Inspiring speakers connect audiences with themes of teamwork, resilience, and determination. In times of adversity their powerful lessons inspire, motivate, and drive performance across corporate, nonprofit, and association events.
Anthony Trucks
<p>Sharing his inspiring, against-all-odds journey from foster child to NFL player to successful business owner, Anthony Trucks helps individuals and organizations achieve their full potential by shifting their identity to reach peak performance.</p><p>Anthony Trucks has accomplished what statistics would show is impossible. At the age of three years old he was placed into the foster care system, where he remained until age 14, when he was adopted by a poor white family. In high school he set a challenging and lofty goal for himself … making the varsity football team.
Suzy Welch
<p>With her unique blend of authenticity, expertise, humor, and tough love, Suzy Welch shares the actionable steps and strategies that motivate audiences around the world to become stronger leaders, collaborators, and communicators. </p><p>With decades of experience in business journalism, teaching, and consulting, Suzy Welch is a renowned mentor and motivator to many around the world, from students to CEOs.
Rich Roll
<p>From struggling with addiction and health to becoming one of the world’s fittest men, Rich Roll shares with audiences his inspiring journey and the tools needed to unlock and unleash our best, most authentic selves. </p><p>A #1 bestselling author, world renowned ultra-endurance athlete, popular podcast host and wellness pioneer, Rich Roll is also a highly sought-after presenter with a powerful yet grounded, highly authentic style, profound command over a room and the unique ability to not only educate and inspire, but to catalyze self-actualization for audiences seeking
Luke Russert
<p>Following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Luke Russert stands out among the new generation of American journalists, offering fresh insights on topics ranging from contemporary politics to navigating personal loss.</p><p>Luke Russert, an Emmy-winning former network news correspondent with a distinguished eight-year career primarily focused on American politics, took a courageous leap beyond the realms of conventional success.
Misty Copeland
<p>A history-making cultural icon, ballet dancer Misty Copeland shares her inspiring life journey—from living in a motel room with her five siblings to becoming the first Black principal dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre in the company’s 75-year history. </p><p>When Misty discovered ballet, she was living in a shabby motel room, struggling with her five siblings for a place to sleep on the floor.
Temple Grandin
<p>Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants.
Mariana Atencio
<p>In a world where so much of what we experience is not what it seems, we’re drawn to authentic people and organizations like a magnet.</p><p> Their humanity and energy stand out and build trust, connection, and purpose – the foundation of great relationships and outstanding organizational cultures. Mariana Atencio took the world by storm in 2017 with her viral TEDx talk on authenticity, “<em>What Makes YOU Special?”</em> – now with over 25 million views and translations in 13 languages. Her message: What makes you different is what makes you powerful.
Helen Wan
<p>Sharing anecdotes from her real-life experience as a young woman navigating the culture at a powerful law firm, Helen Wan provides insights and advice for chasing our ambition while also living authentically at work, and remaining true to ourselves and our values.</p><p>Helen Wan is a media lawyer, educator, and author who writes about our complicated relationship with career ambition and the idea of "success." Helen's debut novel, <em>The Partner Track </em>(Macmillan), is the story of an Asian-American lawyer at an elite global firm who is p
Jessica Buchanan
<p>Sharing her extraordinary story, Jessica Buchanan inspires audiences to overcome their own obstacles and access their own strength and resilience—no matter how “impossible” the odds.</p><p>On October 25, 2011, while working in Somalia on a routine field mission for her NGO, Jessica Buchanan was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali pirates for 93 days.