Leadership
Founder and Board Co-chair of Room to Read
John is a popular speaker whose talks focus on leadership, scaling organizations, and the intersection of purpose and profitability. With hundreds of successful engagements over the years, his elite client list includes Bloomberg, Clinton Global Initiative, Credit Suisse, Facebook, Fidelity, the Financial Times, Google, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, UBS, the Wall Street Journal and the World Economic Forum.
- Nominated for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award
- Shares the heartbreaking story of his childhood and describes how magic helped him overcome tragedy
- Featured by HBO, FOX Sports, ESPN and E! for his inspirational triumph in the face of adversity
- Master magician who finished third in season 11 of America’s Got Talent
Developing Positive, Engaged People, Leaders and Teams, Best-selling Author
Learn how to make deeper connections in your career and life by incorporating Jordan Richardson's 12 Tenets of Talent Management.
The Social Scientist For Business Performance and Best-Selling Author of Crucial Conversations
One of the world’s leading business minds, Joseph Grenny's study and application of the very best social-science research has helped thousands of organizations achieve new levels of performance by changing human behavior.
Josh Linkner is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, venture capital investor, professional jazz guitarist, and a globally-recognized innovation expert.
9-year NFL Veteran Pro Bowl Player, Co-Founder and CEO of Hustle Clean, Entrepreneurial Trailblazer, Ethical Leadership & Team Dynamics Expert
Kathy is an explorer at heart. She has created as many opportunities as possible to discover the different corners of the world. As a result, she has bartended in Australia, served coffee in the UK, made rugs and taught kickboxing in Morocco, gutted fish in Alaska, created sportswear strategy in Germany, and developed new beers in middle America.
Kathy now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two dogs. She has an MBA from Georgetown University, and sits on the board of advisors for Masawa (the world's only social impact fund focused solely on mental wellness) and Lucky Envelope Brewing.