Mark Fainaru-Wada
Mark Fainaru-Wada is an investigative reporter credited with exposing the steroid scandal case known as BALCO. With his colleague Lance Williams, Fainaru-Wada wrote the book Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports, a New York Times bestseller.
Lance Williams
Lance Williams is a reporter on the investigative team at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he helped break many of the newspaper’s exclusive stories on the BALCO steroid scandal. He is co-author, with Mark Fainaru-Wada, of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional ...
Shmuley Boteach
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, is the international best-selling author of 16 books and host of the national TV show, Shalom in the Home on TLC (The Learning Channel). One of the world's most acclaimed public speakers, in December 1999 Boteach became the first ever non-Christian to win the highly prestigious London ...
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 ...
Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings is co-founder and executive vice president of The Documentary Group, an independent production company. The Documentary Group produced Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, which was nominated for a 2008 Academy Award.
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
One of the biggest icons in the world of wrestling, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has been a professional wrestler since the age of 15 when he became the youngest wrestler in the history the sport. With over 38 professional wrestling titles under his belt, he has won over 7,000 professional matches in his career. A cancer ...
Juan Williams
A prize-winning columnist and former editorial writer for The Washington Post, Juan Williams is also a Fox News correspondent and a keynote speaker on issues including diversity, ethics, leadership, media and national issues. There are few voices as clear and intelligent on the power of diversity within today's ...
Dean Karnazes
“Dean Karnazes might just be the fittest man in the world,” writes Men’s Fitness. A remarkable athlete and marathon runner, he is the author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner. Always wanting to do more, to give more, to help others in need, Karnazes has raised hundreds of ...
George Foreman
A boxing legend, ordained minister, successful entrepreneur, celebrity speaker and larger than life persona, Foreman credits a good part of his success to his spirituality and God being behind the scenes in every stage of his life. He explores his spiritual transformation from the darkest moments of his life to finally ...
Madieu Williams
Considered one of the best safeties in the NFL, Cincinnati Bengals player Madieu Williams fled his home in war-torn Sierra Leone to later find success in professional football. He leverages this success to raise awareness for minority health issues in addition to maintaining the Madieu Williams Foundation for youth.
Montel Williams
Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of The Montel Williams Show, Williams established the Montel Williams MS Foundation to further the scientific study of multiple sclerosis after being diagnosed with the disease in 1999. Best-selling author of Mountain, Get Out of My Way and Bodychange, he ...
Vince Papale
It was 1976 and the Philadelphia Eagles were a losing franchise. Enter Vince Papale, a local thirty-year-old teacher and coach making ends meet as a part-time bartender. This die-hard Eagles fan had only one year of high school football and weekend pick-up games as experience when he decided to take a shot at his dream to ...
Keith Ablow
Keith Ablow, MD, New York Times best-selling author, frequent Today Show contributor, repeat Oprah guest and host of his own daily talk show, The Dr. Keith Ablow Show, is the world’s most well-known psychiatrist.
James Garbarino
Dr. James Garbarino holds the Maude C. Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology and was founding Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago. An expert on youth violence and bullying, Dr. Garbarino has served as consultant or advisor to a wide range of organizations, including the ...
Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams is an attorney, author, legal analyst for ABC News, and substitute anchor for Good Morning America. He has covered a number of high profile trials, including the Bush v. Gore post-election legal battles, President Clinton's impeachment trial, and the Oklahoma City bombing trials and appeals.
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.
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, ...
Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick is a long way from his Tony nominated role as the legendary "Danny Zuko" in the original Broadway production of Grease, he shed his sideburns and tight jeans, as well as his comb, to become the stately, good natured, well dressed, well intentioned Mayor Randall Winston on the television series Spin ...
Kyle Pruett
Dr. Kyle Pruett is an international authority on child development with a special interest in fatherhood and its effects on children. A pioneer in defining the role of men as fathers, Dr. Pruett focuses on fathers as one of the great, often untapped, resources in their children’s lives. Considered a parenting visionary, ...
Jared Fogle
Indiana University graduate, Jared Fogle, lost 245 pounds using what he calls "The Subway Diet." At the age of 22, Fogle weighed 425 pounds and was not happy with the way he looked. Fogle recently started The Jared Fogle Foundation in hopes to educate in the prevention of childhood obesity.