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Trained as a physicist, Michael E. Long is an award-winning speechwriter, screenwriter, and playwright. As a playwright, more than 20 of his shows have been produced, most on New York stages. As a screenwriter, his honors include finalist for the grand prize in screenwriting at the Slamdance Film Festival. As a speechwriter, Mr. Long has written for members of Congress, U.S. cabinet secretaries, governors, diplomats, business executives, and presidential candidates. A popular speaker and educator, Mr. Long has addressed audiences around the world, including in a keynote at Oxford University. He teaches writing at Georgetown University, where he is a former director of writing. Mr. Long pursued undergraduate studies at Murray State University and graduate studies at Vanderbilt University.
Ralph D. Lorenz, Ph.D., is a native of Scotland, but resides in Columbia, Md. He has a B.Eng. in aerospace systems engineering from the University of Southampton, U.K., and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Kent, U.K. He worked for the European Space Agency in the Netherlands on the design of the Huygens probe to Titan, and for over 15 years has been involved in Mars flight projects and the Cassini spacecraft. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society. He has written several books, including Spinning Flight, Space Systems Failures and Lifting Titan’s Veil.
Holly Lorinczis a successful collaborative writer and the owner of Lorincz Literary Services. She is an award-winning novelist (Smart Mouth, The Everything Girl) and co-writer (including the bestselling Crown Heights, How to Survive a Day in Prison, and Arsenal of Hope), a nationally recognized speaking coach, and the proud new proprietor of Cloud and Leaf Bookstore on the Oregon coast.
Jean Lorrah is the author of the award-winning vampire romance Blood Will Tell, creator of the Savage Empire series, co-author (with Lois Wickstrom) of the award-winning series of children’s books beginning with Nessie and the Living Stone and co-author (with Jacqueline Lichtenberg) of the cult classic Sime Gen series. Her most recent new novel is Sime Gen: To Kiss or to Kill. Look for Jean’s Savage Empire series from BenBella Books.
Originally from the UK, Rebecca Louise came to the USA at 23 on a whim to get her commercial pilot’s license, which she completed out of the Long Beach, CA, airport. The small-town girl from Eastbourne, UK, had grown up watching MTV’s The Hills, and after landing at LAX, she knew that this is where she was meant to be. Rebecca played field hockey for the South of England, was in many sports teams at school, and is a trained dancer. After going through anorexia at 17 and being bullied throughout school, she never let anything stop her from following her dreams. Although Rebecca loved flying, it was not her ultimate passion. After obtaining her work visa to come to the States, she was cast on a fitness Youtube channel. This is where Rebecca’s love for fitness, helping people, and hosting came alive. Since then, her YouTube views have surpassed over 400 million, and Rebecca went on to create her fitness and nutrition App, BURN.
Rebecca lives in Huntington Beach with her two dogs, Alphie and Pennie. She has travelled to more than 20 countries to host fit camps to meet her fans and help them feel the BURN! Her podcast, It Takes Grit, launched in January 2019 and is already in the top charts in some countries. The purpose of the podcast is to inspire and give YOU the plan to take ACTION! Rebecca’s programs have been featured in/on Entrepreneur, Vogue, Allure, Cosmopolitan, Shape, KTLA, FOX, Oxygen, Closer, Well+Good, and Goop.
Guilherme Loureiro is the Regional CEO of WalMart for Canada, Central America, Chile and Mexico, and the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of WalMex. He leads an operation with a presence in eight countries: Canada, Chile Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Guilherme joined Walmart in 2012 to lead Walmart Brazil until 2016 when he became CEO for Walmex. Before Walmart, he worked for more than 20 years at Unilever. Guilherme has a degree in Business Administration from the Fundação Getulio Vargas University in São Paulo, where he also did his master and PHD degrees. He completed the General Management Program (TGMP), among other grades such as Management of Executive Boards at Harvard Business School, thus strengthening his leadership skills.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is an actress, producer, director, and singer. She is known for film and tv shows including Ghost Whisperer, in which she starred, executive produced, and directed several episodes. She also starred in and executive-produced the hit cable film The Client List. Other television credits include Party of Five, Time of Your Life, Criminal Minds, Hot In Cleveland, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame film The Lost Valentine. She can currently be seen co-starring on the ABC TV show 9-1-1. Hewitt’s debut novel The Day I Shot Cupid was released in 2010, with the book becoming a New York Times bestseller the week of its release. A lot has changed in her life since 2010, including the passing of her mother, getting married, becoming the mother of three kids, and launching her marketing and consumer brand Holiday Junkie.
James Lowder has worked extensively on both sides of the editorial blotter. His novels include Knight of the Black Rose and Prince of Lies, and his short fiction has appeared in such anthologies as Shadows Over Baker Street and The Repentant. As an editor he’s helmed 10 anthologies, including two collections of superhero tales, and currently serves as consulting editor for the City of Heroes novel series from CDS Books. His nonfiction writing on film and comics has seen print in Amazing Stories, Sci-Fi Universe and the BenBella collection King Kong Is Back!
Nancy Lublin is CEO of DoSomething.org, founder of Dress for Success, which helps women transition from welfare to work, and founder of Crisis Text Line, a nationwide text line for teens. Lublin is a Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute, author of Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business, and was named one of the "World Economic Forum’s Social Entrepreneurs of the Year."
Hailed as a “brilliant bra guru” by BRAVO-TV, “the country’s foremost authority on all things bras” by Dr. Oz, and a “stylist extraordinaire” and “bra fit guru” by the New York Daily News and Woman’s World Magazine, Jené Luciani is a nationally acclaimed fashion journalist, lifestyle expert, tastemaker, TV personality, spokesperson, and author. She hosted Lifetime Network’s Mom’s Personal Shopper series on the Lifetime Moms channel, and she appears regularly on NBC’s TODAY, The Wendy Williams Show, Dr. Oz, and The Meredith Vieira Show, among others. She has hundreds of published bylines to her name in publications such as SHAPE and the Huffington Post. Besides The Bra Book, she is the co-author with Jacqueline Laurita of Get It! A Beauty, Style and Wellness Guide to Getting Your “It” Together.
When she’s not appearing on TV or giving advice in print, Jené swaps her heels for sweats as a busy mom leading a “quiet life” in upstate New York with her boyfriend and children, while also enjoying serving as mistress-of-ceremonies for and on the committees of numerous philanthropic causes. You can find out more about her by visiting her online at JeneLuciani.com.
