Former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1998. Abbott is best known for playing despite having been born without a right hand.

What separates Dallas from the masses is how he deals with his hardships and struggles with the mantra of life being about 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.

With nearly 30 years' experience, Joe Flower has emerged as the premier observer and thought leader on the deep forces changing healthcare in the United States and around the world.

Stewart Liff, a successful executive coach and teacher, sought-after advisor and consultant, renowned keynote speaker, acclaimed author of seven books, is an internationally-recognized expert on (visual) performance management, human resources management (HRM), and team development. He is also the president and CEO of Stewart Liff & Associates, Inc., a consulting company specializing in management training, consulting, and motivational speaking. With 32 years of HR experience working in high-level positions for the Federal government, he served as a senior executive for 12 years and managed a national HRM program representing 13,000 employees and successfully represented the government in approximately 30 hearings before third parties. His tenure was highlighted by numerous awards, including three Hammer Awards from Vice President Gore for outstanding achievement in reinventing government and OPM's prestigious PILLAR Award, among others. Drawing on the wisdom gained from his 40+ years of experience working as an HRM expert and consultant, he shares practical tools and simple visual solutions to help managers transform culture, improve the effectiveness of employees, and establish accountability within their organizations.

Brent Gleeson, a Navy SEAL combat veteran and serial entrepreneur, has leveraged the principles of leadership, discipline, accountability, and resiliency learned in training and applied down range for building high-performance teams in the business world. He has raised millions of dollars for his organizations, built winning teams, made costly mistakes, dealt with the inevitable obstacles, and sold companies for significant returns.

With an unparalleled career that has consistently transcended the boundaries of music, culture and thought leadership, Freddie Ravel toured with Brazilian master Sergio Mendes, directed the legendary band that bridged black and white America - Earth, Wind and Fire, performed on the silver screen with the Queen of Pop - Madonna, rocked stadiums with Afro-Latin-Blues-Rock icon Carlos Santana, performed the Grammys with Prince, cut tracks with Kanye and led the teams behind J. Lo, Jimmy Kimmel and Lady GaGa to become the “Expert’s Expert” on multi-generational integration. As an author, Freddie’s published works with Deepak Chopra on how music and thought cannot exist without silence illuminated that the “pause between the notes” is essential for effective communication. Highlighting the power of listening - whether to clients, colleagues or the signals that nature sends us - would lead to an invitation from the family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to be a featured author alongside Maya Angelou, Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali and Robert Kennedy Jr. in the book, Open My Eyes, Open My Soul. Freddie would later be dubbed the “Keynote Maestro” by the City of Los Angeles for his groundbreaking Life In Tune™ system to “renew the national and international economy.” In constant demand to bring audiences in tune around the world, his clients include IBM, Toyota, NASA, Apple, Blue Cross Health, Google and Prudential Financial Services who call his “ideal balance of Entertainment and Content” essential for businesses and entrepreneurs to transform from dissonance to harmony.

Ben Nemtin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? and the star of the MTV show The Buried Life. As the co-founder of The Buried Life movement, Ben’s message of radical possibility has been featured in major media including The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC News, and more. Oprah called Ben’s life work “truly inspiring.” An acclaimed keynote speaker, Ben has presented his '5 Steps to Make the Impossible Possible' to business conferences and corporate leadership teams around the world, garnering standing ovations from Amazon, FedEx, Harvard, Levi's, Microsoft, Verizon and more.

Jürgen Klinsmann is a titan of football, both as a player and manager. Jürgen's successful playing career saw him lead the line for some of the most prominent teams in Europe, including: Bayern Munich, Tottenham and Inter Milan. A constant attacking threat, Jürgen racked up an impressive 108 international appearances for West Germany, scoring 47 goals. Jürgen boasts the impressive record of scoring in all six of the Major International tournaments that he participated in, from Euro 1988 to the 1998 World Cup. In 2004, Jürgen was subsequently named in the FIFA 100 list of the ‘125 Greatest Living Footballers’ and in 2016 he became the fifth player to be named as honorary captain of Germany. In 2004 Jürgen transitioned into management, leading the German national team through to 2006. He then went onto to manage Bayern Munich ahead of taking on the role with the USA team 2011 – 2016. Given his wealth of experience across various leagues and at international level and a sharp footballing brain, Jürgen is a popular and insightful broadcaster working with ESPN and the BBC. In 1995, Jürgen and some of his close friends founded the children charity foundation Agapedia, which stems from the Greek language and translates to "Love for Children.”

Jessica Kriegel (KREE-GL) is a workplace culture strategist. She is a Doctor of Leadership & Management and Fortune 100 Thought Leader. She is a dynamic speaker, consultant, Co-Active coach, and is author of Unfairly Labeled: How Your Workplace Can Benefit from Ditching Generational Stereotypes and upcoming book, The Culture Equation. For 15+ years, Jessica has been guiding global, national, Fortune 100 and other organizations on how to create intentional cultures that power your strategy and accelerate performance.

Mark Schulman is a monster drummer who’s toured the world with some of the greatest rock and pop performers – before crowds as big as 225,000. He’s played with P!NK, Billy Idol, Cher, Stevie Nicks, Foreigner, Simple Minds, and others over his 32-year touring career. Mark is also amazing on another stage – as a speaker, where he delivers a rock show disguised as a keynote. “I’ve learned about the importance of attitude as part of the touring family with these great performers,” Mark says as he unpacks the secrets of rockstar performance. His presentations translate lessons learned during a remarkable career into valuable tips for organizations, teams, leaders, and those who want to be their absolute best. Mark Schulman is a brilliant storyteller and performer who inspires audiences to engage and unleash their inner rockstar. Mark's first book, Conquering Life’s Stage Fright, shows people how to harness doubt, fear, and anxiety to perform at their best when it matters most. His next book, The Attitude Equation, is slated for late 2023 release. Mark is also a judge and coach on an all-new original music competition television show called BANDED on AXS TV.

Mike uses his astounding guitar creations, uproarious songs, and veteran presentation skills to encourage, challenge and inspire his audiences to leap beyond their perceived limitations.

A board-certified specialist in internal medicine and a professionally trained chef, Dr. La Puma hosts "What's Cooking with ChefMD?" weekly on the national series "Health Corner" on Lifetime TV. The best-selling author of "RealAge Diet", his latest book is "ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine". He is also the medical director at The Santa Barbara Institute for Medical Nutrition & Healthy Weight. John La Puma is the “food as medicine doc.” A board-certified specialist in internal medicine, a professionally trained chef and New York Times best-selling author, Dr. La Puma hosts “What’s Cooking With ChefMD®” every Sunday morning on the national TV series “Health Corner” on the cable TV network Lifetime, with 88 million subscribers. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California (Creative Studies) and a graduate of the Baylor College of Medicine, he performed his residency in internal medicine at the West LA VA Medical Center and UCLA, and completed the first postgraduate fellowship in internal medicine and clinical medical ethics in the U.S., at the University of Chicago. He was appointed to the associate faculty at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine for six years and has written more than 50 peer reviewed scientific papers, 200 essays and letters, and three medical books. Dr. La Puma is also a graduate of the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, a Le Cordon Bleu School, and taught the first Nutrition and Cooking Course for Medical Students in the U.S., at SUNY. He founded CHEF Clinic® to study the cooking, eating and fitness habits of overweight adults, receiving an American Medical Association grant for the research. He served as a Professor of Nutrition at Kendall School of Culinary Arts and cooked for nearly 4 years once weekly at Chef Rick Bayless’ Topolobampo in Chicago. Dr. La Puma contributed recipes to the #1 best-seller You, the Owner’s Manual and has consulted with companies such as CIGNA, Caremark and Kr