Professional Speaker Directory

Futurist, Exploring Trends and Traditions

David Zach is one of the few professionally trained futurists in the United States, with a master's degree in studies of the future from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Founder/CEO of FUBU, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, Star of ABC's Shark Tank, CEO of The Shark Group, The People’s Shark

Anchor, Inside Edition

Two-time Emmy© Award winner Deborah Norville is Anchor of Inside Edition, the country’s top-rated and most honored syndicated newsmagazine. Ratings jumped 15% the week Norville joined the program and have remained high ever since.

A revered leader with 25 years of command experience, DeDe has been described by Dr. Brené Brown as one of her “leadership heroes and a total badass.”

Deirdre Van Nest, founder of Crazy Good Talks®, is the go-to expert for financial professionals and entrepreneurs on how to effortlessly make emotional connections with their ideal clients; whenever and wherever they express themselves.

Keynote speaker and award-winning magician, kicking off or closing your event while inspiring your audience to defy the impossible, no matter what challenges they are facing.

National Geographic Photographer and Creativity Expert

Dewitt Jones is one of America’s top professional photographers with a career stretching over twenty years. As a motion picture director, he had two films nominated for Academy Awards (Climb – Best Live Action Short Film and John Muir’s High Sierra – Best Short Subject Documentary) before he was thirty.

A New York Times best-selling author and innovation consultant, Diana Kander has spent her career challenging assumptions and asking big questions - what kind of culture needs to exist in an organization to ensure innovative ideas and practices? How has Snoop Dogg continued to innovate decade after decade to stay relevant to the next generation? What causes name brands to lose relevance with their customers and go out of business? A serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee at the age of 8, she has launched and sold millions of dollars’ worth of products and services. Her first book, All In Startup, has been used by over 100 universities in their innovation courses and countless large organizations to help their employees think more like entrepreneurs. Her second book, The Curiosity Muscle walks readers through a methodology to keep curiosity alive and thriving inside of an organization, ultimately, future-proofing the business.

Communications Expert, Author

Dianna Booher is the author of 46 books (available in 60 foreign language editions, with nearly 4 million copies sold). She is pleased to be published by some of the top publishing houses in the world: Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, HarperCollins/Thomas Nelson, Warner Books, McGraw-Hill, and Berrett-Koehler.

The Best Clean Corporate Comedian

One of the most sought-after corporate and special event comedians in the country, Dick Hardwick has recently returned from his 2nd Around the World Tour with Lee Greenwood & the New England Patriot Cheerleaders for the United States Air Force Reserve.