Acclaimed Subject of the Book, Movie, and Broadway Play Catch Me If You Can
Frank Abagnale, a former con artist extraordinaire whose crimes inspired the memoir and movie Catch Me If You Can, is one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, and secure documents. After a five-year international crime spree, he was arrested at age 21 for cashing... More
Real-Estate Entrepreneur and Host of HGTV's Scoring the Deal
When superstar athletes and entertainers want to go home, they call Jason Abrams. He's not a limo driver or a charter pilot--he's "The Jerry Maguire of Real Estate," a young superstar in his own right, who brings his unique brand of celebrity house-hunting to HGTV's new series Scoring the Deal... More
New York Times Best-Selling Author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander peels back the curtain on systemic racism in the American prison system in the pivotal New York Times best-seller The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The book is considered one of the top African-American books of 2010 and won the... More
Retired Staff Sergeant Eric Alva was the first American soldier injured in the Iraq War. Hailed as an American hero, Alva was decorated and visited by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, and President George W. Bush. However, he was only able to be true to himself after... More
America's First African-American Female Combat Pilot
Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour knows a little something about focus, commitment, and defying the odds. At the age of 24, after already achieving her dream of becoming a police officer, Armour became an officer in the United States Marine Corps, and three years later, was America's first African... More
Leading Medical Expert, Award-Winning Journalist, and International Humanitarian
One of the country's leading physicians, Dr. Bob Arnot is well known for his passion for educating audiences on the health and humanitarian issues that matter most. An award-winning journalist, Arnot won the prestigious Alfred I. DuPont Award for his insider's look at the use and abuse of crack cocaine... More
Best-Selling Novelist and Founder of Wish You Well Foundation for Literacy
One of today's most celebrated writers, David Baldacci is the best-selling author of more than 20 novels including Zero Day, Sixth Man, One Summer, Absolute Power, Last Man Standing, The Collectors, The Camel Club, Simple Genius... More
Acclaimed Photographer Featured in Chasing Ice , Adventurer, and Founder of the Extreme Ice Survey
A decorated photographer, avid mountaineer, and climate change researcher, Balog is the founder of the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), the most wide-ranging photographic study of glaciers ever conducted. The project has been featured in National Geographic, on PBS's NOVA, in two books, and is... More
Founder and Visionkeeper of Girls on the Run International
Since the 1996 founding of her non-profit, Girls on the Run International, world-changer Molly Barker has inspired more than a half-million girls in hundreds of cities across North America to break free of the "Girl Box." In her words: "We sadly give up on our real selves and desperately cling to... More
Technology Guru, Author, and Executive Chairman of Federated Media
If anyone can sift through the noise of the technology boom, bust, and rebirth to find the signals that point the economy forward, it is business and technology speaker John Battelle. Named a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum, Battelle is one of the foremost thought... More
