Top Work, Life & Family Speakers

Top Work, Life & Family Speakers

Elizabeth Vargas
As an award-winning anchor and correspondent, Vargas has traveled the world covering breaking news stories, reporting in-depth investigations and conducting newsmaker interviews. During the historic Iraqi elections in December 2005, she anchored World News Tonight from Baghdad. She anchored for both World News Tonight and 20/20 from the U.S. Gulf Coast, covering Hurricane Katrina's devastation.
Hannah Salwen
It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice in the world, had a eureka moment when a homeless man in her neighborhood was juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. "You know, Dad," she said, pointing, "If that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."...
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis is an award winning actress and critically-acclaimed and best-selling author of seven books: Is There Really a Human Race?, It's Hard to Be Five, I'm Gonna Like Me, Where Do Balloons Go?, Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Olds Memoir of Her Youth, and Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, which was NY Times bestseller for...
Jean Chatzky
Jean Chatzky, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and motivational speaker, has created a global platform that is making significant strides to help millions of men and women battle an epidemic with a devastating impact - debt. Jean is the financial editor for NBC’s Today, a contributing editor for More, a columnist for The New York Daily News, a contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show...
Jenny Sanford
Jenny Sullivan Sanford was born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois. A graduate of Georgetown University, she worked for six years at the Wall Street investment banking firm Lazard Freres & Co. in New York before moving with her then-husband, Mark Sanford, to South Carolina, where she quickly gained another kind of business experience as manager of his successful political campaigns...
Jill Zarin
Jill Zarin, the breakout star of Bravo's hugely successful The Real Housewives of New York City, is no ordinary Real Housewife. Her effervescent persona coupled with extensive philanthropic work has set her apart from her glamorous New York City cohorts.
Ken Dychtwald
Over the past 30 years, Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., has emerged as North America's foremost visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing and workforce implications of the "age wave." He is a psychologist, gerontologist and author of fourteen books on aging-related issues, including Bodymind, Millennium: Glimpses into the 21st Century, Healthy Aging, Age Wave, and Age Power: How...
Kevin Salwen
It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice in the world, had a eureka moment when a homeless man in her neighborhood was juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. "You know, Dad," she said, pointing, "If that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."...
Laura Day
New York Times bestselling author Laura Day has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, The View, Public Eye, and other national television shows. She has been training intuitives and healers for nearly thirty years, ushering intuition skills into the mainstream of practical daily life, and emphasizing that everyone is capable of harnessing their own ability to grow and change...
Laura Dern
Laura Dern is equally celebrated for her terrific range and emotional depth as an actress, and her impassioned advocacy of women’s rights, AIDS research, reproductive choice, children’s safety initiatives and environmental conservation, among other causes. From the podium she delivers engaging lectures that empower, educate, and inspire audiences to make a difference in the world...
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee is an outspoken journalist, award-winning television producer, best-selling author, breast cancer survivor, mother, grandmother and one of the most sought-after speakers in America. Ellerbee began her career at CBS, and then moved to NBC News where, after years covering national politics, she pioneered the late-night news program NBC News Overnight, which she wrote and...
Linda Kaplan Thaler
Linda Kaplan Thaler has been responsible for some of the most touching, relevant and famous commercials during her 24 years in the advertising and entertainment business. She is acclaimed within the industry for her innovative and topical approach. Much of her work has become part of the American pop-culture landscape. She has authored and composed campaign jingles that are among the industry's...
Lisa Rinna
Whether she's interviewing celebrities on the red carpet, or "movin' what she's got" on Dancing with the Stars, Lisa Rinna always looks absolutely sensational. Now for the first time, the award-winning actress who captured our hearts in Days of Our Lives and Melrose Place reveals her best-kept secrets for staying fit, managing weight, looking beautiful, feeling sexy, and living the best life
Mallika Chopra
Mallika Chopra is the author of 100 Promises to My Baby (Rodale, 2005) and 100 Questions From My Child (to be released Spring 2007). Mallika writes and speaks about the emotional and spiritual side of parenting, through storytelling and examples from her own experiences and background. She also serves as a spokesperson for UNICEF raising awareness for orphans who have been affected by HIV and...
Mika Brzezinski
Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of “Morning Joe” and an MSNBC anchor. Brzezinski also reports on “NBC Nightly News” and is an alternating news anchor for “Weekend Today.” Mika has developed a reputation as a tough but balanced interviewer not afraid to ask the hard-hitting questions whether she’s speaking with a corporate CEO, a presidential candidate or a tenured politician. During the 20...
Patricia Heaton
Mother of four, award-winning actress, and pro-life Republican in Los Angeles, Patricia Heaton is one of the most unusual and refreshing voices in Hollywood. Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Heaton has made a name for herself by excelling at her craft and raising eyebrows among her peers.
Randolph Duke
Randolph Duke was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a young child, Duke was surrounded by the performing arts, raised by his mother, a successful dancer and showgirl in Las Vegas, and inspired by his grandfather, an accomplished concert pianist. Deciding to be a concert pianist as well, Duke enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he studied classical piano...
Rudy Crew
Former Superintendent of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools and former Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools, Dr. Rudy Crew has made it his mission to overhaul and strengthen the educational system in America. From the podium he draws on his 25 years as a professional educator to galvanize teachers and students to reach for the stars - and grasp them.
