Heart Health & Wellness Speakers

Chris Barton wanted a way to identify songs he was hearing everywhere around him. There wasn’t one – so he invented an app called Shazam. Chris’s creation is nothing short of pure magic. That was his goal. Chris seeks to delight people by using technology to make seemingly impossible ideas come to life. Shazam, which now has over two billion downloads, is just one of them. In addition to creating Shazam, which Apple acquired for $400 million, Chris holds 12 patents and played key roles in the early days of Google and Dropbox. Despite having dyslexia, incredibly, he didn’t let that get in his way. In fact, it gave him a different way of looking at problems. Chris’s newest venture, Guard, aims to use AI to detect drowning in swimming pools. In his speeches, Chris’s story and storytelling completely captivate audiences. He inspires people to make big things happen in their organizations – to create magic in defiance of the obstacles.

Fee Range: $25,500–$43,000
Travels From: CA

You might recognize him as an NFL All-Pro or as an elite magician who made the finals of America’s Got Talent and regularly appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. But Jon Dorenbos says that what he does is not who he is. Who he is is someone forced, at the most tender of ages, to coach himself into turning tragedy to triumph. He retired from the NFL after having successful open heart surgery to repair a defective aortic valve.

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: CA

Steven Aldana is one of the nation’s foremost experts on healthy living and worksite wellness. He is a former professor of lifestyle medicine at Brigham Young University. He is currently the CEO and founder of WellSteps, a turnkey wellness program designed to help employees adopt and maintain healthy behaviors for life. Aldana has published over 60 scientific articles on the prevention, arrest, and reversal of America’s most common chronic diseases. He has written 7 books on the ability of healthy lifestyle habits to prevent cardiovascular disease, cancers, diabetes, and many chronic diseases. His most recent book, The Culprit and The Cure is currently being used by over 4,500 companies and corporations in an effort to boost productivity and reduce employee related health expenses. Most recently, he has become a special advisor to the U.S. Secretary of health and human services. Steven Aldana is determined to educate people about the tremendous impact lifestyle has on disease and is devoted to helping individuals adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.

Fee Range: $3,000–$6,000
Travels From: UT

Fee: $106,000
Travels From: GA

Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D., R.D, LDN is one of the nation's leading experts in the field of nutrition, health, fitness and cardiovascular disease prevention. Published in noted scientific journals including the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and the International Journal of Obesity. Brill was just named Director of Nutrition for Fitness Together Franchise Corp., the world’s largest business of personal trainers. Dr. Brill works with various corporations, associations and universities, and continues to appear in numerous TV shows, radio programs, magazines and newspapers. Dr. Brill is the nutrition expert for the nationally televised television show "The Balancing Act" (Lifetime). Her book, Cholesterol Down: 10 Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol in 4 Weeks—Without Prescription Drugs (Three Rivers, Dec. 2006), is available at bookstores nationwide. Currently Dr. Brill is writing her second book on the Mediterranean Diet, which will be published in February 2011.

Fee Range: $6,000–$8,000
Travels From: FL

•Multi Emmy-nominated, Primetime Emmy award-winning actor and comedian Dana Carvey is best known for his iconic and indelible Saturday Night Live characters – most memorably Church Lady, Grumpy Old Man, Hans, of the Hans and Franz body building duo, and of course Garth of Wayne's World. •Carvey has received much praise for his uncanny comedic impersonations of American political figures (popular with both audiences and the subjects of his impersonation), including the elder George Bush, Ross Perot, Jerry Brown, David Duke and Bob Dole. •He starred in The Master of Disguise, a comedy where Carvey took on 36 different identities and spoke in 14 different languages as the hapless main character. In 2016, Carvey appeared as the expert-in-residence on USA Network’s comedic half hour series First Impressions. •He has released two HBO comedy specials, Critics Choice and Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies, as well as a Netflix special, Straight White Male, 60. • Other film credits include The Secret Life of Pets and Hotel Transylvania 2, among others

Fee Range: $200,000–$250,000
Travels From: CA

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

Dominique Dawes is an Olympic Gold Medalist, three-time Olympian, brand ambassador and motivational speaker. She is the only American gymnast to medal at three different Olympic Games in the team competition and the first African-American gymnast to win an Olympic Gold medal. Dominique paved the way for other young African-American gymnasts to strive for Olympic glory, including the last two reigning Olympic All-Around Gold Medalist Simone Biles (2016) and Gabrielle Douglas (2012). At the 1996 Atlanta Games, Dominique became the first female African-American gymnast to win an individual medal, capturing bronze with her floor exercise performance, helping solidify her place in the USOC Hall of Fame.

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

Surviving a heart attack at age 35 while seven months pregnant with twins propelled Eliz Greene on a mission to share her story to inspire other busy people to pay attention to their health. Recognizing stress as an essential and often under-addressed risk factor, Eliz conducted a research study on job stress. Eliz is an author and writes a Top Health and Wellness Blog. She was named as a Top Online Influencer on Stress and Heart Health. She’s been seen on CNN, PBS, Lifetime, TNT, and many national and local news programs. A national spokesperson and advocate for the American Heart Association, Eliz received the Heart Hero Award in 2010. Organizations such as NASA and CVS have used her strategies to reduce workplace stress.

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

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: CA

Emmy award-winning actress Vicki Lawrence is one of the most beloved television personalities of her generation. Plucked out of total obscurity as a high school senior, Vicki went on to become part of the now-legendary cast of the "Carol Burnett Show". After the show ended, Lawrence went on to star in her own series, "Mama’s Family". In addition to performing, Lawrence is an avid women’s rights activist, speaking to organizations about her life, career, women’s health and being a woman in a man’s world. She serves on the Board of Trustees for Miller Children’s Hospital at Long Beach Memorial Center. As the national spokesperson for The Cholesterol Low Down and spokesperson for The American Heart Association Go Red for Women program, Lawrence uses her energy, enthusiasm, and entertainment skills to help others. Aware that heart disease runs in her family and that she has elevated cholesterol, she is working with her doctor to lower it, and is committed to increasing public awareness about cholesterol and the importance of heart health.

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

Fee Range: $7,000–$18,500
Travels From: NJ

Lamar Odom is a worldwide sensation, with a decorated career in the NBA. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, he won championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011. Lamar played professional basketball with the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat. Lamar went on to marry Khloe Kardashian and appeared on Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Khloe & Lamar, the most famous reality show on TV. Lamar and Khloe divorced and Lamar's drug addiction almost ended his life. Lamar survived 12 strokes and 6 heart attacks, which led him on the road to recovery. Lamar has had an amazing journey and enjoys spreading the word with his story.

Fee Range: $25,000–$30,000
Travels From: CA

Dean Ornish, M.D., has directed clinical research demonstrating for the first time that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. He is the author of five best-selling books, including New York Times best sellers Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Eat More, Weigh Less and Love & Survival. He is the founder, president, and director of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, where he holds the Bucksbaum Chair. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Ornish was recognized as "one of the most interesting people of 1996" by People magazine, featured in the TIME 100 issue on alternative medicine, and chosen by LIFE magazine as "one of the 50 most influential members of his generation."

Fee: $50,000
Travels From: CA

Dr. Sheri is a proven visionary, author and highly sought after physician leader. She is a board certified occupational & environmental medicine physician, public health expert, and a breast cancer survivor. Throughout her decades of clinical practice, further fueled by her unique perspective as both a physician and a patient, she has mastered emotional intelligence and as such she has become mindful in the practice of medicine. Her mindfulness has allowed her treatment to transcend medicine. In addition to helping patients and healthcare practitioners transform how healthcare is delivered and experienced, she also shares her story, her voice, her life, and her victory in awe-inspiring and motivational ways. Dr. Sheri Prentiss brings the unique perspective, her experience as both a patient and a physician, to her impassioned and captivating speeches. Her remarkable story of pain, loss, and change has inspired hundreds of thousands of people across the country and abroad.

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

Laura Putnam is a leading voice for well-being at work, an international public speaker and author of Workplace Wellness That Works. As CEO of Motion Infusion and creator of the leadership training program Managers on the Move, she infuses well-being and vitality into the workplace to help employees, teams and organizations thrive.

Fee Range: $14,000–$20,000
Travels From: CA

Dr. Roger Stark is a health care policy analyst and a retired physician. He is the author of the book The Patient-Centered Solution: Our Health Care Crisis, How It Happened, and How We Can Fix It. He has also authored numerous in-depth studies on health care policy, including, A Review of the Medicaid Program: Its Impact in Washington State and Efforts at Reform in Other States, What Works and What Doesn't: A Review of Health Care Reform in the States, and Health Care Reform that Works: An Update on Health Savings Accounts. Dr. Stark graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and moved to the Pacific Northwest where he completed his general surgery residency in Seattle and his cardiothoracic residency at the University of Utah. After practicing in Tacoma he moved to Bellevue and was one of the co-founders of the open heart surgery program at Overlake Hospital. Dr. Stark has been a member of many local and national professional societies. He currently serves on the Board of the Washington Liability Reform Coalition.

Fee: $8,000
Travels From: UT

Fee Range: $11,000–$14,500
Travels From: FL

Shaun White is a dual-sport professional athlete who maintains some of the highest accolades within snowboarding and skateboarding. Off the board, Shaun has also achieved major accomplishments in the business world through clothing lines, signature products, music festivals, and brand partnerships

Fee Range: $75,000–$175,000
Travels From: CA

• COO and CEO of hospitals in California, Oregon, and Colorado • President and CEO of Centura Health Integrated Physician Network • CEO of Health Solutions LLC • President for the VHA Mountain States Region (a network of 60-plus hospitals and aligned physician practices across the region)

Fee Range: $3,000–$7,500
Travels From: CO

A heart disease survivor whose heart has stopped several times throughout her life, Julie believes she was given a second chance at life. She believes that when she is helping others to live their healthiest life, she is paying forward on that gift. A motivational speaker, published author, life coach, serial entrepreneur, and corporate wellbeing and mental health expert, Julie lights up any stage with big energy. A two-time TedX speaker, Julie blends evidence-based science and a unique storytelling ability to deliver an exceptional experience that inspires action and change. Topics include resiliency, navigating change, overcoming obstacles, rewiring our brain, powerful living, stress management, mental health, neuroplasticity, heart health, leadership effectiveness, culture change, goal-setting, conflict management and other related topics.

Fee Range: $7,000–$15,000
Travels From: OH