Women Making Headlines - Nationwide Speakers Bureau

Linda Armstrong-Kelly

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:52:31 PDT

Mother of the cycling legend, Lance Armstrong

Linda Armstrong Kelly's life story is captivating audiences everywhere. Her son, six-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, credits her as the unsung hero who assisted him in reaching his...

Sara Blakely

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:02:26 PDT

Creator and Founder, SPANX

Sara Blakely wanted footless bodyshaping pantyhose to wear with her cream-colored pants and open-toed shoes, but she couldn't find them anywhere. Frustrated consumer turned entrepreneur, Sara took $5,000 in savings...

Shelly Brady

Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:16:47 PDT

Author Ten Things I learned from Bill Porter

Shelly Brady first worked for Bill Porter as a teenager, typing up orders and delivering the products in her family’s car because Bill cannot obtain a driver’s license. When she...

Erin Brockovich

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:21:34 PDT

The youngest child of Frank and Betty Jo Pattee (he was an industrial engineer, she was a journalist), Erin Brockovich grew up in Lawrence, Kansas. After graduating from Lawrence High...

Natalie Choate

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:24:31 PDT

Distinguished Estate Planning Expert

Natalie Choate is an attorney with the Boston law firm of Bingham McCutchen. Her practice is limited to estate planning for retirement benefits. Her two books, Life and Death Planning...

Maxine Clark

Mon, 7 May 2007 14:57:09 PDT

Build-A-Bear Workshop®
Maxine Clark—Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Bear

Maxine Clark has been Chief Executive Bear of Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. since the company’s inception in 1997 and has served as chairman of the board of directors since conversion to...

Linda Cohn

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:32:16 PST

ESPN Sportscenter Host

Linda Cohn, whose straightforward style and natural humor create an easy rapport with viewers, regularly anchors the 1 a.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, the network’s flagship news and information program....

Cynthia Cooper

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:29 PDT

WorldCom Whistle Blower

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The View From The Bay (San Francisco)

Ms. Cooper is most well-known for her role...

Fran Drescher

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:18:34 PDT

Having survived uterine cancer, Fran Drescher now wants to help other women and, as she tells Julie Beun-Chown, have a child. I met Fran Drescher six years ago on a...

Christine Dumas

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:31:39 PST

Christine Dumas is a lifestyle, health and fitness reporter and author. Since 1996, her stories have appeared on NBC News Today and NBC News Weekend Edition Today. She also reported...

Sylvia Earle

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:26:31 PDT

National Geographic Society Marine Biologist

Marine biologist Sylvia Earle—sometimes known as "Her Deepness" or the "Sturgeon General"—has been an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society since 1998, the year Time magazine named her their first...

Maria Echaveste

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:31:02 PDT

Former Deputy Chief of Staff

Maria Echaveste is an attorney currently based in Washington, DC, and a frequent guest on PBS' To the Contrary. She was previously Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of...

Gail Evans

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:34:58 PDT

Author, “Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman…”

“Love the Game” -With those words Gail Evans concludes one of the most successful and influential books about women in the workplace. Ironically, many women did not even know the...

Sarah Ferguson

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:56:11 PDT

Duchess of York

The Duchess of York is the second daughter of the late Major Ronald Ferguson and the late Mrs Hector Barrantes. As Sarah Ferguson, she married Prince Andrew, the second son...

Leeza Gibbons

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:45:48 PDT

From television news journalist and host, to radio personality, producer and businesswoman, Leeza Gibbons has been entering America’s living rooms for over 20 years. While she would nationally burst on...

Andrea Giovino

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:51:26 PDT

Author “Divorced from the Mob”

When she was a little girl growing up in Brooklyn, Andrea Giovino’s mother ran an illegal gambling operation and crap game from the basement of her home for “Crazy” Joe...

Amanda Gore

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:39:23 PST

Life Balance Dynamo

More than 20 years ago, Amanda Gore launched her speaking career by talking about connections that count, leading with the heart, motivating with laughter, and bringing out the best in...

Mary Hart

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:04:39 PDT

Co-Host,Entertainment Tonight

A contemporary television icon and perennial viewer favorite, Mary Hart is the co-host for the #1 magazine in syndication, Entertainment Tonight. Hart joined Entertainment Tonight as a correspondent in 1982,...

Star Jones Reynolds

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:13:55 PDT

Co-host of the ABC Television Network’s “The View”

Star Jones Reynolds, a lawyer and former prosecutor, is known to television viewers for her candor, confidence and uncanny ability to clarify muddy legal and social issues. Her knowledge of...

Jackie Kallen

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 PST

Inspiration for the movie “Against the Ropes”, starring Meg Ryan

After 26 years in the boxing world as publicist and then manager, Kallen has been dubbed The First Lady of Boxing. Having managed four champions, she was twice nominated as...

Hilary Kramer

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:29:22 PST

Financial Editor & Market Strategist, America Online, Inc.

Hilary Kramer is the Finance Editor for America Online. She is a frequent public speaker on financial planning, investment management, trends in the global markets, and is on the Wall...

Sherry Lansing

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:40:39 PDT

Former Chairman & CEO, Paramount Pictures’ Motion Picture Group

Sherry Lansing is the former Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group, a position she has held since 1992. Prior to that, she headed her own production company....

Wendy Liebman

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:09:57 PDT

Wendy Liebman didn't imagine herself a stand-up comedian until 1984 when she was 23. Since then, she has been performing her uniquely timed style of stand-up comedy, and is the...

Lisa Ling

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:54:26 PDT

Host, Explorer on National Geographic Channel

Since joining Explorer as host in December 2002, Ling has covered the looting of antiquities in war-torn Iraq, investigated the increasingly deadly drug war in Colombia, examined the complex issues...

Cheryl Miller

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:14:57 PDT

Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer

Cheryl Miller is one of the greatest players in the history of women’s basketball. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 - one of...

Andrea Mitchell

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:33:45 PDT

NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent

Andrea Mitchell is the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News, a position shes held since November 1994. She reports on evolving foreign policy issues in the United States and...

Dr. Jerri Nielsen

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:50:17 PDT

Incredible Story of Survival at The South Pole

Nielsen's South Pole saga has unfolded as both a gripping human drama and a modern allegory of the limits of technology. After discovering in June that she had a tumor...

Deborah Norville

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:56:35 PDT

"Tough"... "Savvy"... "A survivor"...are among the words used to describe veteran journalist Deborah Norville, anchor of Inside Edition, America's top-rated syndicated newsmagazine. Ratings jumped 15% the week the two time...

Danica Patrick

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:01:13 PDT

Born Danica Sue Patrick in Beloit, Wisconsin on March 25, 1982, the rookie sensation who ran a record-breaking fourth in the Indy 500 began her career in kart racing at...

Jane Pauley

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:02:48 PDT

She began her journalism career in her hometown of Indianapolis in 1972 at WISH-TV. She then went on to WMAQ-TV in Chicago, where at 24 she was the first woman...

Tammy Pescatelli

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:33:32 PDT

Comedian

Growing up with all brothers will give a Sicilian girl from Cleveland two things: a great sense of security and an even greater sense of humor. Indeed, comedienne Tammy Pescatelli...

DeLores Pressley

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:49:58 PDT

Speaker, Life Strategist, Author

DeLores Pressley is known for her electrifying and exhilarating performance as a professional speaker. As President of BornSuccessful, a professional and personal development company, she has appeared as a success...

Rachael Ray

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:59:17 PDT

Rachael Ray was born into cooking. "My first vivid memory is watching Mom in a restaurant kitchen. She was flipping something with a spatula. I tried to copy her and...

Cheryl Richardson

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:14:46 PDT

Life Makeover Expert

Cheryl Richardson is the author of The New York Times bestselling books, Take Time for Your Life, Life Makeovers, Stand Up for Your Life and The Unmistakable Touch of Grace....

Kelly Ripa

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:15:46 PDT

Co-Host, “Live With Regis and Kelly Show”.

After mastering marriage, motherhood and daytime television (as a star on "All My Children"), Kelly Ripa stepped into a new role as co-host of Regis Philbin's popular morning show. Ripa...

Robin Roberts

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:30:03 PDT

News Anchor, Good Morning America

The pioneering work of Robin Roberts has proven that in the world of sports broadcasting, knowledge, experience, and talent are no longer male domains. Now, as the news anchor on...

Marla Runyan

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:03:07 PDT

America’s First Legally Blind Olympian

Though the enormous amount of media attention that Marla Runyan receives tends to focus on the fact that she is legally blind, perhaps equally impressive is the fact that over...

Lynne Russell

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:32:40 PST

Author of How to Win Friends, Kick Ass & Influence People

Lynne Russell, as evening anchor of CNN Headline News, was the first woman to become the regular, solo anchor of a daily evening prime time newscast on a television network....

Terry Savage

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:24:50 PST

Personal Finance Author

Terry Savage is a nationally known expert on personal finance and a regular television commentator on CNN, CNBC, PBS, and NBC on issues related to investing and financial markets. She...

Laura Schlessinger

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:16:56 PDT

“Dr. Laura”

Aired on more than 200 radio stations across the United States, The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Show is one of the most listened to radio programs in all of North America....

Judy Sheindlin

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:53:13 PDT

“Judge Judy”

Smart, savvy and opinionated, the irrepressible Judge Judith Sheindlin holds court as presiding judge over real-life cases on the highly successful courtroom series JUDGE JUDY. Having made a name for...

Suzanne Somers

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:33:47 PDT

Actress, Comedienne, Author and Cancer Survivor

As a comedienne, actress, best selling author, singer, dancer, breast cancer survivor and a speaker on the effects of addictions, Suzanne Somers has emerged as one of television's most successful...

Lyn St. James

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:52:03 PDT

Professional Racecar Driver

Named “one of the top 100 female athletes of the century” by Sports Illustrated, Lyn St. James has set 31 national and international speed records and succeeded in the sport...

Lily Tomlin

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:02:12 PDT

Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, continues to successfully venture across an ever-widening range of media, extending an extraordinary entertainment career with a 29 city cross country tour in...

Ivana Trump

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:25:52 PST

She is a perfect example of professionalism, motherhood and ambition. She believes that hard work and faith can get you anywhere. Ivana Trump is the ultimate symbol of strength, glamour...

Katherine Vessenes

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:10:10 PDT

Attorney and Strategist on Building and Protecting Businesses

“Katherine Vessenes is America’s best known authority on the legal, ethical and compliance issues facing financial advisors.” Bloomberg Entertaining and always full of practical suggestions to help advisors make their...