Founder of Ozzfest, music manager and promoter, TV personality and presenter, Sharon Osbourne came into public prominence after appearing in The Osbournes. She later became a judge on talent shows The X and America's Got Talent. Her autobiography, Extreme, has sold in excess of two million copies. In 2007 she was ranked the 60th richest women in Britain.

Recipient of numerous humanitarian awards and author of the best-seller I Have Life: Alison's Journey and For the Tough Times: Alison's Survivor Journal, Alison is an inspiration to people everywhere. Her story is one of a nightmare journey as she was raped, her throat slit 16 times and stabbed so many times that doctors later could not count all the wounds. Yet Alison defied death and denied her attackers the satisfaction of destroying her life.

Author of Between a Rock and a Hard Place, a documentation of his May 2003 experience as a mountain climber forced to amputate his lower right arm with a dull knife in order to free himself after his arm became trapped by a boulder, Aron Ralston's story is one of courage and inspiration.

After his flight home was cancelled Richard Rhodes found himself in the middle of Hurricane Katrina. As president of a successful company, Rhodes was determined to adapt and engineer his own escape by using the leadership, diplomatic and organizations skills he had. Since Katrina, Rhodes has developed a best practices guide to help others.

Scott Hamilton is author of the new best-selling book The Great Eight: How To Be Happy Even When You Have Every Reason To Feel Miserable and starting in March 2009, Scott will be a contestant on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. This year Scott celebrates the 25th anniversary of his Winning The Gold, his 50th Birthday, and the birth of his second son, Maxx. He signed a new, three-year, sports commentator deal with NBC Sports. He is a busy man.

In her book, No Mountain High Enough, Linda Armstrong Kelly, mother to seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, writes about her early life as a teenage mother, living in poverty, trying her best do the right thing while raising an unstoppable 10-lb. baby boy. After a 15 year career with Ericsson Microelectronics as a global account manager, Linda is now dedicating her time to writing, public speaking, assisting nonprofit organizations and fundraising.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Dave is a retired Navy Captain. He was a Commanding Officer on three occasions and served as Director of the Navy's premier site for leadership and management training. In this role he personally ...

On November 24, 1985 Jackie was on a flight from Athens, Greece bound for Cairo, Egypt. Ten minutes after takeoff three men who called themselves the Egyptian Revolution took control of the airplane, 59 passengers would not survive. Today Jackie, author of Miles to Go Before I Sleep, speaks and shares a message of hope and influences peoples? attitudes, values, and behaviors.

An athlete, publisher, company founder and pre-game NFL speaker, John Cassis is a leading expert on building winning teams and the art of leadership. John's background ranges from serving as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice, a Minister, an inspirational speaker for the Chicago Bears and the Director of Special Projects for World Relief.

LIBBY PATAKI First Lady of the State of New York For more than 15 years, Libby Pataki has actively worked alongside her husband, Governor George E. Pataki, to raise awareness for a host of issues crucial to families, children and women' ...