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Emmitt  Smith
Emmitt Smith

Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Speaker & Entrepreneur

Emmitt Smith is a professional football icon and one of the greatest to ever play the game. In his 15 seasons as a running back in the National Football League, Smith amassed many records that still stand today, including most career rushing yards and most career rushing touchdowns.

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Julie  Smolyansky
Julie Smolyansky

Founder, President & CEO of Lifeway Foods

Julie Smolyansky became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm at the age of 27, when she took over leadership of Lifeway Foods in 2002 after her father’s unexpected passing.

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Dennis  Snow
Dennis Snow

Customer Service & Leadership Expert

A customer service expert known for his 20-year career at Disney, speaker Dennis Snow shares with clients what it takes to run a world-class organization.

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Jeanne  Sparrow
Jeanne Sparrow

7x Emmy-winning Media Personality, Trusted Leadership & Communication Consultant

Jeanne Sparrow is a 7-time Emmy-winning television and radio personality and podcast host with over 30 years’ experience in broadcasting and media.

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Roger  Spitz
Roger Spitz

World-Leading Authority on Systemic Disruption, Strategic Foresight & Transformative Change

Roger Spitz is a visionary futurist, venture capitalist, and expert advisor to the World Economic Forum. Before founding the influential Disruptive Futures Institute in San Francisco, he served as Global Head of Technology M&A at a major investment bank, advising on over $25 billion in transactions.

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Bill  Stainton
Bill Stainton

29 Time Emmy Award Winner

29-time Emmy Award winner, Hall of Fame speaker, author, executive producer, and keynote speaker who demystifies the topics of Innovation, Creativity, and Breakthrough Thinking.

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Billy  Starr
Billy Starr

Founder & Executive Director of the Pan-Mass Challenge

As Founder and Executive Director of the Pan-Mass Challenge, Billy Starr has dedicated 45 years to funding life-saving breakthroughs in cancer research.

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Michael  Steele
Michael Steele

Former Chairman of the RNC & Former Lt. Governor of Maryland

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 subsequent chairmanship of the Republican National Committee in 2009.

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Alan  Stein Jr.
Alan Stein Jr.

Performance Coach, Consultant & Author

Alan Stein, Jr. is an experienced performance coach, consultant, speaker and author. He spent 15+ years working with the highest-performing basketball players on the planet (including NBA superstar Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and Steph Curry).

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Curt  Steinhorst
Curt Steinhorst

Bestselling Author, Speaker & Executive Advisor

Curt Steinhorst helps leadership teams navigate the collision of technology, strategy, and human factors—so change sticks and people don’t burn out.

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Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal
Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

Leadership & Resilience Expert

Dr. Taryn Marie is the #1 foremost international expert on leadership and resilience, leadership development, and executive coaching in the face of challenge, complexity, and change.

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Scott  Stratten
Scott Stratten

Disruptive & UN-Traditional Marketing Expert

Scott Stratten is the President of UnMarketing. He has Co-Authored 6 best-selling business books with his business partner and wife Alison and was formerly a music industry marketer.

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Ryan  Stream
Ryan Stream

Motivational Speaker, Musician, Author, Veteran & Entrepreneur

Sleeping in a homeless shelter. Bouncing between foster homes. Losing his mother to suicide. And that’s just the beginning. Ryan Stream’s story didn’t start in the spotlight, it started in survival mode.

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Greg  Stube
Greg Stube

Special Forces Warrior, Author & Speaker 

Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Stube (Ret.) suffered life-changing wounds during the battle of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan in 2006, but using the Green Beret methods he learned in the Special Forces, Stube knew he could conquer anything. 

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Adam  Tarnow
Adam Tarnow

Professional Development Expert, Author & Recovering CPA

Adam graduated from Clemson University with an accounting degree and then spent ten years as a CPA working with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, The Neiman Marcus Group and finally BKD CPAs & Advisors (now called Forvis).

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Nick  Tasler
Nick Tasler

Internationally Acclaimed Thought Leader on the Science of Decisions

Nick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed thought leader on the science of decisions and their impact on the growth of leaders, teams, and organizations. He is also a leadership columnist for the Harvard Business Review and a #1 best-selling author.

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Johnny  C.  Taylor, Jr.
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.

President & CEO of SHRM

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM. He was recently named one of the “300 Most Influential Executives in Corporate America” by Savoy Magazine. 

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Eric  Termuende
Eric Termuende

Author & Business Performance Expert

After years spent surveying tens of thousands of people, working with hundreds of category-leading companies, and authoring a bestselling book on the new world of work, Eric has firmly established himself a trusted expert as we navigate the future of work together.

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Seb  Terry
Seb Terry

Expert on Personal Transformation, Peak Performance & Creating Environments for Success

Based in Venice, California, Seb Terry is a cheeky Australian whose passion for life is not only evident through his famed bucket list journey, but is powerfully unleashed onto stages with every keynote that he performs.

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Anthony  Trucks
Anthony Trucks

Former NFL Player Turned Transformational Identity-Shift Coach

Anthony Trucks is a former NFL player turned transformational identity shift coach. He believes a transformational shift is what your life is missing to reach your full potential, always operating at your peak performance.

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Bruce  Tulgan
Bruce Tulgan

Management Trainer & Consultant

Speaker Bruce Tulgan is the leading expert on young people in the workplace and an authority on leadership and management. He advises business leaders worldwide.

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Dee Ann  Turner
Dee Ann Turner

Former VP, Chick-fil-A

Dee Ann Turner is a 33-year veteran of Chick-fil-A, Inc. Prior to retirement in 2018, she was Vice President, Talent and Vice President, Sustainability for Chick-fil-A, Inc.

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Hannah  Ubl
Hannah Ubl

Co-Founder of Good Company Consulting & Author

Hannah Ubl's core mission is to create organizations that don’t suck. She’s devoted her career to flipping the traditional workplace script, throwing out the old “employees are lines on a spreadsheet” in favor of treating people more like people.

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Kathy  Varol
Kathy Varol

Purpose Strategy Expert & Former Head of Global Purpose Strategy at Adidas

Kathy is an expert at driving profit with purpose. She created the Global Purpose Strategy for adidas, a $22 billion company, encompassing everything adidas does to positively impact People and Planet.

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Gary  Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk

Serial Entrepreneur & 5x NYT Bestselling Author

Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.

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Michael  Veltri
Michael Veltri

Leadership Expert, Business Executive & Bestselling Author

Michael Veltri is a leadership expert, battle-hardened business executive, and nationwide bestselling author.

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Erik  Wahl
Erik Wahl

Artist & Motivator

Committed to leading businesses to new levels of vision and performance through creativity, speaker Erik Wahl helps people identify - and overcome - roadblocks to success.

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Lisa  Walden
Lisa Walden

Co-Founder of Good Company Consulting & Author of The Future of Work is Human

Lisa X. Walden is a speaker, strategist, and consultant dedicated to helping businesses create authentic, empowering workplaces that don’t inspire the dreaded Sunday scaries.

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Rob "Waldo" Waldman
Rob "Waldo" Waldman

Decorated Fighter Pilot & Motivational Speaker

Speaker Rob "Waldo" Waldman is a professional leadership speaker and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Never Fly Solo.

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Joe  Walsh
Joe Walsh

Former US Representative, Author & Political Commentator

Joe Walsh is a former IL Congressman elected to Congress in the TEA Party wave of 2010. Following his service in Congress, Walsh became 1 of the most popular conservative talk radio hosts in the country, syndicated in major markets throughout the U.S.

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R 'Ray' Wang
R 'Ray' Wang

Founder, Chairman & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research Inc.

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc. He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast.

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Margie  Warrell
Margie Warrell

Author & Global Authority on Leadership Courage

You’ve Got This!, Train the Brave, Make Your Mark, Find Your Courage, Stop Playing Safe. The titles of Margie’s bestselling books reflect her passion for emboldening people to lead braver and more purposeful lives.

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