Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of San Francisco–based hint®, which is a healthy lifestyle brand that produces the leading unsweetened flavored water. Hint also recently launched a sunscreen spray that is oxybenzone and paraben-free and scented with hint fruit essence. Kara has received numerous accolades, including being named Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, Forbes’ 40 Women to Watch Over 40

Mr. Rossi is a co-founder of two of the world’s largest and most prestigious enrichment programs for high-achieving students.

In the 26 years of Mr. Rossi’s guidance, more than 640,000 primary, middle school, secondary school and college students from more than 118 countries attended these academic programs focusing on leadership and career development.

Glen Tullman is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Livongo Health. He is also a successful entrepreneur and co-founder and Managing Partner of 7wire Ventures, a Chicago-based investment firm focused on healthcare and education. Tullman most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading global provider of Electronic Health Records, Practice Management, and Electronic Prescribing systems. He led Allscripts’ IPO and secondary offerings.

Evan Hackel, the creator of the concept of Ingaging Leadership and author of Ingaging Leadership, is a successful businessman who has started more than 10 companies. As CEO of Tortal Training, a Charlotte North Carolina- based firm that specializes in developing and implementing interactive training solutions for companies in all sectors.

Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, is President of Impactful Coaching & Consulting. He is an accomplished executive coach, organizational consultant, and sought after trainer and lecturer. He holds two master’s degrees in education and educational leadership, respectively, and completed his doctorate in human and organizational psychology,

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Robyn Openshaw is the author of 15 books, including bestsellers The Green Smoothies Diet and 12 Steps to Whole Foods. Her latest book, Vibe: Unlock the Energetic Frequencies of Limitless Health, Love & Success, will be released by Simon & Schuster in October 2017. She is a former psychotherapist, university professor, and lectured in over 450 cities in the 6 years after launching her popular site GreenSmoothieGirl.com in 2007. She's a single mom to four children who are now flying the coop. She skis and plays tennis competitively in Utah, and believes that everything is possible if you leverage the highest frequencies in the Universe. You can find her podcast, Your High Vibration Life, on iTunes--also look for Green Smoothie Girl on Facebook, and visit her website GreenSmoothieGirl.com.

Shawn Hunter is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, and currently Founder and President of Mindscaling, a company dedicated to creating beautiful, and intelligent online learning products.

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Jon Berghoff is co-founder and president of Flourishing Leadership Institute, leading high-purpose organizations through positive change, high stakes collaborations, and rapid transformation - at the scale of the whole system. FLI has worked with the Navy, Army, United Nations, Google, Apple, VISA, and hundreds of high purpose organizations.  FLI is the creator of the LEAF Certification, enabling leaders to facilitate conversations and collaborations of all types, utilizing the latest science in Positive Psychology, Experiential Learning, Design Thinking, and Strengths Based Management.

Jon previously led sales at Vitamix where, in less than five years, his division organically grew revenue from $42M to $174M, and from 175 to 600 team members. His large-group facilitation has brought him to five continents, and he teaches Appreciative Leadership and Emotionally Intelligent Negotiating through Executive Education at Weatherhead School of Management.

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Today on EAH I had the pleasure to sit down with Dorie Clark at her apartment and chat about her journey. Dorie is an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook.

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Brandi Richard is a mother, innovator, entrepreneur, advocate, and author. For twelve years, Brandi has shared her ideas, communications expertise, and project management with the Federal Emergency Management Agency where she currently serves as a Public Affairs Officer.

Brandi is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University. Her innovative ideas led her to create her own business concepts and companies including: Awakened Concepts, an idea generation firm; Sacred Aroma all natural bath and body products, Green Grass Generation, On Board DFW, The Young Professional Advocate, #OperationGrowth, #WeGotNow, and is the Principal for BR Communications.

Her dedication to the National Urban League resulted in her election as Dallas chapter president; Southern Region Vice President and now the first to hold the office of President for two consecutive terms of the National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) and NUL Board of Trustees. Through NULYP, she served as the lead representative nationally of 64 chapters, who under her leadership raised $2.9 million and served 200,000+ volunteer hours. Brandi currently speaks and blogs on the fierce urgency of the NOW generation, intergenerational collaboration, her book #OperationGrowth, and young professionals and women’s rights on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and www.brandirichard.com