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<p>American film actor, director, voice artist and producer, Sean Astin is best known for his film roles as Samwise Gamgee in the <em>Lord of the Rings</em> trilogy, Mikey Walsh in <em>The Goonies</em>, the title character of Rudy, and Bob Newby in Netflix’s hit series,<em> Stranger Things 2</em>.

<p>Robert Bilott is the tenacious environmental lawyer who became “DuPont’s worst nightmare,” according to <i>The New York Times</i>. The story in his book, <i>Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against Dupont</i>, inspired the major motion picture, <i>Dark Waters</i> (November 2019), featuring Academy-Award nominee Mark Ruffalo as Rob Bilott.  </p><p>Bilott was a corporate defense attorney for eight years until he took on an environmental suit that upended his entire career—and exposed a braze

<p>Aly Raisman, team captain of the gold medal winning U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics teams in 2012 and 2016, is the second most decorated American gymnast of all-time with six total Olympic medals. </p><p>The most decorated U.S. gymnast at the 2012 Games, Raisman captured the hearts of millions as she became the first American gymnast to win gold in the floor exercise. One of only two U.S.

<p>Tammie Jo Shults possessed an early interest in flying, but she faced various obstacles on her path to becoming a military pilot. </p><p>Applying her lifelong trait of perseverance, she eventually became one of the first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots in the United States Navy. Her duties, before women were allowed into combat roles, encompassed teaching Out Of Control Flight as well as serving as a bogey/bandit against Top Gun students as well as other squadrons, ships or entire carrier groups.

<p>This renowned author and psychologist reveals how imagination, inspiration, and stories from both popular culture and real life can promote heroism in everything we do.</p><p>Dr.

Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. He is also a Contributing Opinion Writer at The New York Times, a CNN Political Peter Commentator, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.Com

<p>With over 574 thousand subscribers to her YouTube channel, and over 36 million views, Kati has leveraged social media to share mental health information worldwide.</p><p>Kati Morton is a YouTube content creator, with a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Kati is well known for her YouTube channel which now has over 1 million subscribers with over 80 million views.

<p>After her incredible story went viral, Cara Brookins became a renowned thought leader in the science of motivation, empowering corporate audiences to overcome obstacles and thrive in any situation. </p><p>Cara Brookins is best known as the mom who built her own house with her kids using YouTube Tutorials. As a software analyst with no construction experience, Cara was the least likely person to build anything—let alone a house.

<p>Joe Theismann is an entrepreneur and the former star quarterback for the Washington Redskins. Since retiring from the NFL, Theismann has become a staple of sports broadcasting. The former Washington Redskins quarterback joined ESPN in 1988 after spending two seasons as an NFL analyst for CBS Sports.</p><p>Theismann played football at the University of Notre Dame, where he received All-American honors for his efforts in leading the Fighting Irish to consecutive Cotton Bowls and was the runner up for the Heisman Trophy.

<p>Sharing his simple, proven 5-step strategy that gets U.S. presidents elected and generates record sales for Fortune 200 companies, Phillip Stutts—branded a “marketing genius” by FOX Business—helps audiences unleash the power of big data and AI for exponential growth.</p><p>There is no doubt, we are in the most tumultuous period in the history of our economy, and all businesses are being impacted. AI and big data have transformed the marketplace, and our sales and marketing teams must catch up.