Lt Gen (RET) Burt Field began his Air Force career as an F16 fight pilot. He ascended the ranks and retired as a three-star general. The transition from a single-seat fighter plane to commanding thousands of troops reveals Gen Field's leadership development. Gen Field experiences illustrate how leaders can apply the same skills in this age of Artificial Intelligence.     ..read more

Why would anybody in his right mind want to jump on a sled and hurl himself down an icy mountain at over 80 miles per hour? At the age of 21, Ruben Gonzalez took up the sport of luge and started training for the Olympics. Four years and a few broken bones later, Ruben made his Olympic dream come true! But he didn’t stop there... Ruben kept training, and at the age of 47, he was racing against 20-year-olds at the Vancouver Winter Olympics! Ruben is the first person ever to compete in four Winter Olympics in four different DECADES! He’s one of the most popular speakers in America, and his best-s ..read more

Avital and Bobby Carroll discuss human performance and leadership. They are the husband/wife team that created a stir on the Freestyle Skiing World Cup Tour, where Avital finished #8 in the world and won two bronze medals at the 2023 World Championships. Bobby is the head coach of the Austrian National Team and an assistant coach of the Australian Men's Team.  ..read more

After graduating from the US Air Force Academy, Burt Field qualified to fly F-16 fighter planes and then rose to instructor. His Air Force career led him to be named Commander of the US Forces in Japan and the 5th Air Force. Lt Gen Field also served as the Military Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke followed by serving as the Vice Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ..read more

Casey Converse is the former head swimming coach at the US Air Force Academy. He is a 4X national champion and represented the United States in Montreal's 1976 Summer Olympic Games. Casey was the 1977 NCAA champion and American record holder in the mile. He has coached multiple national champions, All-Americans, and conference champions throughout his career including back-to-back NCAA National Championship teams in 1995 and 1996. Casey is a member of the US Air Force Academy Atheltic Hall of Fame and the City of Mobile (AL) Hall of Fame. He is the author of Munich to Montreal: Women's Olympic ..read more

Dave Nordel is a retired United States Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant with over 30 years of service. He is a registered nurse and emergency manager, and served as a medic in areas of operations that include Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South America, Iraq, Korea, Japan, and Hungary. Dave grew up in a dairy farming community in rural Northern California and experienced all that brings to a young man raised in the late 60s and 70s. Dave left home at 19 to join the Air Force and ascended through the enlisted ranks to culminate as the Senior Enlisted Leader for all nuclear missile forces in th ..read more

Dr. Heidi K. Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and a former professor at Harvard Business School. Previously a McKinsey consultant and Fulbright Fellow, she is the author of Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos, a Washington Post bestseller. She was named by Thinkers50 as a Next Generation Business Guru, and is cofounder of the research and advisory firm Gardner & Co. Ivan Matviak is the Executive Vice President of Clearwater Analytics, a Cloud-based SaaS provider solving investment accounting operational challenges. W ..read more

Into this new world, Sheri L. Orlowitz’s 30-plus-year experience as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, turn-around expert, board director, corporate leader, attorney and former federal prosecutor make her uniquely qualified not only to lead companies in the cannabis industry but to advise regulators and identify best in class cannabis companies. Few can match her track record of success. Sheri has owned and led a dozen very different companies, some acquired from Kodak, Tyco International, and Applied Magnetics, employing over a thousand people and raising $100 million in the process. She ha ..read more

Now in his eighth season as head coach at Sam Houston, K.C. Keeler has taken the Bearkats to places they have never been before, culminating in the program's first-ever FCS national championship in 2020.In his tenure he has directed the Bearkats to a 71-22 record that includes 14 victories over top-10 ranked opponents and 13 wins in NCAA postseason action. During 27 years as a head football coach, Keeler has produced a record of 243 victories, only 95 losses and 1 tie. His teams at Rowan, Delaware and Sam Houston have combined for 16 NCAA postseason playoff appearances, 10 conference champion ..read more

Since Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham officially began his duties as Carolina’s director of athletics on November 14, 2011, UNC has graduated over 1000 student-athletes while consistently competing for championships in an array of different sports – exciting, motivating and influencing along the way. Under Cunningham’s leadership, the athletic department has accomplished numerous academic and athletic achievements: - The Tar Heels have won 13 national titles and made an additional 12 runner-up finishes. More than 2,700 student-athletes have made the ACC Academic Honor Roll -- which requires a ..read more