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A former film and television director, Deborah Shames coauthored Own the Room: Business Presentations that Persuade, Engage and Get Results. For 15 years, she has trained and coached thousands of top-level executives, celebrities, and professionals at major U.S. corporations and non-profits. After only a few sessions, her clients generate more revenue, advance in their careers, and often receive the highest evaluations when they speak. Prior to cofounding Eloqui, a firm dedicated to enhancing business communication, Shames founded the only female-owned production company in the San Francisco Bay Area—Focal Point Productions, which she ran for 15 years. On camera, Deborah directed luminaries including Wendie Malick, Rita Moreno, Danny Glover, and Angela Lansbury. To launch three of her independent films, she formed the video distribution company Deborah Films.
Now, Deborah specializes in coaching CEOs and executives to improve their communication and presentation skills. Deborah speaks pro bono at educational institutions like UCLA’s Anderson School of Business, the USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Pepperdine graduate level classes, and Cal Lutheran to give young people a boost and confidence at the beginning of their careers. Deborah has led a prominent business group in Calabasas for ten years and was honored as Consultant of the Year by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.
Frank Shankwitz is a cofounder and first president/CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, founded in 1980. Still actively involved, he is featured as keynote speaker for fundraising events at chapters across the country and has also served as a board member for the Arizona chapter. Shankwitz has been featured in numerous media outlets, including New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer’s new book, Heroes For My Son, USA Weekend Magazine, The Huffington Post,Glenn Beck, and in newspaper articles around the world. Shankwitz is an Air Force veteran and retired as a detective from the Arizona Department of Public Safety with more than 32 years of service.
Kim Shapira, MS, RD, is a celebrity dietitian with a BS in exercise kinesiology from Tulane and an MS in human metabolism and clinical nutrition from Boston University. Kim has spent the last 25 years helping people lose weight and keep it off in her private Los Angeles practice. In addition, she has worked in hospitals, sports clinics, and addiction centers. Kim’s work has become the Kim Shapira Method; a focus on 6 rules that helps her clients develop and sustain a normal relationship with food.
Parvez Sharma is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. His film A Sinner in Mecca has garnered worldwide media attention and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick. He also directed and produced the multiple award-winning A Jihad for Love, which premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival and opened the prestigious Panorama Dokumente section of the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. The film went on to screen for over eight million people in 51 nations and was theatrically distributed in the US and Canada. He was named one of “50 Visionaries who are Changing your World,” in a list headed by the Dalai Lama. His writings on Islamic, racial and political issues have frequently appeared on The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and The Guardian, to name a few. He has become a prominent speaker on Muslim issues speaking at hundreds of live events around the world and conducting workshops with the US State Department and Department of Homeland Security.
Judd Shaw is a visionary keynote speaker, award-winning author, agent of change, serial entrepreneur, lawyer, and CEO. As the president of Judd Shaw Injury Law, he combines two decades of leading one of New Jersey’s most successful law firms with a profound passion for fostering human connection. Driven by ambition, Judd achieved remarkable professional success at a young age—but it came at a cost. His journey toward success led to increasing isolation, prompting him to seek therapy and explore human connection theory. This transformative experience not only helped him realign with his core values and embrace vulnerability, but also enhanced his leadership skills.
Today, Judd is a sought-after speaker on authenticity and resilient workplace culture. He hosts the podcast Behind the Armor and is the author of the award-winning children’s book series Sterling the Knight. Through his CURE frameworks, he empowers individuals, organizations, and leaders to adapt, innovate, and thrive where they live, work, love, and play. Judd’s mission is to share his insights and experiences to help others unlock their superpowers.
Maggie Shayne is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of more than 40 novels, ranging from stories about Witches, vampires, psychics and ghosts, to bone-chilling, edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense and beyond. She has also written for CBS daytime dramas “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns.” One of Maggie’s novels, Eternity, has been optioned for film. She is a working, modern-day Witch who, in dull moments, wonders aloud, “Why don’t the Charmed Ones just put the potion into a spray bottle instead of wasting all those cute little glass vials?” Maggie’s new romantic suspense novel Darker Than Midnight goes on sale in November. Visit her on the Web at www.maggieshayne.com.
Peter Sheahan has spent a decade teaching individuals and companies how to make it happen—how to position effectively in the market and find opportunity where others cannot. Author of six books, including the international bestsellers “Fl!p” and “Generation Y,” Sheahan has established himself as a highly successful entrepreneur with his international thought-leadership practice and as the CEO of ChangeLabs, a global consultancy building and delivering large-scale behavioral change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM. Sheahan has worked with some of the world’s leading brands in the area of innovation and behavior change, including Google, Goldman Sachs, News Corporation, Harley Davidson and GlaxoSmithKline.
Paul Sheard is a noted Australian-American economist and policy-watcher, known for his ability to see the forest and the trees and for his willingness to challenge the conventional wisdom. As a financial markets economist, Sheard cut his teeth in Tokyo covering Japan’s “lost decades” and then, as chief economist of Lehman Brothers in New York, he had a front-row seat at the global financial crisis. Most recently Research Fellow and M-RCBG Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and before that Vice Chairman of S&P Global, Sheard held global chief economist positions at Standard & Poor’s and Nomura Securities, faculty positions at Osaka University and the Australian National University, and visiting scholar positions at Stanford University and the Bank of Japan. He has been a member of several World Economic Forum expert councils, and is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and the Foreign Policy Association.
Plagued for many years by ill health, Mary-Ann Shearer embarked on a personal quest for a common-sense approach to health and well-being. Her intensive studies into nutrition and a natural lifestyle over nearly 30 years led her to develop a simple yet highly effective program that produced unimagined levels of health and vitality. The first to benefit were her family and friends, but after several years of one-on-one consultations, she wrote the book The Natural Way: A Family’s Guide to Vibrant Health (now in its 21st reprint) to help meet the growing demand for her time and knowledge. Since then, Mary-Ann has helped many thousands of people to understand and correct their diet-related problems, thereby building a valuable database of case studies that backs her ongoing research. Mary-Ann has also published two recipe books (The Natural Way: Recipe Book 1 and The Natural Way: Recipe Book 2), each a compilation of more than 300 recipes developed during her popular cooking demonstrations. Her books have been runaway bestsellers, outperforming all other natural health titles in southern Africa. Healthy Kids: The Natural Way was released at the end of 2001 to wide acclaim. Perfect Weight: The Natural Way was released in August 2003 and has had record sales to date. Take Control, written by both Mark and Mary-Ann Shearer, was released in May 2005 and is set to match the extraordinary sales records of its predecessors. Further books are in the pipeline, including a full-color recipe book on healthy entertaining and a definitive reference work entitled The AÐZ of Natural Health. Together with her husband, Mark, Mary-Ann runs seminars on “Finding the Balance,” “Take Control” and “Sex, Drugs, and Cinnamon Rolls,” subjects covered in detail in their book Take Control. She also contributes to numerous magazines and journals on an ongoing basis. Mary-Ann has, over the years, addressed many diverse groups of people throughout the world, from farmers’ wives in the heartland of South Africa, to professional medical people in Houston, Texas. She is in demand as a motivational speaker and regularly addresses groups at business seminars, schools, churches and various associations such as the Cancer Association. She also appears frequently on national television and radio and had her own slot on national talk radio for many years. Mary-Ann visits the U.K. and the U.S. regularly, where she is fast becoming a speaker in demand. Technikon South Africa (now part of Unisa—one of the biggest correspondence universities in the world) has approved her Natural Health and Nutrition Course, and more than 650 students have enrolled worldwide. Mary-Ann’s aim is to show that it is fun and easy to be healthy, and it is this philosophy that inspires her many projects. She and her husband Mark have developed a unique range of whole food products for the retail market. They run their business from Stellenbosch in the Cape. She sends out a regular free e-mail newsletter. Mark and Mary-Ann also film an entire three- to four-hour monthly Digimag, a digital magazine on DVD that can be ordered online or by fax. This service can be accessed on her Web site www.mary-anns.com.
Gregory Shepard has built and sold 12 businesses in BioTech, TransitTech, AdTech and MarTech. He is a Forbes book author and contributor, and has been featured or quoted in publications like Fortune, Entrepreneur, The New York Observer, The DEAL, and Thrive Global. A recipient of four private equity awards for transactions between $250M to $1B, Greg has appeared on TV, radio, and popular podcasts, and been featured as a TEDx and keynote speaker at multiple universities and conferences worldwide.
