Sean Grover, LCSW, author of When Kids Call the Shots, has worked in child development and adult psychotherapy for 20 years, and maintains one of the largest private group therapy practices in the U.S. He has been quoted in Newsweek, New York Magazine, NPR, and elsewhere about parent-child relationships. 

Steven Ujifusa received his AB in history from Harvard University and a master's degree in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. His first book, A Man and His Ship, tells the story of William Francis Gibbs, the naval architect who created the ocean liner SS United States; The Wall Street Journal named it one of the best nonfiction titles of 2012.

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkers Magazine named him America's #1 most important progressive host and the host of one of the top 10 talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four books, translated in multiple languages.

For more information, view Thom Hartmann's Web site.

Having achieved success as a Hollywood makeup artist, cosmetics entrepreneur and television infomercial pioneer, Victoria Jackson prefers to think of herself as "a goodwill ambassador for makeup."

A recognized trailblazer in the infomercial industry, Jackson altered a global beauty aesthetic with her "no makeup makeup" -- a foundation that was the cornerstone of her eponymous line Victoria Jackson Cosmetics, which has enjoyed over a half billion dollars in sales and continues to grow.

This year marks the 26th anniversary of FSB Associates. What started as a one-woman shop from our spare bedroom has grown into a dream small business with a fabulous staff working around the country, and a roster of thousands of amazing clients. Thank you to all of you for joining us on this amazing journey. 

FSB Associates is a full-service marketing and publicity firm that specializes in creating awareness for books and authors in the media. We focus on 3 key areas: book publicity, author websites, and consulting for building author platforms and launching books successfully. Listen to FSB President, Fauzia Burke's latest interview with Dean Rotbart on Monday Morning Radio about book publicity and the publishing industry. 

Skip Prichard currently serves as President and CEO of OCLC and previously as President and CEO of Ingram Content Group, Inc. He is a growth-oriented business leader, turnaround specialist, and keynote speaker. He has written a Wall Street Journal bestselling book called The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future. He is known for his track record of successfully repositioning companies and dramatically improving results while improving the corporate culture. His views have been featured in print and broadcast media including the BBC, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, The Daily Beast, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Writer's Digest, Information Today, The Bookseller, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Forbes. He is also an Inc. Top 100 Leadership Speaker.

For more information, view Skip Prichard's Web site.

Renee Linnell is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded five companies and has an MBA from New York University; before that, she was a model and professional dancer. Currently, she is working on starting a publishing company to give people from , walks of life an opportunity to tell their stories. Linnell divides her time between Colorado and Southern California.

For more information, view Renee Linnell's Web site.

Kedma Ough, MBA, is a nationally renowned business coach and funding expert, adviser to independent inventors, winner of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Champion of the Year Award, and successful entrepreneur and inventor. She has guided thousands of entrepreneurs to a wide range of funding opportunities, and has shown thousands more how to fund their ventures through her target funding strategies.

For more information, view Kedma Ough's Web site.

Mr. McInnis has been an attorney for over 40 years. Early in his career he was a Research Attorney for the California Superior Courts. Later he became a Deputy District Attorney for two different counties in Northern California and a Deputy Public Defender in San Diego County. Mr. McInnis has also served as a Superior Court Judge Pro Tem, has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a referee/arbitrator for the California Superior Courts.

Eugenia Lovett West (known to her friends as Jeannie) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was Reverend Sidney Lovett, the widely known and loved former chaplain at Yale. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and worked for Harper’s Bazaar and the American Red Cross.

Brian Nelson is a former Fulbright Scholar who holds degrees in international relations, economics, and creative writing (fiction). His first book, The Silence and the Scorpion: The Coup against Chávez and the Making of Modern Venezuela, was named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the Economist. His work has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Christian Science Monitor, and the Southern Humanities Review, among others. He lives in Denver with his wife and two children.

Rebekah Modrak is a writer and interventionist artist whose artworks resist consumer culture. Re Made Co. (remadeco.org) poses as an online “company” to recreate actual company Best Made Co. (seller of $350 luxury hand-painted axes) by promoting ($350) artisanal toilet plungers. RETHINK SHINOLA (rethinkshinola.com; this artwork’s meant for larger browser windows like laptops so don’t try on your phone) will guide you through the Shinola company’s past and present of marketing white supremacy.

Jamie Lausch Vander Broek is a Librarian for Art & Design at the University of Michigan. This summer, she bought a book made of cheese for her library. You can read about it on saveur.com. 

Kinderhlehrer is in a unique position to write this book. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine in 1979, he opened one of the first practices in the US in what was then called Holistic Medicine. After becoming an expert in nutrition and environmental illness, he became ill himself with Lyme disease complex.

Reader's Digest Trade Publishing is a major publisher of books on health and diet, humor, cooking, home repair, gardening, career, self improvement, consumer awareness and inspirational real-life stories, including Laughter The Best Medicine, Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things and the New York Times bestsellers The Digest Diet and 21-Day Tummy.

Dr. Leonard A. Cole is an expert on bioterrorism and on terror medicine. He is an adjunct professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (Emergency Medicine) and at Rutgers University-Newark (Political Science). At the medical school he is director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security.

He received a B.A. with highest honors from the University of California at Berkeley. Trained in the health sciences and public policy, he holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, which in 2008 awarded him its Alumni Award of Merit.

Robbie Bach, author of Xbox Revisited: A Game Plan for Corporate and Civil Renewal, joined Microsoft in 1988 and over the next twenty-two years worked in various marketing, general management, and business leadership roles, including working on the successful launch and expansion of Microsoft Office. As Chief Xbox Officer, he led the creation and development of the Xbox business, including the launch of the Xbox and the highly popular successor product, Xbox 360. He retired from Microsoft in 2010 as the President of the Entertainment and Devices Division.

Rebecca Duff is a Senior Research Associate with the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  She has more than 20 years of experience conducting industry and technology research, with a particular focus on product development, emerging technologies, and policy and market interventions.

Professor Rajkumar Venkatesan teaches "Marketing Technology Products," "Marketing Strategy" and Marketing Analytics at Darden. Venkatesan's research focuses on analytics as it relates to marketing return on investment, customer lifetime value, mobile marketing and the global political economy. His research has appeared in several journals, including The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science and Harvard Business Review. He is also a co-author of the book Cutting Edge Marketing Analytics. 

Jim Lecinski is a Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing at Kellogg where he teaches Marketing Strategy and Omni-Channel Marketing Distribution Strategy.  He also teaches the core marketing course in Kellogg’s MBAi program.

Peter Desberg has published twenty-three books. He is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the area of stage fright. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California he began teaching at California State University Dominguez Hills. He has done extensive research on stage fright and the psychology of humor. He is a frequent consultant in the areas of pitching and stage fright. His work has been cited in hundreds of scholarly articles and quoted in national publications including The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, Psychology Today and Cosmopolitan. For a decade he hosted a cable TV show about technology. Peter’s extensive academic research on the psychology of humor has significantly reduced the number of party invitations he has received over the years.

Jeffrey Davis began his career writing jokes for Thicke of the Night. Among his credits are Love Boat, House Calls with Lynn Redgrave, Give Me a Break, Diff ’rent Strokes, Night Court and Small Wonder as well as America’s Funniest People. He has had film projects developed by Bette Midler’s All Girl Productions, among others. He has also written for Discovery and the National Geographic Channel, as well as a documentary for Weller/Grossman Productions and A&E on the history of Presidential scandals, If These Walls Could Talk. His play, Speed Dating 101, is published by JAC Publishing, Boston. It and other plays have been produced in New York and Los Angeles. Jeffrey holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop. He is a Professor of Film and TV Writing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. One night of standup at the famed Comedy Store convinced him to remain permanently seated at his desk.