Topics: authentic leadership, inclusivity, engagement, productivity in the workplace, cultural competence,
Bio: inclusion and leadership expert and belonging advocate on a mission to disrupt through empowerment; CEO and founder of Bhasin Consulting Inc., a global diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leadership consulting firm that has worked with hundreds of world-renowned organizations since 2010; award-winning DEI expert who desires to unlock belonging for all
Top-selling book: We’ve Got This: Unlocking the Beauty of Belonging
Topics: living your best life, getting unstuck, thinking bigger, becoming mission-driven
Bio: mission-driven motivator, catalyst, and executive coach who inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo; delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the startup, corporate, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes
Top-selling book: Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life
UNITE 2024 SPEAKER
Topics: success, innovation, inclusion and diversity in
business, personal transformation
Bio: CEO of Black Ambition, the nonprofit founded by
Pharrell Williams to help close the opportunity gap for
Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs through funding
and resources; entrepreneur; called on by companies
like Google, Spotify, and Disney to help empower their
teams to foster inclusive innovation and facilitate
transformative personal growth
Podcast: So Ambitious
Top-selling book: Start Your Business on a Ramen
Noodle Budget: 12 Lessons on Becoming a Young
Entrepreneur When You Are Broke!
UNITE 2024 SPEAKER
Topics: identity leadership, strategic marketing,
business development, brand building, competitive
advantage
Bio: educator, author, and business advisor; chairman
and CEO of S. Graham and Associates, a management
and marketing consulting firm; founder of AAD
(Athletes Against Drugs), which has awarded $1.5
million in scholarships since 1985
Top-selling book: Identity Leadership: To Lead Others
You Must First Lead Yourself
Topics: empowering women, ending world hunger, transforming people’s relationships with money, social justice, environmental sustainability
Bio: global visionary leader of 40+ years; philanthropist; teacher; founder of the Soul of Money Institute; featured speaker for the United Nations Beijing Women’s Conference, State of the World Forum, and Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; United Nations Woman of Distinction; co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance for indigenous preservation
Top-selling book: The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money
and Life
Topics: performance, mental conditioning, business growth
Bio: entrepreneur, philanthropist, peak performance coach, and eight-time author; works with Fortune 500 companies around the world, business leaders, sales organizations, and professional and collegiate athletes and Olympians in every major sport
Podcast: The Burn Podcast
by Ben Newman
Top-selling book: The Standard: WINNING Every Day at YOUR Highest Level
Topics: diversity, education, activism, LGBTQ+, women’s issues
Bio: film director and producer; magazine editor; transgender rights activist; on the board of directors of the Arcus Foundation, a charity for great ape conservation and LGBTQ+ rights; started the X (formerly known as Twitter) trans feminist hashtag #GirlsLikeUs; first trans person to sign a production pact with a major studio (Netflix)
Podcast: Never Before with Janet Mock
Top-selling book: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Topics: entrepreneurship, future of work, mindfulness, overcoming adversity, resilience
Bio: from struggling single mom to millionaire entrepreneur, corporate CEO, and media personality with an audience of over 80 million people; founder and CEO of Motivating the Masses, Inc.; her nonprofit, Motivating Teen Spirit, has impacted 270,000 teens and supported over 2,500 teen dropouts in returning to school
Podcast: The Lisa Nichols Show
Top-selling book:
Abundance Now: Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity Today (co-author Janet Switzer)
Topics: overcoming hardships, personal brand-building
Bio: successful NFL star turned philanthropist and motivational speaker; transformed countless lives with his messages of empowerment and self-love; founder of RehabTime, a nonprofit supporting change for the better; firm believer in life after sports
Podcast: The Trent Shelton Podcast
Top-selling book: The Greatest You: Face Reality, Release Negativity & Live Your Purpose (co-author Lou Aronica)
Topics: the leadership cycle, business growth and culture, marketing
Bio: teacher; author of 20 books; entrepreneur; coordinator of The Carbon Almanac; founded Akimbo, home of the altMBA, a 30-day workshop to change lives; founded Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!); pioneered ethical online direct marketing; in the Marketing Hall of Fame and Direct Marketing Hall of Fame
Podcast: Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin
Top-selling book: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
