Award-winning author, racing yachtsman and co-founder of an investment bank, Neal Petersen has demonstrated what can happen when one truly lives by goals, planning and preparation, believing there are no obstacles so great that they cannot be overcome. In his presentations the audience is challenged and empowered to think differently, outside the box, with responsibility and with accountability.

Former Bronx girl gang member, Pegine Echevarria, joined a new "gang", after being inducted into the Motivational Speakers Hall of Fame, its first Latina. Pegine's fellow 58 "gang members" include such luminaries as Dale Carnegie, Zig ...

From sickness to strength, from poverty to prosperity, from a deadly nightmare to an abundant dream, Rene Godefroy was an impoverished child perpetually tormented by cholera, rickets and malnutrition. After leaving Haiti and arriving in NYC with nothing to his name, Rene's unquenchable passion and heroic life story stir triumphant laughter and world-wise tears. He recently appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes, in a segment that featured Anthony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Colin Powell, and other top motivational speakers.

Known for defeating Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes in 1973, Billie Jean King has championed for social change and equality for women in sports. Billie Jean founded the Women's Tennis Association, Women's Sports Foundation and Women's Sports Magazine. She was ranked no. 5 on Sport's Illustrated "Top 40 Athletes" list for significantly altering or evelating sports in the last four decades.

Linda is an esteemed human rights activist who has worked tirelessly towards ensuring all South Africans regardless of race or gender assumed their rightful place in the emerging democratic nation. She is the co-founder and director of the Amy Biehl Foundation in the U.S. and the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust in South Africa. Linda's relationship to South Africa and the genesis of these Foundations is grounded in the life and death of her daughter Amy.

Robert is the artistic/executive director and a performer with Chicken Lips Comedy Theater in Denver, Colorado. He is a theatrical producer, director, actor, choreographer, writer and teacher. Mr. Wells designs and presents experiential seminars in humor, creativity, communication, leadership, team-building, performance skills, risk and change, spontaneity, flexibility, and laughter and health, all based in improvisation, an actor's tool that has made a meaningful transition for business and professional people.

Author, lecturer, teacher, theologian and radio talk show host, Dennis Prager is one of America's top thinkers. New York's Jewish Week described Dennis Prager as "one of the three most interesting minds in American Jewish Life." Prager is an advocate for conservative causes and a supporter of the Republican Party. Mr. Prager has lectured on five continents, in 45 U.S. states and in nine of Canada's 10 provinces.

A "firebrand libertarian" according to "Daily Variety," Larry Elder, a self-described "fiscal conservative" and "social liberal," has been on KABC Talk Radio in Los Angeles since March, 1994, and currently hosts "The Larry Elder Show," a ...

Maria Echaveste is a former U.S. presidential advisor to Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff under the second Clinton administration. She is one of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a presidential administration. ...

Steve Hanamura is co-owner of Hanamura Consulting, Inc., a firm he founded in 1986. Steve brings over 30 years experience to the consulting, training and speaking profession. He is widely sought after in the areas of leadership development, ...