Betty Anne Waters

What would you do if your loved one was sentenced to life in prison – and you were 100% certain of his innocence? Betty Anne Waters – inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture Betty Anne Waters "Conviction" starring Oscar© winner Hillary Swank – lived that nightmare when, in 1983, her brother was sentenced to life without parole for a murder and robbery he swore he didn’t commit. When...

Bobbie Thomas

For over a decade, Bobbie has been passionate about communicating "Style is the way you speak to the world without words." Beyond fashion and beauty, she has built a buzzworthy brand as a 'professional girlfriend'. From the red carpet to front row at fashion week, Bobbie possesses a rare ability to be relatable, regardless of where she is or who she is with...

Carrie Ann Inaba

Carrie Ann Inaba started out as a Fly Girl on the series In Living Color, had a singing career with some hit singles in Japan, has choreographed for several television series and has danced on stage with the likes of Madonna and Ricky Martin. She's now a judge on the incredibly popular Dancing With The Stars (ten seasons strong), has her own production company, and...

Carrie Fisher

Multitalented actress, author and screenwriter, Carrie Fisher is a true survivor whose victory over substance abuse, outspoken activism on behalf of the mentally ill, and hilarious takes on Hollywood and motherhood have made her a perennially popular figure on the lecture circuit. Carrie has been a compelling force in American culture for decades. From her feature film debut opposite...

Christiane Northrup

Christiane Northrup, M.D. is a visionary pioneer and beloved authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. A board-certified OB/GYN physician who graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and did her residency at Tufts New England Medical Center, Dr. Northrup was also an assistant clinical professor of OB/GYN at Maine Medical Center for over 20 years. Recognizing the unity of body, mind,...

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate has endeared herself to audiences and received accolades for her strength and versatility in theatre, film and television. With her recent People’s Choice nomination for “Favorite TV Female,” and her recent Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy" for Samantha Who?...

Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford is one of the most recognizable faces in the world, having appeared on over 600 magazine covers worldwide. Crawford’s reputation as being both a smart and savvy businesswoman has allowed her the opportunity to foray into many different aspects of commerce. Crawford’s name and face have been responsible for launching numerous new brands, as well as repositioning such classic...

Connie Chung

An award-winning investigative reporter/anchor and one of the most recognizable faces on American television, Connie Chung has been a powerful force in the news industry for more than 35 years. On the lecture stage she draws on her unique experiences as a working mother in addressing the challenges today’s women face, advocating diversity in the workplace, and inspiring younger journalists...

Cynthia McFadden

Cynthia McFadden was named co-anchor of ABC News "Nightline" in October 2005 and assumed anchor duties at the end of November; she is based in New York. She joined ABC News in February 1994 as the network's legal correspondent. Two years later, she was named a correspondent for "PrimeTime Live" and last year was named a co-anchor of "Primetime." Ms. McFadden will continue to co-anchor and...

Dany Levy

Business owner, journalist and savvy cultural observer, Dany Levy brings a sense of intensity, vision and creative voice to all her endeavors. After graduation from Brown University with a BA in English with honors in creative writing, Levy began her career in 1994 at New York magazine. There, she revamped and edited the Sales and Bargains section in 1996, and subsequently created the...

Deborah  Norville

Veteran journalist Deborah Norville has been anchor of Inside Edition since March 1995. Ratings jumped 15% the week the two-time Emmy© joined the series, which is now the nation's top-rated syndicated newsmagazine. A best-selling author, Norville’s latest book is The Power of Respect: Benefit From the Most Forgotten Element of Success (Oct. 2009, Thomas Nelson) provides a timely...

Elizabeth Vargas

As an award-winning anchor and correspondent, Vargas has traveled the world covering breaking news stories, reporting in-depth investigations and conducting newsmaker interviews. During the historic Iraqi elections in December 2005, she anchored World News Tonight from Baghdad. She anchored for both World News Tonight and 20/20 from the U.S. Gulf Coast, covering Hurricane Katrina's devastation.

Eve Ensler

EVE ENSLER, playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, translated into over 45 languages and performed in over 130 countries, including sold-out runs at both Off-Broadway's Westside Theater and on London's West End (2002 Olivier Award nomination, Best Entertainment.) Her experience performing THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES inspired her to create V-Day, a global movement...

Geena Davis

Academy Award winner Geena Davis is one of Hollywood's most respected actors, appearing in several roles that became cultural landmarks. Earning the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama, Davis broke ground in her portrayal of the first female President of the United States in ABC's hit show "Commander in Chief...

Gladys Knight

The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 hits in pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance...

Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan, an international superstar, is one of the most recognized artists in the world. With five Grammy Awards and more than seventy million albums sold world-wide, Estefan is the single most successful crossover performer in the history of Latin music.

Helen Hunt

Few actresses have been praised as highly as Helen Hunt. From her earliest work in Community Theater, to the New York Broadway stage, to her film and television performances, critics continuously recognize her for her outstanding performances. Acting is part of Ms. Hunt’s DNA. She was born in southern California, the daughter of Jane Elizabeth Novis, a photographer, and Gordon Hunt, a film...

Hilary Swank

Two-time Academy Award winning actress, Hilary Swank has graced some of this decade's most fascinating films. An actress as well as a producer, Swank is involved with several highly anticipated projects. Hilary can currently be seen in Fox Searchlight's "CONVICTION", which she also executive produced and is based on the true story of a working mother that puts herself through law school to free...

India Arie

INDIA.ARIE is known and cherished by fans and fellow musicians as a poet, a songwriter, a musician, an advocate, a friend and a philanthropist -- but she is possibly best known for the love in her music that has inspired and motivated people worldwide. India.Arie has sold over 8 million albums worldwide, including the double-platinum Acoustic Soul, the platinum Voyage to India and her...

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis is an award winning actress and critically-acclaimed and best-selling author of seven books: Is There Really a Human Race?, It's Hard to Be Five, I'm Gonna Like Me, Where Do Balloons Go?, Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Olds Memoir of Her Youth, and Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, which was NY Times bestseller for...

Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and motivational speaker, has created a global platform that is making significant strides to help millions of men and women battle an epidemic with a devastating impact - debt. Jean is the financial editor for NBC’s Today, a contributing editor for More, a columnist for The New York Daily News, a contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show...

Jenny Sanford

Jenny Sullivan Sanford was born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois. A graduate of Georgetown University, she worked for six years at the Wall Street investment banking firm Lazard Freres & Co. in New York before moving with her then-husband, Mark Sanford, to South Carolina, where she quickly gained another kind of business experience as manager of his successful political campaigns...

Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels is one of the leading health and wellness experts in the country. Perhaps considered one of the most demanding people on television for her role as trainer and life coach on the two NBC hit series, The Biggest Loser and Losing It With Jillian, Michaels has created a brand name for herself. Every week she motivates nearly 13 million TV viewers of The Biggest Loser, and almost...

Katie Couric

Katie Couric (@katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist and TV personality, well-known cancer advocate, and New York Times best-selling author of The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives. Couric joined the Disney/ABC Television Group in Summer 2011 and serves as special correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America...

Linda Cohn

Linda Cohn has long been considered a pioneer for woman sportscasters and a true American icon. She has graced our television sets for over 18 years as one of the first full-time female sports anchors and is recognized as one of America's most successful female sports anchors. Linda has been one of only a few that have been a constant mainstay on ESPN's SportsCenter, since July of 1992. Today...

Linda Ellerbee

Linda Ellerbee is an outspoken journalist, award-winning television producer, best-selling author, a breast cancer survivor, a mom, a grandmother and one of the most sought-after speakers in America. Ellerbee began her career at CBS, and then moved to NBC News where, after years covering national politics, she pioneered the late-night news program NBC News Overnight, which she wrote...

Lynn  Nottage

Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined has also received an OBIE, the Lucille Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play (Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodman Theatre). It premiered in London at the Almeida Theatre in April 2010 and is touring several US regional theatres in 2010-2011. Other plays include Intimate...

Mallika Chopra

Mallika Chopra is the author of 100 Promises to My Baby (Rodale, 2005) and 100 Questions From My Child (to be released Spring 2007). Mallika writes and speaks about the emotional and spiritual side of parenting, through storytelling and examples from her own experiences and background. She also serves as a spokesperson for UNICEF raising awareness for orphans who have been affected by HIV and...

Maria Bello

Maria Bello has captivated audiences with her many diverse roles in such films as "the Cooler" with William H. Macy, (Golden Globe and SAG Nomination), Davis Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" opposite Viggo Mortenson and Ed Harris (NY Film Critics win and Golden Globe nomination), along with close to 30 other films. Bello began her career as an activist at Villanova University where she...

Muna Abu Sulayman

Muna Abu Sulayman, executive manager of Strategic Studies and Research Initiatives at Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company, was among the 250 Young Global Leaders chosen by the World Economic Forum for 2007. Riyadh-based Muna Abu Sulayman is the only Saudi to gain a place on this year's list which was released yesterday by the Geneva-based WEF.

Patricia Heaton

Mother of four, award-winning actress, and pro-life Republican in Los Angeles, Patricia Heaton is one of the most unusual and refreshing voices in Hollywood. Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Heaton has made a name for herself by excelling at her craft and raising eyebrows among her peers.

Patricia Velasquez

With a career that spans from the glamour of modeling and films to the positive efforts of active charity work, Patricia Velasquez is far from just a pretty face. Embodying all that is beauty and strength of mind, Patricia has a heart of gold, having never forgotten where she came from and always eager to spread messages of encouragement to young Latinas around the world...

Paula Wagner

Paula Wagner, a co-owner of United Artists Entertainment, LLC (along with Tom Cruise and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.), also serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer, overseeing all its day-to-day operations. She and Cruise took charge of United Artists in November 2006, with the aim of reviving the venerable studio founded nearly 90 years ago by movie legends ...

Randolph  Duke

Randolph Duke was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a young child, Duke was surrounded by the performing arts, raised by his mother, a successful dancer and showgirl in Las Vegas, and inspired by his grandfather, an accomplished concert pianist. Deciding to be a concert pianist as well, Duke enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he studied classical piano...

Robin Koval

Robin Koval has been a driving force in the advertising world for nearly 20 years. A marketing strategist and new products expert, her experience spans almost every category from beauty and beverages to distilled spirits and pharmaceuticals. While her mark has been on the management side, her roots are creative having begun her career as a graphic designer.

Rosario Dawson

Discovered on the streets of New York, Rosario Dawson is an actress/singer who has been featured in various films such as Josie and the Pussycats, Men in Black II, 25th Hour, The Rundown, Alexander, Sin City, and Eagle Eye. She displayed her musical talent in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical Rent. She also starred alongside Will Smith in Seven Pounds and was recently seen in...

Sally Field

Two-time Academy Award-winning, two-time Emmy-winning, and two-time Golden Globe-winning actress, director and producer, Sally Field has been one of the most versatile and durable talents in Hollywood for more than fifty years.

Sherri Shepherd

Whether on stage or screen, Emmy® award-winning talk show host, comedienne/actress Sherri Shepherd never fails to delight audiences with her magnetic personality and hilarious sense of humor, which is showcased in her position as co-host of ABC’s The View. Sherri will star and executive produce her new Lifetime series, SHERRI. The show is loosely based on her life and stand-up comedy, and...

Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Rousso is the world’s top-ranked female poker player. At 22-years-old, she was the youngest woman to reach the final table at the World Series of Poker circuit level. Vanessa started showing signs of above-average intelligence at an early age, speaking at age one, reading by age three and playing poker by age five and then fluent in French and Spanish. She studied at Duke...