Charlene Li is founder of the Altimeter Group, author of the New York Times bestseller Open Leadership and co-author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller Groundswell, which was named one of the best business books in 2008.

Tommy Spaulding is president of the Spaulding Companies LLC, a national leadership development, speaking, training, consulting and executive coaching organization. A world-renowned speaker on leadership, Spaulding has spoken to hundreds of organizations, associations, schools, and corporations around the globe. His new book, It’s Not Just Who You Know, is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today national bestseller.

Stephen Goldberg has worked as an executive, career, and personal coach/advisor for the past thirty years. His work has taken him around the globe to more than twenty countries to deliver coaching and organizational effectiveness training to Fortune 500 corporations, UN organizations, and international governmental agencies. He divides his time between two home bases in British Columbia and Florida. He is the author of Finding the Upside: Practical Wisdom for Challenging Times.

Marc is CEO of ZBA Associates LLC, which provides executive coaching, consulting and keynote speaking services to businesses and non-profits. His clients include Google, Technorati, Stanford, and Social Venture Network. A former 10-year resident of the San Francisco Zen Center, Marc teaches and lectures there and throughout the U.S. and is the author of Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less.

Michael Lardon, M.D. has worked with a variety of Olympic, National Football League, Major League Baseball, and PGA Tour athletes. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Diego and his private practice is located in San Diego, California. Dr. Lardon is a nationally recognized speaker and lectures on various topics including the Zone, Peak Performance, and Overcoming Mood Disorders, and, for corporate audiences, maximizing productivity in competitive business environments.

George Everly Jr., Ph.D., has been a pioneer in developing programs designed to foster human reliance in the wake of crises, disasters, and psychological trauma. As a leading international authority on the topic, he has worked with the American military services, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.N. Douglas Strouse, Ph.D. is President & CEO of Global Data Source LLC and Managing Partner of Wexley Consulting HRD LLC, a management and leadership consulting firm. He has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies in the areas of leadership, performance, and strategic planning. The two have co-authored The Secrets of Resilient Leadership.

Christopher has 25 years of experience as an organizational consultant and is the president of Dawson Consulting Group based in Silicon Valley. The firm focuses on building organizational capabilities in three overlapping practice areas: Strategy, Culture, and Leadership. Dr. Dawson holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from CSPP-Berkeley, a Masters Degree from San Jose State and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He is the author of Leading Culture Change: What Every CEO Needs to Know.

Bob and Jim are executive coaches and organizational consultants from the Washington DC area with 50+ years of experience working with senior leaders in government, for-profit and non-profit settings. Bob has a doctorate, two bachelor’s degrees and supplemental training in coaching and counseling and has served as a visiting scholar/professor at prominent universities. Jim held several executive positions in the strategic planning and quality improvement departments at Marriott International Corporation before becoming a consultant. He has degrees in mathematics and physics from Florida Southern University.