Our Authors

Marc Milstein, PhD

Dr. Marc Milstein specializes in taking the leading science research on brain health and presents it in a way that entertains, educates, and empowers his audience to live better. His presentations provide science-based solutions to keep the brain healthy, boost productivity, and maximize longevity. He earned both his PhD in Biological Chemistry and his Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from UCLA. Dr. Milstein has conducted research on topics including genetics, cancer biology, and neuroscience, and his work has been published in multiple scientific journals. Dr. Milstein has been quoted breaking down and analyzing the latest research in popular press such as USA Today, HuffPost, and Weight Watchers magazine. Dr. Milstein has also been featured on television explaining the latest science breakthroughs that improve our lives.

Books by Marc Milstein, PhD

Chuck Mindenhall

Chuck Mindenhall has an 18-year history of writing about combat sports and is generally considered one of the best writers and personalities in the fight game. The “Man in the Hat”—or MITH, as he is commonly known—currently works as a senior writer at Yahoo’s combat vertical, Uncrowned, and has held positions as a senior writer with The Athletic and MMA Fighting (SB Nation). Previously, he was a regular contributor to ESPN, The Ringer, Fight! magazine, and others. He’s a three-time nominee for MMA Journalist of the Year, and his longform piece “Searching for Strange Brew” was cited in the Best American Sports writing anthology in 2016. He was one of the seminal members of the popular roundtable program, The MMA Beat, a cohost on the popular Ringer MMA Show on the Spotify and The Ringer, as well as the host of the podcast, The Man and the MITH on The Athletic. Chuck has also been a frequent guest analyst on Showtime’s Morning Kombat and ESPN’s television program, MMA Live.

Books by Chuck Mindenhall

Richard Miniter

Richard Miniter is the author of two New York Times–bestselling books, Losing Bin Laden and Shadow War, and is an internationally recognized expert on terrorism. He lives in Arlington, Va.

Books edited by Richard Miniter

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Michael Minogue

Michael Minogue is a Christian, husband, father, decorated combat veteran, accomplished business leader, and passionate advocate for healthcare innovation, faith-based education, and veterans’ causes. A West Point graduate and Bronze Star recipient for his service in Operation Desert Storm, Mike transitioned from military leadership to a groundbreaking career in the medical device industry. As chairman, president, and CEO of Abiomed, Inc., he helped pioneer the field of heart recovery and led the company through historic growth, culminating in its $17 billion acquisition. Mike’s work has impacted hundreds of thousands of patients and helped shape national policy, all while supporting numerous philanthropic efforts through the Michael & Renee Minogue Foundation. Mike and his wife Renee have been married for over twenty years and raised their five children in Massachusetts. Mike enjoys reading, running, strength training, coaching, and skiing with his family and friends.

Joe Moglia

Joe Moglia is the former head football coach and current executive advisor to the president and chairman emeritus of athletics at Coastal Carolina. During his first five years as the head football coach at Coastal Carolina, he took his team to the national playoffs five times and was Conference Champion four times. His overall record is 56-22 and in his last eleven years of college coaching, he was a part of eight championship teams. He was selected to the Conference All Decade Team and has received multiple coaching honors, including the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year and the Lombardi Award. During Moglia’s last four years as executive director of football, Coastal won 40 games, was invited to four Bowls, and won the Sun Belt Championship.

In the business world, Moglia was at Merrill Lynch for 17 years, before becoming the CEO at TD Ameritrade in 2001. When Joe stepped down in 2008, shareholders enjoyed a 500% return. By the time he stepped down as chairman in 2020, TD Ameritrade’s worth had grown from $700 million to $100 billion, and the company’s client assets from $24 billion to $7 trillion.

Moglia has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and been inducted into 12 Halls of Fame. In 2022, Joe became only the fourth alumnus in the history of Fordham University to receive the University’s three most prestigious awards. He is a member of the National Economics Honor Society and the recipient of three honorary doctorates. 4th and Goal by Monte Burke was written about Moglia’s life.

Books by Joe Moglia

Larry Mohl

Larry Mohl

Larry Mohl is the chief innovation officer and a founding partner of Performance Inspired, Inc., a research-based learning and consultancy firm specializing in assisting organizations with increasing workplace and marketplace performance. Mohl is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, speaker, chief learning officer for Fortune 100 companies, and entrepreneur.

Mohl has pioneered innovative approaches to leadership development, knowledge communities, and integrated talent management. As a senior human resource leader, Mohl’s contributions have included development of talent strategies and implementation of company-wide programs that have led to measurable increases in employee engagement, retention, leadership supply, and organization capability.

Books by Larry Mohl

Daniel P. Moloney

Daniel P. Moloney has a B.A. in religious studies from Yale and a doctorate in philosophy from Notre Dame. He has taught in the Department of Philosophy at Notre Dame and the Politics Department at Princeton. A former editor at First Things, he has written for First Things, Wall Street Journal, National Review, Crisis and American Prospect, among other publications. He is also a contributor to BenBella’s Smart Pop anthology on Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. He now lives in Rome, preparing for his next great adventure.

Carla Montgomery

Carla Montgomery began as a reluctant voyeur, but is doing her best to make up for that naughty behavior now. Her essays and short stories have appeared in several anthologies and her commentaries aired on the local NPR station. For really weird story ideas, she highly recommends working as a late-night cop reporter. She currently lives with her family in Utah … but that’s another story.

Shawn Moon

Shawn D. Moon is the Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Delivery for FranklinCovey Corp., where he is responsible for the Company’s U.S. and International direct offices, the Sales Performance Practice, the Execution and Speed of Trust Practices. Shawn has more than two and a half decades of experience in leadership and management, sales and marketing, program development, and consulting services.

Geoffrey A. Moore

Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and high-tech business advisor best known for his seminal book, Crossing the Chasm, first published in 1990, still in print, having sold over a million copies, translated into over a dozen languages, and still being required reading in most business schools. Since then he has published six other bestselling business books and advised leading high-tech enterprises including Salesforce, Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, Autodesk, Box, Airbnb, and Splunk.

Moore has a bachelors degree in American literature from Stanford University and a PhD in English literature from the University of Washington, where his dissertation was on strategies for living in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. Subsequently, he taught literature, conceptual models, and writing for four years at Olivet College before returning to the Bay Area to take up a career in business.

Books by Geoffrey A. Moore