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Amy Van Dyken
Featured Speaker
Six-Time Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer
Six-Time Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is a 6-time Olympic champion. She won 4 medals in 1996 in Atlanta and two more in Sydney, Australia in 2000. Olympic Gold Medals Van Dyken-Rouen has the distinction of being one …
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$20,001 to $50,000
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Arizona, United States
Shannon Boxx
Professional Athlete, Mentor, and Now Successful Business Woman
Professional Athlete, Mentor, and Now Successful Business Woman Olympic Speaker Shannon Boxx is a retired American Soccer player who played for the University of Notre Dame where she helped the Fighting Irish win the school’s first NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship. …
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California, United States
Shawn Johnson East
Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Gymnast & Dancing With The Stars Champion
Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Gymnast & Dancing With The Stars Champion American gymnast Shawn Johnson is an Olympic gold medalist, a New York Times best-selling author and a “Dancing with the Stars” winner. Olympics Hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide watched …
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Tennessee, United States
Leonard Maltin
Film Critic & Historian, Living with Parkinson’s
Film Critic & Historian, Living with Parkinson’s One of the world’s most respected film critics and historians, Leonard Maltin is best known for his widely-used reference work Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, its companion volume Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide and 30 years as …
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$10,001 to $20,000
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California, United States
Amy Purdy
Three-Time World Cup Medalist, Double-Amputee, Dancing with the Stars Runner-Up and the Co-Founder of Adaptive Actions Sports
Three-Time World Cup Medalist, Double-Amputee, Dancing with the Stars Runner-Up and the Co-Founder of Adaptive Actions Sports At 19, after experiencing flu-like symptoms, Amy was rushed to the hospital in a state of septic shock. En route, she experienced respiratory …
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$50,000 or greater
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Travels From
Colorado, United States
Hannah Storm
Keynote Speaker, Pioneering Sports Broadcaster, Best-Selling Author and Advocate
Keynote Speaker, Pioneering Sports Broadcaster, Best-Selling Author and Advocate Award-winning journalist, producer and director Hannah Storm is a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting for women, a published author, an advocate for children suffering from debilitating vascular birthmarks, a …
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$20,001 to $50,000
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Travels From
Connecticut, United States