Professional Speaker Directory

Author, Diversity expert

Dr. Sondra Thiederman is one of the nation’s leading experts on workplace diversity, cross-cultural business, and bias reduction. As President of Cross-Cultural Communications, a San Diego based training firm, Sondra has 25 years experience as a speaker, trainer, and author helping professionals in Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations, and dozens of associations find ways to successfully navigate our increasingly-diverse and global workplaces.

Influential Director, Filmmaker, Actor & Producer

Hollywood has produced few young filmmakers as iconoclastic and uncompromising as Spike Lee. Not content with the old formulas, he has set about reshaping the nature and the importance of American movies. In his hands a camera becomes as potent a weapon of social criticism as the pen.

Coming from an entrepreneurial upbringing, Stacey learned early on how we consistently show up and interact determines our success in our organizations and in our lives. Starting with a career in voice-over, she quickly realized how every word matters - every movement of your body matters and every sound you make matters (volume, tone and inflection). All of these combined determines who listens, who stays connected with you, who believes you and then acts on your recommendation.

TV Personality, Businesswoman, & Best-Selling Author

Star Jones is an Emmy award nominated TV host, attorney, best-selling author, and former New York City homicide prosecutor, who has worked in television for over 20 years; offering a fresh perspective to the day’s most talked about crime and justice, political and sociological issues from the worlds of news, entertainment, politics and pop culture.

Best-Selling Author; Educator; Entrepreneur; Leadership Expert; Chairman and CEO, S. Graham & Associates

Double Amputee, Inspiring and Motivational Speaker; Lost Both Legs Saving Children From Tornado

Extreme Leadership Expert!

“Approach the act of leadership as you’d approach an extreme sport: learn to love the fear and exhilaration that naturally comes with the territory.”

International Keynote Speaker, Breakthrough Expert, Global Humanitarian, Best-Selling Author

Everything you need to know to build a stronger business you can learn from the legends of rock n' roll.

DON’T LET THE LAUGHTER FOOL YOU: THE STEVE RIZZO SUCCESS STORY “The Least Likely to Succeed… NOT!”

Once upon a time, Steve Rizzo was told by a guidance counselor that he didn’t have the intelligence for college. And having been saddled with the dubious high school honor of being voted “Least Likely to Succeed,” Steve didn’t give himself much of a chance to emerge as anything special, much less a world-class comedian or Hall of Fame speaker.

Co-Founder of Apple, Author, Philanthropist

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.

Business Growth Expert

Steven S. Little is a much sought after expert on the subject of business growth and the future of opportunity. As a former president of three fast-growth companies, he now advises thousands of leaders of growing organizations and communities each year. For over ten years, Steve was also a Senior Consultant for Inc. magazine.