Revolutionary civil rights activist Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense in 1966. During the presentation Bobby and his wife Leslie define the pragmatic philosophical range of the sixties protest movement, which grew out of student activism, historical class analysis, scientific research, and programmatic community organizing. Today Seale is author of Barbequing with Bobby and was also a spokesman for Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

From 1967 to 1971, Kathleen Cleaver was the communications secretary of the Black Panther Party, the first woman member of their Central Committee. Today Kathleen is a Senior Research Associate at the Yale Law School and executive producer of the International Black Panther Film Festival. Kathleen has co-edited a collection of essays entitled Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party.

Father and inventor of the gourmet cookies "Famous Amos", Wally Amos launched the company in 1975 and ten years later the business was work $10 million. Amos was also a theatrical agent at the William Morris Agency where he worked with Simon & Garfunkel, the Supremes and many more musical acts. In addition to his business, Amos is heavily involved in literacy causes, serving as national spokesman for the Literacy Volunteers of America.

A member of the linguistics department faculty at Georgetown University, where she is one of only two in the College of Arts and Sciences who hold the distinguished rank of University Professor, Deborah Tannen is best selling author of several books including You Just Don't Understand and Taking 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work.

CEO of S. Graham & Associates (SGA), a management and marketing consulting company that specializes in the corporate and educational markets, Stedman Graham author of NYT best selling books including You Can Make It Happen. He speaks on the topics of maximizing leadership, achieving success, growing a business, embracing diversity, achieving optimal health, and personal and professional branding.

President and CEO of The Tech Nation Group and Editor-in-Chief of the Tech Nation Quarterly, Moira Gunn is best known as the host of NPR's Tech Nation. Dr. Gunn is a founding columnist on Knight-Ridder's SiliconValley.com, a commentator on life in the high-tech age and her insights air nationally in the weekly segment Give Minutes. Dr. Gunn is a former NASA scientist and engineer and speaks regularly on the current and projected state of global technology, business perspectives in the new millennium, and world class challenges and innovation.

Marc Kielburger is the chief executive director of Free The Children, a unique organization which has built more than 500 schools in Asia, Africa and Latin America, providing daily education to more than 50,000 children. He is the co-author of national bestsellers Take Action!: A Guide to Active Citizenship, Take More Action and most recently, the New York Times best seller Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World. Marc was recently selected by the World Economic Forum as one of the 250 Young Global Leaders.

Accomplished stage actor Ben Vereen is one the most revered and respected actors and showman alive. He has earned the prestigious Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for "Best Actor in a Musical". In 2002, he received the Black Theatre Award. Performing worldwide, Vereen's acting credits continue to give us memorable roles. The lecture circuit has become an integral part of Vereen's career; as he has become one of the Nations' most requested speakers among audiences of all ages.

Nationally acclaimed speaker, Cathie Butler Looney is a Certified Reality Therapist. Cathy's insight and wit have helped educate parents and children in schools, churches, organizations and businesses. Cathie has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers. She has been described in the Dallas Morning News by columnist Steve Blow as delivering her presentations with a "rapid-fire mixture of wit and wisdom."

Graduate of Texas State University, Clint Swindall is the president and CEO of Verbalocity, Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement. These solutions include leadership enhancement programs, training, speaking and general consulting. In 2007 Clint authored his first book on leadership, Engaged Leadership: Building a Culture to Overcome Employee Disengagement.