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<p>Mark Kennedy Shriver, the son of Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is a former Maryland state legislator, a leader in children&#39;s education and poverty prevention, and author of "A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver," a New York Times best-seller. He is Senior Vice President of U.S. Programs for Save Our Children, a leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the U.S.

<p>Liz Wiseman is the president of a leadership research and development firm, the Wiseman Group, headquartered in Silicon Valley, where she advises senior executives and leads strategy and leadership forums for executive teams worldwide.  </p><p>Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. Recent clients include Apple, GAP Inc., Genentech/Roche, Kellogg, Nike, Salesforce.com, Symantec, SAP, Twitter, and Microsoft.

<p>A trusted non-partisan advisor to policymakers and a reliable source of economic analysis to businesses, media outlets and the public, Mark Zandi, is one of the country’s leading economic experts, praised for his accurate insight and ability to clearly communicate complex topics, including macroeconomics, financial markets and public policy.</p><p>As the Chief Economist and Cofounder of Moody&#39;s Economy.com, Zandi directs the company&#39;s research and consulting activities, helping Moody&#39;s Analytics provide timely economic research to businesses and

<p>Eboo Patel is the founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based institution building the global interfaith youth movement. He was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Initiatives, where he is working to realize the president’s priority of interfaith cooperation.</p><p>He is the author of <i>Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim</i>, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation.

<p>Five-time Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker, Erik Qualman, has spoken in over 55 countries and has reached over 50 million people. He is the #1 bestselling author of five books on digital leadership and was voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind the Harry Potter series.</p><p>His <em>Socialnomics</em> work has been on <em>60 Minutes</em> to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> and used by NBC Universal to NASA. Over 500 universities use his materials.

<p>With a story that is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting, Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton demonstrate that we are all capable of compassion and change, no matter how dire the circumstances. </p>

<p>Spencer Wells is a geneticist, anthropologist, author and entrepreneur. For over a decade he was an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and Director of the Genographic Project, which collected and analyzed DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people around the world in order to decipher how our ancestors populated the planet, in the process launching the consumer genomics industry.</p><p>Wells graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin, received his Ph.D.

<p>Sally Hogshead is the creator of the Fascination Advantage®, the first personality assessment that measures how others perceive you. After researching over one million people, her algorithm can pinpoint your most valuable differentiating traits.

<p>Jerome Mayne is founder and CEO of the former fraud deterrent company, Fraudcon, Inc. For over 20 years, he has been one of the premier keynote business speakers on ethics, choices, and consequences in corporate America. </p><p>As a budding young finance professional, Jerome Mayne was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. This resulted in a 21-month prison sentence and his life was changed forever.

<p>Cameron Herold is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies&#39; exponential growth. Cameron&#39;s built a dynamic consultancy-his current clients include a &#39;Big 4&#39; wireless carrier and a monarchy. What do his clients say they like most about him? He isn&#39;t a theory guy- they like that Cameron speaks only from experience. He earned his reputation as the business growth guru by guiding his clients to double their profit and double their revenue in just three years or less.</p>