One of television's most versatile reports and the longest-running co-host of Good Morning America, Joan Lunden is viewed as the consummate working mother and has continually surprised her audience. She is author of A Bend In The Road Is Not The End Of The Road and Wake Up Calls: Making the Most Out of Every Day.

Founder and co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul book series; Mark Victor Hansen is an inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer and author. Chicken Soup books are one of the most successful publishing franchises in the world today, with 140 million books sold internationally and more than 100 licensed products. Mark has appeared on Oprah, CNN, and The Today Show and has been featured in USA Today, The New York Times and Entrepreneur Magazine.

Former NFL player for the New Orleans Saints, television commentator for ESPN and coach of the Chicago Bears, Mike Ditka is one of only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. He is a commentator on ESPN's NFL Live and CBS Radio Westwood One's Monday Night Football pregame show.

Peter Hillary has been to the summit of Mt Everest twice in his life, the second time as part of a National Geographic documentary and in honor of his father's ascent almost 50 years earlier. Besides being the first father and son to climb Everest, the Hillarys trekked to the South Pole together in 1999. These are just two highlights of his extraordinarily adventurous life.

Wayne Dyer, an internationally renowned author and speaker with several New York Times bestsellers already under his belt, is an inspirational speaker on the subject of self-development. His story is one of struggle, obstacles, overcoming, and making dreams come true.

Tavis Smiley was selected by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising young leaders. Newsweek profiled him as one of the "20 people changing how Americans get their news" and dubbed him one of the nation's "captains of the airwaves". He was the first American to simultaneously host signature talk shows on both PBS and NPR.

LynneCox's most remarkable accomplishment was swimming more than a mile in the freezing waters of Antarctica. Although hypothermia would set in most humans inside of five minutes, Cox was in the water for 25 minutes swimming 1.06 miles. She is author of Swimming to Antarctica, and Grayson, the true account of her encounter with a lost baby gray whale during an early morning workout off the coast of California, was published in 2006.

A pioneer in the new science of neuromarketing, the science of human decision, Patrick has become in less than 2 years one of the top rated speakers of Vistage (The World's Largest CEO Membership Organization). Combining science and humor ...

Rick Pitino is one of the most brilliant minds in coaching. He is the coach of the University of Louisville Cardinals. Over the past 15 seasons, Pitino has compiled a .739 winning percentage, and has taken more teams to the NCAA Final Four than all but seven coaches. He is known for getting his players to believe in themselves and desire to overachieve.

Mike Holmgren is the head coach of NFL team Seattle Seahawks and former coach of the Green Bay Packers. During his time with the Green Bay Packers he became known as one of the best coaches in the NFL. Under his leadership and play calling, the Seahawks have become an annual playoff team and went to the franchises first Super Bowl in 2005. The Holmgren family is heavily involved in the Evangelical Covenant Church.