Professional Speaker Directory

Jamie Kern Lima is a New York Times bestselling author and Founder of IT Cosmetics, a company she started in her living room, and leaned on her faith and calling while enduring hundreds of rejections, to eventually grow it to the largest luxury makeup brand in the country. She sold the company to L’Oréal in a billion-dollar deal and became the first female CEO of a brand in its 100+ year history. 

Syndicated personal finance columnist, author

Jane Bryant Quinn is a nationally known commentator on personal finance, with books and columns read and trusted by millions. In her long career, she has established herself as America’s most reliable voice for people trying to manage their money well. In her public policy writings, she addresses matters of top concern to everyone, including investor protection, health insurance, Social Security, and the sufficiency of retirement plans.

Olympic Swimming Champion

Despite her small size and unorthodox windmill stroke, Janet Evans was a natural-born swimmer who was swimming laps at the age of two. In 1987, when she was 15 years old, Evans broke the world record in both the 400, 800m and the 1,500m freestyle.

Jasmine Brett Stringer is a keynote speaker, award-winning author of Seize Your Life: How to Carpe Diem Every Day, on-air TV personality, and host of the podcast and lifestyle blog Carpe Diem with Jasmine. Jasmine is on a mission to help people live empowered and authentic lives. Through her Seize Your Life keynotes, workshops, and customized coaching sessions, Jasmine guides clients and audiences through a simple process to identify their goals and achieve their personal definition of success. 

Having delivered thousands of presentations over 2 decades, Jason Hewlett is the only speaker in the world teaching leadership in a performance of uncanny musical and comedy impressions, utilizing the legends of stage. The Promise: Become a Legendary Leader and discover your Signature Moves is a keynote speech that feels like a show, with proven processes and immediately implementable takeaways to transform your business and leadership skills. Jason is the author of the Facebook post entitled, “I Saw My Wife at Target Today”, which has been seen by more than 100 million people. A recent, and one of the youngest inductees in the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame, his talks inspire leadership from the perspective of a Promise, while giving attendees an engaging, entertaining, and educational experience all in one.

Business growth and customer experience expert, advisor, researcher, author, and analyst.

Former CEO of Lawson Software and XRS Corporation, Author

Jay Coughlan has been a CEO, a keynote speaker, and a mentor to aspiring business leaders. He is also a convicted felon, and has spent time in prison. During this dark part of his life, he began developing a framework for dealing with the troubles that life inevitably brings.

Television Host of “The Tonight Show”, Comedian, Author

Since May 1992, Jay Leno has hosted the Emmy Award-winning, top-rated Tonight Show which is seen in over 45 countries worldwide. Jay Leno was named “Best Political Humorist” by Washingtonian Magazine and “One of Hollywood’s Best Loved Stars” by TV Guide. He has also been honored with his own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

Financial Editor for NBC’s Today Show, and Personal Finance Contributor for Newsweek/The Daily Beast

An award-winning journalist and best-selling author, financial speaker Jean Chatzky is one of the United States’ most sought-after business speakers. Well known for helping millions of men and women battle increasingly problematic debt, Chatzky has far-reaching influence, and is noted for her work on NBC’s Today, Newsweek/The Daily Beast, More Magazine, the New York Daily News, and as a contributor to the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Oprah & Friends Sirius-XM Radio channel.

Comedian/Actor

Jeff Foxworthy is one of the most respected and successful comedians in the country. He is the largest selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and best selling author of more than 26 books. Widely known for his redneck jokes, his act goes well beyond that to explore the humor in everyday family interactions and human nature, a style that has been compared to Mark Twains.

Because Improving Your Business Doesn’t Have To Be Boring!

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jeff has quickly become one of the most in-demand presenters in North America. His truly unprecedented ability to deliver high-quality education in an undeniably entertaining way has earned him dozens of repeat clients, all of whom appreciate Jeff’s insistence that education is the only way that we improve at anything and that we’ll all improve better and faster if we enjoy the learning process.