Speakers

Dubbed a “Moxie Maven” by the White House Office of Public Engagement for her unique and effective approach to communication and leadership development, Alexia Vernon is the founder and CEO of Step into Your Moxie. A certified woman-owned and disability-owned business, Step into Your Moxie ensures that leaders and their employees possess the mindset, skillset, and psychological safety to speak up and call people to take action on their ideas. Alexia’s “secret sauce” is showing her audiences how to be present with the discomfort that often emerges when navigating uncomfortable conversations, speaking on stage, or being interviewed by the media.

Since winning the Miss Junior America competition, Alexia has delivered transformational keynotes and programs for Fortune 500 companies like Google, AWS, and PACCAR, as well as healthcare and educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and the United Nations. Alexia is a TEDxWomen speaker and has contributed to media such as CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, Inc.com, European Business Review, and Women’s Health Magazine.

A global expert on vocal empowerment and creating “speak up” cultures, Alexia is the author of multiple books including the award-winning, Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World. She is the creator of the popular LinkedIn Learning course, Communicating to Drive People to Take Action, and is a proud (and vocal!) thyroid cancer and sexual abuse survivor.

Allison Graham inspires and empowers better problem solving to increase productivity and happiness while minimizing destructive stress, burnout and team turnover. Driven by her belief that most negative stress is unnecessary, Allison shares her signature concepts with audiences of highly-accomplished, forward-thinking professionals.

Allison’s programs are the result of a decade-long journey that started after a botched surgery caused neuropathic pain. Doctors told her that she would be on pain meds for life and would not work full-time again. They were wrong.

Allison was frustrated with trite, yet typical, stress management and resilience advice. She dove deeper to uncover a better, less stressful way to navigate tough times. She discovered that the answer is to systematically solve problems with less fanfare and to fundamentally shift one’s perspective of issues that steal personal capacity each day.

Her latest book Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less, Do More, Be Happier illustrates how to apply her 3-Part Problem-Solving Framework to the issue of having too much to do, with too little time and too few resources.

Speaking professionally since 2006, Allison engages audiences with her conversational presentation style and provides a stress-free speaker experience for her clients.

Anne Grady is a leading global expert on resilience, a two-time TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, author, and highly sought-after speaker who has spent the last two decades helping hundreds of thousands of people across industry to cultivate the habits and skills to build strength through struggle with the science behind resilience.

Anne began studying the brain and neurodevelopment to find answers while searching for treatment options for her son, after he was diagnosed with severe mental illness and Autism. Then, after being diagnosed with an avocado-sized tumor in her salivary gland in 2014, she had to lean on the tools she learned throughout her journey. Now she helps other channel challenge, change, and adversity, into a catalyst for growth.

Anne has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Fox Business, and news outlets throughout the country. Audiences love her raw honesty, humor, authenticity, and insight. She shares inspiring personal stories, cutting edge, research-based content, and most importantly, actionable strategies that can be applied immediately to build a resilient mindset, skill set, and the ability to reset. And she’ll make you laugh while she does it.

A #1 national bestselling author, Anthony O’Neal has helped over 250,000 people set out on a path towards a debt-free life with his chart-topping book Debt-Free Degree. He’s reached over 15 million people in 15 different countries through his podcast “The Table” where he always keeps it real, relevant, and relatable. 

Apart from teaching others how to obtain mental, spiritual and financial freedom, Anthony’s mission is to help singles maximize their single season with both intention and grace. When he’s not interviewing experts and thought-leaders on his popular YouTube channel, you can find Anthony golfing or on an adventure with his beautiful all-black German Shepherd, Raven.

Billy Goldberg is a strategist, business coach, and partnership alchemist, working with middle market companies to uncover “White Space”—the hidden opportunities that yield multimillion dollar impact.

Billy spent the first half of his nearly 30-year career in the trenches of large companies, managing key relationships at The William Morris Agency and Bank of America, and later designing collaborative programs and cementing deals with some of the most powerful legacy brands on behalf of Tennis Channel and Gannett. Big picture thinking, relationship building, and strategic business development have been the throughlines of Billy’s career in the corporate world, where he helped large organizations add hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to their top lines.

In 2009, following Gannett’s acquisition of HighSchoolSports.Net, where Billy led business development for the West Coast, Billy experienced firsthand what a mistake it is when an organization overlooks its most important asset—its people—during an M&A event.

Inspired by his early career experience as a talent agent, Billy left the organization to start The Buckeye Group, a strategic advisory and special project firm that helps middle-market executives catalyze growth and gracefully navigate the road bumps that come with evolving a growing enterprise, where he’s served as the Principal for the last 15 years.

As a certified Business and Executive Leadership Coach, Billy is known as the “CEO whisperer.” That’s because of all the CEOs, presidents, and founders he’s helped to create meaningful partnerships between their organizations, as well as company cultures, strategy and heart-centered leadership he’s helped develop— all with the objective of accelerating growth and increasing revenue for his clients.

A member of the National Speakers Association and inductee into their Speaker Hall of Fame, Bob Burg is an international bestselling author and one of the world’s elite authorities in the field of relationship marketing and influence. The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) has sold over 975,000 and created an international movement. His sales classic, Endless Referrals continues to be used as a resource for companies and sales teams throughout the world.

Through his dynamic Endless Referrals system, Genuine Influence and Go-Giver principles, Bob teaches business professionals how to leverage their network of everyday contacts into a never-ending stream of new prospects. Using his highly effective relationship cultivation process, new sales are converted into lifelong customers and “Personal Walking Ambassadors” that multiply the volume of referred prospects — exponentially!

He is known for his powerful presentations filled with useful information delivered in a dynamic and humorous style which keeps his audience engaged and able to put their new skills to work immediately.

Note: Bob Burg is now exclusively booking virtual speaking engagements.

Chris Widener is widely recognized as one of the top speakers in the world today. He has spoken all over the world in places like Germany, Spain, Russia, China, Egypt, Singapore, Australia and of course, all over the United States and Canada.

His clients are a “who’s who” of American businesses and organizations, including: General Electric, Cisco Systems, Microsoft and the Harvard Business School. Chris’ dynamic, practical and engaging speeches will have your audience laughing one minute and learning timeless truths of success the next.

Chris was hand selected by two of the legends of the speaking world to work with them and he now carries on their legacy. Jim Rohn, one of the most successful speakers of the last 50 years, and also known for being Tony Robbins first mentor, made Chris his last protege. Chris and Jim co-authored the Jim Rohn One Year Success Plan as well as Jim’s last book, The Twelve Pillars, which has become an international best-seller.

Zig Ziglar, considered to be the greatest motivational speaker of the 20th century, personally chose Chris to co-host his television show, True Performance. Chris’ two books, The Angel Inside, and The Art of Influence are the only two fiction books Zig Ziglar endorsed in his entire life. Along with co-hosting True Performance, Chris also hosted his own show, Made for Success, where he interviewed some of the top business achievers and thought leaders of our time.

Chris considers it a privilege to be able to speak to people, help them lead successful lives, become extraordinary leaders, and masterful sales people.

Chris’ latest book, Four Seasons is being turned into a movie with the script being written by one of Clint Eastwood’s screenwriters.

Chris is a visionary creative leader and educator who inspires courageous curiosity in audiences through playful, kind, and disruptive workshops and experiences. His vision is to usher in a new age of enlightenment in a world more unified through creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.

After attending Art and Design School at Illinois State University, he worked his way up at Disney Parks from serving ice cream to becoming a designer and art director. To his surprise, he found the creative and the business teams were constantly at odds, but he turned this obstacle into an opportunity by offering up his skills. His impact swiftly led him to the seat of Disney’s Global Creativity and Innovation Director.

In his new role Chris partnered with senior executives across all segments of the Disney company, using a ‘learning through doing’ approach to foster collaborative creativity and human-first innovation. His leadership impacted multiple departments including sales, finance, legal, operations, art, story and products, across Disney Parks & Walt Disney Imagineering to Pixar, Disney Studios, ABC Studios and Disney Interactive.

Today his approach is still firmly rooted in courageous curiosity—which he calls “Daring Play”—integrating the latest advancements in design thinking, mindfulness, and collaboration, placing him at the frontier of how we create together.

After Disney, Chris co-founded Imaginology, a company that guides creative collaboration workshops and design sprints. His recent partnerships span a diverse group of professionals, from Oscar-winning producers and animation directors to Fortune 500 leaders, academic researchers, psychologists, and even surgeons.

Chris’s transformative impact on people and teams extends across 24 countries through his captivating and thought-provoking keynotes and workshops. His uniquely interactive and entertaining style, along with his kind yet rebellious attitude, inspires real change at both a personal and professional level.

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Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama.

Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Wakeman has helped companies such as Google, Facebook, Viacom, NIH, the CDC, Uber, NBC Universal, NASA, Pfizer, Keurig Dr. Pepper, AMC Theatres, White Castle, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and countless others learn to navigate our rapidly changing world using good mental processes to harness energy wasted in workplace drama and reinvest that effort into achieving profound business results.

As a highly sought-after conference headliner, Cy Wakeman holds a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association, placing her within the top 3% of speakers. She’s been featured on the TODAY Show, the AskGaryVee Show with Gary Vaynerchuk, Cheddar TV, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Daily Muse, SHRM.com and many more. Cy Wakeman was voted in the top 100 leadership professionals to follow on twitter for 7 years in a row. In 2021 and 2022, she topped the Global Gurus list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals across the globe, coming in at #1.

Wakeman has published three books, the latest of which is No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results. Cy also hosts her own No Ego podcast to address leaders’ biggest challenges in the workplace. For more information, please follow Cy on social at @cywakeman.

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Dan Heath is the co-author, along with his brother Chip, of four long-running bestsellers: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments. The Heath Brothers’ books have sold over three million copies worldwide and been translated into 33 languages. Dan’s new book Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen was an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller, and it was included on “best books” lists from Apple, Amazon, the Financial Times, and others.

Dan is an entrepreneur himself, having founded Thinkwell, an innovative education company that next year will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Dan was named in 2013 to the Thinkers 50, a ranking of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers, and also to Fast Company magazine’s list of the Most Creative People in Business. One proud geeky moment for Dan was his victory in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, beating out 13,000 other entrants.

Serial entrepreneur, family man and action-taker. Darin’s philosophy on life revolves around Faith, Family, then Finance. He loves mentoring entrepreneurs that want to make an impact on the world!

Darin is a renowned leader and former Multiple Seven Figure Earner in the network marketing profession, global keynote speaker, executive trainer, mentor and coach. Before leaving the profession as a distributor, Darin built massive teams all over the world and earned awards for recruiting, retention and sales.

He has owned profitable franchises, built online businesses with a digital brand and created a vast following on social media. Darin has been featured in various magazines and books, along with being on an advisory council with John Maxwell.

Darin enjoys spending time with his wife and five children when he is not focused on work. However, he was not always a successful businessman. Over twenty years ago, he was bankrupt and felt like a failure. He managed to emerge from that experience with a unique perspective and an “I Will Until” attitude on life.

The experiences of Darin’s life have made him an inspiring and relatable person. He genuinely wants to help people “be more, do more, and have more” in their life. He has mentored people with all kinds of backgrounds, including Students, Stay at Home Moms, Waiters, Doctors, Lawyers, Executives, Entrepreneurs, and Engineers.

Dave Ferguson is an internationally respected executive coach, speaker, facilitator, and author, in the areas of leadership and personal development.

In his signature direct, yet highly connective style, Dave helps business owners, executives, top management leaders, and political leaders transform how they communicate, connect, and grow in their roles.

Prior to launching his coaching and speaking business in 2006, Dave served 25 years in corporate leadership roles in Fortune 500 banking, real estate, and investment companies. In addition, he served in leadership roles in the United States Air Force. During these years, Dave engaged his no-nonsense leadership approach to challenge, coach, mentor, and develop leaders at all levels. 

As a corporate leader turned corporate coach, Dave’s experience uniquely qualifies him to not only coach and support leaders and their teams, but to truly understand their distinct challenges. Dave will challenge your team to make intentional choices that leverage their professional development, inspire them to become better leaders, and demonstrate ways they can cultivate and apply their skills. 

His mission is to equip bosses in becoming leaders, and leaders in creating their legacies.

Dave will challenge, inspire, and energize your organizational leaders to gain greater influence and lead to higher levels.

An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his business operation into its basement. Daymond is most known for being the CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with over $6 billion in product sales world-wide.

Daymond has won hundreds of entrepreneurial awards, including the Brand Week Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award and, most recently, Real Leaders Magazine named Daymond John one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World, a list of “real teachers—people who speak from experience.”

His marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands has made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker. His marketing firm The Shark Group offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means and connects brands with the world’s top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions.

Daymond is also an author of 6 New York Times best-selling books, including The Power of Broke (2016) and Rise and Grind (2018), and Powershift (2020). Daymond’s most recent book, Little Daymond Learns to Earn (2023) is his first for kids, reached the New York Times and Amazon best-seller list the first week of its release. The book addresses the current void of educating our children about money in a fun and engaging story for parents and kids to connect. He is also the host of the popular That Moment with Daymond John podcast.

Finally, John is celebrating his 14th season on ABC TV’s 5-time Emmy® award winning business reality show, Shark Tank, by renowned producer Mark Burnett, which has reinvigorated entrepreneurship around the world.

John’s mission is to continue challenging the status quo and leave a lasting legacy of inspiring other leaders to do the same. Learn more on his website: daymondjohn.com

And check out his YouTube channel: @TheSharkDaymond

Dewitt Jones is one of America’s top professional photographers. Spending twenty years with National Geographic, photographing stories around the globe, he has earned the reputation as a world-class photojournalist.

Speaking to audiences across the country, Dewitt is recognized as a renowned lecturer. His genuine style and ability to communicate with audiences make his presentations truly outstanding. Dewitt’s inspirational messages are further discussed in his best-selling training programs. Dewitt has also published nine books including California! and John Muir’s High Sierra.

Erin King is the world’s leading personal energy management expert, bestselling author and keynote speaker. SUCCESS Magazine named her one of their “Top 10 Must-See Motivational Speakers of 2022” alongside Jay Shetty and Mel Robbins.

As Chief Energy Officer of Strikepoint Media (which was twice named one of Inc. 5000’s ‘Fastest Growing Companies in America’), King has been hired by everyone from The Academy Awards and Disney to VISA, Adobe, and even the United States Navy to unlock what she calls their “Big Deal Energy®”. As the bestselling author of You’re Kind of a Big Deal, she’s helped over one million ambitious achievers from Bali to Amsterdam activate more alignment and aliveness online, offline, and all the time.

She’s been featured in Forbes among other global publications, and her podcast, On Your Terms with Erin King, consistently ranks in the top 1% of all downloads on iTunes.

While the big arenas are fun, Erin actually prefers smaller middle school stages, where her “Big Deal Energy® Academy” volunteer team shares the importance of “believing in your big”.

Off-duty you’ll find her playing all the outside sports with her husband Hartman, or hanging out with her huge, crazy Irish family. And finally: if kissing your cavapoo (Miss Betty White) directly on the mouth is wrong – Erin does not want to be right.

Learn more on her website: ErinKing.com

Grant Cardone owns and operates seven privately held companies, and a private equity real estate firm, Cardone Capital, with a multifamily portfolio of assets worth over $2.2 Billion. He is the Top Crowdfunder in the world, raising over $600 million in equity via social media. He is featured on Season 2 of Discovery Channel’s Undercover Billionaire, where he takes on the challenge of building a million dollar business in 90 days. Grant is also a New York Times bestselling author of 11 business books, including The 10X Rule, which led to Cardone establishing the 10X Global Movement and the 10X Growth Conference, now the largest business and entrepreneur conference in the world.

The online business and sales educational platforms he created serve over 350,000 individuals and Forbes 100 clients throughout the world. Voted the top Marketing Influencer to watch by Forbes, Cardone uses his massive 15 million plus following to give back via his Grant Cardone Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring underprivileged and troubled youth in financial literacy.

For over 25 years, Greg Reid has inspired millions of people to take personal responsibility to step into the potential of their greatness and, as such, his life of contribution has been recognized by government leaders, a foreign Princess, as well as luminaries in education, business, and industry.

Greg has been published in over 150 books, including 38 bestsellers in 45 languages. Titles he’s authored such as, Stickability: The Power of Perseverance; The Millionaire Mentor, and Three Feet from Gold: Turn Your Obstacles into Opportunities have inspired countless readers to understand that the most valuable lessons we learn are also the easiest ones to apply.

Greg Reid is known best for being the founder of Secret Knock, a Forbes and Inc. Magazine top-rated event focused on partnership, networking and business development. He is the producer of the Oscar-qualified film, Wish Man, based on the creator of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which is now streaming globally.

For his work in mentoring youth in his hometown of San Diego, Greg was officially honored by a former president of the White House. Recently, he was awarded an honorary PhD in literature as well as a star on the infamous Las Vegas Walk of Stars.

Jairek Robbins has more than a decade of leading, coaching and motivational speaking. He has expertly delivered training programs to some of the most prestigious universities, U.S. military branches and brands in the world including Harvard University, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force Special Forces, BMW, UBS, Major League Baseball teams, and several members of the U.S. Olympic team.

Jairek’s #1 Bestselling Book, LIVE IT! received raving reviews by Deepak Chopra, Brian Tracy and many others. The practical tools he shares in LIVE IT! can help anyone add deep meaning and purpose to their life while achieving massive success.

His commitment to bettering humanity and himself began at an early age and was acknowledged with a Congressional Award – Gold Medal. He was awarded the highest honor for accomplishing over 400 hours of community service, 200 hours of personal development, 200 hours dedicated to physical fitness (he ran 2 marathons) and living overseas for an extended period (he lived in Uganda for 4 months volunteering) all within just 24 months. He accomplished all of this before the age of 24.

He traces his passion for helping people focus on the most important things to his father, who learned it from Jim Rohn, a towering legend in the personal development industry.

After a successful 10-year career in financial planning where he ran a company with more than $2 billion under management, James began his own entrepreneurial journey. James’s superpower is helping ambitious but frustrated people gain immediate clarity on what they want and give them a bulletproof plan to achieve it. Today, through his podcast, media commitments, and social media channels, he helps 2M+ each month to Win the Day®, and has personally coached Olympic gold medalists, billion-dollar founders and CEOs, and special forces operators.

James has been featured extensively in television, print and digital media around the world, including The Today Show, Entrepreneur, Money Magazine, and The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2019, James launched his own show, Win the Day with James Whittaker, available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and more.

He is author of bestselling personal finance and motivation book The Beginner’s Guide to Wealth, named book of the month by Money Magazine. His second book, Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy, was released in 2018 and has been translated into six languages. In September 2020, James’ latest book Andrew Carnegie’s Mental Dynamite was released in conjunction with the Napoleon Hill Foundation. James is from Brisbane, Australia. Today, he lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children.

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Jay Shetty is a British-born #1 New York Times Best-selling author, award winning storyteller & podcast host and former monk, on a mission to make wisdom go viral.

In 2019, AdWeek made him their Young Influentials cover star, describing him as “an emanation of spiritual force.” In 2017, Forbes named him in their 30 Under 30 List for being a game changer in media. People Magazine named him “one to watch.” In 2018 and 2019 the Streamy’s named him the Best Health & Wellness Creator of the Year. His videos have been viewed more than 8 billion times and he is followed by over 40 million people across social media.

In 2019, Jay created On Purpose, now the worlds #1 Health podcast, in its opening year ranked #1 on Spotify in India and in Apples Top 20 Podcasts of the Year. Guests include superstar athletes such as Kobe Bryant and Novak Djokovic, music icons like Alicia Keys and business powerhouses such as Ray Dalio. 

In 2020, Jay authored his first book, Think Like A Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday. The book debuted at #1 on the New York Times, #1 on the Sunday Times and was named “Unputdownable” by Amazon where it held the #1 spot worldwide.

Jeffrey Gitomer is a creative, on-the-edge, writer and speaker whose expertise on sales, customer loyalty and personal development is world-renowned. Known for presentations, seminars and keynote addresses that are funny, insightful and real, Jeffrey Gitomer gives audiences information they can take out in the street one minute after the presentation is over and turn it into money.

Jeffrey Gitomer was awarded the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association. The CSP award has been given fewer than 500 times in the past 25 years and is the association’s highest earned award. In August, 2008, Jeffrey Gitomer was inducted into the National Speaker Association’s (NSA) Speaker Hall of Fame. The designation, CPAE (Counsel of Peers Award for Excellence), honors professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of performance excellence.

Lucasfilm, Disney, HGTV, LinkedIn, Universal, The Ritz Carlton, and PNB Parabis are some of the internationally known brand leaders who have called on Jess Ponce III to coach their spokespeople and talent.

The author of Everyday Celebrity and A.W.E.S.O.M.E.: 7 Keys to Unlock the Speaker Within, Jess has worked with over 2500 celebrities and more than 1500 TV hosts, experts, authors, and spokespeople. He has coached executives of Fortune 500 companies, creative professionals, and TEDx speakers to strengthen their presentation, leadership, and media skills for business events that regularly include press interviews, internal communications, conferences, and corporate conversations.

An outstanding communication coach as well as business opportunity manager and personal branding expert, Jess strengthens individual brands while negotiating sponsorships, media opportunities, and speaking engagements. He is the creative force behind Media 2×3, a U.S. based media-company that develops and packages personality, entrepreneurial, and media talent. He has produced and developed programming for ABC, Fox, Warner Bros., E! Entertainment, Style, TV Guide Network, and MTV. Abroad,

Jess is a guest speaker and workshop facilitator with the Awesome Group in Taipei and its affiliates in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

John Addison emerged as a leader during his time at Primerica, the largest independent financial services and marketing organization in North America, shortly after his hire in the early 1980s. He was an integral part of their growth and helped to navigate the company as they expanded across the nation. John’s leadership was again pivotal during years following an acquisition by Sandy Weill and what became Citigroup. John was named president in 1995 and Co-CEO in 1999. 

In addition to his stellar reputation as a businessman, John has made a name for himself as a top-rated speaker, renowned for using his down-home delivery and humor to provide insight and wisdom on leadership, personal development and success. John served as Leadership Editor for SUCCESS magazine, where he wrote regular columns and blogs for the national newsstand publication and website. John is a highly sought-after keynote speaker. He was honored by the University of Georgia Alumni Association as one of the Bulldog 100. He is a 2019 inductee into the Direct Selling Hall of Fame. 

Today, John is more focused on his passion for helping people become the best they can be than ever before. He believes the biggest crisis in the world today is the lack of leadership and is on a mission to help cultivate the necessary skills in those who would take up that mantle. He truly understands how to inspire and motivate, and wants to share his insight to help others achieve the success they crave.

Most can achieve a goal and be pleasantly satisfied with their results but to continually create new tasks to accomplish and to reinvent your self is the mark of a versatile and motivated individual. It is the definition of father, athlete, actor, entrepreneur, talk show host, philanthropist, wellness advocate, vegan and champion: John Salley. After years as an NBA Basketball player, John explored several opportunities in both television and film, serving as host for numerous award shows. John also recently hosted the Reunion Shows of VH-1’s #1 rated show, Basketball Wives.

As a wellness advocate, John has adopted a plant based (raw vegan) lifestyle, and is a frequent speaker at VegFest’s across the USA. One of John’s main missions in life is to continue to educate people on the benefits of living a healthier lifestyle thru better eating habits. With a passion for real food, wine and spirits, John is a partner in the label “Vegan Vine” in partnership with Clos LaChance Winery.

Johnny Quinn is a highly sought-after speaker for businesses and organizations of all sizes. He is a U.S. Olympian in the sport of bobsled and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Johnny is also a former pro football player spending time with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers and Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL. Johnny has been featured on various media outlets around the world, such as: ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, ESPN, FOX, NBC, TIME, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

When Johnny is not on the road speaking, he owns and operates the Johnny Quinn Insurance Agency, helping families all over the state of Texas with their insurance needs.  Johnny’s newest book, PUSH: Breaking through the Barriers is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Target. Johnny, his wife Amanda and their daughter Amelia, reside in McKinney, Texas.

Jon Gordon is a 15x bestselling author and thought leader, a top 10 keynote speaker and consultant who has worked with many of the top leaders and organizations on the planet, as well as a global influencer who impacts millions of people each year with his books, talks, podcasts and messages.

His principle belief that positivity is the ultimate competitive advantage has been put to the test by countless Fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and nonprofits.

He is the author of 28 books including 15 best sellers and 5 children’s books. His books include the timeless classic, The Energy Bus, which has sold over 3 million copies, The Carpenter, which was a top 5 business book of the year, Training Camp, The Power of Positive Leadership, The Power of a Positive Team, The Coffee Bean, Stay Positive, and The Garden. Jon’s latest bestselling book is The One Truth.

Jon and his tips have been featured on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, The Golf Channel, Fox and Friends as well as in numerous magazines and newspapers.

His clients include The Los Angeles Dodgers, Campbell’s Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, Miami Heat, The Los Angeles Rams, Snapchat, Truist Bank, Clemson Football, Northwestern Mutual, West Point Academy and more.

Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams.

Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist and New York Times bestselling author known for his work in human connection, trust, and influence. Levy specializes in applying the latest research to transform the ways companies approach marketing, sales, consumer engagement, and culture. His clients range from Fortune 500 brands to startups.

More than a decade ago, Jon founded The Influencers Dinner, a secret dining experience for industry leaders ranging from Nobel laureates, Olympians, celebrities, and executives, to artists, musicians, and even the occasional princess. Guests cook dinner together but can’t discuss their career or give their last name, and once seated to eat, they play a game to reveal who they are. Over time, these dinners developed into a community. With thousands of members, Influencers is the largest community of its type worldwide.

In Levy’s latest book, You’re Invited, readers are guided through the art and science of creating deep and meaningful connections with anyone, regardless of their stature or celebrity, and demonstrates how we develop influence, gain trust, and build community so that we can impact our communities and achieve what’s important to us.

Justin Owens is an award-winning author, speaker, sales trainer, and serial entrepreneur. He is the founder & CEO of New Age CEOS International, Inc. And Run the Play Inc. organizations that specialize in awakening leaders to their true potential.

With over 30 million in sales generated over his career, Justin is keenly focused on mentoring high-level trainers, salespersons, and entrepreneurs. His book, Run The Play Playbook: Leadership 101, shares leadership and communication strategies that allowed him to lead and run multi-million dollar organizations.

His visionary perspective has established him as a thought leader and influencer while earning him opportunities to work on global campaigns with Fortune 500 companies—and now he wants to share his knowledge with the leaders of tomorrow. He’s on a mission to empower emerging leaders and entrepreneurs to create success on their own terms. He believes that success doesn’t have a look, age, creed, color, or gender.

When he’s not traveling the world mentoring and guiding the next wave of champions, he’s being a top notch #GirlDad to his daughter. Justin currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

Karen M. Allen (formerly Karen Millsap) is a Mindset Expert, TEDx Speaker, and the founder of the 100% Human movement.  She is passionate about equipping individuals with the tools and resources to feel better, live better, and achieve their goals with a healthy mindset. 

She empowers highly motivated individuals and business leaders to harness the power of their mindset and develop the self-awareness necessary to overcome challenges and achieve their full potential. 

After the unexpected loss of her husband followed by years of transformational experiences, Karen reclaimed control of her fate by rediscovering and healing herself from the inside out. Since 2014, Karen has been studying the human mind, positive psychology, and post traumatic growth. Combine this with her own experience, and you have a trifecta that not many other speakers or coaches can offer. 

Karen is the creator of the mental exercise: Stop + Shift. She developed this method to help people jumpstart their mental strength training. It’s a simple, yet powerful, technique that teaches individuals how to let go of negative thought cycles and move to more productive and positive thinking. 

Karen’s client list includes Google, Experian, AT&T, Kaiser Permanente, Travelers Insurance, YouTube, WD-40, Raymond James & Associates, Women’s Foodservice Forum, and many more! Her work has been featured in Forbes, SHRM magazine, on Good Morning America, MSNBC, and many others!

Karen received her undergraduate degree in Communication from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. 

Kelly Cardenas is a Forbes contributor, Author, Podcaster, Founder-CEO of a National multi-million dollar brand, and a cultural efficiency Coach. Cardenas is the go to when it comes to constructing a culture that will have sustained success in all aspects of your business. He believes that building an iconic Brand, Business, and Empire is a simple process once we start to focus on what really matters. Cardenas’ system zeros in on the heartbeat of any organization………PEOPLE!

Cardenas coaches based on two foundational truths  that his father, he calls “Pops”, raised him on:

1-“First and foremost you build the people and then you allow the people to build the business!”

2-“If you simply want to be GOOD, I AM NOT YOUR GUY! If you want to be GREAT, I AM NOT YOUR GUY! NOW, IF YOU WANT TO BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE AND LIVE OUT YOUR FULLEST POTENTIAL, YOU HAVE FOUND THE RIGHT GUY!

Kevin Karschnik is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and author who is recognized around the globe as an expert in leadership and communication. Kevin delivers high-energy, high-impact keynote speeches and training workshops that helps business professionals with the strategies and practices they need to succeed in today’s complex and competitive business climate.

He partners with Fortune 1000 companies who are committed to helping their talent strengthen their leadership skills, improve business relationships, and enhance their performance. Kevin has delivered messages to tens of thousands of business professionals from top companies, trade associations, and teams in 14 countries worldwide. When he’s not speaking, writing, or working with his clients, he’s managing his fantasy football team, playing pickleball with his wife Tracy, and ordering his favorite pie from 600 Degrees Pizzeria.

Kindra Hall is President and Chief Storytelling Officer at Steller Collective, a consulting firm focused on the strategic application of storytelling to today’s communication challenges. Kindra is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers trusted by global brands to deliver presentations and trainings that inspire teams and individuals to better communicate the value of their company, their products and their individuality through strategic storytelling.

Kindra is a former Director of Marketing and VP of Sales. She is a contributing editor to SUCCESS Magazine and was guest faculty at the Harvard Medical School. Her book Stories that Stick debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List and Forbes said it “may be the most valuable business book you read.” Kindra’s message spans all industries and her clients include Facebook, Hilton Hotels, Tyson Foods, Target and Berkshire Hathaway and many others.

What began as a storytelling assignment in 5th grade, grew into a passion for not only telling stories, but a mastery for teaching others the methods and science of storytelling so they can better tell their own.

Leanne Jacobs is an entrepreneur and international speaker specializing in holistic wealth creation, energy management and sustainable leadership. As the author of Beautiful Money and the founder of HealthyGirl, she is dedicated to bringing her flawless meld of leadership expertise, wealth creation, better health and mindfulness to the world.

Leanne specializes in yoga, nutrition and holistic well-being as a certified yoga and Pilates instructor, as well as a clinical nutritionist and a passionate advocate for holistic wealth, wellness and entrepreneurship. Along with her degree in biomedical toxicology, she also attained an MBA and is a master of entrepreneurialism and sustainable leadership. 

As a former sales and marketing executive who worked with L’Oreal, DuPont, Nike and Johnson & Johnson, Leanna is regularly featured in the media, appearing in: Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Dr. Oz Show, Success, Fox, Glamour, Marie-Claire, Women’s Health and the Jenny McCarthy Show.

Learn more about her on herYouTube channel.

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Mel Robbins is the international best-selling author of The 5 Second Rule and four #1 audiobooks on Audible. Her online courses about confidence, courage, and mindset have been taken by more than half a million students. The first print run of her science backed productivity planner, The 5 Second Journal, sold out worldwide within minutes. She’s one of the most widely booked motivational speakers and followed podcast host in the world. Mel is also the CEO of a media and digital learning company serving a global consumer audience and Fortune 500 brands.

In 2020, she launched a nationally syndicated daytime talk show, The Mel Robbins Show, with Sony Pictures Television. Her work on behavior change has been translated into 41 languages and is being used by veterans organizations, pediatricians, and other medical professionals in clinical settings, and by top brands like Starbucks, JP Morgan Chase, and Microsoft to inspire organizational transformation.

Mel is trusted by the world’s leading brands and medical professionals who use her research-backed tools and strategies in clinical and corporate settings. She’s amassed millions of followers online, with her videos going viral almost daily, and her TEDx Talk is one of the most viewed of all time. Most importantly, her science-backed tools and relatable advice have changed the lives of millions of people worldwide.

Michelle Poler is a creative and passionate social entrepreneur, keynote speaker, fear facer, branding strategist and author of Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You’re Meant to Be. She is the Founder of Hello Fears, a social movement empowering millions to step outside of the comfort zone and tap into their full potential.

Michelle has spoken at TEDx, Google, P&G, Facebook, ESPN, Netflix, Microsoft, Toyota, plus many more and she is also the creator of the project 100 Days Without Fear. Her work has been featured on CBS, CNN, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, NBC and Daily Mail to name a few.

Mo Brossette is an expert on human behavior, mindset, movement, and nutrition. He is a Keynote Speaker on Fear and Human Potential, where he teaches companies and individuals how to achieve professional and personal goals, overcome limiting beliefs, and use fear as your greatest tool for success.

Mo has been in the health and fitness industry for over 24 years, and is currently the Director of Mindset and Nutrition at The Adaptive Training Foundation, a Dallas based non-profit that leads disabled military veterans and civilians through a 9-week mental and physical training program called “Redefine”. Through this unique program, Mo helps these adaptive athletes overcome physical, emotional and mental pain, fear, and self-doubt.

Nataly Kogan is one of the leading global experts in optimizing your emotional fitness and elevating your leadership. She’s the creator of the Happier Method™, founder and CEO of Happier and Happier @ Work™, and author of HAPPIER NOW and GRATITUDE DAILY.

Nataly is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The Washington Post and The New York Times. Throughout Nataly’s career, she held top positions at McKinsey and Microsoft, was a Managing Director at a venture capital fund, and started or was a member of the senior team at 5 startups and tech companies. But all of this overachievement came at a huge cost of stress and overwhelm, which was the catalyst for Nataly to give it all up to start her company, Happier, with this mission: To help millions of people thrive in work and life by improving their emotional fitness with science-backed skills and practices. Today, tens of thousands of people cultivate their emotional fitness and Elevated Leadership skills through Happier @ Work and virtual leadership programs, online courses, and other learning tools.

Naveen is an intensely curious entrepreneur who is not afraid to take on audacious ideas that will push humanity forward and allow people to live better lives.  He is the author of the award-winning book Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance. His current moonshot adventures are Viome and Moon Express. As a serial entrepreneur, he previously founded InfoSpace, Intelius, and TalentWise.

Viome’s singular mission is to “make illness optional.” Viome has built an AI-driven platform that analyzes the interaction between food, our microbiome, and our human cells to develop precision nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic diseases.

Moon Express is the only company globally with permission to harvest resources from the moon—developing the infrastructure needed to push humanity forward toward a true multi-planetary society.

In addition to his current moonshots, he is the Vice-Chairman of the Board at Singularity University, where he focuses on educating and inspiring leaders to utilize innovative technologies to address humanity’s greatest challenges. He is also on the Board of the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that uses incentivized prize competition to push the limits of what’s possible — to change the world for the better. 

Naveen has been the recipient of many honors for his entrepreneurial successes. These include:

“Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young, “Most Creative Person” by Fast Company, “Top 20 Entrepreneurs” & “Lifetime Achievement Award” for leadership by Red Herring. “Medal of Honor” by Ellis Island, and “Top 50 Philanthropists” by Town & Country Magazine.

Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living. All his current work focuses under themes of gratitude, happiness, failure, resilience, connection, and trust. Neil is the author of nine books and journals, with many being featured in The New York Times and #1 international bestsellers lists. Neil also gives over 50 speeches a year at places like Harvard, SXSW, and Shopify and gave the most attended feature keynote at SXSW 2019 called “Building trust in distrustful times.”

Neil hosts an Apple “Best of” award-winning podcast called 3 Books – where he is on an ‘epic 15- year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world.’ 3 Books is recorded live and in-person and is 100% non-profit with no ads. Neil’s pro bono work focuses on literacy, bibliophilia, and mental health.

Nick Santonastasso is so much more than a medical miracle. Not only is he one of four people with the rare genetic condition, Hanhart Syndrome, the inspirational global keynote speaker, entrepreneur and philanthropist is also an internationally known bodybuilder and fitness model—despite missing both his legs and one arm since birth.

Nick did the unthinkable when he became a varsity wrestler in high school. Yet, he rose to Vine stardom, all while sharing his life and thoughts on acceptance, positivity, and pushing your limits with millions, gaining the admiration of A-list celebrities, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Tony Robbins.

Now, despite being only 26, he is certified in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), hypnosis, Time Line Therapy as well as being an expert on neuroplasticity. Along his journey he has taught alongside some of the greats like Steve Forbes and Ed Mylett, and is currently serving on a world tour with his main mentor Tony Robbins.

With the passing of his brother Michael from an overdose, Nick is pursuing the path of helping folks defeat mental health and substance abuse by partnering with WeLevelUp rehab facilities across the United States.

A powerful keynote speaker, Nick’s passion for helping others shines through as he takes his message to schools, universities, and Fortune 500’s. Nick also writes a column for SUCCESS Magazine, which you can read here.

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Richard Janes is an EmmyⓇ winning Personal Brand expert and the founder of  Hollywood based digital agency – Fanology. His unique approach to personal branding has launched, revived, and catapulted the careers of many actors, athletes, musicians, television hosts, business executives, and entrepreneurs. He takes a holistic view of personal branding, believing that a personal brand can only be successful if implemented through every aspect of a person’s life and that the key to a successful personal brand is its growth from an individual’s unique life purpose. Through his strategy and insight, his clients have amassed considerable influence in their chosen fields using their unique gifts and abilities to increase personal wealth and live a more authentic life.

Richard later went on to create a process called the Minimum Viable Person™, a system inspired by Silicon Valley’s minimum viable product. In adopting the MVP lifestyle, a person is able to define their life purpose, set a mission, take a series of low-risk, high-reward steps to implementing their purpose, and then quickly validate the results their new actions are having across all aspects of their life.

Robert Herjavec is a globally recognized business leader and trusted cybersecurity expert. For the last 14 years Robert has been well known as one of the founding Sharks and executive producer of ABC’s Emmy-award winning hit show, Shark Tank.

Born in Communist Yugoslavia, Robert and his parents left with very little for a better life in Canada. Boarding a boat called the Cristeforo Columbo in Italy, they made their way to a new world. From delivering newspapers and waiting tables, to launching a billion-dollar, global computer company from his basement, Robert’s drive to achieve has led him to the fulfillment of a better life in a classic rags to riches story.

In 2003, Robert founded Herjavec Group, and it quickly became one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies. He has served as a Cybersecurity Advisor for the Government of Canada, participated in the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce Task Force for Cybersecurity.

Robert’s inspiring books have all appeared on bestsellers’ lists, two of them being notably featured in the Top 10 at the same time. A well-known motivational speaker, Robert has spoken to purpose driven companies around the world ranging from IBM to HP and many more. He has spoken to crowds as small as 50, to ones as large as 20,000 and has shared the stage with Tony Robbins, Oprah, and many others. He has also been featured inside and on the cover of multiple lifestyle and business magazines including Inc, SUCCESS, Forbes, Fortune and more.

Ron White is a two-time USA Memory Champion. He has held the record the fastest time to memorize a deck of cards in the USA. For last 30 years he has traveled the world giving his talk, ‘Triple Your Memory – Triple Your Business’. Wait? What? 30 years? Yes, it’s true! He discovered this ancient memory system in 1991 at the age of 18 as a college student and has perfected and simplified the techniques for everyone to use and implement. Since then, his strategies have helped people to build relationships by remembering names and faces.

Ron has made many television appearances over the years. Recently, he featured alongside Mike Tyson on Fox TV’s ‘Superhuman’. You may have also seen him on Good Morning America, the front page of the Wall Street Journal and the CBS Early Show or dozens more shows over the last decade.

Rory Vaden is the world’s leading expert on the psychology of influence—which he defines as moving ourselves and others to take action. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success and Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time, and his insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, on Good Morning America and Fox News national television. He is comfortable on camera, and thanks to his experience as a Hall of Fame speaker and 8-figure entrepreneur, Rory has become a trusted voice by both the media and consumers alike.

Whether it’s viral videos on YouTube, some of the highest rated podcast interviews of all-time or just a casual conversation on a social media live broadcast, Rory excels and engages in all types of interview environments. He will add tremendous value to your audience and is always easy and professional to work with. His home studio includes green screen, full lighting and high-quality audio for convenient virtual interviews.

Rory holds an MBA and has started five different multi-million dollar enterprises from scratch. While he is available to appear as an expert guest on a variety of breaking-news subjects, he is invited most frequently to share his pithy and practical tips and opinions on topics such as:

• Personal development and productivity
• Small business growth and entrepreneurship
• Leadership and executive trustworthiness
• Brand strategy and marketing effectiveness

Leadership keynote speaker Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels. By challenging leaders to shift priorities, cultivate an organizational culture, and inspire both individuals and teams to take ownership in fresh and results-producing ways, he is helping companies dramatically increase productivity, profitability, and growth.

Global Gurus recently announced Sam Silverstein as one of the World’s Top 10 Organizational Culture Professionals. Sam writes, speaks, and consults with organizations around the globe to help them think differently, work with renewed purpose, and achieve record-breaking results. He works with entrepreneurs, multi-national companies, corporations, and government agencies to drive increased engagement and productivity.

Shawn Achor is the bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential. He spent 12 years at Harvard, where he won over a dozen distinguished teaching awards, and delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard. Shawn graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. Shawn has since become one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success.

Shawn has now worked with over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, and with places like the NFL, the Pentagon and the U.S. Treasury. To do his work, Shawn has traveled to 51 countries, speaking to farmers in Zimbabwe, CEOs in China, doctors in Dubai and schoolchildren in South Africa. In 2014, Oprah Winfrey did a two hour interview with Shawn on the science of happiness and meaning.

His research on happiness made the cover of Harvard Business Review, his TED talk is one of the most popular of all time with over 22 million views, and his lecture airing on PBS has been seen by millions.

Simon T. Bailey is an international speaker, writer and personal transformation strategist. Recognized as a trailblazer in his field, Simon’s dedication to transformation and brilliance has earned him a spot as one of SUCCESS magazine’s Top 25, joining Brené Brown, Tony Robbins, and Oprah Winfrey, as well as leadersHum Top 200 Power List in 2023. For over two decades, he has mesmerized the world, leaving an indelible mark on 2,300+ organizations across 54 countries. Corporate giants such as American Express, Deloitte, Marriott, Visa, Stanford Health Care, and Taco Bell have all experienced his magnetic allure.

Amidst the pressing challenges of talent retention, employee burnout, the Great Resignation, and the impact of remote work on mental health, a billion-dollar retailer sought innovative solutions to invest in organizational health and prioritize employee well-being. Recognizing the importance of upskilling managers for the future, they turned to Simon T. Bailey International for guidance.

Through a transformative three-month coaching program, Simon virtually mentored 3,000 managers, empowering them to transition from a command-and-control leadership approach to a heart-centered style rooted in Caring Science. This strategic coaching was particularly vital in the retail sector, known for its high turnover rates, and the results were remarkable. Participants scored between 94% and 97% in categories reflecting their confidence in their ability to coach effectively, allowing the Fortune 500 company to nurture and retain top talent while fostering a healthier and more productive workplace.

With a love and dedication to coaching individuals and organizations, Simon has now created Brilliant Coaching.™ This transformative growth experience offers tailored solutions to meet unique needs and align with specific goals and objectives, empowering both individuals and organizations to unlock their full potential.

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. She uses science to help successful leaders achieve dramatic and measurable change. Having built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world, Tasha pairs her grounding in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to professional development.

Globally recognized as the leading self-awareness coach and organizational culture expert, Tasha is the principal of The Eurich Group, a boutique executive development firm that helps companies—from start-ups to the Fortune 100—succeed by improving the effectiveness of their leaders and teams. Tasha has worked directly with tens of thousands of leaders and spoken live to hundreds of thousands more, on every continent but Antarctica. Her clients include Google, Salesforce, the NBA, Whataburger, Walmart, and the White House Leadership Development Program.

Tasha’s first book, Bankable Leadership, debuted at #8 on The New York Times bestseller list. Her latest book, Insight, explores the connection between self-awareness and success. Hailed as a “bold, exhilarating take on self-improvement” by Success Magazine and a “fascinating read” by The Guardian, Insight was selected by Brené Brown as one of her Leadership / Business books, and famed Wharton professor Adam Grant calls it one of the three books he recommends most often. Tasha contributes to Harvard Business Review, and her work has been featured in outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, and Fortune. Her TEDx talks have been viewed more than seven million times.

Trent Shelton is a former NFL wide receiver and author of The Greatest You: Face Reality, Release Negativity, and Live Your Purpose. Considered as one of the most impactful speakers of this generation, he reaches over 60 million people weekly through hard hitting videos and unprecedented engagement.

His most recent release, Straight Up: Honest, Unfiltered, As-Real-As-I-Can-Put-It Advice for Life’s Biggest Challenges, shares the missteps he made growing up and the hard-won lessons he learned in short, easy-to read chapters and thought-provoking questions. Throughout, he provides honest advice to help you find a way through some of the most confusing topics in your own life, including: relationships, friendships, fear and depression, and your past trauma.

While Trent seemingly achieved his childhood dream, the former NFL player’s career ended prematurely, inevitably giving him the space and determination to reevaluate his values and life’s purpose.

As a way to hold himself accountable, Trent picked up his mobile phone and began recording two-minute video segments of his daily progress and posting them onto social media—with the hashtag #RehabTime. The engaging, hard-hitting, yet always uplifting messages resonated with millions around the globe. In the years that followed, Trent founded the RehabTime Organization, a Christian-based 501(c)3 nonprofit with a mission to serve a worldwide community by uplifting, empowering and demonstrating that change starts from within—through the development of faith, mindset, self-care, relationship building and leadership.

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Tristan Ahumada, SUCCESS magazine’s People Editor, has been in real estate since 2004 and focuses primarily on building relationships with clients and focuses in Luxury Real Estate. Tristian speaks throughout the year at different international events, to small groups and larger groups of up to 20,000 people, teaching people how to have a higher lead conversion through long-term follow-up and building deep relationships with clients.

Tristian is the creator and co-founder of the largest closed Facebook Real Estate group in the United States and his love for technology and systems pushes him to test and use the latest products for growth for all Real Estate businesses around the world.

Walter Nusbaum is President of The Nusbaum Group and the author of “Do You Have What It Takes?” and “The Sink: Radical Transformation With One Small Change”

Walter is a highly sought after speaker who travels all over the country speaking on leadership development, driving higher levels of employee engagement and the art and science of shaping organizational culture.  He has spent the past 20 years speaking to and working closely with senior executive teams, managers/supervisors and non-profit organizations of all sizes.   From the small private firm to the Fortune 100 corporation, Walter takes key growth strategies and helps to implement them in order to drive greater growth and productivity.

Walter’s academic background is in strategic management, philosophy and leadership development.  He lives in Denton, Texas with his wife Stacey and their 4 children.