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Professor or Human Development at Cornell University, Author

The concept of successful intelligence contrasts with the more narrow academic intelligence measured by IQ tests and other standardized examinations..

Bob Compton is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.

Bob Compton is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is executive producer of the documentary Two Million Minutes.

Rudy Maxa

Consumer Travel Writer & Expert

Maxa is host and executive producer of 95 television episodes on the world’s great destinations that air on public television.

Robin Creasman

Robin helps speakers Stand Out, Be Recognized & Be Remembered through marketing-minded video production and speaker coaching.

For more than 20 years, Robin Creasman has been crafting persuasive presentations for audiences around the world.

Business Woman & Star of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New York City"

Ramona Singer is an astute businesswoman and a true aficionado of fashion with a passion for being a wife.

Howard Stern Show / Watch Rachel on Howard Stern's "The Bonus Show"

Rachel Fine developed a cult following as the co-host of the weekly comedy news series.

One of the Nation's Leading Mentalists

Russ Peak is a one-of-a-kind presenter who packages an award-winning entertainer, a powerful motivational speaker.

Award-Winning Filmmaker and International Short Film Festival Programmer

Roberta Marie Munroe is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, international short film festival programmer, consultant.

R "Ray" Wang

Founder, Chairman & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research; Author of "Disrupting Digital Business"

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman

Rohan Gilkes

Co-founder & CEO at Innclusive

Rohan Gilkes is a serial entrepreneur that has founded and served as CEO of several successful companies.

Rita Bailey

Author Destination Profit

Rita is considered a Champion of Possibility and delivers the message.

Ronald G. Shapiro

Highly Useful, Engaging, Interactive, Entertaining, Game Style Presentations

Ronald G. Shapiro, Ph.D., a Fellow in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the American Psychological Association (APA).

Reginald Mengi

Tanzanian Industrialist, Media Tycoon & Founder of IPP Group

Reginald Mengi is the owner and executive chairman of IPP Limited, a manufacturing.

Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean

Professor Vietor is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration..

Reggie Butler

Founder and CEO at Performance Paradigm LLC

Reggie is the Founder and CEO of Performance Paradigm, an executive education, human capital consultancy.

Rory T. Edwards

Author, Educator, Empowerment Speaker, Life Coach

Rory T. Edwards is the author of the Life Changing Guide for Athletes, Coaches and Parents titled, “So you Want to be a Professional Athlete.

Ram Charan

Business Consultant

Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker.

Rachel Bridge

Author, journalist, business and motivational

With an MA degree in Economics, Rachel started her career at the Investors Chronicle and London Evening Standard..

Europe’s Most Experienced Futurist

Born to Irish parents, Ray Hammond was brought up and educated in West London.

Rebecca Messina

Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, Uber; Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, Beam Suntory; Former SVP Marketing & Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company

A growth centered leader, Rebecca Messina takes audiences on a journey around the world showing how cultural context, empathy, and the spirit of the people build the world's most loved…

President, Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Richard Haass is a veteran diplomat, a prominent voice on American foreign policy, and an established leader of nonprofit institutions. He is in his seventeenth year as president of…

Ricky Strauss

Former President of Participant Media

Most recently Ricky Strauss served as President of Programming for Hulu and Disney + where he was responsible for all programmatic strategy for both platforms. Prior to that assignment, he…

Robert Gibbs I PDA Speaker

Executive Vice President & Global Chief Communications Officer, McDonalds (2015-19)

A top advisor to President Obama for nearly a decade and the former Executive Vice President and Global Chief Communications Officer of McDonald's (2015-19), Robert Gibbs is a communication expert…

Richard Florida

Author, Thought-leader and Researcher

Richard Florida is the world’s leading urbanist. He is a researcher and professor, serving as the  Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Global…

Ron Insana

CNBC Contributor, Trailblazing Financial Journalist & Bestselling Author

As a financial journalist, Ron stands alone as someone who ran his own hedge fund – experience that adds to the depth of his insights. He’s also written for Money…

Rorke Denver

Navy SEAL Commander & New York Times Bestselling Author

Commander Rorke T. Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and other international hot…

Rosie Rios

43rd Treasurer of the United States

Former Treasurer Rosie Rios became an Accidental Educator, Historian and Feminist as one of the longest serving senior Treasury officials in the Obama Administration starting with her time on the…

Ryo Zsun

Culture Maestro, Zappos

Ryo Zsun joined the Zappos family in 2012, WOWing employees as a barista in the Z’café. His obvious passion for providing awesome service led him to the Zappos Customer Loyalty…

Ryan Serhant

Star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing: New York and Sell It Like Serhant

In his entertaining and inspiring talk, Ryan shares with audiences how he transformed himself from a rental broker who earned just over $9,000 in 2009 to one of the New…

President of IEX & Subject of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys

Ronan Ryan has a gift for drilling down complex and specialized technological concepts to deliver audiences a key takeaway: how technology is helping, hurting, and radically changing your organization and…

CEO & Founder, Herjavec Group and Shark on ABC's Shark Tank

Anyone can succeed, as long as they’re willing to take chances, take control of their future and stay true to their vision. Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec reveals the secrets and sales tips that…

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Emmy Award-Winning Journalist

Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy-award winning journalist. She is ABC News’ Chief Business, Technology & Economics Correspondent; the host and creator of The Dropout, a top rated podcast which chronicles…

Entrepreneur, Author, and Founder of The Woman of Power Leadership Conference and CEO of Rising Media LLC

Raquel Eatmon is a Entrepreneur, author, and possibility broker, Raquel Eatmon is CEO of the communications company Rising Media LLC and founder of the Woman of Power Leadership Conference in…

Ryan Estis | PDA Speakers

Business Performance Expert & Agent of Change

Ryan Estis has more than 20 years of experience as a top-performing sales professional and leader. As the former chief strategy officer for the McCann Worldgroup advertising agency NAS, he…

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Target

Rick Gomez is executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Target and a member of its executive leadership team.

Professional Skateboarder, Master Brand Builder, Entrepreneur, TV Personality

The relentless pursuit of his childhood dreams made Rob Dyrdek a professional athlete at 16 years old and propelled him into the world of business before most people entered college.…

Rachel Nichols

Fox Sports 1 panelist, Open Run, Headliners with Rachel Nichols, All The Smoke Productions, Emmy-winning Hometown with Rachel Nichols on Monumental

Rachel Nichols returned to ESPN in 2016, as a Los Angeles-based host. Highly respected for her work as a reporter, Nichols had previously worked for ESPN from 2004-2013 while based…

Emmy-Winning News Anchor

Rick Sanchez has been a journalist, correspondent and television news anchor for over 30 years, and spent nearly a decade in cable news–first at MSNBC and then at CNN. Rick…

Authors of the #1 Personal Finance Book Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki is best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. This is the #1 personal finance book of all time, which has challenged and changed the…

Author and Motivational Speaker. Author of "How to Soar Like an Eagle In A World Full of Turkeys"

Robert Stevenson is one of the most widely sought after public speakers in the world today along with being a best selling author. Having owned several companies, established and maintained…

World’s Foremost Undersea Explorer, Archaeologist, Author, Pioneer

Robert Ballard is Founder and President of the Ocean Exploration Trust Director of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School…

Chairman, Kurzweil Technologies & A Director of Engineering, Google

Ray Kurzweil is one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions.

CEO of Notional, Co-founder of CollegeHumor, CEO of CollegeHumor and Vimeo Co-Founder

Keynotes by Ricky Van Veen provide insightful information about the relationship of people and the type of content they consume online. Van Veen's interest in comedy led him to co-found…

Influential Hispanic Leader

Raul Yzaguirre is one of the most widely recognized leaders in the Hispanic community. His involvement in many of the most critical legislative and public policy issues of the last…

Founder & CEO, Zuckerberg Media, Former Head of Marketing at Facebook

Randi Zuckerberg believes in being a three-dimensional woman of many titles. After all, life is too short to pick just one! She is the Founder & CEO of Zuckerberg Media,…

Best-selling author, acclaimed speaker and teacher, and award-winning visionary and activist. Daughter of Alice Walker

Time Magazine named Rebecca Walker one of the fifty most influential American leaders under forty because of her transformative views on race, gender, sexuality and power-an award which has been…

President & CEO Robert L. Wallace is a high-energy and widely successful entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker

Robert L. Wallace is an accomplished engineer, entrepreneur, author, business consultant and in ternationally known keynote speaker. He is the founder of three companies BITHGROUP Technologies, Inc., BITHENERGY, Inc., and…

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

Robert Townsend started out as an extra in movies and has since become a heralded actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and cable network programming CEO. That’s not so bad for…

Former US Secretary of Transportation

Rodney E. Slater, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation has had a long and distinguished career of accomplishment in both the public and private sectors.  He is nationally recognized for his…

Founder of Sharma Leadership International Inc & Author, The Leader Who Had No Title

Robin Sharma is the globally celebrated author of 15 international bestselling books on leadership including The Leader Who Had No Title, the phenomenal #1 blockbuster that is inspiring a movement…