Patrick M. Lencioni is the author of more than a dozen bestselling books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Ideal Team Player, and The Advantage. The pioneer of the organizational health movement, he has become one of the most sought-after speakers in the world. Pat’s firm, The Table Group, has consulted with thousands of leaders around the globe, in every type of industry, from corporations to start-ups, from churches to nonprofits. Pat has been married to his wife, Laura, for thirty years and they have been blessed with four sons.
Books by Patrick M. Lencioni
Richard A. Leo, Ph.D., J.D., is an associate professor of criminology, law and society, and psychology and social behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He has conducted extensive research and published numerous articles on police interrogation practices, Miranda requirements, false confessions and miscarriages of justice. He is the recipient of the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology and the Saleem Shah Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology.
Dr. Robert A. Leonard is a professor of linguistics at Hofstra and a lead researcher at Robert Leonard Associates, a consulting firm. Leonard received his B.A. from Columbia College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia Graduate School, where he was a Faculty Fellow. He won a Fulbright Fellowship for his overseas Ph.D. research. He may be the only Fulbright Fellow to have performed at Woodstock. While in college he cofounded and led the rock group Sha Na Na and performed at the Woodstock Festival, the Fillmores East and West, on television’s “Tonight Show,” in the Academy Award-winning “Woodstock” movie and the recently released film “Festival Express” with Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead.
From broke jazz musician to $50 million in online sales, Jeff Lerner’s story and message are now inspiring millions. After a decade of building multiple online businesses to over 8 figures and twice landing on the Inc. 5000, Jeff turned his focus to educating and inspiring entrepreneurs about the power of digital business. In 2018, he founded ENTRE Institute where over 50,000 students have discovered digital business. He is now regarded as one of the most inspirational voices online in business and personal development.
Wendy Leshgold spent more than a decade in advertising, leading teams at Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO and Deutsch, where she worked with brands including Apple, Kodak, IBM, Bank of America and Mitsubishi. In these roles, she understood first-hand the challenges people face in high pressure, fast-paced corporate environments. She felt compelled to help, so she launched a successful executive coaching practice, earning her executive coaching certification from CTI. A decade later, she joined forces with her childhood friend Lisa McCarthy, who had a similar passion. Wendy is a highly active board member of California Environmental Voters, and uses the Power Principles to fuel that team and accelerate its mission. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
Jonya A. Leverett graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in art history. Before entering the applied social psychology doctoral program at Loyola University Chicago, she worked in trial consulting. She is entering her second year of doctoral study at Loyola University Chicago, and her research interests include the manipulations and effectiveness of media and propaganda.
Sam Levin is currently a student who attends school in Massachusetts. He recently completed a natural history, The Pond.
Dr. Laurie Ann Levin, former talent agent (Madonna, Michael Jackson) and Hollywood film producer (20th Century Fox and Warner Bros), left show business 20 years ago to become a psychologist. In 1998, Dr. Levin founded and became CEO of Moonview Sanctuary, a highly innovative, holistic, treatment and research institute.
Her first book was an award-winning, humorous, spiritual memoir titled, God The Universe and Where I Fit In (2009). The book was a People Magazine pick, a Redbook / Barnes and Noble choice for November 2009, and won recognition at eight book festivals.
Dr. Levin's television appearances include The View, Tonight with Deborah Norville, Nightline, and The Wendy Williams Show. She has also been a recurring guest on the nationally syndicated radio program Coast2Coast AM.
Books by Dr. Laurie Ann Levin
Uri Levine is a passionate entrepreneur and disruptor, a two-time ‘unicorn’ builder (Duocorn). He is co-founder of Waze, the world’s largest community-based driving traffic and navigation app, which was acquired by Google for $1.1 billion in 2013, and former investor and board member in Moovit, ‘Waze of public transportation’, which was acquired by Intel for $1 Billion in 2020. Levine has built more than a dozen startups, and has seen everything ranging from failure, middle success, to big success. He is also a world-class speaker on entrepreneurship & disruption. Motivated to encourage the next generation of thinkers and innovators, he also leads an academic workshop entitled “How to Build a Startup”, aimed at undergraduate and graduate-level business students.
A long-time venture capitalist, Seth Levine works with venture funds and companies around the globe. His day job is as a partner at Foundry, a Boulder, CO based venture capital firm he cofounded in 2006 which has nearly $4 billion in assets under management. Easily distracted and a passionate advocate for entrepreneurship, Seth also spends time as an advisor to venture funds and companies around the world. He cofounded Pledge 1%, a global network of companies who have pledged equity, time, and product back to their local communities. He is the board chair of EforAll Colorado which partners with the local community to foster small business and has previously served on the boards of the Unreasonable Institute and StartupColorado. Seth is a Trustee of Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, where he helped found their entrepreneurship program as well as a popular student hackathon (the “Macathon”). He also works with a number of funds and companies – especially in the Middle East and Africa – to help promote entrepreneurship and economic development. A passionate cyclist, above-average skier, and general fan of all things outdoors, Seth and his wife live in Colorado with their three children. He is the coauthor of The New Builders.
