CAL Entertainment Featured Speakers
Chris Voss
Major Bestselling Author of “Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It” Negotiation Expert, Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator, Educator
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
NBA Legend, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Best Selling Author of “32 Ways to be a Champion in Business”
Daymond John
Founder/CEO of FUBU, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship
Seth Godin
Legendary Marketer
Major Bestselling Author
Viral Blogger and Podcast Host
Communication, Idea, & Culture Thought Leader
Peter Diamandis
PRAISE “Peter Diamandis is one of the country’s great entrepreneurs and thinkers. Peter is one of the most popular speakers at the TED conference and
Emmitt Smith
Pro Football Hall of Famer, MVP, 3x Superbowl Champion NFL All-Time Leading Rusher & Most The Touchdowns in History Businessman, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author
Dr. Michio Kaku
Theoretical Physicist, Famed Futurist, Major Bestselling Author, Radio & TV Personality, Popularizer of Science
Dr. Kevin Elko
One of the most successful and well-known sports performance consultants in the U.S. Author of “Believing is Seeing” and other titles. Winner of 35+ Superbowl Championships and National Titles.
Kindra Hall
Wall Street Journal Bestselling author and the Chief Storytelling Officer at SUCCESS Magazine.
Suze Orman
Host of The Hit CNBC Series, The Suze Orman Show. Internationally Acclaimed Personal Finance Expert
Dr. Pippa Malmgren
American Policy Analyst, Former US Presidential Advisor. Top 100 Women in Technology. Best Selling, Award-winning Author.
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
New York Times #1 Bestselling Author, 2.5 Million books sold. World’s #1 Executive Coach, World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. 8x Top Ten Business Thinkers in the World.
Marcus Buckingham
World Leading Expert on Talent, Multiple Best-Selling Author, Researcher, & Strengths Revolutionist.
Barbara Corcoran
Star of Hit TV Show “Shark Tank”, Real Estate Mogul, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author
Emily Harrington
Rock Climber. Alpinist. One of only four women to Free Climb El Capitan in one day.
Vanessa Van Edwards
Behavioral Investigator, People Skills Trainer, Viral Online Video Producer,
Expert in Communication, Charisma and Body Language, Author
Joe Torre
Baseball Legend, MLB Executive, 4x World Series Champion Manager, 9x All Star, Batting Champion, And MVP.
Diana Nyad
World Champion, World Record Holding Swimmer, Hall of Fame Athlete, TV and Radio Personality, “Extreme Dream” architect.
Chad Hymas
Inspirational, Motivational, Overcome Adversity Speaker – World Record Holding Wheelchair Athlete
Sasha Strauss
Strategic Brand Manager. Award-winning Global Brand Builder & Consultant. Contributor to Forbes, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, World Trademark Review. Graduate Professor
Todd Buchholz
Renown Economist, Bestelling Author, Former White House Economic Advisor, Successful Meetings Magazine’s “21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century
Dr. Daniel Kraft
Viral TED speaker with millions of views. Healthcare Futurist. Founder Exponential Medicine. Chair of XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance Task Force.
Duncan Wardle
Former Disney Head of Innovation and Creativity
Award Winning Innovation & Creativity Expert
Jon Dorenbos
NFL 2x All Pro, Superbowl Champion. Bestselling Author. America’s Got Talent Finalist
Erica Dhawan
Leading Authority on Collaboration and Innovation. WSJ Bestselling Author. Named “Oprah of Management Thinkers” and Ranked #1 of Top Women Keynote Speakers of 2020.
Judy Carter
Comedian, Speaker on Leadership, Change Management, Stress Reduction and Humor
Jerry Kaplan
Artificial Intelligence Expert, Futurist, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, Stanford Fellow
Steve Lavin
Univeristy of St. John’s Basketball Head Coach, Former UCLA Basketball Head Coach, ESPN Analyst, One of the best recruiters in college basketball, Mentoree of Coach John Wooden and Coach Gene Keady
Vince Poscente
Olympian, Bestselling Author, Hall of Fame inducted Speaker, Summiter of Multiple Major Mountain Peaks.
Dr. David Bell
International Bestselling Author, Wharton Professor, Digital / E-Commerce Expert, Marketing Expert, Consumer Shopping Behavior Expert.
Freddie Ravel
Internationally Acclaimed Keynote Maestro, Legendary Keyboardist of Carlos Santana, Prince and many more. Founder of “Human Harmonics”, creator of “Keynote Concert”
Peter Guber
Entrepreneur, Business Legend, Executive, Best Selling Author, Oscar-winning film producer, Thought Leader
Cookie Johnson
Devoted Philanthropist, Successful Business Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Advocate, Child Advocate, Wife of Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Robert Tercek
One of the worldʼs most prolific creators of interactive content. He has created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform, including satellite television, game consoles, broadband Internet, interactive television and mobile networks.
Dr. Deborah Berebichez
Television Personality, Big Data Principal Scientist, First ever Mexican Woman to receive a Ph.D. in Physics at Stanford, TED Speaker, formerly known as “The Science Babe”, Speaks 5 languages.
Anthony “AB” Bourke
US Air Force F-16 Pilot with 2700 hours in flight, flew over NYC in Homeland Defense Mission on 9/11.
Communication, Teamwork, Leadership, and Results expert.
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Manager on the People Analytics team at Google, author of Storytelling with Data, and data visualization expert.
Jeffrey Hayzlett
Best-Selling Author, Host of “C‐Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett”, Global Business Celebrity & Sometime Cowboy
Bear Grylls
Host of Enormous Hit TV Show “Man vs. Wild” on Discovery Channel, and the new “Get Out Alive” on NBC. Everest Mountaineer, Former Member of the British Special Forces, Bestselling Author
Mike Walsh
Leading authority on the digital future, best selling author of FUTURETAINMENT and CEO of innovation research lab Tomorrow.
Cameron Sinclair
World renowned architect, humanitarian, philanthropist, Co-founder and ‘eternal optimist’ at Architecture for Humanity
Juliet Funt
High Energy Global Speaker, Advisor to the Fortune 500 on Surviving the Age of Never Enough
Sekou Andrews
po.et.ic voice, n.
A new breed of artist and speaker who gives voice to your most powerful story, and shows you the best version of yourself to help you live into it.
Rob Redenbach
Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution expert. Counter-Terrorism, Security Expert, Author, bestselling author of What I Didn’t Learn at Harvard
Dan Waldschmidt
An elite ultra-runner and internationally awarded and in demand business strategist. Author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller “Edgy Conversations”.
Adam Kreek
Olympic Gold medalist in eight-man rowing, world-class and interactive storyteller focused on human performance, achievement, and wellbeing.
Libby Gill
Former Senior Vice President at Universal Studios; and Vice President at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting. Was the PR/branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show.
Eric Schiffer
Leading international expert in online reputation, cyber security, brand and political strategy, business and finance, and technology. Entrepreneur, TV expert Guest, Bestselling Author.
Mark van Rijmenam
AI, Blockchain, and Big Data Expert. Best-selling author of Think Bigger and co-author of Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our World. A top 10 Big Data influencer and Blockchain Thought Lead