Happiness & Well-being Speakers

Best-selling author, hospitality entrepreneur, disruptive business rebel, and social change agent, Chip Conley is a leader at the forefront of the sharing economy. Chip was CEO of his innovative company for 24 years. In 2013 he accepted an invitation from the founders of Airbnb to help transform a promising home sharing start-up into what is today the world’s largest hospitality brand. As Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, Chip taught his award-winning methods to hundreds of thousands of Airbnb hosts in nearly 200 countries, and created the Airbnb Open that brings thousands together in a global festival of belonging. Chip has received hospitality’s highest honor, the Pioneer Award, joining industry icons Marriott, Kimpton and Wynn.

Fee Range: $30,000–$75,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
Travels From: TX

Fee Range: $32,000–$68,500
Travels From: NY

Fee Range: $15,000–$25,000
Travels From: TX

Shasta Nelson is a keynote speaker, author, and leading expert on friendship and healthy relationships at work. Filled with scientific data, real-world research, and fascinating case studies, Shasta’s programs reveal how healthy relationships at work directly impact employee engagement, team culture, sales, recruiting, and retention. She also teaches strategies for the healthiest friendships, contributing to individual happiness and well-being. Frequently featured in the media as a popular resource on healthy relationships and the increasing epidemic of loneliness, Shasta has been interviewed live on several television shows and featured in countless national magazines and prominent newspapers. She was selected by Facebook to be their media spokesperson and friendship expert for Friends Day 2018.

Fee Range: $10,000–$20,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $17,000–$35,000
Travels From: CA

• Cleo Wade is a writer, poet, and the New York Times Best-selling author of What The Road Said, Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life, and Where To Begin: A Small Book about Your Power to Create Big Change. • Her work speaks to our collective power to create change through self-care, beloved community building, and social justice. • Cleo's beloved TED talk Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care has been viewed and shared by millions around the world. • She has been called the poet of her generation by Time Magazine, the Millenial Oprah by New York Magazine, and named one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company. • Cleo is the Co-chair of Gucci's Changemakers council and sits on the board of The Lower East Side Girls Club, The National Black Theatre in Harlem, and more. • Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, W Magazine, Vogue Magazine, The Washington Post, The Today Show, and Good Morning America.

Fee Range: $31,000–$50,000
Travels From: CA

Nataly Kogan is one of the leading global experts in optimizing your emotional fitness and elevating your leadership. With a compelling life story of emigrating from Russia with her family, teaching herself to speak English by watching “Who’s the Boss” on repeat and holding top positions at McKinsey, Microsoft and 5 startups by the time she was 37, Nataly is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind keynote and TEDx speaker. After years of chasing a non-existent state of nirvana in the corporate world, Nataly was not only unfulfilled, she suffered a debilitating burnout that led her to find a new way. Today, as a best-selling author and the CEO of Happier, Inc., Nataly helps thousands of Awesome Humans cultivate their emotional fitness and leadership skills. Nataly’s unparalleled, positive, and transformative presentations are an amalgam of her science-backed skills, her business acumen, and her unique life experiences.

Fee Range: $20,000–$25,000
Travels From: MA

Fee Range: $50,000–$200,000
Travels From: OH

Fee Range: $20,000–$40,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $20,000–$30,000
Travels From: NY

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, co-founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

Fee Range: $32,000–$75,000
Travels From: GA

Born in Brooklyn in the back of a taxi, Iyanla Vanzant was given to her grandmother at age 2 after her mother died. Teen pregnancy, abusive marriages, and welfare followed a troubled and abusive childhood. But it is from this less than inspiring background that Vanzant has built the foundation for transformation. Vanzant earned a BS degree from Medgar Evers College and a JD degree from Queens College Law School. She became an attorney, serving four years as a public defender in Philadelphia. She is the author of Tapping The Power Within: A Path to Empowerment for Black Women. She has established the Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Center, where she regularly conducts personal growth classes and weekend workshops for both men and women. She makes regular appearances on radio and national television.

Fee Range: $60,000–$120,000
Travels From: MD

Fee Range: $20,000–$38,500
Travels From: CA

Neil is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books and journals which have sold millions of copies including The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, and The Book of Awesome. After receiving his MBA from Harvard, Neil spent a decade as Director of Leadership inside Walmart, the world’s largest company. He is one of the most popular TED speakers of all time and his work has been featured by CNN, BBC, and Oprah Winfrey..

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
Travels From: Intl

• CEO of Fearless Positivity and Co-Founder of Digital Wellness Institute •Bestselling author of The Future of Happiness, Ripple’s Effect, and How to Make a Shark Smile • Member of the United Nations Global Happiness Council • Regular contributor for Forbes on Women, Technology, and Leadership • The only person named a Point of Light by two Presidents • Received BA from Harvard and MBA from Yale School of Management • Co-Founder of GoodThink, a positive psychology research and consulting firm • Fellow of the World Innovation Organization • Featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness e-course

Fee Range: $15,000–$25,000
Travels From: TX

A founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia is FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He is also the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. Raj has published ten books and over 100 academic articles. His books include Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose and Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business.

Fee: $32,000
Travels From: MA

Fee Range: $20,000–$38,000

Fee Range: $12,000–$16,000
Travels From: IL

Amanda Brinkman has built a reputation as a revolutionary brand marketer who has the ability to foster creativity from the inside out. Building on her years in the creative world at advertising and marketing agencies, she cultivates that same level of passion within her marketing and creative departments in the corporate world. In executive leadership roles, she has built marketing departments from scratch, turned struggling departments into award-winning teams, created marketing services as external products and turned around a 100-year-old brand via a ground-breaking content marketing campaign that yielded 14x better ROI than traditional advertising and was nominated for an EMMY. She believes that all companies can “Do Well, by Doing Good” and is passionate about helping brands realize their true brand purpose and turn it into real brand actions. She is actively involved in the community through board service and volunteerism and is regarded as a brand and marketing expert in the media.

Fee Range: $18,000–$35,000
Travels From: MN

• Arthur C. Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School • Brooks is the author of 12 books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller "From Strength to Strength,” and national bestsellers “Love Your Enemies” (2019) and “The Conservative Heart” (2015) • Named by Fortune Magazine’s “50 World’s Greatest Leaders” and was awarded six honorary doctorates • Served for ten years as president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the world’s leading think tanks

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: MA

Fee Range: $10,000–$12,500
Travels From: MI

Dan Buettner is a New York Times best-selling author as well as an internationally recognized researcher and explorer who founded Blue Zones®–a brand that compiles the world’s best practices in health, happiness, and longevity and helps people live longer and better.

Fee Range: $75,000–$125,000
Travels From: MN

Fee Range: $13,000–$25,000
Travels From: NJ