OSCAR ROBERTSON Basketball legend, entrepreneur & philanthropist Oscar Robertson ("The Big O") is one of the most enduringly popular and respected athletes of our time. Recently named "Player of the Century" by the National Association ...

Cedric "The Entertainer" is best known for his crowd-pleasing roles in such hit films as Barbershop, Be Cool with John Travolta, Madagascar, Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney, and The ...

Michael Whitaker Smith was born October 7, 1957 to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia. A sister named Kim would follow. Michael was a typical boy - active in baseball, his family's church activities, and playing piano. But in ...

Denis Hayes is a leading environmental activist and proponent of Solar power. He rose to prominence in 1970 as the coordinator for the first Earth Day.

Denis Hayes was born in Wisconsin in 1944, but predominantly raised in the small town ...

Named Sportscaster of the Year seventeen times, Scott Murray has won two Emmy Awards for Best Sportscaster. As recipient of the Silver Circle Lifetime Achievement Award, Scott is Vice President of Public Affairs for PlainsCapital and is author of Whatever It Takes. Scott also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lone Star Film Festival, Dallas Symphony, and Dallas Center for the Performing Arts President's Advisory Council.

Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Nancy Brinker is a breast cancer survivor who lost her only sister, Susan, to the disease which prompted her to start the organization. Nancy was the former US Ambassador to Hungary and Chief of Protocol of the US. Today Nancy speaks about the importance of patient's rights and medical advancements in breast cancer research and treatment and serves as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control.

Mel Young is recognized as one of the world's leading social entrepreneurs by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. He is founder of the Homeless World Cup and author of GOAL: The story of the Homeless World Cup.

Malawi-born 2008 CNN Hero award-winner Marie Da Silva lost 14 family members, including her father and two brothers, to AIDS. From halfway around the world as a nanny, she provides a place where the orphans can prosper - The Jacaranda School. Here more than 300 children, most of whom are AIDS orphans, receive porridge every morning and education, free of charge.

Sir Bob Geldof is one of the highest ranked and most authorative corporate speakers, conference keynote producers and after dinner speakers currently available. He is highly entertaining and has great insight into the socio-political and upliftment arenas as well as leadership, communications, marketing in the global village, motivation and self-development. His unique presentations, views and insights are highly sought after by companies who wish to benefit from his sensational presentations and which always leave a lasting and powerful impression.

Doc Hendley, founder and president of Wine To Water, is the epitome of the individual who has made a difference. Tens of thousands of people around the world have clean drinking water they did not have before an idea popped into the head of this "tattooed keg-tapper" musician's head. Hendley realized that just by using his ability to bartend and create relationships with people, he might be able to help the problem. At the bars where he worked, he started raising money to fight this water epidemic the best way he knew how, by pouring wine and playing music.