Cancer Speakers

Kelly Corrigan

With wrenching honesty, poignancy, and a dose of humor, Corrigan explores "the middle place – that sliver of time when parenthood and childhood overlap before a parent's illness hurls you into full-fledged adulthood and the realization of your parents' mortality as well as your own."

Fran Drescher

A celebrity speaker and actress who became a household name starring in The Nanny, the series she invented and developed from "pitch" to production, Drescher is a larger than life personality that reflects her substantial talent. Previously diagnosed with cancer and given a clean bill of health, she has written about ...

Linda Armstrong Kelly

Linda Armstrong Kelly’s life story is captivating audiences everywhere. Her son, seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, credits her as the unsung hero who assisted him in reaching his spectacular cycling victories – and in his triumph over cancer.

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 in ...

Ricardo Antonio Chavira

Ricardo Antonio Chavira went from relative anonymity to international fame as Wisteria Lane’s resident bad boy “Carlos Solis,” on ABC's Desperate Housewives. He is San Antonio’s honorary spokesman for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, having become fervently committed to the cause after witnessing ...

Patti LaBelle

A soulful maven, Labelle has earned her place in Grammy-winning music royalty with her powerful high octave voice. She is also a New York Times best-selling author, television star, celebrity speaker and healthcare advocate who is proactive in the fight against diabetes, the disease that claimed her mother's life.

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, ...

Linda Ellerbee

In the ten years since her diagnosis, Ellerbee has been appearing before sell-out audiences all over the country to tell her story about living with breast cancer. An outspoken journalist, award-winning television producer, and best-selling author, she is a woman of spirit and determination who has enlightened and entertain ...

Steven Galson

After a two year stint as Acting United States Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, stepped down in October, 2009. Serving as the nation’s top public health physician, Dr. Galson was inextricably involved in the most current and pressing healthcare issues today, and is a uniquely experienced keynote s ...

Robert Schimmel

Stand-up comedian Robert Schimmel used his sense of humor to get him through an incredibly difficult disease and subsequent medical complications after he was diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He is the author of Cancer on $5 a Day (Chemo Not Included>, an edgy, hilarious, and poignant musing on his ba ...

Don Shula

Hall of Famer, Shula is considered by many to be the greatest coach ever to step on a playing field. Co-author of Everyone's a Coach, he helps audiences learn his extremely effective philosophies on success, teamwork, and achievement.

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” cont ...

Marv Levy

Twice voted "Coach of the Year" during his twelve seasons with the Buffalo Bills, Levy is the only head coach in NFL history to lead his team to four consecutive Super Bowls. Renowned for both his great humor and his uncommon ability to connect with audiences, he will help you coach your team to a winning performance.

Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb was named co-anchor of the fourth hour of The Today Show in August 2007. She has also been a Dateline NBC correspondent since April 1998 and the host of the weekly syndicated series Your Total Health since September 2004.

Michael Samuelson

Samuelson serves as the Chairman of The National Center for Health Promotion, a health and productivity consulting organization he co-founded in 1977. Over the years NCHP earned a reputation as an international leader in the design and delivery of disease management, training, leadership, and health promotion systems.

Roger and Kathy Cawthon

Roger Cawthon was a television sportscaster for CNN. Kathy Cawthon is a freelance writer and photographer. The couple was diagnosed with cancer within six weeks of each other. After rigorous cancer treatment, the two founded the Cancer Crusade, an organization dedicated to fighting cancer with hope and humor.

Lynn Sherr

Multiple award-winning political and lifestyle news correspondent for 20/20, Sherr has reported on everything from national political conventions and NASA shuttle missions to the American hostage situation in Iran. One of the most revered women in journalism, she speaks with great candor about the state of our affa ...

Cam Neely

Cam Neely played thirteen years in the NHL, the final ten with the Boston Bruins. His career came to an end in August of 1996 when he was diagnosed with a career-ending hip injury. Most of his efforts are now dedicated toward the Neely Foundation, where he serves as President. The Neely House is a home away from home for ...

Suzie Humphreys

With her unstoppable can-do spirit, no-nonsense wit and infectious laugh, Humphreys lifts, jolts, nurtures and stretches her audiences–and they love every minute of it! Humphreys has gone from administrative secretary to television talk show host, to 20 years in radio. Taking her message from corporations to conventions ...

Sidney Poitier

Known to the world for his consistent, sensitive, and powerful portrayals in such socially charged films as No Way Outand Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Poitier is a writer, director, humanitarian, and serves as the Ambassador to Japan from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.