Interviews

Government

• Steven Cooper, Special assistant to the President, First CIO Department of Homeland Security
• Leigh Haymen, Director of New Media Technologies Office of the President, The White House
• Walter Dalton, JD, Lt. Governor, State of NC
• Martin Lancaster President, NC Community College System US Congressman, Asst. Secretary of the Army Special Advisor to the President of U.S.
• Dr. Robin Dorff, professor, Army War College Executive Director, Inst. of Political Leadership
• Charles Meeker, Mayor, City of Raleigh

Military

• General Hugh Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chairman of the Board, RedHat
• Major General Tom Ayres, General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, 1st Chief Legal Officer for the United States Space Force.
• Major General Ronald Sneed PhD, 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training)
• Brigadier General Chris Ford, International President, Toastmasters
• Col. Carlos Vega, Director, US Army Cyber Institute, Military Academy at West Point
• Bob and Nancy, Central Intelligence Agency
• Cmdr N.A. Mohan, Aide de Campe to President of India

Engineering

• Dr. Vint Cerf, Senior VP, Google, Considered as the “father” of the Internet
• Steve Wozniak, Cofounder, Apple Inc., Inventor of the personal computer
• Dr. Alfred Aho, Former VP Bell Labs Former, chair of Computer Science Dept at Columbia University, John Van Neumann Award winner
• C.M. Malik, General Manager, Indian Railways

Law

Medicine

• Professor Robert Lawrence, MD, Founding Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins University, Co-founder of Nobel Prize winning Physicians for Human Rights organization, Albert Schweitzer Humanitarianism Prize Winner.
• Dr. Ashok Chopra, Former Chief of Uro-Gynocology Kaiser Perminente
• Dr. Hersh Chopra, President Georgia Eye Specialists
• Dr. Rakesh Alva, MD Pulmonologist Critical Care LeBauer Health Care

Sales

• Barrett Joyner, President, SAS
• Jeffrey Gitomer
• Bill Brooks
• Tim Ohai
• Brian Lambert, PhD

Business leaders

• Sandy Costa, JD President, Quintiles Transnational
• P.K. Agarwal, CEO, TiE Global, CTO, State of California
• Dr. David Pulman, President, GlaxoSmithKline GSM
• Juhi Jotwani, Vice President, IBM

Marketing

• Russ Klein, CEO of the American Marketing Association

Funding agents

• Deborah Jackson, PhD, Program Director, National Science Foundation
• Rabin Madan, PhD, Program Director, Office of Naval Research
• Paul Domanico, PhD, Sr. Director R&D, Clinton Health Access Initiative

Entertainers

• Dan Ninan, Speechwriter for Intel CEO, Andy Grove, Professional Comedian
• Naveen, Hollywood acting coach
• Tim Gard, Professional speaker

Lobbyists

• Elise Rhodes, Senior Director, Government Affairs Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Research grants

• Jacob Levin, PhD, President, National Organization of Research Development Professionals, Asst. Vice Chancellor of Research, UC Irvine
• Dr. Mladen Vouk, Interim Vice Chancellor of Research,  NCSU
• Dr. Jonathan Horowitz, Vice Chancellor of Research Infrastructure, NCSU
• Sanjiv Sarin, PhD, Vice Provost of Research,  NC A&T
• Pradip Pramanik, Interim Director, Proposal Development Unit, NCSU

Human Resources

• Fred Emmert, Speakers Bureau Manager, Society of Human Resource Managers
• Teri Harrell, President, Raleigh-Wake HR Management Association

Television

• Charlie Gaddy, Anchor, WRAL
• Rick Aimee, Anchor, WFMY
• Scot Dunlap, Cameraman
• Renee McCoy, Anchor, WRAL
• Suchita Vadlamani, Anchor, Good Day Atlanta

Speechwriters

• William Rawson, Smith Leadership Communications Director, Coca-Cola, WHQ
• Pete Weissman, Former Speechwriter to US Senate and CEO of Coca-Cola, Intern at the White House

Meeting planners

• Lindsey Martin-Bilbrey, Director of Learning Experiences, National Speakers Association
• Natasha Nicholson, Director of Content, International Association of Business Communicators
• Wendy Kavanaugh, President, Georgia Society of Association Executives
• Eric Gregg, Executive Director, TechMedia
• Lawrence Harte, Co-founder, Digital Marketing For Business Conferences

Education

• Dr. Tom Miller, Senior Vice Provost, NCSU
• Dr. Mike Davis, Asst. Vice Chancellor, NCSU
• Dr. Annie Anton, Dir. of interactive computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Kennon Briggs, Vice President, NC Community College System
• Capt. Russell Shilling, PhD, Executive Director of STEM, U.S. Dept of Education

Finance

• Deepak Menon, Chartered Accountant, International President of Toastmasters International
• William Sewell, Senior Vice President, Robert W. Baird

Aviation

• Capt. John Cox, Commercial pilot, aviation safety expert, President of Safety Operating Systems
• Bob Cortelyou, Senior VP of Networks, Delta Airlines

Diplomats

• Roop Anand, India’s Ambassador to Norway
• T.P. Sreenivasan, India’s Ambassador to Austria

Communication scientists

• Linda McCroskey, PhD, California State Univ. Long Beach, Expert on Organizational communication
• Michael Beatty, PhD, Univ. Of Miami, Expert on Communibiology
• James McCroskey, PhD, Univ. of Alabama, Expert on Communication apprehension
• Paul Ekman, PhD, Expert on Micro gestures
• James Chesebro, PhD, Ball State Univ., National Communication Assoc, President, Expert on Digital Story Telling

Neuroscientists

• Scott Huettel, PhD, Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Expert on Cognitive Neuroscience and Decision Making
• Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Expert on Visual systems
• German Garcia-Fresco, PhD
• Murali Doriswamy, MD, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Expert on Memory

Cognitive psychologists

• Dr. Jose Picart, Vice Provost, NCSU, Director of Psychology Studies United States Military Academy, West Point Expert in Experimental Cognitive Psychology
• Manuel Aparicio, PhD, CEO, Saffron Technology Expert in associative memory systems and experimental psychology

Pharmacologist

• Allyn Howlett, PhD, Wake Forest Univ.

Interpersonal neurobiology

• Amie Sharrits, MD, Psychiatrist, Medical Director, Easter Seals, UCP

• Rick Jakle, National Speakers Association
• Jock Elliott, World Champion of Public Speaking, Record 6 time world finalist
• Nido Qubein, President, High Point University, Former President of National Speakers Assoc.
• Ryan Avery, 2012 World Champion of Public Speaking, Youngest World Champion
• Randy Harvey, JD, World Champion Public Speaking
• Judge Dana Lamon, JD, World Champion Public Speaking

Presentation experts

• Dianne Chase, International Chairperson, International Association of Business Communicators
• Dilip Abayasekara, PhD, International President, Toastmasters
• Jan D’Arcy, Author
• Jana Barnhill, International President, Toastmasters

Online Education

• Harvey Singh, CEO, Instancy
• Martin Dulberg, Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications, NCSU

Executive Education

• Jennifer Martineau, Vice President of Research, Innovation, and Product Development, Center for Creative Leadership
• Nancy Keeshan, Executive Director, Duke Corporate Education
• Patrick Casseday, Director, Leadership & Executive Development, Schneider Electric
• Dan McGurrin, Director, Executive Education, NCSU
• Patricia Fripp, Leading Executive Speaking Coach
• John Mansour, Managing Partner, Proficientz
• Rich Kristof, Former VP Global Knowledge

Health Care

• Monique Washington, Senior training manager, Kaiser Perminente
• Marisol Romany, HR corporate manager, Orlando Health

Hospitality

• Adrilla Horton, Learning and Development Director, Kerzner International, Atlantis
• Himmat Rathore, Guest Experience Manager, Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India
• Jose Curci, Director of Food and Beverage,
  The Umstead
• Karl Swink, General Manager, Embassy Suites RDU
• Angela Reardon, Director of Human Resources at The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
• Manav Goyal, Director, Adyar Gate Hotels Ltd
• Vijay Bahl, Asst. Manager, Hilton Atlanta

Security

• Jerry Fralick, Chief Security Officer, Lenovo
• Christopher Akil, US Defense information Systems Agency

Projection

• Paul Brundage, NASA HQ

Staging

• Bill Marriott, VP Video Productions, SAS Institute

Design UX

• Celia Hodent, PhD, Director of User Experience, Epic Games