The Best Ever You Show

Claire Diaz-Ortiz (@claire) is considered one of the most innovative female voices in digital media today. As an author, speaker, angel investor, and innovation advisor, she was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company.  Claire was an early employee at Twitter, where she was first hired to lead corporate social innovation. In Claire’s work, she has been called everything from “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” (Wired) and “Twitter’s Pontiff Recruitment Chief” (The Washington Post) to a “Force for Good” (Forbes) and “One of the Most Generous People in Social Media” (Fast Company). Claire is the award-winning author of eight books that have been published in more than a dozen countries, including One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work with a Mentor – and How You’ll Benefit from Being One (with Ken Blanchard), Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet at a Time, Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life on Purpose, and Hope Runs: An American Tourist, a Kenyan Boy, a Journey of Redemption. She is a frequent international speaker on innovation and digital media and has been invited to deliver keynotes and trainings at organizations like The United Nations, The US State Department, The Vatican, The Rockefeller Foundation, South by Southwest, Toyota, Verizon, TEDx, and many others. Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, and a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University. Claire lives in Argentina and California with her husband, daughter, and twin boys. Read more about her at www.ClaireDiazOrtiz.com or via @claire on Twitter. Visit: https://clairediazortiz.com/ 

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Jennifer Vaughn has anchored TV news in New Hampshire since 1997. She's earned several Emmy nominations, the Red Cross Sword of Hope Award, and contributed to coverage recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Award, a Peabody Award, Associated Press honors, and multiple NH Association of Broadcasters commendations. Jennifer has had roles in internationally televised presidential debates alongside CNN, ABC News, and Fox News, and has interviewed every president, and presidential candidate since 1999. She has also interviewed First Ladies Barbara Bush, and Michelle Obama. In 2008, Jennifer was dispatched to Arizona to cover the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXll, and when ABC's Extreme Home Makeover rolled into New Hampshire, she was there live when a local family saw their new home for the first time. Jennifer is also the author of five books, with a sixth slated for release in 2021. Her debut novel, Last Flight Out, was featured in the Swag Bag at the Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, Ca. in 2013. Jennifer's second novel, Throw Away Girls, is Book #1 in the Jaycee Wilder Series. Book #2, Legacy Girls, is the follow-up release. Echo Valley, blends small-town New Hampshire with the intensity and scandal of a presidential campaign. Her 2019 release, Shadow Kid, is the award-winning recount of real life events, and has earned a Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal for Excellence in Writing. Jennifer has been interviewed by dozens of television and radio stations and has been featured in publications that include The Huffington Post, NH Magazine, Thrive Global, INC. Magazine, and NH Business Magazine. She's also appeared on the, " On Mic with Jordan Rich" Podcast.

Dr. Dravon James is an inspirational speaker, radio host and author of Freedom is Your Birthright. She is the founder of Everyday Peace, a platform for her to help and inspire others to build the life of their dreams. Using her successful pharmacist skills, she brings light into other’s lives by sharing her Everyday Peace message. She also hosts her own weekly radio show “Everyday Peace” on Unity Radio. https://www.drdravonjames.com

Norm Champ is a partner in the Investment Funds Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the former Director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He is the author of Going Public: My Adventures inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis. He is also a lecturer on Investment Management at Harvard Law School. Before joining the SEC in 2010, Mr. Champ was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Chilton Investment Company, an investment adviser to long/short equity hedge funds and managed accounts. Mr. Champ has an A.B., summa cum laude, in History from Princeton University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He was a Fulbright Scholar at King's College London where he received his M.A. in War Studies. Prior to joining Chilton in 1999, Mr. Champ was with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell and clerked for the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr. of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Visit Norm Champ.com

A former Consulting Actuary to Fortune 100 companies – including Sony Music, Chanel, and Exxon – David left his cushy Park Avenue job 20 years ago to build the world’s largest coaching business. He became #1 on Google for “life coaching”, serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, and coaching thousands of hours across 12 countries. Alongside his clients’ successes, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having overcome a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, severe anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show!   He is the author of “Get Paid For Who You Are,” with foreword by Jack Canfield. He was nominated to the exclusive Transformational Leadership Council alongside such thought leaders as Don Miguel Ruiz, John Gray, and Marianne Williamson. David believes that the tough conversations we avoid, are our doorways to confidence, success, and love. They become the defining moments which shape our world. He coaches high performing entrepreneurs, executives and teams – and now prison inmates –  to create amazing results and deep connection. One tough conversation at a time. Visit Playforreal.life  

Please join host Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino with guest Dr. Ivan Misner.  Dr. Misner will lead us in a discussion about "How to Say No Without Sounding Like a Jerk... or Worse". Called the “father of modern networking” by CNN, Dr. Ivan Misner is a New York Times bestselling author. He is also the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI , the world’s largest business networking organization. Dr. Misner is also an author, a humanitarian and expert in the field of business networking. Dr. Misner travels the world discussing referral networking and personal and professional development. He has been featured in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Wall Street Journal and on networks such as CNN and MSNBC. Named “One of the Top Networkers to Follow” by Forbes Magazine, Dr. Misner has written over 21 books and has taught business management at several universities. In 2016, Dr. Misner was awarded the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is also the past recipient of the Red Cross “Humanitarian of the Year” award and is the co-founder of the BNI Foundation. Dr. Misner also sits on the University of LeVerne Board of Trustees. When Dr. Misner isn’t traveling or giving speeches, he enjoys spending time with his wife Elisabeth on Lake Austin and exploring vineyards across the globe.His bestselling new book, Who's In Your Room, is available wherever books are sold. Visit IvanMisner.com

An eighth-generation island native, Dean Lunt was born and raised in the island fishing village of Frenchboro. His ancestors arrived on Mount Desert Island in the late 1700s and many of them moved out across the bay to settle Long Island in the early 1800s. In 1999, Lunt founded and continues to run Islandport Press, an award-winning independent book publishing company that produces books with New England themes. The company published its first book, Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island, in the spring of 2000. In addition, Lunt has edited dozens of books as well as wrote Here for Generations: The Story of a Maine Bank and its City. Read Long Live the King, his editor's note for Islandport Magazine, Summer 2018.

Nancy Levin is the bestselling author  Permission to Put Yourself First, Jump … And Your Life Will Appear, Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth, Writing For My Life, and The New Relationship Blueprint. She’s a Master Integrative Life Coach and the creator of the Destination ME Private Coaching Community, as well as many in-depth coaching programs, guiding clients to live life on their own terms.  Nancy was the Event Director at Hay House from 2002-2014, and now hosts her own weekly call-in radio show Jump Start Your Life on Hay House Radio. Nancy received her Masters in Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and she continues to live in the Rocky Mountains. Visit NancyLevin.com

Please welcome Abbie McGilvery, Mary-Theresa Tringale and Jodi Flynn from The Maine Women's Conference. The mission of The Maine Women's Conference is to draw women together to connect, educate, inspire, and empower one another to assume new and expanded roles in the workforce, our lives and communities. Beliefs and Goals: We believe that empowering women strengthens society. We believe that experiences change lives. We believe in every woman’s potential. We believe in the value of bringing women together. We believe that all women are leaders. The Maine Women's Conference welcomes all women who value our Mission. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment of diverse individuals, organizations and communities. Visit: The Maine Women's Conference

Joseph Alvaro is the Creator and Executive Producer of The Lucky Ones, which is an online social and video streaming platform that explores the lives of those we were lucky to have had in our lives. TLO explores the continuing bonds we have with those who have passed way in short video interviews. Prior to creating The Lucky Ones, Joseph spent over 30 years in advertising as a producer and director of TV commercials. He is also the author of the book; I’m One of The Lucky Ones. In his book Joseph shares his experience of losing his wife and what inspired to create The Lucky Ones platform. Joseph is a graduate of the University of Detroit’s BFA theater department and attended NYU’s Graduate Film School. His work includes the music video, Take Me to Your Reader for Grammy nominee Judy Pancoast along with the 5 minute short; Do Not Remove, a Halloween spoof that ran before blockbuster films such as Blue Velvet, Aliens, and Stand by Me. His direction of Creeps was awarded one of the Year’s Best Plays by Jay Carr of the Boston Globe. Joseph staged a regional production of The Elephant Man and in NYC directed Buddies for the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Doing the Numbers at The Sanford Meisner Theatre. He has produced or directed numerous national TV commercials for such clients as Estee Lauder, Visine and AT&T. He resides in Ridgewood, NJ and has two children, a 25-year-old son Bennett, and a 21-year old daughter, Riley. Visit: The Lucky Ones

Diane Ray has been working in radio broadcasting for over 30 years since she first cracked the mic at age 19 at WSHE She’s Only Rock and Roll in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla for their Amateur Hour. Diane worked for most of her on-air radio career in the Miami market with stops in Austin, TX and San Diego, CA.  For over a decade Diane has been working in digital media and online broadcasting as the Network Radio Manager/Producer at www.hayhouseradio.com and Director of Programming for www.unityonlineradio.org since 2017. Diane launched my podcast Be Present: The Diane Ray Show with Unity Online Radio in August of 2018. Visit DianeRayMedia.com

Heather Monahan is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and founder of Boss In Heels.  Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for nearly 20 years, Heather Monahan is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot in the C-suite. As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, Heather Monahan is a Glass Ceiling Award winner, named one of the most Influential Women in Radio in 2017 and Thrive Global named her a Limit Breaking Female Founder in 2018. Heather’s new book Confidence Creator shot to #1 on Amazon’s Business Biographies and Business Motivation lists the first week it debuted on Amazon.  Heather is a confidence expert and is currently working with Fortune 500 companies and professional sports to develop confidence in the workplace and on the court. She’s also a member of Florida International University’s Advisory Council to further serve as a mentor and leader in the South Florida Community.  Heather’s new show, Creating Confidence with Heather, can be found on Apple podcasts.  Heather most recently added Guest Professor at Harvard to her list of accomplishments. Heather and her son Dylan reside in Miami.

Haley Stark is a seventeen-year-old high schooler who is a lifetime Falmouth public schools student. Her life after her stroke is majorly taken up by involvement in activities based around public-speaking, government and politics, and promoting the awareness of disability rights. Written after her life-threatening spinal cord stroke in May of 2014, "Tying the Ribbon" is the honest, personal, and unapologetic story. She addresses the physical sensation of paralysis and regaining nerve function, as well as the mental battles and triumphs associated with overcoming obstacles.  Purchase Tying the Ribbon https://www.amazon.com/Tying-Ribbon-Survived-Spinal-Afterward/dp/B07T264R78

Please join host Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino with guest Julie Ruppert.  Julie is the Commissioner of the Northeast-10 Conference.  Julie Ruppert was named the fifth Commissioner of the Northeast-10 Conference on May 1, 2008. Her appointment as Commissioner made NCAA Division II history as she was the first female Commissioner in the division. In her role as Commissioner, Ruppert is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a premier Division II conference with its 14 member colleges and universities located in New England and New York. Ruppert directed the NE10’s recent strategic Brand Enhancement and Communications project that resulted in the December, 2016 launch of an NE10 Brand Platform, EMBRACE brand campaign and a new conference identity program. Ruppert joined the NE10 after spending 15 years with the America East Conference, an NCAA Division I Conference. A graduate of Middlebury College, Ruppert holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with an American Literature concentration. Ruppert and her husband John, the Deputy Director of Athletics at Bryant University, are the parents of twins Connor and Emma. https://www.northeast10.org