Business Events

<p>Afterburner Seminars is a cutting-edge management training team composed of a select group of our nation&#39;s top military fighter pilots. Their mission: use combat-proven fighter-pilot skills to achieve victory in today&#39;s business world.</p><p>During their legendary Afterburner Day Program, your team will experience firsthand the similarities between business and air combat.

<p>Archie Manning is proof positive that it doesn&#39;t take a championship team to make someone a champion. </p><p>As a 14-year veteran quarterback, Manning played in two Pro Bowls and was named NFC Offensive Player of the Year in 1978 with the New Orleans Saints. Manning co-authored <i>Manning: A Father, His Sons and a Football Legacy</i>, with his son Peyton.

<p>The quintessential sportscaster, Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas has been covering the greatest, most inspiring sporting events for more than 25 years.</p><p>Known for his class and charm, he has come to be one of the most respected sports journalists of our time. A veteran of NBC Sports, he is the former host of both <i>Costas Now</i> and <i>Inside the NFL</i> for HBO, and has won 28 Emmy Awards for his work.

<p>Sheila Johnson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose accomplishments span the arenas of hospitality, sports, entertainment, the arts, education and humanitarian causes.</p>

<p>As CEO of Salamander Hospitality LLC, a company she founded in 2005, she oversees a growing portfolio of luxury properties including Woodlands Inn in Summerville, South Carolina, Innisbrook, a 72-hole Golf & Spa Resort in Innisbrook, Florida, and the much-anticipated Salamander Resort & Spa, currently being constructed in Middleburg, Virginia.</p>

<p>John Cleese is both a versatile comedic actor and a leading business motivator. With the legendary "Monty Python&#39;s Flying Circus", "Fawlty Towers" and "A Fish Called Wanda", he created a unique comedic style that has inspired countless writers and comedians.</p>

<p>Born in Canada, Michael J. Fox is an award-winning television and film actor whose enduring career as a performer has made him an icon to countless fans around the globe. In 1991, at age 29, he was diagnosed with Parkinson&#39;s disease, news he shared with the public in 1998. In 2000, to help advance scientific progress toward a cure for Parkinson&#39;s disease, he established The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#39;s Research.</p>

<p>Jennifer Thompson is the Founder and President of Healing Justice, which aims to address the collateral human damage of wrongful convictions to all involved. Jennifer founded Healing Justice based on her experience with a failed criminal justice process that sent an innocent person to prison and left the true perpetrator free to commit additional crimes. </p><p>Jennifer’s ordeal with the criminal justice system began in 1984, when she survived a brutal attack as a college student in North Carolina.

<p>Josh Linkner personifies creative thinking, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation. He founded, built, and sold five tech companies at a combined value of $200+ million. He shares his inventive, actionable ideas with audiences and is one of the top innovation speakers around the globe. </p><p>Linkner’s keynote presentations leave a powerful, lasting impact.

<p>Seth Mattison is an Internationally renowned expert, author and futurist. As founder and CEO of Luminate Labs, Seth advises many of the world’s leading brand and organizations on the key shifts happening now around talent management, “The Great Resignation,” leadership, and the future of work.

<p>For over a decade—and after a renowned and award-winning editorial career covering policy and politics—Bob Cusack expertly led <em>The Hill,</em> the widely esteemed newspaper readers turn to for trusted nonpartisan coverage of the inner and outer workings of Congress.</p><p>Bob Cusack’s award-winning newsroom direction was what made <em>The Hill </em>more than a collection of stories -- they become headlines in other news sources -- the ultimate indicator of their authority in the minds of lawmakers, West Wingers, lobbyists, political pundits, a