Patrick’s past books include Webify Your Business: Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed (2009) and Make Yourself Useful: Marketing in the 21st Century (2008). He has been featured in The New York Times, CNN Money, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Associated Press, MONEY Magazine and Forbes, among others.

He now spends 100% of his time speaking for groups of entrepreneurs, small business owners, commission salespeople and self-employed service professionals.

From his years in industry as a long-range planner, Jim brings to the dental profession scores of practice-building techniques and the motivation for timely implementation. His extensive business experience includes team building, financial analysis, operation streamlining and long-range planning.

A member of the Society for Advancement of Management and President of the National Speakers Association, he was honored with the prestigious Arizona Entrepreneur of the Year award for 1990. Jim’s professional speaking engagements have taken him to all 50 states and 15 foreign countries. In addition, he is the publisher of Practice Smart: Dentistry’s Marketing and Management Newsletter and co-author of Marketing for People Not In Marketing and Celebrate Marketing. Jim’s philosophy is best summarized by the proverb: “Any enterprise built by wise planning…becomes strong through common sense…and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts.”

For the multitudes that have heard her, Naomi’s warmth, enthusiasm and unique insight into the dynamics of person-to-person relationships have made her a “Remembered Experience”. Each year she speaks extensively at seminars, association meetings, corporations and conventions, stimulating her audience to achieve new levels of professional and personal growth. She has spoken in all 50 states and 15 foreign countries.

In addition to being a much-sought-after professional speaker and emcee, she is the author of two inspirational gift books, The Gift of Family – A Legacy of Love and More Beautiful Than Diamonds – The Gift of Friendship, and has co-authored Speaking Secrets of the Masters, Meditations for the Road Warrior and many other multi-authored books. She has also produced a number of audio and video cassettes, including Marriage: A Celebration of Unity and Uniqueness and is a clinician and leader at the Annual Staff Appreciation Seminar in Hawaii.

Raised by working-class immigrant parents, Maria didn’t speak English until the third grade. As a teenager, she worked as a janitor cleaning nightclubs in Boston, yet she became the West Coast contributor for NBC’s Today show, a special correspondent for Nightly News and the youngest person ever to host both Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight (at the age of 22).

In addition to being a journalist (who holds the distinct honor of having conducted the only interview with the entire Obama family), Maria is also a filmmaker and producer whose films have been shown at most of the major film festivals including Tribeca, SXSW, Hollywood, Palm Springs, Boston and CineVegas. As an actress, she has appeared on both large and small screen, including Tropic Thunder, Scrubs and Entourage.

She is founder of the non-profit Take Action Hollywood!, whose mission is to utilize the power of the entertainment industry to educate, empower and raise social awareness. So far it has helped raise awareness for Diabetes, pet adoption, women’s issues, MS, racism and several others. Also, as a Diabetes Awareness Ambassador for Entertainment Industry Foundation, Maria has spoken on Capitol Hill and is working with lobbyists on improving treatment for the disease worldwide.

She is also very involved in social media, and her book, The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life, (2011) was an instant bestseller. Maria brings her own “EveryGirl” experiences to audiences nationwide.

As host of the hit Bravo series Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, Tabatha Coffey brought her years of hands-on experience (as well as her trademark unapologetic and brutally honest assessments) to salon owners and stylists in dire need of her skilled business direction. Her newest series, “Tabatha Takes Over” expands beyond salons and follows the demanding perfectionist as she takes over various small businesses and family enterprises and whips them into shape.

With her signature edgy style, youthful energy and exceptional skills as an artist and educator, Tabatha Coffey is without question the industry’s golden girl.

She’s seen it all. Feuding co-owners. A children’s salon whose stylists don’t like kids. A stripper pole in the middle of the room. These struggling salons have let things get out of control, but Tabatha gives these struggling businesses the major push they need to get back on track.

In addition to regularly traveling around the world to educate stylists, Tabatha is busy leading her team of hairstylists and colorists at her own salon, where she is in high demand and has built a large clientele. She also works regularly as an editorial stylist for fashion and beauty publications and backstage during New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

She is the author of It’s Not Really About the Hair: The Honest Truth About Life, Love, and the Business of Beauty.

After a childhood cooking with his mother and grandmother, Tom taught himself to cook with the help of Jacques Pépin’s legendary illustrated manuals on French cooking. At only 17, Tom made his kitchen debut at a local seafood restaurant in his native New Jersey. Tom later cooked at prominent New York restaurants including The Quilted Giraffe, Gotham Bar & Grill, Rakel, and Mondrian. During his tenure as executive chef of Mondrian, Food & Wine magazine selected him as one of the top 10 “Best New Chefs” in the U.S.

Tom’s Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood earned him The James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chef-New York” Award in 2000, and his next restaurant, Craft, soon earned three stars and was awarded The James Beard Foundation Award for “Best New Restaurant” in 2002. That same year, Tom received The Bon Appétit American Food and Entertaining Award for “Chef of the Year.” The New York Times revisited Craft in September 2011, ten years after its debut, upholding its three stars and stating that the restaurant is “as magical and delicious as it was when it opened.”

He has since expanded his simple, elegant brand of cooking with several other restaurants, including Craftbar, and Craftsteaks in several cities, including Las Vegas, and his popular ‘wichcraft sandwich shops are yet another expression of creativity. At his restaurant, Tom: Tuesday Dinner, he improvises with small-batch ingredients from micro-producers, and at Colicchio & Sons in New York, he partners with farmers with whom he’s forged decades-long relationships.

The James Beard Foundation awarded Tom another coveted “Outstanding Chef” award in 2010, the culmination of his 30 years of hard work and innovation in the restaurant industry.

His bestselling cookbooks include Think Like a Chef, (which won the James Beard Foundation Kitchen Aid Cookbook Award), The Craft of Cooking and ‘wichcraft, based on recipes from his popular sandwich shops.

Tom regularly appears on local and national television shows, including The Today Show, The Martha Stewart Show and ABC’s Nightline. He also continues to be celebrated in food and lifestyle publications such as Saveur, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Esquire, GQ and New York Magazine.

Since joining Blue Sky in 1993, Saldanha has had a hand in creating Blue Sky’s most critically acclaimed projects. With Wedge, Carlos co-directed Blue Sky’s first animated feature, the Oscar™ nominated Ice Age (2002). His following project, a short called Gone Nutty (2004) also garnered him an Oscar™ nomination.

As a Director, Saldanha’s continued success came with building the franchise of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) followed by Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), the fourth highest grossing international film of all time. Saldanha most recently directed the feature, Rio (2009). This passion project is the one closest to his heart as it allowed him to share the beauty and excitement of his culture and home country.

Ramsey’s company, The Lampo Group, Inc., is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, and oversees three divisions geared toward financial counseling. Ramsey founded the company in 1992 initially helping people one-on-one who were struggling with financial issues. In 1994 he hired Russ Carroll, Ramsey’s lead financial counselor, and together they began teaching the first Financial Peace University classes on overhead projectors. Financial Peace University, a biblically-based 13-week video training series for adults, and a companion series targeted at teenagers that has been offered in schools across the nation. Some topics covered in the series are cash flow planning, investing, saving, credit, retirement, and giving. Between 1999 and 2004, The Lampo Group grew from 18 to 105 team members. There are currently over 300 team members.

Ramsey has been featured on many media outlets including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, and The Early Show on CBS. He recorded a pilot and six unaired episodes of The Dave Ramsey Project for CBS. He was the host of The Dave Ramsey Show, which aired at 8 p.m. ET and repeated weekdays on the Fox Business Network until June 2010.

Ramsey was born and raised in Antioch, Tennessee. He was a 1982 graduate of the College of Business Administration at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. At the age of 26, through his brokerage firm, Ramsey Investments, Inc., he built a rental real estate portfolio worth more than $4 million and became one of Tennessee’s youngest brokers to be admitted to the Graduate Realtors Institute.

Aside from work, Ramsey began counseling couples at his local church. Soon after offering private counseling services, Ramsey began attending every workshop and seminar on consumer financial problems that he could find. He developed a simple set of lessons and materials based partially on his own experience and on works and teachings by Larry Burkett and Ron Blue. In 1992, after many requests from his clients, he wrote his first book Financial Peace.

Ramsey has been married to his wife, Sharon, for 25 years; they have three children: Denise; Rachel; and Daniel. The family resides in Franklin, Tennessee.

Ramsey started his radio show, currently known as The Dave Ramsey Show, in 1992 under the title of The Money Game. The radio show began on June 15, 1992. Originally a locally based show, it is now syndicated across the country. In 2007, the Fox Business Network launched a television show under the same title, but canceled the show in June 2010. Dave also self-identifies as a devout born-again Christian. Many churches have adopted Dave Ramsey workshops for their members.

Kris and her husband Bruce own Jenner Communications Inc. together and for the last twenty years she has been manager and co-producer for her husband, Bruce Jenner’s, successful motivational speaking tour, called “Finding The Champion Within.” She is best known for being the executive producer and starring in the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Jenner also produces Khloe & Lamar, a show featuring her third daughter, Khloe, and Khloe’s husband, NBA pro Lamar Odom. The Kardashian family made a combined total of $65 million in 2010.

Kris has enjoyed success as a Host and correspondent on the number one entertainment news program The Insider, and has appeared on numerous television shows, such as Barbara Walters, The Today Show, The Rachel Ray Show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, The Tonite Show With Jay Leno and Regis and Kelly. She was added to the cast of CBS talk show The Talk, as of August 26, 2011.
She is an avid spokesperson and supporter of numerous charitable organizations including the “Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness” and “Make-A-Wish.” She serves on the board of several foundations including “The Dream Foundation,” which is an organization that grants wishes to terminally ill adults.
Kris owns and operates numerous businesses including PerfectSkin and QuickTrim, and develops many successful brands for her daughters, such as the Kim Kardashian Fragrance, Unbreakable by Khloe and Lamar, and a Global Lifestyle Line for Sears. Kim and Kris are the new spokespersons for Skechers Shape-Ups and her and all of her daughters have their own line of nail polish for OPI.