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Frank Figliuzzi served as a special agent with the FBI for 25 years, rising to become assistant director, charged with leading the Bureau's famed counterintelligence division. Figliuzzi held senior FBI leadership positions in major American cities and was appointed the FBI’s chief inspector by then-Director Robert Mueller to oversee sensitive internal inquiries. He currently works as a respected National Security Analyst for NBC News, logging almost 1000 on-air appearances.

Patrick Lencioni is the founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products, and services that improve teamwork, clarity, and employee engagement. Lencioni’s passion for organizations and the people who work in them is reflected in his writing, speaking, and executive consulting.  He is the author of twelve best-selling books with nearly seven million copies sold

Gaby Natale, the host of the award-winning talk show "SuperLatina", has created a system of 7 immanent archetypes that, once activated, create a clear path to achievement.  Based on a decade of interviews with extraordinary world leaders from different disciplines, such as wellbeing guru Deepak Chopra, bestselling author Isabel Allende, and rock legend Carlos Santana, Natale breaks down their stories to discover how they channeled their inner strengths to best work for them

Ron Baker is an American professional basketball player who last played for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers. During his four-year career, WSU reached one Final Four in 2013, an undefeated regular season in 2014, and a Sweet Sixteen in 2015.

Matt Doherty played and coached basketball at the University of North Carolina. He started on the 1982 National Championship team with NBA greats Michael Jordan and James Worthy. After one year as the head coach at Notre Dame, Matt took over the UNC program and led them to the 2001 regular season ACC Championship while being named AP National Coach of the Year. He currently runs the Doherty Coaching Practice which includes executive coaching, seminars, and corporate talks.

Jack Curtis is a recently retired Naval Aviator and commanding officer of an EA-18G Growler squadron.  In command, he was directly responsible and accountable for more than 200 teammates and more than $500 million in aircraft and assets while deployed onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.  He is a graduate of the University of Florida (BA) and the US Naval War College (MA).  Jack recently co-founded End Speed Group, a leadership and organizational culture consulting company with two other Naval Aviators.  He lives in Anacortes, WA with his wife and son.    

Many have come to Tom Cruise's defense over his emotional outburst towards his Mission Impossible 7 crew over violating COVID-19 protocols. The defense is that the stakes are too high. In reality, Tom did more damage by introducing fear & intimidation which will now cause his key stakeholders to hunker down and withdraw. Tom had every right to make things uncomfortable, but he needed to do that in a composed manner. You keep your cool, you can command anyone & anything.

Amber Hurdle is the CEO of Amber Hurdle Consulting, a multi-award-winning leadership and talent optimization firm that pioneers using both science and marketing principles to strengthen customers’ brands from the inside out. She helps overcome costly business problems like ineffective recruiting, turnover, underperformance, declining morale, and leadership gaps by clearly connecting her clients’ people strategy to their business strategy. Amber understands how to accelerate success as a teen mom turned powerhouse businesswoman, having worked with celebrities, executives, and Fortune 100 companies alike. She was recently recognized among the “Top 40 Under 40” by the Nashville Business Journal, by The Nashville Area Chamber’s Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELA) as the winner in the Business Services category, and by Global Gurus for being among the top 30 brand professionals for 2020. Amber Hurdle Consulting’s clients have included large brands such as FedEx Ground, Marriott Hotels, and Stella & Dot, as

Erika started her career as a Microbiologist turned Program Manager and discovered a passion for improving how organizations manage the flow of work, deliver great products and services, and better serve their customers. In 2006, she founded Beyond20, a Digital Transformation consulting and training firm based on ITIL, DevOps, Agile, Lean, and other best practice frameworks. Erika works with leaders in global organizations as a Digital Strategy facilitator and coach. Over the years, she has led several successful technology implementation initiatives and has helped organizations find more success with their Digital Transformation efforts. Erika is an avid blogger, speaker, and advocate of expanding opportunities for women and minorities in technology. Erika calls Washington, DC home. When not at work, you may find her reading, sailing, or performing improv comedy.

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is a married man, a father of three children, and a loyal son and brother. He considers himself a storyteller by occupation, believes it's okay to have a beer on the way to the temple, feels better with a day's sweat on him, and is an aspiring orchestral conductor. In 2009, Matthew and his wife, Camila, founded the just keep livin Foundation, which helps at-risk high school students make healthier mind, body, and spirit choices. In 2019, McConaughey became a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as Minister of Culture/M.O.C. for the University of Texas and the City of Austin. McConaughey is also brand ambassador for Lincoln Motor Company, an owner of the Major League Soccer club Austin FC, and co-creator of his favorite bourbon on the planet, Wild Turkey Longbranch.

Jimi Vaughn is a passionate and charismatic disrupter whose transformative approach to challenging biases creates high-performing teams and thriving organizations.  A trained professional in Human Resource Development, Jimi has over a decade of experience working for top global brands in the entertainment industry where he leads company-wide Diversity & Inclusion strategy.  He believes in the ethical responsibility of every decision maker to create an environment where true meritocracy can exist, and afford opportunities for all by breaking down barriers that unintentionally limit people based on their identity. Jimi understands that people are the core of any business, and investing in a diverse workforce creates a more resilient company able to adapt and thrive in the changing cultural dynamic of the 21st century and beyond. Jimi has worked for companies such as The Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles, Company 3, Deluxe Media, Warner Bros., ViacomCBS, NBCUniversal, Fox, Nestle, Bunim/Murray, and 19

Dr. John Demartini is a world-renowned specialist in human behavior, a researcher, author, and global educator. He has developed a series of solutions applicable across all markets, sectors, and age groups. His education curriculum ranges from corporate empowerment programs, financial empowerment strategies, self-development programs, relationship solutions, and social transformation programs. His teachings start at the core of the issue, addressing the human factor, and range out to a multitude of powerful tools that have proven the test of time. He has studied over 30,000 books across all the defined academic disciplines and has synthesized the wisdom of the ages which he shares on stage in over 100 countries. His presentations whether keynotes, seminars, or workshops, leave clients with insights into their behavior and keys to their empowerment.

Bob Glazer is the founder and CEO of global partner marketing agency, Acceleration Partners. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. A serial entrepreneur, Bob has a passion for helping individuals and organizations build their capacity to elevate. A regular columnist for Forbes, Inc., & Entrepreneur, Bob’s writing reaches over five million people around the globe.

A graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz and Western Theological Seminary in San Jose, Greg Amundson has spent nearly twenty years in Military and Law Enforcement service to include details as a Special Weapons and Tactics Team Operator (SWAT) and Sniper in Santa Cruz County, a Captain in the United States Army, a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on the Southwest Border and an Agent on the highly effective Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (BEST) Team. In addition to his extensive government work, Greg is recognized as a thought leader in the field of integrated wellness practices, and is a prolific author and speaker whose message has positively influenced the lives of thousands of spiritual seekers. A former owner of the nations first CrossFit gym, Greg has traveled around the world teaching functional fitness and self-mastery principles for over nineteen years. Greg is the founder of the CrossFit Goal Setting Trainer Course and the CrossFit Law Enforcement A

Natalya Cappellini is a start-up founder, real estate investor, TV personality, and owner of a full-service construction company. She is a licensed general contractor and was recently featured on HGTV’s series BUILD ME UP, and was previously on Animal Planet’s series ANIMAL CRIBS, both of which involve extensive and ambitious renovations on tight schedules for a variety of clientele. She currently serves as a co-host of the Startup to Storefront Podcast, in which business founders share their stories – the good, the bad, the ugly, and the untold challenges of scaling a business. Raised on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, Natalya attended Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston where she received a B.S. in Architecture. She is considered a pro at flea market antique finds, she’s an avid lefty tennis player, and holds the record for fastest permitted ADU Conversion in the city of LA.

Peter Kozodoy is the author of Honest to Greatness, an Inc. 5000 serial entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and business coach who works with organizations and their leaders to help them overcome self-limiting bullsh*t and use brutal honesty to achieve massive success. But it didn’t start that way. At 17, he was an Olympic-hopeful figure skater who was sure he would achieve his childhood dream of attending Harvard University. By 18, he had missed both the Olympics and Harvard, and found his life spiraling out of control...until he finally discovered the power of brutal honesty, particularly when it comes to being honest with yourself. From the depths of 2008, Peter and his business partner built an Inc. 5000 marketing agency that would go on to work with startups to the Fortune 500, and local car dealers to Warren Buffett. Peter’s tough lessons learned — in business, leadership, and entrepreneurship — have appeared in Inc., Forbes, The Huffington Post and more, and his work at GEM has earned Telly, Pixie, Communicator

Jake Wood is the co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a disaster relief organization with over 125,000 volunteers. Wood had previously spent four years in the Marine Corps, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan as a scout-sniper. Since founding Team Rubicon in 2010, Jake has built the organization into one of the United States’ most celebrated non-profits. He is a sought-after speaker on issues of leadership, culture, and innovation.

Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker, author, advisor, and the host of The Learning Leader Show, a podcast with millions of listeners in more than 150 countries.  He is the author of Welcome To Management: How To Grow From Top Performer To Excellent Leader  (McGraw-Hill, January 28, 2020). A lifelong student of leadership, he rose to roles as a professional quarterback and VP of Sales at a multibillion-dollar company. Currently, as head of Brixey & Meyer’s leadership advisory practice, Ryan speaks regularly at Fortune 500 companies, works with teams and players in the NFL, NBA, and NCAA, and facilitates “Leadership Circles” that offers structured guidance and collaborative feedback to new and experienced leaders.

John Mackey, co-founder, and CEO of Whole Foods Market has led the natural and organic grocer to a $13 billion Fortune 500 company. With more than 370 stores and 80,000 Team Members in three countries, the company has been named by Fortune magazine as a “Best Company to Work For” for 16 consecutive years and the Number One Most Admired Food and Drug Store Company in the World in 2012. While devoting his career to helping shoppers satisfy their lifestyle needs with quality natural and organic foods, Mackey has also focused on building a more conscious way of doing business. He was the visionary for the Whole Planet Foundation to help end poverty in developing nations, the Local Producer Loan Program to help local food producers expand their businesses, The Global Animal Partnership’s rating scale for humane farm animal treatment, and the Health Starts Here initiative to promote health and wellness. Mackey has been recognized as Ernst&Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States,”

Retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman spent 21 years as a Navy SEAL and ten years as a SEAL Officer leading SEAL teams in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Severely wounded in Iraq in 2007 earning him the Purple Heart, Jason is now sharing his relentless Overcome Mindset with people around the world. Jason has done an incredible job of taking these lessons learned over his military career and making them relatable to teams, businesses, and organizations.  As Jason says, “These are not SEAL lessons, these are human lessons!”  Jason teaches individuals, companies, and teams how to overcome failure, setbacks, and catastrophic crisis through his incredible presentations on life ambushes and his proven  “Get off the X” methodology to not only survive the crisis but thrive and even launch from it. Jason is the best-selling author of two outstanding books: "The Trident: The forging and reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader"; and his latest book, "Overcome" which teaches us how to overcome adversity. Jason al