Dynamic speakers for keynotes, moderators & panels.
Joe Torre
<p>Throughout a remarkable 18-season major league playing career at catcher, first base and third base, Torre compiled a .297 batting average, 2,342 hits, 252 home runs, and 1,185 RBI with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1960–68), St. Louis Cardinals (1969–74) and New York Mets (1975–77).
Gordon Bellamy
<p>Gordon is a Visiting Scholar at the USC Games and head of the USC Bridge incubator program, helping to cultivate the next generation of leaders in our craft.
David Nour
<p>David Nour is a growth strategist, thought leader and global keynote speaker on Relationship Economics®, the concept of the quantifiable value of business relationships.</p><p>Through his best-selling books, compelling speeches and valuable consulting, Nour demonstrates how relationships are the greatest of-balance-sheet asset any organization possesses, large or small, public or private.
Carl Bernstein
<p>Few journalists in America’s history have had the impact on their era and their craft as Carl Bernstein.
Paul Sean Hill
<p>Paul Sean Hill is a 25-year veteran of NASA’s iconic Mission Control. In 2007, he became Director of Mission Operations, a role he served for seven years, transforming the leadership culture. </p>
<p>His approach to a set of leadership values reduced NASA costs and heightened its capabilities in ways that enabled the program to maintain planned missions in space. </p>
<p>As an executive consultant and speaker, Paul has been described as “a leadership evangelist.”</p>
Scott Parazynski
<p>Dr. Scott Parazynski is a highly decorated physician, astronaut, explorer, technology startup founder and CEO who applies the lessons of calculated risk in extreme environment exploration to leadership, teamwork and innovation.</p><p>A graduate of Stanford University and Medical School, Dr. Parazynski trained at Harvard and in Denver in preparation for a career in emergency medicine and trauma. In 1992, he was selected to join NASA’s Astronaut Corps.
Duncan Wardle
<p>Duncan Wardle, formerly Disney’s Head of Innovation and Creativity, works with brands like Coca-Cola, Ford, and Johnson & Johnson on developing a culture of creativity across everything they touch. As a senior executive with the Walt Disney Company, Duncan infused a culture of innovation with a start-up mindset across one of the most creative companies in the world via his unique innovation toolkit.</p><p>Duncan fills his presentations with colorful Disney anecdotes, vibrant drawings, and his trademark artistic touch.
John Volanthen
<p>In July of 2018, the world held its breath while British cave diver John Volanthen and his partner raced against time to find the 12-boy soccer team and coach trapped for 10 days in Thailand’s Tham Luang Cave.</p><p>With a passion for cave exploration that began in scouts at the age of 14, Volanthen went on to set world records in cave diving and to acquire an extremely rare level of expertise and skill.
Chuck Whitlock
<p>Chuck Whitlock is a subject-matter expert on white-collar crime prevention. For years, Chuck made consistent appearances on national television shows including <i>The Oprah Winfrey Show</i>™,<i> The Today Show</i>™, <i>60 Minutes</i>™ and <i>The View</i>™, among others.
Mark McKinnon
<p>As co-founder of No Labels—an organization dedicated to bipartisanship and political problem solving—a political advisor, reform advocate, media columnist and television producer, audiences find Mark McKinnon to be well-versed in all things political. </p><p>Mark’s resume includes a who’s who of causes, companies, and campaigns, including those of former President George W. Bush and the late Senator John McCain, as well as musician and philanthropist, Bono.