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Renowned Award-Winning Top Motivational Speaker Known For Motivating People at Business, Schools and other events. Founder of Headbands of Hope

During the summer of 2011, Jess Ekstrom participated in an internship at a wish-granting organization for kids with life-threatening illnesses. During this incredible experience, she quickly discovered that there were…

Consultant, Motivational Speaker, and Former Mascot for University of Oregon. Promotes Leadership Development with Solutions Corp and Edu Orgs of all Sizes

For four of his years of college, Tyson Wooters carried a secret.

Actress, Most Well Known for her Role as Becky in "Glee"; In November 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Potter to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

An inspiration to all, Lauren Potter has proven herself a young woman of strength and character. She's overcome bullying and the challenges of living with a disability, and is currently…

Medical Geneticist, Author and Co-Director of the Down Syndrome Program at Massachusetts General Hospital who has dedicated his career to children with cognitive and development disabilities

Dr. Brain Skotko has dedicated his professional energies toward children with cognitive and development disabilities.  In 2001, he co-authored the national award-winning book, Common Threads: Celebrating Life with Down Syndrome…

Has energized almost two million leaders, educators, volunteers, and students worldwide with his authentic, inspiring messages of hope

An original Freedom Writer whose story is told in part in the 2007 hit movie, Freedom Writers, Manny Scott has energized over a million leaders, educators, volunteers, and students worldwide…

Politician

Former Minnesota Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann became the first Republican woman elected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was listed in Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”…

America's No. 1 Crisis Management Expert and Inspiration for ABC's Hit Show, "Scandal"

As a result of her wide ranging and ground breaking career, Shonda Rhimes, creator of ABC’s hit television dramas Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice, developed a television drama about the…

Cultural Activist, Award-Winning Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker and Author of the book, “ Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”

Born in Harlem to Dominican parents, award-winning journalist, cultural activist, podcaster, and documentary filmmaker Raquel Cepeda is the author of Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina. Equal parts memoir…

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Actor, Director and Producer; Best Known for his Role as Gustavo "Gus" Fring on AMC's Breaking Bad

Giancarlo Esposito is a celebrated television, film and stage actor whose acting career spans over several decades.

Actor, Writer and Carpenter; Best Known for his Breakout Role as Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation"

Actor Nick Offerman, best  known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC's “Parks and Recreation” Offerman is also a humorist, woodworker and the author of the New York Times…

Stand-Up Comedian, host of the podcast, "WTF with Marc Maron" and starred in his own IFC television comedy series, Maron, for which he also served as executive producer and occasional writer

For over twenty years, Marc Maron has been writing and performing raw, honest and thought-provoking comedy for print, stage, radio, online and television.  A legend in the stand-up community, Maron…

Professor, Africana Studies, English and Comparative Literature, Cornell University

Dr. Carole Boyce-Davies is a student-first, Caribbean-American radically intellectual committed to social justice.  Currently, Professor of Africana Studies and English at Cornell University, from the mid1980’s and throughout the 1990’s,…

Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer, Rapper and Actor

Trey Songz was raised in a military family in Virginia. As a teen he had started performing for his friends and family but never considered to pursue career in music.…

First Openly Gay Player In Major League Sports, NBA Player & Equality Advocate

Jason Collins, the first openly gay National Basketball Association "NBA" player, recently was in a Sports Illustrated cover story, Collins became the first active male player in any of the…

Award-Winning Author, Poet, Musician and Native American Cultural Educator is a member of the Nipmuc Tribal Nation

Larry Spotted Crow Mann, is a internationally acclaimed writer, poet, cultural educator, Traditional Story Teller, tribal drummer/dancer and motivational speaker involving youth sobriety, cultural and environmental awareness. Mann is also…

World-Renowned American Spiritual Ensemble. Composed of some of the finest classically trained singers in the United States, the group strives to keep the tradition of the Negro spiritual alive

The American Spiritual Ensemble, a critically-acclaimed professional group composed of more than 20 of the finest singers in the classical music world! The vocalists have thrilled audiences around the world…

President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special…

Public Relations Expert & Activist

Terrie M. Williams, one of Ebony magazine’s “Power 150” for Activism and Woman’s Day magazine “50 Women On A Mission To Change The World,” is an advocate for change and…

Lost Boys of Sudan

Bol Aweng, one of the 35,000 so-called Lost Boys who fled southern Sudan during the second Sudanese Civil War. Aweng will detail his life then and now. As a six…

Spoken Word Poet

Dwayne Morgan began his career as a spoken word artist in 1993. In 1994, while still in  high school, he founded Up From The Roots entertainment, to promote the positive…