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Mike Reiss

Writer & Producer of The Simpsons

Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss—who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989—shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Now Available for Virtual Programs

Molly Bloom

Top Booked Inspirational Speaker, Subject of the Oscar-nominated film, “Molly’s Game”, Bestselling Author, U.S. Ski Team Alum, and Host of Award-Winning Podcast, “Torched”

Legendary for running the world’s most exclusive high stakes poker game frequented by A-List Hollywood celebrities and sports figures, Molly Bloom is a top-booked inspirational speaker and one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women. She shares a life journey of triumph, ruin, and reinvention—from Olympic dreams crushed by a career-ending accident to seeing her multi-million-dollar business threatened by organized crime and shut down by the FBI. Her story of grit, resilience and self-determination has been called a “goosebump experience,” inspiring corporate audiences and winning stellar reviews.

Nick DiGiovanni

Youngest Ever Masterchef Finalist & TikTok Celebrity

With over 5 million TikTok followers and making the Forbes 30 under 30 list, his audience is steadily growing as the world sees his passion and watches this young man balance the transition from Harvard grad to cooking phenomenon and young entrepreneur pursuing his dreams.

Nikki Giovanni

Keynote Speaker: Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943. Although she grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, she and her sister returned to Knoxville each summer to visit their grandparents. Nikki graduated with honors in history from her grandfather's alma mater, Fisk University. Since 1987, she has been on the faculty at Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor.

Robert Herjavec

Executive Producer & Star of ABC’s Shark Tank; CEO, Cyderes; CEO, Herjavec Ventures

Robert Herjavec is a globally recognized motivational, business, and cyber security leader. For the last 15 years Robert has been well known as one of the Sharks and executive producer of the Emmy-award winning hit show, Shark Tank. He is a successful, best-selling author and has appeared on stage with crowds from 50 to 20,000 people and with luminaries such as Tony Robbins and Oprah.

Roy Choi

Owner & Chef, Kogi Truck

Roy Choi is best known as the godfather of the Food Truck Movement, as co-owner, co-founder and chef of the celebrated Kogi Truck.

Ruth E. Carter

Award-Winning Costume Designer

Ruth E. Carter is the two-time Academy Award winning American film costume designer. Best known for turning the Black Panther superhero into an African King, Carter makes history as the first Black person to win the category and earn Marvel Studios their first Oscar recognition.

Sasheer Zamata

Comedian, Actress and Writer

Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and This American Life.

Sean Astin

Actor, Director, Voice Artist & Producer Known For "Lord of the Rings"

In real life and on the screen, Sean Astin knows what it's like to be the underdog. In his corporate presentation, Sean uses a lot of the fun stuff- the speech from Rudy, anecdotes from Lord of the Rings, The Goonies and Memphis Belle- to draw the audience in. Then he shows audiences the keys to goal setting- how do you set goals, how do you push yourself beyond what you can do? He’s done something like 11 marathons and he just completed the Hawaiian Ironman. He’s extremely approachable and great with people.

Shereen Marisol Meraji

Host/Correspondent, NPR's Code Switch

Shereen Marisol Meraji is an award-winning journalist and the co-host and senior producer of NPR’s Code Switch podcast about race, identity and culture. Code Switch is the only podcast about race that's talking about all of us: our histories, how we're represented, the ways we work together and against each other.