Marci Malzahn

Lead by Maximizing Talent

• Author of five books
• First Online Banking Specialist in the Twin Cities
• Member of the Minnesota Women Economic Roundtable

Marcus Buckingham

Dedicated to understanding what makes world-class managers tick, bottling it, and sharing it with the world

• New York Times Bestselling author, with two books on Talent in the top 20 bestselling business books of all time
• Founder of the Strengths Revolution
• Senior Scientist at Gallup studying Excellence in Management and Leadership for 2 decades, and currently leading research at the ADP Research Institute
• Creator of The StandOut assessment and Co-Creator of StrengthsFinder, completed by over 10 million people worldwide
• Author of the most Harvard Business Review articles on Talent
• Over the course of his career, Marcus has spoken for millions of people across six continents (if anyone knows of any opportunities in Antarctica, let us know!) including Facebook, Lululemon, Cisco, Levi’s, ATD, Deloitte, World Business Forum and many more

Marcus Collins

Top Booked Marketing Speaker

• Head of Strategy at Wieden+Kennedy
• U Michigan Business Professor
• AdweekColumnist
• AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement Inductee
• 2022 Cannes Lions Jury Member
• 2023 Thinkers50 Radar Class and expert on Cultural Contagion

Marcus Lemonis

Elevate Your People, Process, and Product

• Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, and Leadership Expert
• Star of CNBC’s ‘The Profit’, ‘Streets of Dreams’, and HGTC’s ‘The Renovator’
• Chairman and CEO, Camping World
• Philanthropist and Founder, The Lemon-AID Foundation – supporting women and minority entrepreneurs

Marcus Sheridan

A Web Marketing Guru Name “One Of 20 Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss” By Forbes In 2017

Marcus Sheridan is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker known for his unique ability to excite, engage, and motivate audiences.

Mariana Atencio

Mariana Atencio is a Peabody award-winning journalist, speaker, and author who has traveled around the world to help us discover & celebrate what makes each of us unique. Mariana’s TEDx Talk – What makes you special? – is one of the most viewed TEDx Talks online with more than 10 million views translated into 10 languages thus far.

• Peabody Award-Winning Journalist
• Speaker
• Author

Marie-Helene Pelletier, PhD, MBA

Leadership Psychologist, Executive Coach | Keynote Speaker Strategic Resilience, AI, Change, Innovation, & High-Performance | Author of The Resilience Plan

• Author of award-winning book, The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health. Featured as a Top 5 book to read by both Inc. Magazine and Forbes
• Highly rated instructor at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business Executive Education and member of the Harvard Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals.
• Practicing leadership psychologist and executive coach with over 20 years of experience and one of few holding both a Ph.D. and an MBA.
• Member of the Global Clinical Practice Network of the World Health Organization, and past Director on the board of the International Association of Applied Psychology.

Marilyn Sherman

Motivating and inspiring audiences to get out of their comfort zone and get a front-row seat in life

• Motivational keynote speaker inspiring people to increase productivity, reduce conflict and to overcome obstacles to improve quality of work culture and overall business growth.
• Author of three books: Whose Comfort Zone Are You In?; Why Settle for the Balcony? How to get a Front-Row Seat in Life!; and Front-Row Service.
• Marilyn helps leaders become more effective and empower others to improve bottom-line results.
• Marilyn delivers dynamic, content-filled programs that inspire and resonate with all audiences (ie: she didn’t climb a mountain or have a tragic moment in life, she’s just a real person who wants to live the best she can be and help others to do the same)
• Marilyn is an expert on embracing change – delivering techniques on how to manage it as well as how to continue to be productive even while shifting out of your comfort zone.
• Marilyn’s passion is to inspire people a have a positive ‘no more excuses’ attitude and mindset – how to obtain goals, reduce stress and become better at communication. These skills can be taught to leaders, sales people, hourly employees and everyone else in-between.

Marilyn Tam

An inspiring example of what can be achieved if one followed their dreams

• Marilyn speaks and consults globally with Fortune 500 companies, governments and non-profit organizations and on Leadership, Life Balance, Gender & Diversity, Change Management and how to integrate social & environmental concerns into businesses profitably.
• Inc Magazine listed her as one of the top 100 Leadership Speakers in the world
• She received the Pioneers in Communication award from Association for Women in Communications, including a poem about her written by Perie Longo, poet laureate of Association for Women in Communications.
• She was awarded The Reebok Human Rights Award for her humanitarian work.

Mario Armstrong

Mario Armstrong is many different things: TV host, media personality, public speaker, public servant, and social entrepreneur.

• Emmy Award Winning TV Host
• Creator and Host of the Never Settle Show
• Digital Media Strategist
• NBC Today Show Correspondent
• Journalist