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Mindy Hall, PhD is the President and CEO of Peak Development Consulting, LLC. Since founding the company 1996, she has worked with clients throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia to create sustainable organization and leadership development solutions: helping leaders create solutions for today’s challenges, while also growing their capacity to lead future initiatives from within. Clients include leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, technology, insurance, manufacturing, government, and nonprofit organizations, several of which are among the Fortune 50. Mindy has over 25 years of experience in organization and leadership development. Prior to founding Peak Development, her corporate career spanned positions in the pharmaceutical and banking industries, including experience in global roles and as an expatriate in Paris. She began her career as the director of a nonprofit, 24-hour crisis center and has always been surprised how transferable the skills were from crisis center to corporate work. She holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, and her doctoral dissertation, “Deep Learning: A Case Study Exploration” was published in paperback in 2011. She also holds Master’s Degrees in both Organization Development and Human Resources Management. Her newest book, Leading with Intention: Every Moment Is a Choice, challenges you to make a profound, deliberate mark on both your organization and the world around you. Informed by her experience working with leaders in Fortune 50 companies, biotech start-ups, financial services firms, and non-profit organizations, Leading with Intention provides real-life examples and practical tools for increasing your awareness and being more deliberate in your choices. It is available now for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Mindy hosts the podcast Peak Development Radio, featuring great conversations and practical advice for making your organization stronger. Guests have included leaders from Johnson & Johnson, Starbucks, Novartis, Pfizer, Biogen Idec, and more. Episodes are available through peakdevelopment.com, iTunes, and Stitcher radio on-demand. She is a contributing columnist for Entrepreneur, and writes the Growing Your Organization blog, for leaders who know that growth isn’t solely about size; it encompasses culture, strategy, innovation, efficiency, leadership, teamwork, and more. She counts herself fortunate to be doing work she lo

A Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs at the multinational software corporation SAP and on-air commentator for ABC, Torie Clarke has advised some of the world’s top executives. Best known to the public as the chief spokesperson for the Pentagon on 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq war, Ms. Clarke has long been respected within the worlds of politics and public relations as one of the most insightful experts on communication in the age of transparency. The architect of the media “embedding” program in Iraq, Clarke has stood on the leading edge of this transformation of the information environment for more than two decades. In a media environment in which transparency is inescapable, blogs are better trusted than the front pages and YouTube can draw more viewers than the evening news, the information space reaches everywhere— and everyone, from CEOs to frontline employees, is a communicator. No one understands that dynamic better—or has done more to help politicians, industries, and organizations harness the possibilities and navigate the perils of this new communications landscape—than Torie Clarke. A nationally acclaimed expert on crisis communications as well as public outreach, she has been Senior Advisor of Communications and Government Relations to Comcast, President of Bozell Eskew advertising, head of the Washington office of the internationally known public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton and Vice President of the National Cable Telecommunications Association. As Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs during the first moments of the war on terror, press secretary for George H.W. Bush’s 1992 re-election campaign and more, Ms. Clarke has witnessed history— and helped to make it—from vantage points ranging from Air Force One to the war room inside the Pentagon on 9/11. She has appeared on programs ranging from 60 Minutes to Good Morning America to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She has been a close advisor to Arizona Senator John McCain since his early days in Congress as well as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative during the first Bush Administration. In her book Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game, Clarke offers a complete guide to the age of transparency. Entertaining, approachable and full of crucial insight and practical guidance, Lipstick on a Pig is indispensable not only for business figures and media relations specialists, but also for the vast range of c

Sharyl Attkisson is an Emmy award winning investigative journalist and author. She became a Washington-based correspondent for CBS News in January 1995. Prior to that, she co-anchored CBS News “Up to the Minute.” Before joining CBS, Attkisson was an anchor and correspondent for CNN (1990-1993). From 1996-2001, in addition to her CBS News duties, Attkisson hosted a half-hour weekly medical news magazine on PBS entitled “HealthWeek.” Prior to working on the national news, Attkisson was a reporter, anchor and/or producer at WTVT Tampa (1986-1990), WBNS Columbus, Ohio (1985-1986) and WTVX Ft. Pierce (1982-1985). Attkisson was one of the first journalists to fly on a military combat mission: a B-52 sortie in Kosovo. She also flew on an F-15 fighter jet Combat Air Patrol (CAP) flight. Attkisson attended the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications where she worked as a reporter at WUFT-TV and WRUF radio. Attkisson served on the University’s Journalism College Advisory Council (1993-1997) and was chairman in 1996. In 1997, she received the University of Florida’s Alumnae of Outstanding Achievement Award. She co-authored the college textbook: “Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News” (Allyn & Bacon 2003). Visit sharylattkisson.com  About the Book: "Stonewalled" Seasoned CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson reveals how she has been electronically surveilled while digging deep into the Obama Administration and its scandals, and offers an incisive critique of her industry and the shrinking role of investigative journalism in today’s media. Americans are at the mercy of powerful figures in business and government who are virtually unaccountable. The Obama Administration in particular has broken new ground in its monitoring of journalists, intimidation and harassment of opposition groups, and surveillance of private citizens. Sharyl Attkisson has been a journalist for more than thirty years. During that time she has exposed scandals and covered controversies under both Republican and Democratic administrations. She has also seen the opponents of transparency go to ever greater lengths to discourage and obstruct legitimate reporting. Attkisson herself has been subjected to “opposition research” efforts and spin campaigns. These tactics increased their intensity as she relentlessly pursued stories that the Obama Administration dismissed. Stonewalled is the story of how her news reports were met with a barrage of PR wa

Amy Baumgardner had a unique opportunity to share her story with the world in May of 2012 when she was asked to be a guest on Oprah Winfrey's Life class with Iyanla Vanzant. The segment focused on "Overcoming Guilt", and Amy was chosen to share her two-year struggle with alcohol, her resulting crumbling marriage, and ultimately, her crippling guilt after a drunk driving accident that left her 5 year old daughter in critical condition.  The segment aired on July 29, 2012 and segments can be viewed on line at Oprah.com Instead of focusing on shame and guilt, Amy chose to focus her energy on writing a book, From This Day Forward, A Love Story of  Faith, Hope and Forgiveness with her husband, Matt. Together they share how they have weathered the storm of addiction and rebuilt their family and marriage one day at a time. Amy is a contributing  freelance writer to In Recovery Magazine and post her personal Blogs on Bloggy Moms & More Than Mommies Amy makes her recovery, family and spirituality a priority and encourage others to do the same.  She shares her journey in hope that it will inspire others to make the change that is necessary to living the life they always wanted to live. Matt and Amy have three amazing kids together.  She is truly grateful and has learned that through her struggles she has found her strength. The 4Give Foundation Matt and Amy have started to make 4Give and official 501(c)3 non-profit foundation! Click the link below to learn how you can help stop the stigma. 4Give is a foundation Matt and Amy started to help those in recovery, stay in recovery. With a portion of the proceeds from their  book, From This Day Forward, A Love Story of Hope, Faith and Forgiveness and your generous donations they can help individuals having trouble completing their in-patient treatment due to financial hardships or insurance limitations. All of the money earned will go directly to the drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility hosting the individual in need. Please take a moment to click the link below and donate. Helping just one person can help an entire family through this terrible disease. http://www.gofundme.com/5ldo1w

Futurist. Storyteller. Change Agent. Educator. Transformation Architect. Publisher. Collector of Shoes. Tummler. Stephenie Rodriguez is a global nomad with a Latin American heritage. Her surname, Rodriguez is the link to all things Puerto Rican thanks to her late father. She has lived in cities including Washington DC, Rochester New York, Miami Florida, and Los Angeles, California. She presently resides in Australia. Today, she considers herself a "citizen of the world" and is best known online through her persona, Digitalgodess. Stephanie is sometimes someone's wife and a pet owner. She is forever a working mother and employer. She is passionate about quality experiences and strives to have a few every day in both her personal and professional spheres. Her online presence transcends her profession and the work of her firm, Mighty Media Group, with a true reach of over 500,000 and a networked audience of 4M. As the Mighty Media Group roots are deeply entwined with the digital web, social media convergence and lifestyle content in rich media formats, at the end of the day she considers herself a storyteller, conversation facilitator and social anthropologist. People hire her to help them solve complex business problems and uncover opportunities and she is humbled to work with companies, brands and people that she truly loves and respect. Her professional legacy includes influencing and creating some of the Australia's first websites for the Australian government in 1997 and spans through the dot com boom and a stint with Boson-based CMGI. As the digital market recovered from the 2000 landslide, the internet and she 'broke up' and shifted into print media and content creation through the licensing and assembling of Ocean Drive Australia - a franchise from SoBe News Inc (now Greenspun Media) as Editor In Chief, Publisher and 62% major shareholder. Ocean Drive Australia became the first national glossy lifestyle magazine in Australia. In 2004, Stephanie and the board decided they would not renew the licensing agreement and out of necessity she formed Mighty Media Group as a transfer of publishing knowledge into a custom content agency. In 2005 her team were responsible for creating the first magazine for Italian mega-brand Pirelli, titled Imago, and identifying and creating custom magazine "big idea" framework for Myer Australia, Fitness First, Stamford Hotels, and Bunnings retailers. The year 2004 also heralded a launch of Feast2Feed.org, a gr

Beverley Golden is a writer, raconteur and soul hippie who has written everything from song lyrics to magazine articles. She enjoys researching, designing and building stories and loves stimulating ideas and inspiring conversations. Beverley is the author of Confessions of a Middle-Aged Hippie her first full length book; a memoir combining her anecdotal stories taken from her years in the entertainment industry, coupled with her stories of survival, from a lifetime lived with health issues. As a “self-professed guinea pig”, she's always willing to find and test unconventional ways to shift paradigms in the playing fields of health care, storytelling and world peace. She continues to take what she is told is impossible and transform it into possible. Her signature mantra is "Trust your intuition even when no one else sees your point of view". www.beverleygolden.com Sponsor 99Designs:  The #1 marketplace for graphic design.  Special Dose of Leadership Offer: Free Power Pack Upgrade. Your best business investment is now more affordable than ever. Go to 99Designs.com/Leadership to get a $99 Power Pack of services for FREE today. A Power Pack Upgrade makes your design contest stand out from the crowd. 99designs will bold your listing, highlight it with a prominent background and feature it before regular listings. This on average results in 185% more designs! Visit 99Designs.com/Leadership and enjoy the $99 savings!  

In her inspirational keynotes and motivational programs, Carey Lohrenz shares the fundamentals that helped her win in the cockpit at Mach 2, and can help your team win in business. As the first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy, having flown missions worldwide as a combat-mission-ready United States Navy pilot, Carey Lohrenz is used to working in fast moving, dynamic environments, where inconsistent execution can generate catastrophic results. The same challenges are found in business: markets change, customer needs evolve and if you do not adapt quickly your company is at risk. In her motivating and engaging keynote presentations, Carey shares her fascinating experiences operating in one of the world’s most challenging environments – an aircraft carrier. She is uniquely qualified in the fundamentals of winning under pressure, reducing errors and overcoming obstacles. Her mastery of these fundamentals can help your team triumph in this high-risk, time crunched world. Carey Lohrenz’ timely message about High Performing Teams and developing a Culture of Learning is based on the best-practices of high reliability organizations.  As a dynamic keynote speaker, Carey has been requested by name from some of the top Fortune 100 businesses. Her ability to connect with both an audience and on a one-on-one level, coupled with her knowledge and experience in leading high-performing, diverse teams, has made her highly sought after as a business consultant and leadership speaker. Carey is a powerhouse in the field of delivering engaging Leadership, High Performing Organizations Training that directly impacts a company’s ROI and bottom line. Her experience in the all-male environment of fighter aviation and her ability to pass on the Lessons Learned in her career allow her to deliver insight and guidance from a credible platform. Carey has delivered her leadership training, leadership keynotes, corporate teambuilding and strategy experience to such companies as American Society of Health System Pharmacists, AT&T, AMDOCS, Bayer CropScience, Black & McDonald, Cisco, Comcast, Covidien, Direct Employers Association, Executive Women’s International, Health Alliance, Kentucky Bankers Association, Kiewit Offshore Services,Kimberly Clark, New York Life, Lincoln Financial, New England Women in Banking, PMI Chapters, Prudential, Restaurant Facility Management Association, Safeway, Sanofi, Sourcing Interests Group, Southern California Edison, Sta

Kita Szpak is a Canadian author, happiness expert, speaker and publicist. With two honors degrees in Education and German (Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada), along with an initial speaker’s certification from Fred Pryor Seminars, and business management certification from Queen’s University School of Business, Kita has combined her entrepreneurial expertise, media relations savvy, outstanding people skills, and writing creativity to position others for personal and professional excellence. A former competitive figure skater in her adolescent years, Kita has learned early on the value of superb presentation skills to inform, entertain and inspire an audience. Her years of being coached have put her in good stead to coach and promote clients in the corporate and artistic arenas. She has coordinated events, media, book and CD launches, in addition to artist showcases. Kita has placed artists on Canada AM, The Canadian Gospel Music Awards, North by Northeast, CBC Live, Canadian Music Week, the Blues Challenge in Memphis and New Artist Radio in Nashville. Kita has also marketed Ballet Jörgen Canada for a number of its productions including Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker, and Anastasia. She has been contracted to do entertainment publicity in Ottawa where she has promoted such artists as Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Matt Dusk, Carrie Underwood, Roch Voisine, David Clayton Thomas, Jo Dee Messina, Andrea Martin, Celtic Thunder, and Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson World Tour, among others. Kita started writing 15 years ago, first telling her stories to her three now-adult sons. Kita published her first children’s book “You’re Special Wherever You Are” at the end of 2009. (The book was honored as a finalist in the 6th Annual U.S. Indie National Excellence Awards in the Children’s Inspirational/Motivational category in June 2012). Transitioning into the “big people” sphere, Kita co-authored “Tipping Point to Happiness” – a little book with a big message in 2010. As a follow up to the book’s release, Kita undertook a U.S. radio campaign focusing on happiness, earning the title of “happiness expert” along the way. The book earned her the title of one of the top 50 authors you should be reading in 2012-13 on TheAuthorsShow.com. She also blogs forhttp://www.jenningswire.com with her column “Straight Talk on Happiness” Last August, Kita hosted the “Happiness for Parents Formula” Telesummit. Dr. Christine Car

As a career stylist, Kelly Studer has been transforming careers and images for ambitious, career-minded professionals at Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and everything in between. Prior to starting her own coaching business, Kelly was a successful leader, recruiter, and consultant, at some of the world's best companies, including Google, Salesforce.com, and Accenture. She is passionate about helping her clients discover and convey their innate talents and “uniqueness”, increase their confidence and clarity, encourage them to ask for what they want, and ultimately obtain success, fulfillment, and happiness. Kelly's clients often say that she is like a truth-seeking missile, laser-sharp focused, and has an incredible intuition that shocks and awes them.  It’s like going on an adventure of self-discovery with Kelly as your guide.  Kelly will always be your greatest advocate and cheerleader (but not the overly peppy, annoying kind). You will be in solid, knowledgeable hands and have fun at the same time.  And you can always count on discretion from Kelly, always. While her vast and deep experience in the corporate world helps her connect easily with your challenges and struggles, it’s her training in the coaching and leadership programs at The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) that enables her to illuminate the invisible and help you see things in ways you never have before.  She is always on her toes, so she will keep you on your toes too. When you work with Kelly, She'll will help you uncover your Career Style that guides your every career choice. When you own it, you can’t help but attract the career of your daydreams. Visit Kelly's Website @ KellyStuder.com Sponsor 99Designs:  The #1 marketplace for graphic design.  Special Dose of Leadership Offer: Free Power Pack Upgrade. Your best business investment is now more affordable than ever. Go to 99Designs.com/Leadership to get a $99 Power Pack of services for FREE today. A Power Pack Upgrade makes your design contest stand out from the crowd. 99designs will bold your listing, highlight it with a prominent background and feature it before regular listings. This on average results in 185% more designs! Visit 99Designs.com/Leadership and enjoy the $99 savings!  

Dani Shapiro is the bestselling author of the memoirs Devotion and Slow Motion, and five novels including Black & White and Family History. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Tin House, One Story, Elle, The New York Times Book Review, the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and has been broadcast on “This American Life”. Dani was recently Oprah Winfrey’s guest on”Super Soul Sunday,” and was chosen by Arianna Huffington to speak at the New York City “Thrive” conference. She has taught in the writing programs at Columbia, NYU, The New School and Wesleyan University; she is co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy. A contributing editor at Travel + Leisure, Dani lives with her family in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Her latest book is, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life. In this interview we primarily discuss her book Devotion and how we as leaders and human beings can successfully deal with fear, uncertainty, and the inevitable loss that all of us experience. For Dani it's all about taking action; it's not about thinking, or wishing, or contemplating.  It's not about staring into space and succumbing to dismay.  Doing is what is necessary; action has magic, grace, & power. I couldn't agree with her more; this is a very powerful and insightful conversation with one of the great modern day writers.  I hope you take a listen. Check out Dani's Website: danishapiro.com Connect with Dani on Twitter Connect with Dani on Facebook Sponsor 99Designs:  The #1 marketplace for graphic design.  Special Dose of Leadership Offer: Free Power Pack Upgrade. Your best business investment is now more affordable than ever. Go to 99Designs.com/Leadership to get a $99 Power Pack of services for FREE today. A Power Pack Upgrade makes your design contest stand out from the crowd. 99designs will bold your listing, highlight it with a prominent background and feature it before regular listings. This on average results in 185% more designs! Visit 99Designs.com/Leadership and enjoy the $99 savings!  

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: Dr. Shefali specializes in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy bringing together the best of both worlds in her work with clients. As an expert in family dynamics and personal development, Dr. Shefali works with a range of clients from children and couples to business leaders and corporations. Dr. Shefali has a private practice in NYC. If you wish to contact Dr. Shefali, you can reach her at: drshefali@globalid.com. Visit her website: DrShefali.com AUTHOR: Dr. Shefali’s books address pivotal issues that effect our children’s future. Her books have been endorsed by leaders of both the psychological and wisdom traditions. Her first book is the multi-award-winning book The Conscious Parent – Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children. Forwarded by HH The Dalai Lama, this book revolutionizes the way we parent ourselves and our children. Her latest book: Out of Control – Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn’t Work and What Will teaches parents how to effectively create change in their families. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Shefali is a keynote speaker who presents at conferences and workshops around the world. Some of the venues at which Dr. Shefali has presented are: Wisdom 2.0, TEDx, Kellogg Business School, The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, and many more. She has had key collaborations with Goldie Hawn’s MindUp Foundation, Kids in the House and many educational and transformational centers around the world. FOUNDER, GLOBAL Inner Disarmament: Dr. Shefali is spearheading a movement towards Inner Disarmament. She believes that it is only through a process of disarming our inner conflicts that we can manifest a conflict-free world in our other lives. The process of inner disarmament allows not only the individual to be free, but also transforms families, corporate cultures, and ultimately, entire societies.   THE CONSCIOUS PARENT Transforming Ourselves Empowering our Children This innovative parenting style recognizes the child’s potential to spark a deep soul-searching leading to transformation in parents. Instead of being merely the receiver of the parents’ psychological and spiritual legacy, children function as ushers of the parent’s development. Once parents are learning alongside their children, power, control, and dominance become an archaic language. Instead, mutual kinship and spiritual partnership are the focus of the parent-child journey. Parents unwittingly pass

When it comes to doing your great work in the world, Lisa Fabrega has a simple philosophy—every time you hold back, self-sabotage, and keep yourself from stepping into the leadership you know you were born to embody, you are affecting the fate of the world, because you are removing a key player that assists in its evolution—YOU. As a truth-telling coach, writer and an innovator in the realm of leadership, she has devoted her life to helping people unleash their inner Gandhi, Mother Teresa or MLK’s (or helping ordinary people achieve extraordinary things) so that they can make a powerful impact in the world. One client described her as her “Courage Curator” while another declared her to be “the secret weapon for the world’s next great thought leaders”. Her poems, essays and musings can be found on bentlily.com, Medium and Inside The Jungle Magazine. She has also been featured in CNN, Sports Illustrated and as a guest blogger on LauraRoeder.com. When she’s not helping people ignite their own revolutions in the world, you can find her traveling the world in search of epic nature views and watching the sunset with her laptop in one hand and a piña colada in the other. Release all of the things that are holding you back from stepping into the next level of your leadership and ignite the spark that will help you unleash you revolution at www.lisafabrega.com.

Eve Wright has never been the kind of woman to wait for opportunities—in business or in her personal life. This big-picture thinking, calculated risk-taking executive learned the hard way that, with her goals, she would have to create opportunities rat...

Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, speaker and leader in the new world of work. She spent the first 10 years of her solo practice as a consultant to large corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of employees, managers and executives. In 2005, she started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which is now one of the top career and business sites on the web. She has coached thousands of budding entrepreneurs, in businesses ranging from martial art studios to software start ups. “I feel privileged to have worked with people in just about every work environment, from huge corporations to non-profits, to tiny side businesses started on kitchen tables. There is no right way to work — only the way that brings out your very best contribution to the world, and fits your definition of success.” Slim is frequently quoted as a business expert in press such as The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Information Week,Money Magazine and Psychology Today. She is a proud suburban mom in Mesa, AZ who enjoys the look on people’s faces when she tells them she is also a black belt in Mixed Martial Arts (it comes in handy when fighting for the last good bunch of kale at the grocery store). She is the author of the award winning book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur (Penguin Portfolio, 2009) and her second book Body of Work,  (Penguin Portfolio, 2014) became a #1 bestseller on Amazon the day it was released.

Ask anyone who knows her well, and you’ll hear words like hard-working, loyal, insightful and encouraging to describe Jenni Catron. A self-proclaimed “leadership junkie,” Jenni spends her days serving the local church.  Most recently she served for nine years as the Executive Director of Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN, where she led the staff and oversaw the ministry of its five campuses.  Prior to joining the staff of Cross Point, she worked in Artist Development in the Christian music industry. Jenni’s passion is to lead well and to inspire, equip and encourage others to do the same. She speaks at conferences and churches nationwide, seeking to help others develop their leadership gifts and lead confidently in the different spheres of influence God has granted them. Jenni blogs at www.jennicatron.com and contributes to a number of other online publications including churchleader.com and catalystspace.com. Outreach Magazine has recognized Jenni as one of the 30 emerging influencers reshaping church leadership and she has been featured in Church Executive magazine as well. When she isn’t working, you can find Jenni curled up with a great book and a fabulous cup of tea, on the tennis court or out for a run, or hanging out with her husband and their border collie. Visit the CLOUT website (discoverclout.com) to download a free chapter or to take the Clout quiz!

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, speaker and New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Bankable Leadership: Happy People, Bottom Line Results and the Power to Deliver Both. Her life’s work is to help organizations succeed by improving the effectiveness of their leaders and teams. With a contagious passion and energy, Dr T. (as her clients call her) pairs her scientific grounding in human behavior with a practical approach to solving leadership challenges. Her ten-plus year career has spanned roles as an external consultant and a direct report to both CEOs and human resources executives. The majority of Dr. Eurich’s work has been with executives in large Fortune 500 organizations, including CH2M HILL, Xcel Energy, Western Union, Newmont Mining, DCP Midstream, Centura Health, CoBiz Financial, Vail Resorts, IHS, the City of Cincinnati, and HCA. With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University and BAs in Theater and Psychology from Middlebury College, she serves on the faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership, one of the top-ranked executive education institutions in the world. She has served as an adjunct faculty member in Colorado State University’s Psychology and Business Schools where she earned a commendation for teaching excellence. She’s also a popular guest speaker at the University of Denver and Colorado State University’s Executive MBA programs. She’s a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and her expertise has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Entrepreneur Magazine. In 2013, Dr. Eurich was honored as one of Denver Business Journal’s “40 under 40” rising stars in business. In 2014, she was named a Top 100 Thought Leader by Trust Across America alongside the likes of Stephen Covey, Jim Kouzes, and Bill George. She enjoys travelling, cycling, and theater and lives in Denver with her husband and three rambunctious dogs. What Sets Dr. Eurich Apart as a Speaker? Fresh: Dr. T has a fresh, modern, and fun take on leadership. People use words like “enthusiastic,” “sharp,” and “pithy” to describe her style. Practical: Her content is geared towards busy professionals who don’t have time to pontificate. Instead, she helps participants practice tools and make plans to implement them. Interactive: To maximize learning, Dr. T includes the audience in everything she does, whether it’s through large or small group discussi

Alison Levine is an adventurer, explorer and mountaineer. She has climbed the highest peak on every continent, served as the team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, and skied across the Arctic Circle to the geographic North Pole. In January 2008 she made history as the first American to complete a 600-mile traverse from west Antarctica to the South Pole following the route of legendary explorer Reinhold Messner. Levine completed this arduous journey on skis while hauling 150 pounds of her gear and supplies in a sled harnessed to her waist. In May 2010 she completed the Adventure Grand Slam – climbing the 7 Summits (highest peak on each continent) and skiing to both Poles, an accomplishment fewer than 30 people in the world can claim. Her success in extreme environments is noteworthy given she has had 3 heart surgeries and suffers from a neurological disease that causes the arteries that feed her fingers and toes to collapse in cold weather, leaving her at extreme risk for frostbite. Levine’s expeditions have been documented by more than 450 media outlets. She is the subject of the PBS documentary Living Courageously (2007) and has made numerous appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, FOX, CBS’ Evening News, and other national programs. She is featured prominently in the book More Than 85 Broads (J Hanson, McGraw Hill), the book that captures the efforts of women on Wall Street to find success and take risks on their own terms. Her accomplishments are also featured in other books including Smart Moves (Curran & Greenwald, Ten Speed Press) and In Extremis Leadership (T Kolditz, Wiley & Sons). Her story has been the subject of articles in Oprah Magazine, National Geographic, Entrepreneur, Sports Illustrated, Outside, and other publications.  In addition to having tackled some of the most extreme environments in the outdoors, Levine has also spent more than two decades in the business world. Her professional career has encompassed healthcare, technology and finance. After earning her MBA from Duke University she moved to New York to work for investment banking firm Goldman Sachs. In 2003, she left Wall Street to serve as deputy finance director for Arnold Schwarzenegger in his successful bid to become Governor of California. Levine spent three years as an adjunct professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point in the Department of Behavioral Scienc

When you first get a glimpse of what a single day in the life of Stacia Pierce entails, you begin to wonder if she somehow has more than 24 hours in her day. Your first encounter with this award-winning Life Coach is guaranteed to be a whirlwind of passion, excitement and motivation bundled up into a highly-acclaimed business woman, paving the way for the limitless success of her clients. With a contagious energy and an impressive roster of motivational and entrepreneurial successes, LifeCoach2Women.com Founder and CEO Stacia Pierce has taken empowerment to an entirely new level by helping others turn obstacles into opportunities. A living example of success, Pierce was named Top Women Who Mean Business by the Orlando Business Journal for her system of turning passions into paychecks, enabling her to motivate fellow entrepreneurs worldwide. Pierce has worked with everyone from the Hollywood elite, to Grammy- and Emmy-winners, to television personalities, several successful business owners, lawyers, doctors and government officials throughout the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas. Her ‘No Excuses’ business philosophy encourages clients to take responsibility for every aspect of their lives and businesses. Pierce has also developed her highly-acclaimed ‘Success Attractions Strategies’, a vast collection of success tools, seminars and conferences triggering exploration of self-creativity, while embracing the possibilities of a better, more fulfilling and healthier way of life And it doesn’t stop there! Pierce also created several additional success tools to encourage the adaptation of reaching your highest potential. Dubbed a ‘Whole Life Coach’, she has mastered the art of overhauling the lives of clients, leading them to discover their true selves, as well as their true potential. With the use of straight-to-the-point, candid stories and highly-charged anecdotes, she inspires people to find their inner ‘Dream Driver’. Regardless of the goal, Pierce focuses her unwavering dedication to empower women to freely and smartly chase their greatest desires with confidence and knowledge. Her educational successes are equally impressive having earned a Doctorate of Philosophy and Religious Studies from Friends International University, as well as a Doctorate of Divinity from St. Thomas College. Outstanding community service projects like the Women Caring for Women event, and the entrepreneur economic improvement program’s 

Fawn Germer is the global leadership speaker who wakes people up to their true leadership potential. Fawn personally interviewed more than 300 famous leaders and trailblazers for her bestselling books and learned that the only thing separating the leadership superstars from the rest of us is courage. Her life's work as a leadership speaker and author is to get others to move beyond their insecurities and into their discomfort zones where they will take risks, bet on themselves and succeed regardless of their inevitable obstacles. Fawn began her career as a journalist but eventually ran into a boss who told her she'd never amount to any more than what she was right then: a reporter. Her trademark is that she is the only leadership speaker and motivational speaker who has interviewed hundreds of the most visible, accomplished leaders of our times. In the decade since she left journalism, she has written seven books -- six nonfiction books on leadership and one popular novel. Her first book was rejected everywhere, but became a bestseller and then an Oprah book. Oprah called it "very inspiring." She's been a speaker at the Harvard Business School's leadership conference, did a speaking tour of Asia, and presented for major companies all over the world. She's been the keynote speaker for scores of Fortune 500 companies at their leadership conferences. Her recent speaking and conference clients include: Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co., Kraft, Cisco, Novartis, PepsiCo, ADP, the CIA, NASA, Boeing, Motorola, Brown Forman, Genworth, State Farm Insurance, the U.S. Department of Defense, State Street Financial and many, many others. She's one of the nation's most sought-after women's leadership speakers, and is active in promoting women in leadership around the world. Check out Fawn's Website: FawnGermer.com Check out her books: Fawn Germer Books

Jessie Jane Duff is on the Organizing Committee for Concerned Veterans for America. Jessie served 20 years on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and retired a Gunnery Sergeant. Along with multiple overseas deployments and combat related exercises, she provided logistical support to combat arms and wing units throughout her career, including Desert Storm and the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. In a collateral duty, Jessie served on the Executive Staff as the Equal Opportunity Advisor to the Commander of Marine Forces Pacific, the largest operational command in the Marine Corps prior to her retirement. She completed her career as a Motor Transport Operations Chief at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. Jessie’s personal awards include three Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and two National Defense Medals in addition to various awards for excellence during her time on active duty. In 2009-2012, Jessie was the spokesperson for Military Voting Rights USA, a national network dedicated to ensure active duty military voters have their votes cast and counted on time. She made national media appearances and advocated for timely and expedited mail delivery of ballots to American service men and women stationed overseas. Jessie testified before Congress’ Elections Subcommittee, Committee on House Administration based on her first-hand experience and concerns about voting rights for active duty military overseas personnel. She also was a highly visible advocate for Military and Overseas Empowerment Act (MOVE Act), which became federal law the same year. In 2005-2006, Jessie was Chairman for Americans for Dr. Rice, a national political 527 focused on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her political future. As Chairman, she traveled extensively to numerous state party conventions and provided political analysis for Fox News, “Fox and Friends,” MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” and CNN’s “The Situation Room.” Jessie currently works as an independent consultant in the cyber security industry. She has a Bachelor Science degree in Business Management and is a member of Disabled American Veterans, The John Carroll Society, Women in Defense, and Woman Marines Association.