The subject of numerous magazine articles, including two profiles in Vanity Fair, an interview on Larry King Live, and an entry in Marquis Who's Who, Barbara Guggenheim regularly contributes humor to W and ELLE magazines. She's written several books, including Decorating on eBay and How to Be Smart Money in Art.

One of the earliest pop culture bloggers, founding PopandPolitics.com in 1995, Farai Chideya is a novelist, journalist and radio host of News & Notes on NPR. Her first novel, Kiss the Sky, is due May 2009. She has worked for Newsweek magazine, MTV News, CNN, ABC and the Oxygen Network.

French artist Jean Francois presents Extreme Art, a performance art show in which he paints larger than life pieces of art in minutes using his hands, brooms, sponges - anything but a brush. Jean has applied his experience performing in production show at top Las Vegas hotels such as New York, New York, Caesar's Palace, and the MGM Grand.

Steve Uzzell is one of the top advertising and corporate photographers in the country. He started in the photography business 28 years ago as an assistant to the editor of National Geographic and a member of their photographic staff.

With his reviews on nearly 200 NBC stations nationwide, Jeffrey Lyons is an entertainment guru who will delight any audience. He is one of only a handful of national movie critics, but is the only one who knew Hemingway, Adlai Stevenson, ...

Columnist for The New York Times for over 40 years, Calvin Trillin is author of the book, Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme. Trillin has written and presented two one man shows at the American Place Theater in New York and is author of the memoirs Remembering Denny and Messages From My Father.

Visual artist, author, inventor, presenter, educator and consultant, Todd Siler has authored numerous books about his work including Think Like A Genuis and Breaking the Mind Barrier. Todd is the creator of Metaphorming and serves on the advisory board for the Council of Art, Science and Technology at M.I.T. Todd also serves as a Fellow of The World Economic Forum.

During his career as a network newsman, Bill Kurtis covered such notable stories as the Richard Speck murders and the Charles Manson trial. In 1990 Bill founded Kurtis Productions which produced programs for A&E including Investigative Reports and Cold Case File. Bill provided satirical narration for the blockbuster hit, Anchorman. Bill's latest book is The Death Penalty On Trial: Crisis In American Justice.

The multi-talented LeVar Burton has been capturing the attention of audiences and peers for over two decades, and has catapulted to a new level within the industry. Whether acting, directing, producing or writing, LeVar proves he can do it all.

Creator of The MUSIC PARADIGM, Roger Nierenberg provides a creative framework for rethinking leadership style, philosophies, and effectiveness for organizations. Nierenberg has conducted some of America's most accomplished orchestras and opera companies and has performed at many of the world's most distinguished festivals.