Seattle-based Extreme® Emcee Brian Walter is the co-founder of Extreme Meetings Inc – providing customized infotainment to make meetings memorable. For over 25 years, he has specialized in transforming meetings from boring to exciting.

He can explain your brand to employees at All Hands meetings, test your salespeople's product knowledge with a custom game show, facilitate Extreme® Panels, interview execs, and produce videos that even your millennial employees will be impressed with.

Building on a degree in Communications from UCLA, Brian has been an advertising director, award-winning television and radio commercial producer, management trainer, consulting firm marketing director, freelance video producer, copywriter, speaker, internal communications director, and adjunct college professor at Seattle Pacific University.

He’s repeatedly delivered for this-had-better-be-great-or-else clients like Microsoft, Starbucks, Genentech, T-Mobile, Costco, BECU, Roche, the American Payroll Association, AAA, the University of Washington, UMass Memorial Health Care, and Bank of Hawaii.

Brian gets event attendees pumped about…whatever it is you want. He’s been relied on to celebrate accomplishments, humanize executives, generate buy-in to initiatives, reposition bad news, and bring everyone to their feet with good news.

Brian Factoids

• Past Guinness Book of World Records holder for producing the world’s shortest TV commercial
• Past President of the National Speakers Association, 2017-2018
• Holds elite Certified Speaking Professional designation (CSP)
• Inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame, 2013 (CPAE)
• 20-year member of Meeting Professionals International
• Award-winning video, commercial and podcast producer

Chad Littlefield is the co-founder of We and Me (www.weand.me), helping leaders and educators make connection easy. With 3M+ YouTube views, his We! Connect Cards™ are used in 80+ countries. Forbes calls him a “global expert on asking questions that build trust and connection in teams.”

Don Hutson successfully worked his way through college with sales jobs. He graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in sales and went on to become the top salesperson in a national training organization. As part of this experience, Don gave presentations to over 1,500 small groups gaining his initial experience as a speaker.

This combination of selling and speaking experience eventually led Don Hutson to establish his own training firm. He was soon in demand as a professional speaker at corporate and association meetings.

Don Hutson has now delivered over 6,000 programs and his global client list features many of the world's largest companies. He is also featured in over 100 training films.

Don is the author or co-author of 16 books, including Selling Value and his two Wall Street Journal and New York Times International Best-Sellers, The One Minute Entrepreneur and The One Minute Negotiator.

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Honors/Awards:

·      Past President, National Speakers Association

·      Cavett Award Winner

·      NSA's 2014 Master of Influence Award

·      Consummate Speaker of the Year Award

·      SMEI’s International Speaker Hall of Fame

·      NSA's Philanthropist of the Year Award

·      Member, Speakers Roundtable

·      CSP (Certified Speaking Professional)

·      NSA’s CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame

·      Society of Entrepreneurs Inductee

·      Society of International Business Fellows Board

·      VSC’s Legend of the Speaking Profession

·      Top Sales & Marketing Hall of Fame - London, England

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Dr. Lisa Jenkins Brown is a cultural strategist and author.  Formerly the Voice of the American Stock Exchange, she is a former HR professional for two Fortune 100 Companies as well as an academic. Named one of New York State's Top 100 Influential Faith Leaders, Dr. Brown's passion is to help shift our world toward unity while helping organizations change the world and their bottom line at the same time

Kelly Swanson, CSP, CPAEKelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, hall-of-fame funny motivational speaker, Huffington Post Contributor, and cast member of The Fashion Hero television show. She is also author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Story Formula, The Affirmation Journal for Positive Thinking, The Land Of If Only, Humor CPR, Story Libs, The One Sentence Approach to Story Crafting & The Gusty Girls Pocket Guide to Public Speaking.

She has been a featured entertainer for Holland America Cruise Lines, and has keynoted major conferences and corporate events from coast to coast. Both of her one-woman shows – Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale and Southern Fried Gossip – are being booked in theaters all over the country. In July of 2022 she was inducted into the National Speakers Association CPAE Hall of Fame.

Kelly’s wacky wit and powerful stories have charmed hearts and tickled funny bones for over 20 years - from the page to the stage. In addition to her role as a funny motivational speaker, Kelly teaches people how she does it by sharing what she has learned about connecting and engaging to have more influence in business through the use of one tool – strategic storytelling.

Kelly has coached hundreds of speakers and other business professionals on presentation skills, speeches, stories, Ted Talks, and powering up their words to make an impact. Her Story Impact Academy has helped many people find their voice and master their story. When it comes to storytelling, Kelly is truly the expert - not just in knowing how to do it and how to teach it, but in having built a successful 20-year career telling stories on stage.

When speakers ask Kelly what is the secret to a powerful presentation, her answer is always the same: Connection, Structure, and Story.

Larry Long Jr, CEO (Chief Energy Officer) of LLJR Enterprises, has been recognized as a 4x Salesforce Top Sales Influencer, and serves as a LinkedIn Influencer and Sales Thought Leader.

A former college athlete (played baseball for Univ. of Maryland…Go Terps!), Larry is extremely passionate about helping professionals elevate to the 'next level'.

She was inducted into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, and is a recipient of NSA’s highest award for service, the Cavett Award. Internationally recognized as a trailblazer, Lenora received an Honorary PhD in 2022 for her significant contributions to both the academic and professional realms of diversity and inclusion and for her efforts in disrupting bias. She serves on the adjunct faculty of two university business schools and has been named one of the top twenty influential diversity leaders in the U.S. by Diversity Woman Magazine. Additionally, she is included among the top 100 thought leaders on diversity by the Society of Human Resource Management. As an author and diversity strategist, Lenora specializes in helping organizations leverage diversity as a competitive advantage to enhance their bottom line. Her expertise has taken her to audiences on six continents, 46 countries, and even in the middle of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans!

Lois Creamer is an industry expert who works with speakers who want to book more business, make more money, and fully monetize their message. She is the author of the newly released, updated “Book More Business: Make MORE Money Speaking”, and “The Speaker Author: Sell More Books and Book More Speeches”.Clients include Hall of Fame Speakers - Chicken Soup’s Jack Canfield, author of The Sales Bible Jeffrey Gitomer, Cy Wakeman, Mike Staver, and more. Her clients also include many whose names may not be familiar but who do very well in the speaking industry.Her expertise and no-nonsense style have led her to present at NSA national meetings and chapters, The Canadian Association Of Professional Speakers national meetings and chapters, and to members of the Global Federation. In 2021, the Professional Speakers Association United Kingdom and Ireland named her an “Honorary Fellow.”Lois has appeared in Forbes, Bloomberg Business, Speaker Magazine, INC Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.

Megan Denhardt, CAE is a dynamic event strategist with over 20 years of experience designing impactful programs that engage, educate, and inspire. With expertise in event design, content curation, and speaker selection, Megan has a proven track record of crafting high-caliber experiences that drive meaningful connections and deliver lasting value.

From large-scale conferences to intimate gatherings, Megan blends strategic vision with a deep understanding of audience needs, ensuring every session is purposeful and engaging. Passionate about innovation and thought leadership, Megan collaborates with industry experts to shape forward-thinking content and positive event experiences.

Whether leading program development, curating influential speakers, or enhancing attendee experiences, Megan brings creativity, energy, insight, and strategic focus to every event.

When not producing events, you can find Megan out for a run, paddle-boarding, or enjoying time with her family in and around the San Francisco Bay.

Nate Woodbury is a renowned producer of over 50 successful YouTube channels, specializing in helping coaches and speakers transform their expertise into thriving platforms of thought leadership. With a proven, tactical strategy to dominate YouTube search, Nate has consistently delivered measurable results, turning subscribers into high-quality leads. Backed by a dedicated team of 35 experts, Nate offers a comprehensive Done-For-You system, making YouTube Lead Generation seamless and predictable for his clients.

Sarah is an Experience Architect who has been working in the meetings industry for over 25 years to create dynamic audience experiences. Her vast knowledge of next-generation learning and facilitation skills help design dynamic meetings that guarantee more participation, opportunities for connecting and peer-to-peer interactions to deliver on the networking promise of live events. Sarah is Vice President of Professional Connexity for Velvet Chainsaw Consulting helping organizations design and execute can’t miss meetings which includes speaker selection and content strategy for general sessions.  She is a sought-after emcee, facilitator and panel moderator for audiences and organizations around the world.

Simon T. Bailey equips leaders and organizations with tangible tools to turn adversity into unprecedented growth and innovation. Featured in Success magazine's Top 25 alongside Brené Brown and Tony Robbins, Bailey's groundbreaking "State of Working America Report" has reshaped our understanding of workplace resilience and brilliance. For over two decades, Bailey has advised 2,500+ organizations across 55 countries, including American Express, Deloitte, and Salesforce. His expertise, honed as a former Sales Director at Disney Institute, offers a unique blend of magical customer experience and practical business acumen. Bailey's influence extends through 100+ guest appearances on podcasts, 11 books, including "Resilience@Work," and LinkedIn Learning courses reaching 120,000+ professionals. With an executive MBA from the Royal Docks School of Business and Law at University of East London and three honorary doctorates, he's dedicated to amplifying "brilliant resilience" in leaders and organizations worldwide.

Part message designer, part English-to-English translator, and now part Ivy League doctoral student, Tamsen Webster helps leaders build messages that build buy-in for change. A sought-after speaker international speaker and strategist, she’s spent over 25 years studying how to accelerate understanding and adoption of even the most complex and unconventional ideas. In 2023, she founded the Message Design Institute to help others do the same. The author of the best-selling Find Your Red Thread and the award-winning Say What They Can't Unhear, Tamsen has worked with Fortune 10 executives, Ivy League deans, and impact-focused speakers and entrepreneurs to make their messages impossible to ignore. She built and delivers the message design curriculum for Elemental Impact, serves as a professional advisor at MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, and mentors at the Harvard Innovation Labs. For over a decade, she’s also been the Idea Strategist for the only science-focused TEDx event, helping research scientists transform their innovations into unforgettable inspirations. Named to the Thinkers50 Radar list in 2022, she continues to shape how leaders communicate for lasting change. She and her husband, two sons, and two retired Greyhounds (Hazel and Walnut) live in Boston, where she's now lived long enough to develop a Bostonian alter ego named Karen O'Sullivan.

Tracy Petrillo EdD, CAE is a thought leader in continuing professional education, adult learning, credentialing, certification, and leadership development. She is Chief Learning Officer for the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO). Dr. Petrillo’s accolades include: the national Association for Women Technology Champions (AWTC) 2023 Leadership Award; the ASAE Professional Performance Award; and, being named a Changemaker by MeetingsNet magazine. She is past Chair of ASAE’s Certified Association Executive (CAE) Commission who speaks nationally on learning innovations and educational technologies to nonprofit, medical, corporate, and education audiences. She earned a doctorate in educational leadership and management with a specialization in human resource development. She is a pioneer in online learning, digital badging/credentialing. As a researcher, she conducts value research and workforce studies. Tracy’s work drives adults to love learning and to excel in their careers.

Ty Bennett is the Owner & CEO of the largest Ninja Warrior Gym in the world and it's not stopping there - soon he will have three Ninja Warrior Gyms to add to his portfolio. An active CEO and serial entrepreneur, he has built three multi-million dollar businesses in three different industries.

Ty and his brother built a direct sales business to over $20 million in annual revenues, while in their 20's, and developed a system and organization that would help over 500 leaders fine-tune their sales and leadership skills in over 37 countries. He was featured as one of the Top 40 Under 40 and dubbed one of the 10 Coolest Entrepreneurs in Utah. Ty has founded Leadership Inc., a training company with a mission to empower individuals and organizations to challenge their status quo, cultivate exceptional relationships, and compete in extraordinary ways. He’s changing lives – one leader at a time.

He is the author of three best-selling books which are used in graduate courses at multiple universities including MIT, as today’s version of “How to Win Friends and Influence People" - Partnership is the New Leadership, The Power of Influence: Increase Your Income and Personal Impact and The Power of Storytelling: The Art of Influential Communication. He has traversed the world speaking to tens of thousands of audience members transforming the lives, careers, and business practices of leaders from some of the most recognizable brands in the world such as: Coca-Cola, Subway, Blue Cross Blue Shield and RE/MAX.

Ty is one of the youngest speakers ever to receive the CSP Designation from the National Association of Speakers – less than 5% of the world’s speakers earn this honor. A loving father of five adorable children, Ty is PASSIONATE about helping leaders cultivate the relevance and influence they need to challenge old ways and open new doors.