Having dealt with many of the health problems students face in their own lives, American Program Bureau’s (APB) campus health speakers draw from personal experiences as well as expertise in their fields to offer solutions to some of the most pressing issues today. Topics include AIDS, stress, fitness, medical issues, sex/relationships, substance abuse, mental health, and wellness.
Koren Zailckas
Author of The New York Times bestseller Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Zailckas chronicles her experiences with alcohol abuse as a teenager and high school student. Her story is one of the most riveting firsthand accounts of addiction. It combines insightful observations into the national culture of ...
Liz Seccuro
A wife, mother, and victims’ rights activist, she is one of the first rape victims to share her story with the country when it came to light when she brought one of her rapists to justice after a long and circuitous journey.
Richard Carmona
As the 17th Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona developed comprehensive knowledge of the environmental influences on healthy living today. He offers a close look at the epidemic of asthma in young children as well as other issues directly related to the state of our environment and how we can work towards not only a healthy body, ...
M. Joycelyn Elders
As a pediatric endocrinologist and 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Elders has a deep concern for young people and teaches that education, prevention, and responsibility are the keys to a healthy life. An outspoken advocate on behalf of children, she is an expert on the prevention of child abuse, teen ...
Nic Sheff
In a voice that is raw and honest, he spares no detail in telling the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. He plunges into the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, painting a picture of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with ...
David Sheff
Renowned journalist David Sheff is the author of Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction, a New York Times non-fiction bestseller. In it, he tells the story of his harrowing struggle to help his son Nic overcome his methamphetamine addiction from the father’s and family’s point of ...
Laura Sessions Stepp
Laura Sessions Stepp is the author of Unhooked, How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both, the best-selling book that gets an inside perspective on the "hookup," which has become the "primary currency of social interaction" between the sexes in high schools and colleges. Creating a national ...
Sabrina Weill
Weill is an author and the former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine. Weill's third book, The Real Truth about Teens and Sex, tells parents what's really going on in their teenagers' minds, hearts, and bedrooms--and gives down-to-earth advice to help parents talk about sex the "right" way, so their teens ...
Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Born into the Kennedy dynasty, Lawford was destined to do great things: he became a successful actor, lawyer, activist, writer, and speaker. But he also battled drug and alcohol addiction, and overcame a Hepatitis C diagnosis. In addition to sharing his extraordinary journey overcoming alcohol and drug abuse, he raises ...
Rosalind Wiseman
Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting, bullying, social justice, and ethical leadership. She is the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes, the groundbreaking best-selling book that was the basis for the movie Mean Girls, and its follow-up, Queen Bee Moms and ...
Victor Rivas Rivers
Born in Cuba, Rivers came to the US at the age of two, endured horrific child abuse and witnessed domestic violence at the hands of his father, which he chronicles in his New York Times bestseller, A Private Family Matter. An actor, athlete, and advocate, Rivers is the national spokesperson for the National ...
Jodee Blanco
Survivor, expert, and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country's preeminent voices on the subject of bullying. She is the author of the New York Times Bestseller Please Stop Laughing At Me...: One Woman's Inspirational Story. A chronicle of her years as the student outcast, the book inspired a movement and ...
Danny Boome
The breakout star of the hit Food Network show Rescue Chef, Boome shares practical, no-fuss recipes and techniques for aspiring cooks of any skill level. Incredibly charismatic and energetic, and a strong believer that a healthy meal enhances both body and mind, his handy tips are designed to provide essential ...
Joe Pantoliano
Emmy-winning actor Pantoliano from The Matrix, is best known as "Ralphie Cifaretto" on The Sopranos. What you don’t know is that he’s a mental health advocate who has dealt with clinical depression and his mother’s bipolar disorder. He stars in the film Canvas, a poignant story about a family's ...
Terry Wise
After losing her spouse to Lou Gehrig's disease and surviving her own suicide attempt, Wise wrote Waking Up: Climbing Through the Darkness, a highly-acclaimed roadmap to restoring emotional health. Through her gripping story of hope and personal triumph, she reveals coping skills, pragmatic tools, and provides ...
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph is no stranger to success. As a woman in Hollywood, not to mention a woman of color, she is an exception to the rule, having achieved critical acclaim in so many areas of the entertainment industry.
Diem Brown
Brown learned she had ovarian cancer three weeks before leaving the MTV reality show The Real World Fresh Meat Challenge. After completing chemotherapy, she returned to the world of MTV reality television on the show The Duel in 2006. Currently, she has been named the online ThinkMTV “Health and Self” ...
David Satcher
As the 16th Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher encouraged public debate about issues including mental health, bioterrorism, sex education, AIDS, tobacco, obesity, and balancing the community healthcare system. As the force behind creating Healthy People 2010, the nation's health agenda, he works to eliminate racial disparities ...
Ian Smith
Dr. Ian Smith has served as the medical/diet expert for six seasons on VH1's highly-rated Celebrity Fit Club, is the creator and founder of The 50 Million Pound Challenge, and is a medical contributor on the nationally syndicated television show Rachael Ray. Dr. Smith is also the host of his own nationally ...
Hydeia Broadbent
Broadbent began her debut as an HIV/AIDS activist and public speaker at six years old. By 12 years old, she appeared on many national television programs including Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, Weekly with Ed Gordon, and A Conversation with Magic Johnson on Nickelodeon.
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