Topics
Bestselling Novelists (see all speakers)
Susan Vreeland
Award-winning and bestselling author of GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE and THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA
Business & Finance (see all speakers)
Bethany McLean
Fortune Magazine editor and co-author of the national bestseller THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Derek Gatehouse
Sales performance consultant and author of THE PERFECT SALESFORCE: The 6 Best Practices of the World's Best Sales Teams
Rod Beckstrom
Serial start-up entrepreneur and co-author of four books, including THE STARFISH AND THE SPIDER
Culture & Society (see all speakers)
Michael Pollan
Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA and IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Joshua Kendall
Award-winning journalist and author of THE MAN WHO MADE LISTS: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Diversity (see all speakers)
Environmental Issues (see all speakers)
Rod Beckstrom
Serial start-up entrepreneur and co-author of four books, including THE STARFISH AND THE SPIDER
John Perkins
Author of the New York Times bestseller CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN and THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
Health & Wellness (see all speakers)
Mary Pipher
American Clinical Psychologist and author of the revolutionary bestseller REVIVING OPHELIA
Journalism (see all speakers)
Bethany McLean
Fortune Magazine editor and co-author of the national bestseller THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Literary Fiction (see all speakers)
Dinaw Mengestu
Recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and Author of THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS
Motivation & Inspiration (see all speakers)
Suzanne Braun Levine
Writer, editor, and nationally recognized authority on women, and author of INVENTING THE REST OF OUR LIVES: Women In Second Adulthood
Our Youth (see all speakers)
Greg Mortenson
Founder of the Pennies for Peace program and co-author and subject of the #1 New York Times bestseller THREE CUPS OF TEA
Politics (see all speakers)
Jan Crawford Greenburg
ABC News correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of SUPREME CONFLICT
Religion & Spirituality (see all speakers)
Elizabeth Gilbert
One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2008, and author of the New York Times bestseller EAT, PRAY, LOVE
Rosemary Altea
Spiritual medium, healer, and international bestselling author of THE EAGLE AND THE ROSE
Science & Technology (see all speakers)
Michael Pollan
Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA and IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Women's Interests (see all speakers)
China Galland
A leading authority on the Black Madonna, and lecturer and teacher of religion, race, and reconciliation
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