Looking for dating tips in college? Dr. Sarah Michaud is a clinical psychologist in central Massachusetts. After twenty years of sobriety, she was forced to confront the shame of her husband relapsing and the desperate behaviors that occur when one attempts to save another. What unfolded was a life that she could never have imagined. Her book, “Co-Crazy: One Psychologist’s Recovery from Codependency and Addiction”, is about her journey back to her true self, the warrior and woman she was meant to be. It will help anyone who wants to live beyond trying to save, fix or change another, whether it ..read more

Corey Poirier is a multiple-time TEDx Speaker and was recently announced as one of just 15 SUCCESS Magazine Emerging Entrepreneurs. He is also the host of the top rated ‘Let’s Do Influencing’ Radio Show, founder of the growing bLU Talks brand, and has been featured in multiple television specials. He is a Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Apple Books and Kobo Bestselling Author, Award Winning Author, and the co-author of the Wall Street Journal / USA Today Bestseller, Quitless. A columnist with Entrepreneur and Forbes magazine, Corey has interviewed over 7,500 of the world’s top leaders, including eve ..read more

Maria Maldonado Smith is the Chief Empowerment Officer of MMS Consulting and creator of the Executive Vision Imagery program. Maria joined Alpha Delta Pi at the University of Kentucky, and she is a former Miss Kentucky who made the shift from the Miss America competition to Corporate America. After 18 years of award-winning success in the corporate space working as a sales leader for Fortune 500 companies across three different industries, Maria brings her unparalleled combination of experience to her proprietary process and interactive trainings, helping companies understand the science and b ..read more

Aaron Patterson has overcome years of roadblocks and failures so he leads vulnerably with his scars first, he’s been a youth mentor for over eight years and comes from the music industry so he has a knack for storytelling and connecting with students past the surface. His presentations challenge students to be more because they’re made for more. Leaving them inspired and ready to break free from any negative cycle stopping them from having a brighter future. We’re living in a day and age where young people are struggling mentally and suffering in silence, people are feeling hopeless and discou ..read more

Mike Starr managed a successful $100 million dollar a year manufacturing business. He is an avid adventurer who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro & canoed 54 days from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. He is an executive life coach, former nuclear trained submarine officer, & seasoned problem solver. Mike empowered dozens of business improvement teams with “one simple question” to clearly identify obstacles & implement lasting solutions. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in E.E. He is active in the NAMI & Al-Anon communities & has been married for 44 years; he lives i ..read more

Mike Hassell is educated formally as an engineer (Georgia Tech BEE), humanist (Vanderbilt Master Liberal Arts & Sciences), and executive (Harvard MBA), Mike Hassell is a Renaissance man and a brother of FIJI, reflecting on the fruits from 50 years of curiosity and various pursuits in science, history, psychology, and philosophy. Mike co-founded and managed Knowledge Products, an audio publisher (1985-1998) of 140+ titles on the great ideas of history. During the next 20 years as a senior executive in startup/early businesses, Mike’s main hobby was reading widely in non-fiction – accumulati ..read more

Mike Vasquez’ own mother was a victim of the opioid crisis in 1961 and struggled with addiction for the rest of her life. Mike started a business that helped thousands of opioid-addicted patients successfully detox. Mike also: - Filed the first prevention patent in the opioid crisis - Has been named to the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame - Received the National US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award - Developed the first electronic medical record system with AI to go public on the NASDAQ - Has been endorsed by a former US “Drug Czar” and former DEA Head, he has ..read more

Kathy Gardarian is the Founder and CEO of Qualis International Inc., a multi-million dollar sales and distribution company. She has served as a director on many boards, both corporate and non-profit, including Van’s Inc., The World Business Academy, Chapman University, The Gorbachov State of the World Forum, and the Woman’s Leadership Board at Harvard’s JFK School. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Woman Business Owners, and her company Qualis International Inc. has been one of the top forty woman-owned businesses in Orange County in Southern Calif ..read more

Rob Dubin is an international keynote speaker and Amazon #1 Best Selling author on happiness and employee engagement. His TEDx talk on Happiness has been viewed over 250K times. Rob was an award winning filmmaker who traveled the world making TV programs and commercials for Fortune 500 companies. He is also a serial entrepreneur who created multiple 7 figure businesses. After a near death survival experience that would have sidelined most, Rob bounced back more resilient than ever. At the age of 42 he and his wife sold their home, moved onto a 40’ sailboat, and spent the next 17 years sailing ..read more

Joel Dubin is a retired cybersecurity consultant turned humor author and foreign languages enthusiast. "The 7 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Companies" was inspired by stupidity he observed at companies who sabotage not only their security but their business, as well. The 7 Habits are the most common problems he saw at screwed up companies around the world. This isn’t a typical business book. It’s a humor book poking fun at office politics, bureaucracy and toxic work environments, all ingredients of successful dysfunctional companies. It’s sort of an anti-manual of how not to run a business. J ..read more