Russell is the author of We Got Him! A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein. The late Robin Moore, author of The Green Berets and The French Connection praised Russell's book as "an extraordinary personal glimpse of the war. A monumental credit to himself, his troops, and the United States of America," while General Tommy Franks calls it "a moving, gripping account of one of the most remarkable achievements of soldiering in a generation."

Russell is a featured speaker at events across the United States, in Canada, and in Europe. He lives in Oklahoma with his wife and five children and also serves in the Oklahoma Senate.

One of the most in-demand speakers today, is an expert on Resiliency—the ability to overcome challenges and bounce back even stronger than ever before. His client list includes top organizations with one thing in common: they understand that success is not just about reaching your goals and getting what you want. There also has to be an intent to handle set-backs and overcome obstacles and end of smarter, stronger and more focused than ever before, Vince knows first-hand the power that attitude, determination and innovation play in your future success--especially when life doesn’t go as planned.

A recreational skier, Vince rose to the ranks of an Olympic skier in just four short years. Next goal. Win the gold. But it didn’t happen. Things got in the way. But not in the way of him becoming successful. He just had to bounce back and find another path. Another solution. Another way to achieve his goals and GRAB THE GOLD another way. Landing him a spot as a Times Best Selling author. Hall of Fame Speaker. Award winning business owner.

So what are your teams’ obstacles? The economy? Competition? Negative attitudes? Lower productivity? And the list goes on.

Vince is the #1 go-to guy for taking a team and teaching them how to lead better. Produce more. Sell more. And move past the obstacles and into a mental space that creates the kind of success you and your team want and deserve.

This is NOT Vince just telling his story. Because everybody has a story. This is about Vince sharing strategies and solutions that will definitely change how your team handles crisis. Problems. Competition. And change. Without understanding resiliency and the absolute importance it plays on everything and everyone—your team will not have the skills they need to overcome the things that will inevitably stand in their way.

Susan Ershler tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others her secrets for success, determination, and achieving seemingly impossible goals.

Susan’s record would be remarkable enough if it only detailed her business achievements. During her 23-year corporate career, she has held a series of increasingly responsible executive positions in the sales divisions of Fortune 500 companies including Verizon, CenturyLink, United Technologies, and FedEx. She’s led teams to sales records, beating objectives from $1 million to $600 million, ultimately as a Vice President. Along the way, she earned 11 annual President’s Club awards – for leading teams to top performance.

During that era of corporate achievement, she, and her husband Phil, were climbing the Seven Summits – the highest mountain on each of the world’s the seven continents. That remarkable journey culminated at the top of Mount Everest on May 16, 2002. With that climb, she and Phil became the first couple in history to climb the Seven Summits.

That feat earned them world-wide media attention, including Good Morning America, CNN, the Today Show, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and many others.

In her first acclaimed book, Together on Top of the World; The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits, Susan shared her remarkable Everest adventure and the life lessons she learned on the mountain. Now, in her latest book, Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales: From Everest to Every Business, Achieving Peak Performance (published by HarperCollins), Susan examines the habits of success anyone can master to achieve peak performance in selling, business and leadership, using the same techniques and determination that empowered her to climb the world’s highest mountains.

Not a professional mountain climber, Susan trained by climbing the 35 stories in her high-rise office building on her lunch hour for a year - with a 40-pound pack on her back. She tells her electrifying story to audiences with clarity and passion. She lifts her audience's ambitions by showing them how hard work, dedication, perseverance and a total commitment to excellence can pay off in reaching seemingly impossible goals.

As a business speaker, Susan illustrates how she utilized her experience as a sales leader as the foundation to her training for climbing mountains. She begins with visualizing a goal, no matter how difficult or seemingly out of reach. She continues with demonstrated techniques to improve focus, discipline and teamwork. She concludes with a passionate affirmation of the value of life and the thrill of celebrating your success from the top of the world.

Having climbed the mountain in work and in the world, Susan’s message stands apart for its credibility and power.

Captain Charlie Plumb has lived what he believes to be the American Dream. As a farm kid from Kansas, he fantasized about airplanes although he felt certain he would never have the opportunity to pilot one. It would be the United States Navy who afforded Plumb the opportunity to live out that dream.

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Plumb completed Navy Flight Training and reported to Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego where he flew the first adversarial flights in the development of what would be called The Navy Fighter Weapons School, currently known as "TOP GUN." The next year, Plumb's squadron, the Aardvarks, launched on the Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk with Fighter Squadron 114 to fly the Navy's hottest airplane, the F-4 Phantom Jet.

Code named "Plumber," Charlie Plumb flew 74 successful combat missions over North Viet Nam and made over 100 carrier landings. On his 75th mission, just five days before the end of his tour, Plumb was shot down over Hanoi, taken prisoner, tortured and spent the next 2,103 days as a Prisoner Of War.

Following his repatriation, Plumb continued his Navy flying career in Reserve Squadrons where he flew A-4 Sky Hawks, A-7 Corsairs and FA-18 Hornets. His last two commands as a Naval Reservist were the on the Aircraft Carrier Corral Sea and at a Fighter Air Wing in California. He retired from the United States Navy after 28 years of service.

To this day, Captain Plumb continues to fly left-seat at every opportunity. He has personally owned 8 airplanes, the most treasured being a World War II PT-19 Open-Cockpit Antique. He currently owns a Rutan-designed experimental single-engine Long-Eze.

Military Aircraft Flown
T-34 Mentor, T-2 Buckeye, F-9 Cougar, F-11 Tiger, F-4 Phantom, A-4 Sky Hawk, A-7 Corsair, FA-18 Hornet, F-16 Falcon

Aircraft Carrier Assignments
USS Constellation, USS Lexington, USS Oriskany, USS Kitty Hawk, USS Coral Sea, USS Abraham Lincoln

Medals and Decorations
Silver Star, 2 Purple Hearts, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, POW Medal, Air Medals, Combat Action, Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Campaign, Service Medal

Major Dan Rooney, USAF

Is an Aggressor Fighter Pilot with the 301st Fighter Squadron for the United States Air Force located at Tyndall AFB, PGA Professional, Patriotic Philanthropist and Author, A Patriot's Calling: Living Life Between Fear and Faith.

Major Dan Rooney is the founder of the Folds of Honor Foundation, a Fighter Pilot with 3 combat tours in Iraq, the founder of The Patriot Golf Club, a PGA Professional, and author of A Patriot’s Calling—Living Life between Fear and Faith. He was the only motivational team speaker for the US Ryder Cup team in Wales.

Folds of Honor, a non-profit organization, provides scholarships to the spouses and children of military service members disabled or killed in action. In five short years Folds of Honor has raised over $70 million and awarded over 10,000 scholarships to the family members KIA or disabled in combat.

A Major in the Air Force Reserve and a decorated military aviator, he is a two-time recipient of the Top Gun award and was honored with the Spirit of Attack award as a top graduate of F-16 training. He has received many decorations to include the Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Medal, Anti-terrorism Medal, Combat Readiness Medal and Air Expeditionary Medal.

For his service and patriotism—Rooney was presented the White House's “Presidential Volunteer Service Award” by President George W. Bush, the Air National Guard's “Distinguished Service Medal”, the Air National Guard’s “Directors Service Award” and the Ellis Island “Medal of Honor”. He was honored at The Masters Invitational with the “William D. Richardson Award” for his outstanding contributions to golf and received the PGA of America's first-ever “Patriot Award”. He has been recognized as one of People Magazine's “Heroes of the Year”, Money Magazine’s “Hero of the Year” and ABC World News Tonight's “Persons of the Year”. Major Rooney has also received one of golf’s most prestigious awards, the ASGCA’S 2014 Donald Ross award and just recently the Kansas University Distinguished Alumni Award which recognizes alumni who have made remarkable contributions to their profession, the nation and the world. He is a “Significant Sigma Chi” and was featured on NBC World News Making a Difference report.

Rooney founded The Patriot, a Robert Trent Jones, Jr.-designed course in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is currently ranked 42nd among American golf courses in Golf Week’s Modern Top 100. The Patriot is home to the Folds of Honor Foundation headquarters.

She is forthright, respected, ethical, and a winner who serves as a shining example in the sport of collegiate basketball.
“She” is Pat Head Summitt, head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer basketball team, who has just completed her 38th season at the helm of the Lady Vols in 2011-12 and sports a remarkable 1,098-208 overall record.

Every time she steps out on the court, she raises the bar in the collegiate basketball world.

On Aug. 23, 2011, Summitt might have raised the bar on courage as she bravely revealed the toughest opponent she will ever have to battle, early onset dementia, “Alzheimer’s type,” after the doctors at the Mayo Clinic diagnosed her at the age of 59. To be sure, Summitt has taken on this opponent with her signature game plan.

The Tennessee skipper didn’t look at it as a bold move, rather continuing her lifelong practice of both herself and her program being an open book.

The immediate groundswell of support was truly amazing. A “We Back Pat” campaign sprang up overnight and went viral in the social media world. A t-shirt was born with the slogan and proceeds starting pouring into Summitt-picked organizations, Alzheimer’s Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Medical Center. In November 2011, Summitt announced the formation of The Pat Summitt Foundation Fund.

In announcing her diagnosis, Pat was being just Pat, but a number of organizations hailed her courage to come forward.

The United States Sports Academy awarded Summitt its 2011 Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award for her indomitable spirit in her public battle with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type…On October 4, it was announced that Summitt would receive the 2011 Maggie Dixon Courage Award… Also in October, The Huffington Post named Summitt a 2011 Game Changer – an innovator, leader and role model who is changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it…The Tennessee Communication Association selected Summitt for its highest honor, Communicator of the Year.

Sports Illustrated presented Summitt on the cover of the magazine as the 2011 Sportswoman of the Year; the NCAA selected her for the prestigious Gerald R. Ford President’s Award at the 2012 NCAA Convention in January; the United States Basketball Writers Association presented her with their “Courage” Award at the 2012 Final Four in Denver, Colo., and she was named the 2012 Tennessean of the Year in April.

The incomparable Summitt has built collegiate basketball’s “hoopdom” at Tennessee. A program developed tirelessly, diligently and successfully by Summitt, her staff and the select group of 161 all-time basketball student-athletes who have been fortunate enough to don the Orange & White jerseys of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers.
Summitt, already the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history (men or women), has eight NCAA Championships in the trophy case including her most recent back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008.

A brief synopsis of Summitt’s resume goes like this: A consummate taskmaster, she has kept her elite program in the winner's circle for almost four decades, producing a mind-boggling record of 1,098-208 (.842). During her tenure, the Lady Vols have won eight NCAA titles, as well as an amazing 32 Southeastern Conference tournament and regular season championships. Tennessee has made an unprecedented 31 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament and produced 12 Olympians, 21 State Farm/Kodak All-Americans named to 36 teams, and 77 All-SEC performers. Along with the success on the court, Summitt’s student-athletes have tremendous productivity in the classroom. Coach Summitt has a 100 percent graduation rate for all Lady Vols who have completed their eligibility at Tennessee.

Her honors and achievements over the years number in the hundreds. The Sporting News named the 50 Greatest Coaches of All-Time. Summitt was voted the 11th best of all-time and was the only woman on the list. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on June 5, 1999 and into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on October 13, 2000. Other recent accolades: inducted as the third member of the Tennessee Women’s Hall of Fame on June 17, 2011; a resolution by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 5, 2009; an honorary doctorate from the United States Sports Academy on May 19, 2009; receiving the 2009 WNBA Inspiring Coach Award on April 7, 2009, and being honored by her peers with the RUSSELL ATHLETIC/WBCA Victory Club Award for 1,000 career wins on April 6, 2009.

Brian Stann played middle linebacker for the US Naval Academy and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Economics in 2003. Following his commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, he served as an Infantry Officer in Mobile Assault Platoon and Company Executive Officer billets during two deployments with 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Brian was awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest award for valor, for his actions near the Al-Romana Bridge during Operation MATADOR in May 2005.

From 2007 to 2008, Brian assumed duties as Commanding Officer, 8th Marine Regiment Headquarters Company in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He left the Marine Corps as a Captain in 2008 and moved to Georgia to assume positions at MedAssets and Hire Heroes USA.

Brian's mixed martial arts fighting career began in the Marine Corps in 2003, where he earned certification as a black belt instructor trainer in Marine Corps Martial Arts. He began fighting professionally in 2006 while on active duty in the Marine Corps, using accumulated leave to take time for training and fights. In 2008, Brian defeated Doug Marshall to become the WEC Light Heavyweight champion; in 2009 he debuted in the UFC, where he currently fights in the middleweight division.

Captain Dom grew up in western Pennsylvania and attended college at Duke University in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He was commissioned an ensign upon graduation prior to attending flight school. During his 26-year Navy career, he logged over 6,000 flight hours and 1,023 carrier landings in ten different tactical aircraft on seven different aircraft carriers.

George’s Navy experiences include instructor pilot at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (“Topgun”) and selection as commanding officer of various high-performance organizations: a combat FA-18 squadron (Strike-Fighter Squadron 37); the Navy’s jet demonstration squadron (“the Blue Angels”) and Carrier Air Wing Seven that included all the squadrons embarked aboard the USS John F. Kennedy. George flew combat missions against Libya in 1986 (Operation Eldorado Canyon), Iraq from 1991-2000 (Operations Desert Storm and Deny Flight), and Kosovo in 2000 (Operation Noble Anvil). His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (two awards), the Distinguished Flying Cross (with “Combat Valor”), and honorary doctorate from Seton Hill University. Captain Dom’s final military assignment was in the Pentagon in Washington, DC coordinating strategic military planning and policy development on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Upon leaving active duty, George was senior vice president for a business aviation consulting company and in 2009 founded NFS Jet Acquisitions, Inc., specializing in all aspects of corporate jet acquisitions and management.

He also travels extensively to speak to corporate groups and various organizations regarding individual high performance, high-trust leadership and teamwork, and is a certified performance coach for the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, FL.

George and his wife, Rian, reside in Napa, California with their two daughters.

Greg Link is a co-founder of FranklinCovey’s Global Speed of Trust Practice, CoveyLink, and the former Covey Leadership Center. A recognized authority on leadership, trust, sales, marketing, and high performance, Link is a sought-after adviser and speaker. His authentic, engaging style endears him to audiences at all levels, from senior executives to the front lines. He is a “business expert who speaks,” not a “speaker who theorizes.”

Link, his business partner Stephen M. R. Covey, and the team at The Speed of Trust Practice equip people and organizations to transform toxic relationships, teams, and organizational cultures and to harness high trust as a performance multiplier. Link convincingly challenges the age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and demonstrates that it is a hard-edged economic driver—a learnable, measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.

As co-founder of the Covey Leadership Center, he orchestrated the strategy that led Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to become one of the two best-selling business books of the 20th century according to CEO Magazine, selling over20 million copies in 38 languages. He created the marketing momentum that helped propel Covey Leadership Center from a start- up company to a $110-plus million-dollar enterprise with offices in 40 countries before merging with Franklin Quest to form
FranklinCovey.

He also led the Center’s international publishing success, resulting in partnerships with more than 30 publishers worldwide. This included making publishing history in Japan, leading the strategy that sold over one million copies of a foreign-language translation, nonfiction business book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, in Japanese.
In addition, he was instrumental in formulating and executing one of the world’s largest international business satellite broadcasts with partners Lessons in Leadership and Fortune magazine.

Link has taught The Seven Habits, Principle Centered Leadership, and The Speed of Trust and advised executives at numerous leading enterprises, including Hewlett-Packard, the U.S. Navy, Sony, Chevron, IBM, Microsoft, Boeing, and many other well-known organizations. He is a trusted confidant to CEOs and other senior leadership. His business acumen and experience as a successful, real-world executive inform his presentations and make them uniquely relevant to clients and convention audiences alike.

Link and business partner Stephen M. R. Covey recently co-authored a new book, Wall Street Journal bestseller Smart Trust: The Defining Skill That Transforms Managers Into Leaders.

Link resides with his wife, Annie, on a quiet stream in the shadows of the Utah Rockies in Alpine, Utah.

The playing field has changed from the baseball diamond to the corporate board room, but the intensity and integrity with which future Hall of Famer Steve Garvey plays his position as President of Garvey Management Group remains the same.

The transition from professional athlete to corporate executive was made smoother because of an insightful Garvey character trait -- the ability to look to, and plan for, the future. Garvey recognized early in his baseball career the unique opportunities that would require as keen a business sense just as professional sports require athletic ability.

Since serving as spokesman for Vitalis as a major league rookie in 1970, Garvey has taken advantage of, and learned from, dozens of business opportunities. Garvey has been featured in endorsement and promotional campaigns for companies which include Adidas, Anheuser-Busch, Bankers Systems, Chevrolet, Jockey, McDonald's, Nestle, Pepsi-Cola, TransAmerica, Cardeservice International, Golf One, Natural Balance Pet Foods, California Pizza Kitchen, as well as to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Garvey has always enjoyed a talent for marketing, advertising, communication, and corporate relations. This coupled with his experience representing numerous products through the years, his interest in increasing his business savvy as he had his athletic ability, and his desire to provide corporations and businesses knowledgeable consulting, inspired his founding of Garvey Marketing Group. One of Steve’s unique skills is motivational speaking. For over twenty-five years, he has spoken to groups, corporations, conventions, and universities around the world. His topics include Being the Best You Can Be, Teamwork, Crisis Management, Leadership, Integrity in Life and Business, and The Rewards of Living a Christian Life.

Steve Garvey has also developed several made for televisions specials and series. In conjunction with FOX Sports Network, Garvey has served as co-executive producer for “The International Sportsman” featuring top named entertainment and sports personalities co-hosting with his wife of 22 years Candace Garvey. The show has visited Ireland, Monte Carlo, Singapore, Alaska, The Homestead Virginia, Deer Valley Utah, Kona Hawaii, and other world-class destinations. Garvey hosts the weekly series, “Baseball’s Greatest Games” aired on Classic Sports Network. He has also provided insightful commentary for the College and Little World Series, The Home and Family show (Family Channel), Up Close (ESPN), and CBS Radio and Television. He has hosted morning Drive Time Radio (The Garvey and Company) XTRA 690AM. He has also hosted the syndicated series, Greatest Sports Legends, The Road to Moscow, and The Road to Los Angeles. He has also appeared in Major Movies, Sitcoms, and Weekly Drama Series.

Garvey’s efforts have not been exclusively focused on Garvey Management Group. Giving back is a Garvey trademark. He succeeded Frank Sinatra as the National Campaign Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. In Addition, he assists in a variety of other causes: Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes, The Blind Children Center, The Sisters of Carondelet, United Way, Ronald McDonald House, St. Vincent DePaul Center, Pediatrics AIDS, the Starlight Foundation, and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Garvey also finds the time to hold positions on numerous civic committees and corporate boards. He has served on the boards of Catholic University of America, University of San Diego, and The Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.

These efforts have earned Garvey the admiration and praise of those around him. He has been recognized for his unparalleled discipline, commitment and dedication. These distinctions began early in his career and have continued until the present and include Major League Baseball’s highest honor for humanitarian service, the Roberto Clemente Award. Garvey was also recognized by the United States Jaycees as “One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America.” Other awards bestowed include the Little League’s most prestigious honor, the William A. (Bill) Shea Award for contribution by a little leaguer to our national pastime. He has received the Lou Gehrig’s Award for his contribution to Baseball and Society. Sports Illustrated named him the “Iron Man” for his consecutive game streak in the National League. Steve is a living legend in Dodger history and holds team, individual, and MLB records. While with the Padres, he is the only player in the history of the game to have an errorless season at first base. On April 16, 1988, the familiar #6 was retired by the San Diego Padres.

With Garvey’s extensive experience in professional sports, business, television and entertainment, there is little, aside from politics, he has not done. From 1980 to 1987, he repeatedly answered the call to assist President Reagan at Rallys, Fundraisers, and Republican Conventions. In 1988, he served as California Chairman of the “Committee for the Presidency” which generated campaign funds for the President George Bush.

Though Garvey’s career has taken him around the world, his roots and his family are very important to him. Steve Patrick Garvey was born on December 22, 1948 in Tampa, Florida. He received a BS degree from Michigan State University where he was an all-American baseball player and starting defense back on the Spartan football team. Steve resides in Southern California with his wife Candace, of twenty-two years, and their two remaining school age children. In 2011 the Garvey’s son Ryan was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies but chose a baseball scholarship at University of California where he was accepted into the Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism.

To gain national prominence through sports is an achievement few attain. To then excel in the boardrooms of corporate America through intelligent practices is even more difficult. Garvey has reached and surpassed these pinnacles of success. His ability to educate and entertain is documented in print and on film. Steve Garvey is widely respected for his contributions of time and talent to worthy causes and efforts of importance.

Misti Burmeister is a force of nature, single-handedly shaking the noise out of leadership development and making it authentic and far more valuable. A serial innovator, she was an early subject matter expert on generational leadership before introducing her groundbreaking work on "measurable greatness."

She was honored as the first American to be selected for the Peter Drucker International Essay Contest, her essay placed fourth globally. Burmeister was recognized by the Washington Business Journal as a "Women who Mean Business." She was selected as a finalist for the Elizabeth Dole Young Entrepreneur Scholarship for outstanding leadership in her community and entrepreneurial ventures.

Misti Burmeister has written four books on leadership, communication, performance and generational collaboration. She is a best-selling author who pierces our armor as she enlightens us about vision-challenged leaders, how to capitalize on the crazy, the way inspiration spreads, passion, leadership and most of all, provoking greatness.

Through her unique and proven system for measuring greatness, she has helped dozens of leaders not only provoke greatness, but leave a lasting legacy. The net result of her work; a significant increase in passion, performance and productivity. Burmeister's unique methods are based on her experience working with dozens of leaders over the past 10+ years.

Burmeisters' educational background includes two bachelor's degrees in psychology and kinesiology and a master's degree in communication from The University of Northern Colorado.

To learn more about how Misti can help your organization measure your greatness, please contact her directly: 240.401.4397, or email at mb@MeasurableGreatness.com

Don Hutson's careers in speaking, management and sales have brought him many honors. He successfully worked his way through the University ofMemphis, graduating with a degree in Sales. After becoming the #1
salesperson in a national training organization, he established his own
training firm and was soon in demand as a professional speaker.

Don's client list includes over two-thirds of the Fortune 500, and he is featured in over 100 training films. He is CEO of U.S. Learning, Chairman of Executive Books, and makes some 75 speaking appearances per year. Perhaps you have seen him on national television where he has been featured on both PBS and Fox News.

Our speaker is the author of twelve books, including The Sale, and his two Wall Street Journal and New York Times International best sellers, The One Minute Entrepreneur and The One Minute Negotiator.

Don is a member of the prestigious Speakers Roundtable. He was elected by his peers to the presidency of the National Speaker Association, and has received its coveted "Cavett Award," as member of the year. He has also been inducted into NSA's Speakers Hall of Fame.

Egil "Bud" Krogh joined the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress in January 2009 as a Senior Fellow on Leadership and Ethics, a year after speaking at the Center’s National Consortium for Character-Based Leadership. Over the last 5+ years, Bud has focused on spreading the message of integrity-based decision making through youth, corporate, public service, and legal education. In 2007, Public Affairs Press published his book Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House.

Bud’s work on integrity is rooted in his experiences at the highest levels of decision-making. After a tour with the Navy during the Vietnam War, followed by graduation from law school (where he was an editor at the University of Washington Law Review), Bud joined John Ehrlichman's staff as Assistant to the Counsel to the President at the beginning of Richard Nixon's first term.

During his time on the White House staff, Bud's responsibilities included District of Columbia governmental affairs, law enforcement, narcotics control policy, and transportation policy. His final position in the federal government was Under Secretary of Transportation in 1973.

As co-director of a Special Investigations Unit, known as the White House "Plumbers," Bud approved a covert operation as part of a national security investigation into the leak of the Top Secret Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy and served four and a half months in prison.

During the five years between disbarment from law practice in 1975 and reinstatement to the bar in 1980, Bud taught Ethics, Public Policy Analysis, and Administrative Law at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. After reinstatement, he focused his law practice on mediation and resolving energy policy issues in the Pacific Northwest and Canada, with extensive work in international negotiations for power rights on the Columbia River system, as well as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issues on the Western Interconnect.

Work in the Northwest also led to Bud's participation in Project Pelion and the 1990 Mount Everest Earth Day International Peace Climb, two purpose-driven climbs that succeeded in part because of their commitment to organizational and personal integrity.

Bud has had 35 years to reflect on the lessons learned from his experience in the White House and their relevance to more recent political and business scandals. Some of his conclusions have resulted in The Integrity Zone®, a decision-making model intended to help people make choices based on integrity in their professional and personal lives. With the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Bud will continue to develop and promote new methods of encouraging integrity-based decision-making among business leaders, public servants, lawyers, and America’s youth.

As one of less than a hundred people ever who have actually ever commanded a human space mission, Colonel Rick Searfoss speaks on leadership, teamwork, and personal performance with authority born of in-depth personal experience. He has piloted two Space Shuttle missions and commanded a third, with over 939 hours in space and 5400 hours flying time in 61 different types of aircraft. His first space flight in 1993 set the record for the longest duration Space Shuttle mission. In 1996 he piloted Atlantis to the Russian space station Mir.

With the STS-90 “Neurolab” mission on Columbia in 1998, Rick commanded the most complex scientific research space mission ever flown, with unparalleled mission success. Rick has over 25 years experience as a leader in some of the most demanding team endeavors possible – human space flight, test flying, and tactical military aviation. Unsurpassed credibility and experience coupled with out-of-this-world speaking skills!

Anne Beiler began twisting pretzels in 1987 to support her husband Jonas’ vision to open a free counseling service in their community. What began as a single farmer’s market stand grew into Auntie Anne’s Inc., the world’s largest mall-based pretzel franchise with over 1,000 locations worldwide. Anne is among an elite group of women that have founded national companies in America, and is one of an even smaller number that have owned an international franchise company.

Anne’s journey to become a leading female entrepreneur began many years before the first pretzel was ever rolled. In September of 1975, Anne and her husband experienced a parent’s worst nightmare – the loss of a child. This event propelled Anne into years of darkness during which she nearly lost her husband, her family, and her faith. Out of her pain came purpose and the desire to persevere towards success personally and professionally.

Anne’s vision to serve, inspire, and give has been recognized multiple times. She was named one of America’s 500 women entrepreneurs by Working Women and Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. Magazine. Anne’s Entrepreneurial insights and personal story have been featured on national television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The 700 Club, and The Joyce Meyers Show. She has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Guidepost, Nation’s Restaurant News and Christianity Today. Anne has also received honorary doctorates from Eastern College and Elizabethtown College.

“Auntie” Anne Beiler’s commitment to excellence is rooted in the belief that we give to get, to give again; and that success can only be realized when you have a great product, great people on your team and a purpose greater than yourself.

In April of 2005, Anne sold Auntie Anne’s, Inc. to pursue her true passion of enjoying time with her family, sharing her story and giving back to the community. Anne has authored Twist of Faith, a revealing look at the inner workings of her life as she built Auntie Anne’s, and the upcoming book, The Secret Ingredient. Anne Beiler lives in Pennsylvania with her husband Jonas. They are the parents to two grown daughters, both married, and four grandchildren.

Amilya Antonetti spent the first years of her son’s life in hospital emergency rooms. That battle to save her son’s life led to not only a wondrous solution but also to the launch of Amilya’s Soapworks. A decade later, not only had she moved her natural products into the major grocery chains across the USA and Canada, she helped to redefine the cleaning aisle and usher in the “human and earth friendly” movement which consumers are embracing in waves today.

With the sale of Soapworks, she has moved on to the helm of AMA Enterprises and, through Amilya.com, delivers real world information, products and services to help 21st century consumers make smarter, healthier lifestyle choices.

Throughout her journey, Amilya learned a key lesson. A leader is NOTHING without a great team of people and since the lessons she has learned through life experiences and stories are the ones that stick, she got to work to share her secrets in her newest book, The Recipe: A fable for leaders and teams. (ISBN-10: 0974705691)

A popular personality on television and radio, Amilya has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, as a regular guest on Fox Business at Varney & Company and The Nightly Scoreboard with David Asman, Your Business with JJ Ramsberg ond MSNBC, The BIG Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC, CBS This Morning, Extra, and countless international radio and television shows. Her story of Amilya’s Soapworks has appeared in books, newspapers, magazines such as Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneurial Soul, People, Working Mother, First for Woman, Smart Money, Inc., Time, and her “Smart Choice Mom” lifestyle and organization tips can be read in Parent and Child and Family Circle Magazines.

Joe Scarlett is the retired Chairman of Tractor Supply Company and Founder of the Scarlett Leadership Institute in Franklin, TN. Scarlett’s long retail career has evolved in recent years into a second career in leadership education.

In 2006, Joe and his family endowed the Scarlett Leadership Institute. The Institute is passionately committed to improving business leadership skills with a strong emphasis on ethical behavior. Today scores of companies participate in a variety of high quality leadership and management education programs. A broad range of business leaders are achieving the overarching goal of positive behavioral change.

Scarlett held leadership roles at Tractor Supply Company from 1979 until his retirement at the end of 2007. He played a key role in the initiative to return the company to profitability through improved customer service and focused product selection as part of a classic leveraged buyout in 1982. Joe also led the successful 1994 effort to take the company public and during his ten plus years as CEO, the company’s revenues quadrupled and the price of its stock increased ten-fold.

Tractor Supply Company was honored by Forbes as one of the “Best Managed Companies in America and Scarlett was recognized as the Ernst & Young’s Southeast Entrepreneur of the Year. Learn more about Tractor Supply by reading “Work hard, have fun and make money” available at Amazon. Joe also served for twenty years on the board of the nation’s largest retail trade organization including four as its chairman.

Bill Curry has spent his entire adult life as a leader and communicator. His NFL career included two Super Bowl titles and a stint as the President of the NFL Players Association. Bill served as head football coach for Georgia Tech (’80-’86), the University of Alabama (’87-’89), and the University of Kentucky (’90-’96). In 1989, Bill was recognized as the nation’s top coach with the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award.

From 1997 to 2008, Bill came into millions of homes each football Saturday as an analyst for ESPN. In September 2006, the American Football Coaches Association announced Bill as the recipient of the 2007 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award in honor of his outstanding service toward the advancement of the best interests of football.

In June 2008, Bill was selected to be the inaugural head coach of Georgia State University’s new football program. Bill’s book – “Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle” – was released in August 2008 by ESPN books and was praised by author Pat Conroy as “the best book about the NFL” that he ever read.

In March 2013, Bill joined former player Pete Wellborn and communications expert Jeff Battcher to form Curry, Wellborn & Battcher, LLC, a company offering leadership and success training and sports-related crisis communications services.

Bill is married to the former Carolyn Newton of Atlanta, a graduate of Agnes Scott College who earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. from Georgia State. Bill and Carolyn have two children and seven grandchildren.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jeff has quickly become one of the most in-demand presenters in North America. His truly unprecedented ability to deliver high-quality education in an undeniably entertaining way has earned him dozens of repeat clients, all of whom appreciate Jeff’s insistence that education is the only way that we improve at anything and that we’ll all improve better and faster if we enjoy the learning process. By combining the content of the traditional presentation with the entertainment value of a comedy show, Jeff has found enthusiastic audiences in government, academia, small businesses and several Fortune 50 companies, all while still being one of the youngest members of the professional speaking circuit.

Jeff firmly believes that making learning fun is the quickest, cheapest, and most effective way to create a culture where people are eager to continually improve. Whether you want to improve your leadership or change management strategies, elevate your corporate culture or eliminate generational tensions – if it’s important to you, Jeff will make it fun.

International explorer, educator, author, diver, and television host Josh Bernstein has traveled more than 1,000,000 miles to over 75 countries, exploring the biggest mysteries of our planet in pursuit of knowledge and discovery.

As the host of Digging for the Truth on History Channel and Into The Unknown on Discovery Channel, Josh has traced the Ark of the Covenant from the caverns of Jerusalem to the mountains of Ethiopia, searched for the Holy Grail in the bowels of Germany, and communed with tribal chiefs in the darkest jungles of the Amazon Rainforest—all in a quest to uncover some of the most fascinating mysteries on our planet.

The two series—together creating a library of over 53 hours of prime-time, award-winning documentary content—have been enjoyed by fans in over 220 countries and territories around the world and are still broadcast today.

Josh is now launching Explorer At Large, a media platform created to engage, inspire, and educate PreK- 12 students with standards-driven content that sparks curiosity, playfulness, and wonder.

In the past decade, Bill Capodagli has become the most sought after keynote speaker on the cultures of Disney and Pixar.

With over three decades of management consulting and corporate research expertise, Bill Capodagli co-authored The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company. Fortune magazine cited The Disney Way as a “best business book” and “so useful, you may whistle while you work.” In 2016, McGraw-Hill released the 3rd edition of The Disney Way that includes exciting customer-focused organizations such as TYRA Beauty, Science Center of Iowa and Acts Retirement-Life Communities.

In 2010, Bill coauthored the definitive account of Pixar’s creative culture – Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Corporate Playground. Bill also coauthored the enormously popular The Disney Way Fieldbook: How to Implement Walt Disney's Vision of "Dream, Believe, Dare, Do" in Your Company.

Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting firms of AT Kearney, and Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst and Young). Bill served on the Extended Services faculty of the University of Southern Indiana from 1991-1993 and presented The Disney Way principles to a vast client base. Bill holds degrees in economics and mathematics from Illinois State University.

Bill’s expertise in leadership, innovation and customer service has been the catalyst for transforming the cultures of numerous organizations.

Tens of thousands of people have had their lives transformed through hearing Mark Eaton's astounding story of triumph and record breaking success. Mark is a business and motivational speaker who shares with organizations and audiences nationwide how he went from a 7'4" twenty-one year old mechanic who couldn't play basketball to a twelve year career as an NBA All Star with the Utah Jazz. In Mark's high energy, action packed presentations he explains the philosophy, principles and techniques that enabled him to take it to the top, winning again and again and making history in the NBA. He reveals the secrets that skyrocketed him to fame as the Two-Time Defensive Player of the Year, enabled him to break the NBA record for the most blocked shots in a single season and be selected to play in the 1989 All-Star Game.

After his career with the Jazz, Mark went on to success after success in the competitive world of business as an entrepreneur and leader, helping others achieve their personal and professional best. From 1994-2005 he was the chairman of the Mark Eaton Standing Tall for Youth Organization which provided sports and outdoor opportunities to more than 3,000 at-risk children. Then in 1997, Mark entered the entertainment arena, where for eight seasons he hosted Jazz Tonight on KJZZ-TV and Mark Eaton Outdoors, as well as SportsHealth Today, an internationally syndicated radio show. In 1996, Mark initiated another successful venture; opening the award winning restaurant, Tuscany and in 2005 Francks; home of acclaimed Chef Franck Piessel. Currently, besides speaking and facilitating teambuilding and leadership programs, Mark is writing a book about the "Four Commitments of a Winning Team" and is the subject of a soon to be released feature film.

Harry S. Campbell is a senior executive with a strong track record of success over nearly three decades. Campbell has been a President for two Fortune 500 companies, co-owner of an award-winning small business, CEO/Board member of an Internet start-up and founding member of the industry-changing Wal-Mart/P&G Customer Team.

He has driven exceptional people and business results in organizations of 5 to 3,500 employees in a broad range of industries from consumer-packaged goods to telecom to sports marketing to digital media. He is known as an identifier, developer and motivator of exceptional talent at all levels of the organization.

Campbell’s views on leadership and business management were forged at P&G where he worked in Brand Management on Crest, Pepto-Bismol and Metamucil. While with P&G, Campbell was picked to be a founding member of the P&G/Wal-Mart Customer Team based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. After seven years with P&G, in 1992 Campbell joined Sprint. While there, he served in several leadership roles, culminating in his being appointed president of the multi-billion dollar Consumer Long Distance unit in 2002. His final role with Sprint was as president of the Emerging and Mid-Markets business unit in which he was responsible for selling to and servicing business customers across the country in the mid-market, small-market and local government arenas.

From 2005 to 2009, Campbell led the Consumer Markets Division at Embarq. Purchased by CenturyTel and now known as CenturyLink, Embarq was a Fortune 400 company with revenue of $6B. As president of Embarq’s largest division, Campbell was responsible for marketing, sales, service and support for communication and entertainment services to 4 million customers in 18 states.

His other senior management experience spanned distinctly different industries. He served as president/CEO of uclick, a digital syndication company that packaged and distributed branded content, comics and word games on the web. Uclick represented over 110 features such as Garfield, Dear Abby, FoxTrot and Doonesbury. He was also co-owner of MAI, a sports marketing agency that was recognized as the 1998 Business of the Year by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

Currently, Campbell is the CEO of Durrie Vision, a world-class refractive eye surgery center in the KC area.

Campbell has a passion for speaking on leadership to companies, groups and organizations. His book, Get-Real Leadership, was published in February 2012 and is available on Amazon and via Kindle. He donates 100% of his gross speaking fees and book royalties to brain cancer research in honor of his wife, Kris.

Campbell holds a bachelor's degree in East Asian History and Economics from Vanderbilt University (where he still holds the school record for the 10K!) and an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley Graduate School of Business. Campbell is active in several local charities and serves on the boards of Head for the Cure and The Children’s Place.

Clifton Lambreth worked over twenty-six years for the Ford Motor Company in various capacities. He was a rainmaker at every position he held. Throughout his career with Ford, he consistently was a top performer receiving prestigious awards and distinctions including five Ford Drive for Leaders awards and three Diversity Leadership awards. Clifton was one of only three people at Ford worldwide to receive the 2008 Ford’s Leadership Award. In addition, Clifton was a Ford college recruiter for over ten years at Cornell University’s Johnson Business School and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School. As a highly sought after public speaker, Clifton tours the nation and has spoken to thousands of individuals in over 150 business and community groups on success principles and “Doing the Right Thing.” Being comfortable with any size group and venue, he delivers his message regarding success in both business and life. He shares lessons that are universally applicable to small companies, large corporations and individuals. One his most sought after speeches outlines the lessons Ford used to go from losing $12.5 billion in 2006 to making $2 billion three years later without taking government bailout money. All this has led to over 150 live radio show interviews and television appearances on NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX. He even starred on the television show, The CEO Café. Clifton was associate producer of the weekly RFD show Music and Motors for three seasons. He was also the associate producer for the 2013 season of A Prescription for Healthy Living on Familynet TV. With his vast knowledge in business, marketing and the automotive industry, Clifton has authored and published three top-selling books: Ford and the American Dream, The Return to Greatness and The Ad Man. His first book has been translated into Russian. Clifton has been quoted in over 400 different media sources. He has also written various articles on diversity, compensation, leadership, and other pertinent topics. Most recently, Clifton served as the Chief Operating Officer for SLANE Jewelry in New York City where he led the company to a 25% increase in the first year. He also founded and is CEO of Daniel Bradley Matthews, Inc. providing strategic business and marketing consulting services.

In order to attain excellence one must first live a lifestyle of excellence. Excellence isn’t a destination; it’s an identity. Chad Hennings has lived this message through a nine-year NFL career and three Super Bowl Championships with the Dallas Cowboys, forty-five successful combat missions flying A-10 jets with the Air Force, and as one of the most decorated college football players in NCAA history. Chad has taken this message across the world at the invitation of some of the most distinguished executive audiences ranging from American Airlines to Bank of America, General Motors to Citigroup, and a host of U.S. Governmental agencies.

He has also been a philanthropic leader in the Dallas-Ft Worth area as a member of the board of directors of Christian Community Action, an organization that provides assistance to at-risk families, and the establishment of Wingmen Ministries.

Chad challenges audiences to dare to be excellent and inspires businesses to create cultures of excellence. People and organizations don’t do great thing to become great; great people and organizations do great things. Chad credits his post-NFL career successes to a secret he learned early on: Excellence is a Lifestyle.

Chad and his wife, Tammy, have a son, Chase, and a daughter, Brenna. They currently reside in Flower Mound, Texas.

No One Can Stop You But YOU is one belief that Walter Bond has embraced and built both his personal and professional life around. Understanding that no one can stop him has challenged Walter to work hard and maintain the winning attitude needed to achieve greatness for himself and his family and impart this belief using real life examples to the thousands of lives he touches each year.

When did Walter realize that no one can stop him? That he alone possesses the ability to move from the comfort zone of mediocrity to the success zone of peak performance? This realization came slowly at ?rst, when he was a young man growing up in a loving, upper-middle class family in Chicago. An avid sports enthusiast and the son of a high school principal and teacher, Walter learned from both parents that he would have to work hard in the classroom and on the basketball court if he wanted to achieve his dream of playing basketball at a professional level. Throughout grade school and high school, Walter never let adversity stop him from being the best student-athlete he could be. He studied hard and practiced day in and day out on the basketball court in his backyard. Under the tutelage of his father and his high school coach, Walter attained a coveted spot as an All-State player in Illinois his senior year. This recognition reinforced Walter's commitment to excellence and helped him earn a basketball scholarship to the University of Minnesota.

Walter's strong will, his ability to motivate his teammates (while keeping them laughing) and his attitude helped him become a nationally recognized college player. By the beginning of his senior year Walter was known as the top sixth man in the NCAA. Unfortunately, Walter suffered a broken foot not once but twice during his senior year at a time when many top division one players were being courted by the NBA. Walter's
"No one can stop you but YOU" belief and his con?dence in himself were put to the test. However, Walter knew then, as he knows now, that there was no way he would ever give up on his dreams.

After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a BA in Communications, Walter worked tirelessly at his game and landed a position on the Wichita Falls Texans, a team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the developmental league for the NBA. He made a remarkable comeback ?nishing the year stronger, quicker and more determined than ever. His ability to overcome what could have been career-ending adversity and his desire to succeed made Walter work harder than he ever had. That year he made the all-rookie team and was spotted by the son of Richie Adabato, then coach of the Dallas Mavericks. Walter's reputation as an exceptional guard began to spread like wild?re. He was invited to a number of free agent camps at the end of his ?rst CBA season and Adabato was so impressed that he signed Walter to play with the Mavericks. That fall, he became the ?rst ever rookie free agent to start opening night. Walter, the young man who never, ever gave up on his dreams, went on to have an eight-year professional basketball career, playing alongside such NBA greats as Karl Malone and John Stockton as a guard for the Utah Jazz and the Detroit Pistons.

Towards the end of his basketball career, Walter developed the ability to apply on-the-court success and teamwork to the business world when he and his wife became owners of a national franchise. Walter changed his profession but never changed his winning attitude.

Today, Walter is a highly sought after professional speaker, motivator, life coach, humorist, son, husband, and father of three beautiful children. Walter takes the life lessons he has learned about teamwork, leadership and maintaining that winning edge, and incorporates these lessons into the professionally the thousands of men and women he addresses each year throughout the United States and abroad.

Clyde Fessler, the retired Vice President of Business Development of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, played an integral part in their dramatic turnaround. He developed the strategy that rebuiltthe Brand, a brand that was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame several years ago.

Fessler joined Harley in 1977 as the advertising and Promotions Manager, and soon was promoted the Director of Marketing. In that position he lead the establishment of the Harley Owners Group, HOG, which now has over one million members and is the largest enthusiast club in the world.

As General Sales Manager in the early 1980s, he established new policies and programs, many of which are still in effect today. As Director of Licensing, Clyde created a new business that has received national recognition, enhancing the brand to the general public as well as adding over $200 million in revenue.

As Vice President of General Merchandise, he repositioned the rider accessory department, and led the MotorClothes team from $20 million in annual sales to over $100 million in a period of five years.

As Vice President of Motor Accessories, he developed the plan and strategy that double the business in three years and tripled it in five.

In the role as Vice President of Business Development, Clyde played a key role in developing the strategic direction for the company, creating the global rental program, and the Rider’s Edge safety training program.

Clyde is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served on the Board of Trustees for the American Motorcycle Association, and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. He also played a key role in the relationship with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a relationship that has generated over 70 million dollar in donations.

Clyde Fessler is considered by many as the marketing guru behind the dramatic turnaround of Harley-Davidson, and, was recently inducted into the Black Hills Motorcycle Hall of Fame. He is a man of vision, creativity, strategic thinking, and is fulfilling one of his dreams by exploring the world on one of his five Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Growing up in town of only 500, running back John Riggins became a Big Eight champion, breaking Gale Sayers’ rushing record at the University of Kansas. The first pick of the New York Jets in the 1971 NFL Draft, he played for the Jets for five years and then signed with the Redskins in 1976, in a career totaling 175 games and 14 seasons.

His 13,435 combined net yards are among the best ever, as are his 116 touchdowns by rushing and receiving. Playing in the 1982 and 1983 NFC championship games and Super Bowls XVII and XVIII, he was named Super Bowl XVII’s Most Valuable Player, a first for Washington. Following that season, he was named All-Pro for the first time in his illustrious career and was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1992.

For all of his success, John Riggins---“The Diesel” his fans call him---is a man much larger than statistics. He is not only a football legend, but a player with tremendous heart and charisma, and one named by ESPN as the NFL’s third most colorful characters of all time.

The 6-2, 230-pound John Riggins was not a spectacular running back, but he was a classic workhorse ball carrier. When he joined the Redskins, he was forced to block instead of run. In 1980, he left the game for a year at age 30, only to return and famously announce, “I’m bored, I’m broke and I’m back.”

An inspirational speaker, the down-to-earth fan favorite shares his story of ups and downs and comebacks, delivering a substantive, high-energy presentation on professionalism, accountability, determination, and teamwork.

Since retiring from the NFL, he has worked as a sports commentator on television and radio and currently hosts The John Riggins Show on WTOP radio and MASN Sports.

Karl Mecklenburg rose from a college walk-on and twelfth round draft choice to an NFL career that included three Super Bowl and six Pro Bowl appearances. The former Bronco’s captain spent his entire twelve year career in Denver and makes Colorado his home now. Mecklenburg was arguably the most versatile player in the NFL playing all seven defensive front positions often in the course of a single game. Karl was selected as the AFC Linebacker of the Year, AFC player of the Year, and since retiring from the NFL has been enshrined in the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame and the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. Mecklenburg is a Pro Football Hall of Fame Semifinalist for 2012.

Through the Karl Mecklenburg's REACH Foundation, Karl and his wife Kathi continue their charitable commitment to the children of Colorado. His latest book, Heart of a Student Athlete; All Pro Advice for Competitors and Their Families, offers advice to young athletes and their loved ones about what it really takes to be successful in sports and life. Heart of a Student Athlete is a Gold Mom’s Choice Award Winner in the adult inspiration/motivation category and is the 2010 winner of the Mensa Sharp Writ Book Award in the young adult category.

As a member of the National Speakers Association, Karl is an author and motivational speaker inspiring long term positive change in teams and individuals. Mecklenburg’s stories of teamwork and leadership are humourous and inspiring. He approaches his speaking career with the same intelligence, passion, and intensity that punctuated his great football career. To learn more go to www.karlmecklenburg.com

The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Elizabeth was abducted on June 5, 2002 and her captors had controlled her by threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape. Fortunately, the police safely returned Elizabeth back to her family on March 12, 2003 after being held prisoner for 9 months. Through this traumatic experience Elizabeth has become an advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs and National legislation. Elizabeth triumphantly testified before her captor and the world about the very private nightmare she suffered during her abduction, which lead to conviction. Elizabeth is currently involved in the “Elizabeth Smart Foundation”, and she has helped promote The National AMBER Alert, The Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act and other safety legislation to help prevent abductions.

Elizabeth’s abduction and recovery has motivated and continues to motivate parents, law enforcement and leaders worldwide to focus on children’s safety. Emphasizing the vigilance of every day people in finding missing children and the belief that there is always hope and we can never stop searching for each and every missing child. Two years ago, Elizabeth worked with the Department of Justice and four other recovered young adults in creating a survivors guide, entitled – “You're Not Alone: The Journey From Abduction to Empowerment.” This guide is meant to encourage children who have gone through similar experiences to not give up and know that there is life after tragic events.

Elizabeth’s example and life now is a daily demonstration that there really is life after a tragic event. Her speech not only tells her story, but also discusses topics such as overcoming extreme adversity and not allowing your past to dictate your life's future.

Elizabeth is studying music at Brigham Young University with an emphasis on harp performance.

When he was elected Lt. Governor of Maryland in 2003, Michael Steele made history as the first African American elected to statewide office; and again with his election as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2009. As chairman of the RNC, Michael Steele was charged with revitalizing the Republican Party. A self-described "Lincoln Republican," under Steele’s leadership the RNC broke fundraising records (over $198 million raised during the 2010 cycle) and Republicans won 63 House seats, the biggest pickup since 1938 and over 600 state legislative seats, the greatest share of state legislative seats since 1928.

As Lt. Governor of Maryland,Mr. Steele’s priorities included reforming the state's Minority Business Enterprise program, improving the quality of Maryland's public education system, expanding economic development in the state and fostering cooperation between government and faith-based organizations to help those in need.

Mr. Steele’s ability as a communicator and political analyst have been showcased through his roles as a contributor on the Fox News Channel and regular host of the Salem Radio Network's nationally syndicated Morning in America show. In April 2011, Mr. Steele joined MSNBC as a political analyst. He has appeared on Meet the Press, Face the Nation,HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Comedy Central's The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. He is the recent author of Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda, which is a call to arms for grassroots America.

Don Yaeger is a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated and author of 24 books, eight of which have become New York Times Best-­‐sellers. He began his career at the San Antonio Light and also worked at the Dallas Morning News and the Florida Times-­‐Union in Jacksonville before going to work for Sports Illustrated.

As an author, Don has written books with, among others, Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, UCLA basketball Coach John Wooden, baseball legends John Smoltz and Tug McGraw and football stars Warrick Dunn and Michael Oher (featured in the movie “The Blind Side”). He teamed with Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade to pen the 2013 best-­‐seller George Washington’s Secret Six, a look at the citizen spy ring that helped win the Revolutionary War.

Don left Sports Illustrated in 2008 to pursue a public speaking career that has allowed him to share stories learned from the greatest winners of our generation with audiences as diverse as Fortune 10 companies to cancer survivor groups, where he shares his personal story. More than a quarter-­‐million people have heard his discussions on “What Makes The Great Ones Great.” He has also built corporate programs on lessons from Great sporting franchises on building Cultures of Success.

James Kane is considered the leading researcher and authority on what makes someone truly loyal -to another person, to an organization, or to a cause. As a behavioral scientist and consultant who has helped some of the largest and most well-know organizations in the world, including Apple, Amazon, Zappos, the Cleveland Clinic, Marriott International, and Major League Baseball build nearly unbreakable relationships with not only their clients and customers, but with members, fans, volunteers, vendors, sponsors and employees, as well, James reveals the science behind the real human emotion called loyalty, and what anyone can do to receive its benefits.

The author of two upcoming books, The Loyalty Switch and Virtually Loyal, James has worked with every major industry, while advising and training organizations around the world ranging from Global 1000 giants to small, regional companies. As one of the most quoted and profiled authorities on loyalty in the traditional mainstream media, James has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the BBC, and numerous other global and industry publications. He has taught at both Harvard and Penn State University and is a frequent guest on CNN, CNBC and FOX Business, which credits him as being “one of the best experts in the business."

Jack is Chief Evangelist at Service Management Group (SMG), the world’s leading customer experience analytics agency, dedicated to improving customer loyalty and sales for service-based businesses. His keynote presentations are packed with actionable insights based on up-to-the-minute consumer research and SMG benchmark database of 750 million customer experiences.

Jack says, “There are only three ways to drive sales growth: 1. Keep the customers you have now, 2. Get your current customers to spend more or, 3. Get more new customers. You can accomplish all three by creating a loyalty-inspiring customer experience.”

That’s what 25 years of SMG research confirms: loyal customers not only keep doing business with you, they spend more and send you new customers! Loyalty drives growth and acts like armor against the competition. And a great customer experience is the hardest thing to copy.

Jack’s studied Business Administration at the University of Arizona and his career began in the luxury hotel business. He became an award-winning chef and soon an independent multi-unit restaurant operator. Several requests for management consulting in the hospitality industry eventually brought Jack to Kansas City to specialize in service management and customer loyalty. He has advised senior executives from more than 650 service-based companies on customer experience measurement and research technology and is a Founding Member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association.

Eric Maddox was a rookie interrogator in 2003 when he was assigned to a Delta Force team in Tikrit, Iraq. Over a period of 5 months, Staff Sergeant Maddox would conduct over 300 interrogations and collect the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. For that, he was awarded the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director’s Award, the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star.

In 2004, Eric left the enlisted ranks of the military and was hired as the first ever civilian interrogator for the Defense Intelligence Agency. During his 15 years as an interrogator for the U.S. Army and D.I.A., he deployed 8 times, to include multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and has conducted over 2700 interrogations of prisoners from 25 different countries. He now lives in his hometown outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a speaker, private negotiator and listening expert.

Ashley Fox is an award-winning Sports Journalist, Analyst, NFL Reporter, and Columnist. She has covered the NFL for ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and spent 11 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer where she not only covered the NFL, but the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia 76ers. She has covered the Summer Olympics, Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the Final Four, the World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, and the PGA Championship. Ashley has been featured on SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, The Sports Reporters, Pardon The Interruption, NFL Live, NFL Insiders, His & Hers, and Jim Rome is Burning. She has appeared on CNN and MSNBC. Fox was the selector for the 2018 Miss Teen USA Pageant; she coauthored the series “The Deciders”. Ashley Fox is an expert on success, communication, teamwork, and the power of relationships.

Brian Smith, Founder of the world-famous UGG Australia Brand.

Graduating in 1978 as a Chartered Accountant in Australia, Brian came to California looking for the next big opportunity to bring back to Australia.

While studying at the UCLA Graduate School of Management he observed that there was no sheepskin footwear in the US.

With only $500 in capital, he imported boot samples and over the next seventeen years built the UGG Australia brand into a multi-million dollar international enterprise. He sold in 1995 and the brand has continued to grow to exceed a billion dollars in annual sales for the past six years.

Brian is one of the most sought after International business leaders in the country today. He is committed to teaching entrepreneurs how to leverage their most precious assets from within, and to recognize and pursue their passions to create a fulfilling and successful life.

Brian has authored the book “The Birth of a Brand – Launching Your Entrepreneurial Passion and Soul”, is a sought-after Keynote speaker and mentors small business owners.

He spends his time with his family and friends in Southern California and enjoys surfing and contributing to humanity.

Kris Paronto—“Tanto” as he is affectionately known in security contracting circles—is a former Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. He also worked with the U.S. Government’s Global Response Staff conducting low profile security in high threat environments throughout the world.

Paronto was part of the CIA annex security team that responded to the terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, helping to save over 20 lives while fighting off terrorists for over 13 hours. Paronto’s story is told in the book 13 Hours, written by Mitchell Zuckoff and his five surviving annex security team members, and in the 2016 major motion picture of the same name.

Born in Alamosa, Colorado, Paronto obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado and Master’s Degree from The University of Nebraska at Omaha. He served 4 years in the U.S. Army and an additional 4 years in the U.S. Army National Guard, reaching the rank of Sergeant then becoming a commissioned officer in 2003. He started contracting for Blackwater Security Consulting in 2003 and continued to deploy on various security contracts, to include the Global Response Staff until 2013. He is also the author of the 2017 motivational book The Ranger Way.

For more than 10 years, Paronto has been involved in security operations in hostile environments and his team’s involvement with the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. special mission in Benghazi, Libya was paramount in the saving of U.S. lives and assets. He is a proven leader, teammate and friend to those who have deployed with him, and a devout father to a loving wife and two remarkable children.

Mary Kelly is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and spent over 20 years on active duty in intelligence and logistics. She retired from the Navy as a commander. She has masters’ degrees in history and economics, and a PhD in economics.

With over 20 years combined teaching experience at both the Naval Academy and at Hawaii Pacific University, she taught economics, finance, history and management. She has extensive experience in business coaching, management, economics, finance, banking, insurance, real estate, government, organizational leadership, communication,business growth, teamwork, strategic planning, human resources, customer service, time management, and project development. Mary has a track record for success as an organizational change agent.

In her role as a human resources director, Dr. Kelly developed a business model for the computer and telecommunications organization for personnel hiring, training and retention that was adopted globally by the U. S. Navy. Managing culturally diverse teams, she orchestrated organizational changes for over 3,000 personnel for 2 military base closures. Her ability to problem solve and provide innovative solutions enabled her to transform the Navy’s largest pay and personnel organization from the lowest in customer satisfaction to the highest in the nation in 18 months, with 23% fewer employees and a 19% budget decrease.

As an educator, Dr. Kelly created a mandatory curriculum for a college student body of 4,500 students. During her teaching career, she developed 31 university courses in the areas of business management, economics, history, management, geography, political science, human resources and international relations. Mary taught remote course work for multiple colleges while creating 4 distance learning courses using online lectures, webinars, interactive exercises and podcasting. In addition to standard curriculums, Dr. Kelly coached 450 students on life skills and time-management. She created and taught wealth building and personal finance to students at the United States Naval Academy, resulting in a student body educated on budgeting and retirement planning before graduation.

As a speaker and presenter, Mary Kelly pulls from her diverse experience to provide keynote presentations that are engaging and compelling, leaving the audience wanting more. With a warm and sincere style, Mary takes her vast knowledge and provides an educational presentation that holds the interest of her audience. She is a popular speaker on topics of leadership, communication, financial planning, and management. As a communicator, she has chaired academic and military panels for economics, political science and historical conferences, and she has conducted over 2,200 seminars on financial, business, management and leadership topics.

Productive Leaders maintains sites in Dallas TX and Denver CO. Mary enjoys skiing, kayaking, time outside with her dogs, and philanthropic activities.

Both a futurist and optimist, Byron Reese believes we are approaching a Fourth Age for humanity that promises to be infinitely better than anything we have seen before. Byron is the publisher of tech news site Gigaom and the founder of several high-tech companies. He has obtained or has pending numerous patents in disciplines as varied as crowdsourcing, content creation, and psychographics. The websites he has launched, which cover the intersection of technology, business, science and history, have together received over a billion visitors. He is the author of “The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity”, and the acclaimed book, Infinite Progress: How Technology and the Internet Will End Ignorance, Disease, Hunger, Poverty, and War, has served on both public and private boards of directors, and founded several non-profit organizations.

As a marketer, speaker, and author, John Moore shares business and marketing advice with companies seeking to earn unwavering devotion from both customers and employees.

From 1994 through 2004, Moore had the extraordinary opportunity of working deep inside the marketing departments of Starbucks Coffee and Whole Foods Market, where he served as retail marketing manager and national marketing director. At both brands, Moore focused his teams on activities that were less about using traditional advertising, and more about using the influential power of devoted customers as the advertising vehicle.

In 2005, Moore began the Brand Autopsy Marketing Practice to share the many lessons he has learned about marketing with passion and purpose. Working as a marketingologist, he helps companies of all sizes to diagnose and treat common marketing ailments, including: anemic sales, ideation fatigue, poor brand complexion, and contagious employee apathy.

A long-time believer in word-of-mouth marketing WOM, Moore is currently putting his experience to good use as a WOM Enthusiast for the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. In this role, he educates and motivates businesses to use word-of-mouth marketing effectively and ethically.

Through speaking engagements, Moore brings a sense of urgency and innovation to audiences, creating new ideas and spurring on business and brand advancement.

He has been recognized by Fast Company magazine as a leading practitioner of the arts of customer service and marketing and is often quoted in business publications.

His book, Tribal Knowledge, shares actionable insights into how a business can follow the Starbucks blueprint to building an endearing and enduring business. His latest book, Tough Love, is a business book screenplay, sharing business lessons and thought-provoking marketing advice in an entertaining, innovative format. Since 2003, Moore has passionately dissected all things marketing-related on the Brand Autopsy blog.

As a result of his experiences with Starbucks and Whole Foods, Moore is an in-demand brand mastermind, and his work has created a new way to look at marketing and branding.

THE SPEAKER
A member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, Steve Gilliland is one of the most in-demand and top-rated speakers in the world. Recognized as a master storyteller and brilliant comedian, he can be heard daily on SiriusXM Radio’s Laugh USA and Jeff & Larry's Comedy Roundup. With an appeal that transcends barriers of age, culture and occupation—plus an interactive and entertaining style—Steve shows audiences how to open doors to success in their careers, their relationships and their lives. Presenting to over 250,000 people a year, more than two million have now heard him speak, with audiences encompassing nearly three dozen industries. Steve has the distinction of speaking in all 50 states and in 15 countries. As one newspaper stated, “Steve is what happens when the humor of a stand-up comic collides with the inspiration of motivational speaker."

THE AUTHOR
In addition to his brilliant speaking career, Steve is a prolific, accomplished author, evidenced by four of his books—Enjoy The Ride, Making a Difference, Hide Your Goat and Detour—perennially making the publisher’s bestseller list and his being named Author of the Year. His thought-provoking writing style makes his articles a favorite with nationally prominent magazines. He influences the lives of millions through his presentations, books, CDs and DVDs. An extensive array of these products has been utilized by small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, U.S. and Canadian government agencies, churches, school districts and nonprofit organizations. Speaking the language of active business leaders, his books and CDs identify practical lessons that grow people and their businesses.

THE BUSINESSMAN
Steve built a multimillion-dollar company from the ground up on the same philosophy he expounds to his audiences. If you continually learn more about your company, your industry, your customer and yourself, you will always be a leader. You will be purpose-driven rather than process-driven, and you will make a difference. His motto is straightforward: “If you take care of people, the business will follow.” He has been recognized by Who’s Who for Speakers and Business Professionals, and The Pittsburgh Business Times named his company one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the region.

THE PERSON
Steve was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, resides in North Carolina and travels the world. He received his bachelor’s degree from Grove City College and his MBS from Minnesota. He is a proud grandpa, devoted father of four boys and a loving husband to his wife, Diane. Steve learned great compassion for people and a commitment to a hard work and balanced life ethic at the knee of his highly principled Christian mother and stepfather. Whether Steve is speaking at an event, writing about current issues that impact people or leading his own employees, he is not just a person who challenges people to change, he motivates them to do so.

The Guarantee
Everyone who hears his message leaves with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for who they are and for what really matters.

Great leaders are the happiest, most productive people because they have discovered how to lead a life of significance. It's all about making an impact.

Joe Schmit has been interviewing and researching influential people discovering the factors that truly make an impact in the lives of others.

He is a storyteller who has spent 30 years as sports anchor for KSTP-TV (ABC-Minneapolis/St. Paul) and has been awarded 18 Emmy's and a National Headliner Award.

Joe's keynote, workshops, video series and book help individuals and teams put those principles into practice and make a true impact.

Rocky Bleier's life story is truly amazing. The native of Appleton, Wisconsin played football at the University of Notre Dame and collected a National Championship while playing there and served as captain his senior year. He graduated from Notre Dame in 1968 and was drafted in the NFL's 16th round to the Pittsburgh Steelers. In only his rookie season with the Steelers, Bleier was drafted again but this time to the United States Army in December 1968. The Army sent him to Vietnam and Bleier was severely wounded in August 1969 when his platoon ran into an ambush and he suffered severe rifle and grenade wounds that damaged his legs and feet. Bleier was barely able to walk and it looked as if his professional football career was over before it really even began. For two years, Bleier pushed himself and overcame his injuries through a relentless therapy program. The Steelers placed him on the Injured Reserve list in 1970 and the following year placed him on the Taxi Squad. By 1972, Bleier was miraculously back on the active roster for the Steelers and then went on to earn a spot in the starting backfield by 1974. Bleier was a four-time Super Bowl Champion with the Steelers and retired at the end of the 1980 season. He formed his own company upon his retirement, Rocky Bleier, Inc., which he still runs today. Bleier's life was documented in a book and an ABC television movie entitled Fighting Back. He has transformed his motto of Be the Best you Can Be to the business world and has motivated audiences across the country in the very inspiring look into his courageous life.

Hank Haney is ranked annually as one of the finest instructors in the world having coached more than 200 touring professionals over the course of his distinguished career. His students have won every major championship in professional golf, amateur golf and junior golf during his 35-plus years of teaching. Hank gained further notoriety for his starring role on "The Haney Project," one of the highest-rated original entertainment television series on The Golf Channel. Over six seasons Haney instructed celebrity personalities with the goal of helping them achieve new personal benchmarks as amateur golfers.

Haney is a member of the advisory staffs for Golf Digest, Taylormade Golf, PureGrips, Crocs, Golfsmith stores, Skycaddie and Omega watches. He has authored four books on golf instruction and produced 14 instructional DVD titles, in addition to leading more than 55,000 golf lessons around the world in the course of his career. In 2012, The New York Times #1 Bestseller, “The Big Miss” created headlines around the world for Haney’s account of his 6 years coaching professional golfer Tiger Woods. He is President of Hank Haney Golf Inc. which owns and operates three golf facilities in Texas. Haney’s peers honored him in 1993 when he was recognized as National PGA Teacher of the Year.

Jason Young has been called a "rare breed" when it comes to developing leaders,teams and customer service initiatives. No wonder. As a former senior-level manager at Southwest Airlines, Jason learned the value of a successful workplace culture.

During his 10 years with the airline consistently rated No. 1 in customer service and employee satisfaction, he was a key driver in creating and developing the company's innovative training programs for its successful leadership and customer service culture that have become renowned in the business world today.

Driven by the need to extend his unique insight in leadership development to others outside Southwest, Jason separated from the pack in 1998, when he left the airline to launch his own consulting practice to focus on corporate training and development services provider specializing in leadership, customer service and team building.

Today, as president of LeadSmart, Inc., Jason shares his vision in developing successful corporate cultures and workplace environments with forward-thinking companies, including Starbucks, Coca Cola, Radio Shack and Tyson Foods, to name just a few. He has even captured his philosophy of creating high performance cultures in his books, The Culturetopia Effect and Servicetopia.

Capturing the innovative strategies and tactics he created at Southwest Airlines, Jason offers insights and practical information that can be implemented immediately. His keynote presentations and training programs are in demand for audiences of all types - from senior level executives to front line employees. Jason's messages reach to the core of every audience member with his unique style and engaging presentation skills. Participants are treated to a compelling experience that will change the way they view themselves, their customers and the company for which they work.

Jason's keynote presentations are designed to reinforce the concepts and skills geared to increase learning and assist in the transition from the meeting room to the workplace. The result is an inspirational encounter that resonates long after his presentation is over.

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Terry Paulson is a PhD psychologist and a leading authority on change management and in turning positive psychology research into practical insights that produce real-world results. He’s a honored professional speaker, national columnist, and author of the popular books, The Optimism Advantage, Leadership Truths One Story at a Time, Paulson on Change, They Shoot Managers Don't They, Making Humor Work, Speak Like a Pro, Favorite Family Lectures, and Can I Have the Keys to the Car?

Dr. Paulson is a recipient of The National Speakers Association's Cavett Award. It is the association's most cherished award presented annually to the member whose accomplishments over the years have reflected outstanding credit, respect, honor and admiration in the association and the speaking profession.

Dr. Paulson is a past president of both the Global Speakers Federation and the National Speakers Association. He has attained its Certified Speaking Professional designation. Inducted into NSA's CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame as a lifetime member, Dr. Paulson joins Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell and Norman Vincent Peale with this honor given to less than 200 speakers worldwide.

Dr. Paulson is honored to be one of seven "distinguished faculty" member of the Institute for Management Studies. His presentations help organizations, leaders, and teams make change work! Since founding Paulson and Associates, Inc. in Agoura Hills, California, Dr. Paulson continues to conduct practical and entertaining programs for companies such as IBM, 3M, Federal Reserve Bank, HBO, Kaiser Permanente, KPMG, Merck, NASA, Nationwide, Nintendo, Sony, Starbucks, Verizon, Wal-Mart, and hundreds of hospitals, universities, and associations.

Terry's tasteful humor and down-to-earth style have earned him a deserved reputation as one of the nation's best keynote speakers. He brings knowledge, enthusiasm, and a refreshingly unique approach to every presentation.

Against all odds on a gridiron in South Bend, Indiana, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in twenty-seven seconds, carved his name into history books as perhaps the most famous graduate of the University of Notre Dame. The son of an oil refinery worker and third of 14 children, Rudy rose from valleys of discouragement and despair to the pinnacles of success. Today, he is one of the most popular motivational speakers in the United States. It took years of fierce determination to overcome obstacles and criticisms, yet Rudy achieved his first dream - to attend Notre Dame and play football for the Fighting Irish. As fans cheered RU-DY, RU-DY, he sacked the quarterback in the last 27 seconds of the only play in the only game of his college football career. He is the only player in the school's history to be carried off the field on his teammates' shoulders. In 1993, TRISTAR Productions immortalized his life story with the blockbuster film, RUDY. Written and produced by Angelo Pizzo and David Anspaugh, the award-winning team who brought us HOOSIERS, the critically acclaimed RUDY received "Two Thumbs Up" from Siskel and Ebert and continues to inspire millions worldwide.

Today, a highly sought after motivational speaker, Rudy entertains international corporate audiences with a unique, passionate, and heartfelt style of communicating. He reaches school children, university students, and professional athletes with the same enthusiasm, portraying the human spirit that comes from his personal experiences of adversity and triumph. His captivating personality and powerful message of "YES I CAN" stays with his audiences forever. Rudy's opening remarks receive thunderous applause and standing ovations from audiences of 200 to 20,000 people who emotionally chant RU-DY, RU-DY!

Rudy has appeared on various high profile nationally televised talk shows and radio shows across the country, is featured in national magazine publications, and has been honored with the key to many cities in the United States with special proclamations for his inspiration, commitment, and human spirit. Rudy received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Our Lady of Holy Cross College, the Distinguished American Award, A Proclamation from the Governor of Nevada granting an Official Rudy Award Day, was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame, and spoke at the White House during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

In addition to his motivational speaking, Rudy has co-authored several books, including: RUDY'S INSIGHTS FOR WINNING IN LIFE, RUDY'S LESSONS FOR YOUNG CHAMPIONS, RUDY & FRIENDS, THE RUDY IN YOU, and RUDY: MY STORY. He co-founded the RUDY FOUNDATION, whose mission is to strengthen communities by offering scholarships in education, sports, and the performing arts. The Rudy Foundation makes a positive impact by bringing people together. The Rudy Foundation develops and supports programs that positively impact the lives of children cognitively, emotionally, physically and spiritually. The RUDY AWARDS TM Program was created by the Rudy Ruettiger Foundation to recognize children who make an outstanding, exceptional effort to do their personal best everyday, overcome obstacles, set goals, stay on track to reach their Dreams and build the qualities of Character, Courage, Contribution, and Commitment into their lives everyday. The RUDY AWARDS TM is about a child's heart, will to change, and desire for self-improvement. Rudy has two awesome children; Jessica Noel Ruettiger and Daniel Joseph Ruettiger.

A former executive of a billion dollar global consumer products company and awarded the Vistage UK, International Speaker of the Year, (World’s Leading CEO Membership Organization) AmyK is a catalyst for producing sustainable solutions to a leader’s most pressing challenges. More than 50,000 executives in 10+ countries have benefited from her keen insight and intuitive understanding of the issues leaders face.

AmyK also served as Senior Executive Vice President, Operations for one of the largest sales and marketing firms in the U.S., was a chosen member of National Geographic's Educator Advisory Committee, and now serves as the Founder and Intelligence Activist of AmyK International, Inc., an executive development firm focused on leadership development, healthy team cultures, sales and innovative thinking. With clients including AT&T, Expedia, Lockheed Martin, Securian Financial, IBM, Wells Fargo, Walmart, John Paul Mitchell Systems, Dematic, Brighton, Cyber AdAPT, Digitech Systems, Herman Miller and hundreds more, AmyK travels the world helping senior executives lead and collaborate more effectively.

AmyK is a featured contributor for Entrepreneur magazine, her company won 5 Telly Marketing Awards and the Summit International's Award for Creativity, and her latest book, The Secrets Leaders Keep (Emerge Pub - Nov 2015), is an Amazon bestseller. AmyK received her M.S. from Johns Hopkins University, and has been a featured guest on numerous TV and radio networks including Bloomberg, NBC, Fox and ABC for her brain-based commentary on current events.

It is rare to find a true Renaissance man anymore, but that’s just that you get with Ben Utecht. Ben has always chased his dreams, finding his way from a small river town in Minnesota to a Super Bowl championship field. Whether it was becoming a world champion in football, singing with major symphonies, serenading Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday, or stepping into a national advocacy role, Ben has found success in many realms. He honed his already keen public speaking skills at the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a degree in communications and even started a master’s degree in sports management before being swept up into the NFL.

Ben has established himself as a prominent national leadership and motivational speaker for corporations, conventions, and non-profit events. Both of his programs, The Champion’s Way™ and The MVP Program™, stem from lessons he learned in the locker room with Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy and in the huddle with future Hall-of-Famer Peyton Manning. The Champion’s Way™ spotlights and breaks down “The 4 Ls” of leadership: listening, learning, language, and love. The MVP Program™ comes from Ben’s experience with concussions. It inspires audiences to truly care about their minds and to discover how integral memory is to identity. Both programs illuminate dynamic ways to succeed in business and life.

”I believe, as a speaker, that vulnerability equals connectivity. This is why I approach my keynote presentations with a mission of bringing you on an emotional journey through my life, into a hall-of-fame huddle, and onto a field of high-impact lessons. All our lives tell a story, and this is how I tell mine!”

As an influential advocate for brain health, Ben served as the national spokesperson for the American Academy of Neurology and currently sits on the prestigious board of the American Brain Foundation. Ben was given the AAN’s most esteemed honor, the Public Leadership in Neurology Award, in 2014. Also at that time, Ben released a music video for his song “You Will Always Be My Girls,” written as a love letter to his wife and daughters with the goal of emotionally connecting people to the importance of their memories. The video has impacted the lives of many, garnering over 1.3 million YouTube views to date.

Ben can now add “author” to his résumé, with the release of his new book Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away, published by Simon & Schuster. The book is the first memoir from a former NFL player who left the game as a result of concussions. It takes the reader on a heart-felt journey through the ups and downs of Ben’s life with faith, family, and football. Ben has a message of hope that has reached a nation-wide audience, inspiring people to value every moment to its fullest.

Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away is available in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold. Links to online retailers are available on Ben’s website at www.ben-utecht.com