TRAVELS FROM: New York

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or Less)

Michael Beck is president and founder of Exceptional Leadership, Inc. Michaels background enables him to help leaders broaden their strategic thinking, adopt new perspectives, and create a stronger executive presence. His industry expertise includes construction, international development, restaurant, franchising, legal, and insurance.

TRAVELS FROM: Oregon

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

John Boe presents a wide variety of motivational and sales-oriented keynote/breakout session/seminar programs for sales meetings and conventions. When you book John for your next sales meeting or convention, you get a nationally recognized author, sales trainer and business motivational speaker with an impeccable track record in the meeting industry.

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Let the Brave New Workshop's corporate entertainment professionals make your next event memorable and FUN! Their custom-researched and written comedy reinforces and celebrates your corporate message. For over 40 years, Brave New Workshop's world-renown improvisation has educated and delighted corporate audiences around the globe.

TRAVELS FROM: Minnesota

FEE CATEGORY: B ($5.5-10k)

Marcie Callan is a marketing specialist has significant experience in marketing for accounting, insurance and professional services firms. She provides the tools and counsel needed by large and small services-related businesses that will allow them to significantly increase their bottom line by driving customers to their businesses.

TRAVELS FROM: Pennsylvania

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Steff C. Chalk is founder and president of CHALK 401(k) Advisory Board, Inc. Since 1995 CHALK 401(k) Advisory Board has served in a fiduciary capacity to over $10 billion of retirement plan assets. Mr. Chalk has over 25 years experience in the financial industry and has also served as consultant to a global consultancy and Fortune 500 Companies.

TRAVELS FROM: Ohio

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Oregon

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Chuck Cote' is a professional speaker, author and business advisor who inspires people to expect the best and take responsibility for getting it! Chuck rekindles passion and dedication - both personally and professionally - with his enthusiasm, insights and proven strategies for succeeding in today's world. People who work with him or attend one of his presentations are more focused, more passionate, more effective, and more committed.

TRAVELS FROM: Michigan

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Robert G. Dederick is Economic Consultant to The Northern Trust Company, Chicago, where he previously was Executive Vice President and Chief Economist. Mr. Dederick served in the first Reagan Administration as Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.

TRAVELS FROM: Illinois

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Utah

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: New Mexico

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Arizona

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Washington

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

David Goldman is one of the most unique and original speaker/entertainers in America. He is the creator, producer and voice of The Laughing Stockbroker Show at ABCNews.com, one of the world's leading providers of financial information on the worldwide web. His insights into preparing for your financial future, gleaned from years of experience as a stockbroker and financial consultant, and as an executive with The Sharper Image and Danskin, have improved the financial lives of thousands of people and companies thoughout the country.

TRAVELS FROM: Minnesota

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Dennis Haber is one of the leading originators of reverse mortgages in the State of New York. He is an attorney, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) and Executive Vice President of Senior Funding Group in Hicksville, NY. His book, Piggy Bank Your Home For A Better Today & Tomorrow makes reverse mortgages easy to understand

TRAVELS FROM: New York

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5,000 or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Texas

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Ontario, Canada

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Angie has taken her life experiences, “good and bad”, and developed thought-provoking programs that allow the participant to recognize their ability to overcome any obstacle that gets in their way.

TRAVELS FROM: Ohio

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5,000 or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Arizona

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5,000 or less)

A straight-forward, "tell-it-like-it-is" approach to current issues coupled with more than 30 years of management and leadership experience makes Harry K. Jones a dynamic and much sought-after professional speaker. As a keynote speaker and seminar speaker, Harry has been aptly described as "motivational," "keenly insightful," "down-to-earth" and "profoundly humorous."

TRAVELS FROM: Michigan

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Texas

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

You can re-tell his jokes at the water cooler and not be sued for sexual harassment or be forced to take diversity training. Proving time and again that funny doesn’t have to be blue. Wanna laugh? Book Certified Speaking Professional, Frank King. His corporate comedy is clean, clever, and customized to your group, industry, and/or event.

TRAVELS FROM: Washington

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Maryland

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Richard Koreto is editor-in-chief of Wealth Manager magazine and author of Run It Like a Business: Top Financial Planners Weigh In on Practice Management. For his work on the financial-planning.com website he won the Gold Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

TRAVELS FROM: New York

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Michael Lovas is the “Father of Credibility Marketing.” He’s also the author of eight books, three columns, and a thousand articles on Professional Credibility and Psychological Selling in the financial industry. He hosts two online radio shows and is a powerful, inspiring speaker.

TRAVELS FROM: Washington

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Julian Lowenthal is author of Survival Skills in Financial Services Strategies for Turbulent Times, a book that examines the impact of industry change forces on financial services professionals and provides key tools and techniques to help people working in or selling to the industry improve their effectiveness.

TRAVELS FROM: Connecticut

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

George Ludwig developed his 'Power Selling Process' and the 'Double Your Income Power Seminars' after 20 years of researching the most successful sales strategies in the world. He walked the tough walk of the salesman. He observed the best of the best of the best in action. He prospered. And he made a commitment to share his insights with others.

TRAVELS FROM: Illinois

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

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TRAVELS FROM: Colorado

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5.5k or less)

Burt Meisel shows insurance agents how to use the information they already know in the most profitable fashion. His informative topics range from how to conduct a meeting to understanding how to sell clients by dissecting the information to an ultimate simplicity.

TRAVELS FROM: Michigan

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Bill Mellberg is a political humorist, presidential impersonator, speaker, entertainer, motivator and more. He is also a widely read aerospace writer and historian, as well as a former jetliner salesman.

TRAVELS FROM: Illinois

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Robert P. Miles is an internationally renowned author, speaker, and Warren Buffett expert. Pursued by journalists and media moguls on just about each and every move that Mr. Buffett makes, Robert is not only a long-term shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway {nyse:BYKA / BRKB], he also has had the great honor of getting to know Warren Buffett, the man and the remarkable wealth-building strategist.

TRAVELS FROM: Florida

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Edie Milligan brings her down-to-earth message of financial struggles, strategies and successes to audiences across the country. As the nation's leader in combining the best practices from the fields of social work and financial planning, Edie motivates and entertains audiences in ways that no other financial speaker can. She has been featured in Money Magazine, Family Circle, Women's Day, Good Housekeeping, EAPA Exchange, Hr Exec and has been interviewed on CNBC, CNNfn and numerous radio talk shows.

TRAVELS FROM: Ohio

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

An international speaker and consultant, Ed Morrow most recently spoke to 4,000 financial advisors in China. His firm, Financial Planning Consultants, has been providing marketing and practice management assistance to financial advisors since 1969.

TRAVELS FROM: Ohio

FEE CATEGORY: B ($5.5-10k)

Kevin O'Connor is a professional speaker, trainer, and corporate consultant who specializes in person-to-person skill building and the art of leadership. He specializes in leadership training for financial professionals. Kevin works especially well with highly training professionals who need current and advanced training in the use of leadership and interpersonal skills.

TRAVELS FROM: Illinois

FEE CATEGORY: B ($5.5-10k)

Jim Otar is a financial planner, a professional engineer, a chartist, a financial writer and founder of retirementoptimizer.com. His past articles on retirement planning won the CFP Board Article Awards in 2001 and 2002. Jim’s expertise stems from applying his engineering and technical analysis background to retirement planning. He is the Author of High Expectations & False Dreams – One Hundred Years of Stock Market History Applied to Retirement Planning. He gives seminars and workshops in Advanced Retirement Planning.

TRAVELS FROM: Canada

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Vermont

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Russ Peak is a nationally recognized entertainer and speaker who knows how to take your audience beyond the limits of their imagination. He does this with interactive performances of extraordinary mental feats, mind-boggling magic, incredible demonstrations of hypnosis, and a high-energy motivational message that is all blended together with side-splitting dose of comedy!

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Florida

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

TRAVELS FROM: Louisiana

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. is a powerful, internationally known speaker, trainer, consultant, writer, and publisher who walks her talk. On June 13, 1998 Rosemarie's life was transformed when a 3 1/2 ton tree came crushing down on her. Her life was changed in that instant! Paralyzed from the waist down with a spinal cord injury, Rosemarie looked deep within herself and found new strength and new resolve. In her keynote speeches, she shares the lessons she has learned since that fateful day.

TRAVELS FROM: Ohio

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Debra J. Schmidtis known as “The Loyalty Leader®.” She helps companies boost profits by leading the way to greater customer, employee and brand loyalty.

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Don Silver is a personal finance columnist, writer, editor and the author of eight highly praised books. As a regular ongoing columnist on Quicken.com's Retirement Channel and Mircrosoft's MoneyInsider, Silver wrote about important personal finance and retirement topics with a wry sense of humor.

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Dr. William F. Staats is a member of the faculty at the Graduate School of Banking at LSU. He is also a member of the faculty of the LSU Executive Program, and he serves on the faculty of several state banking schools as well as the American Bankers Association Graduate School of Compliance Management. Dr. Staats is a director of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, a $9.1 billion agricultural lending network.

TRAVELS FROM: Louisiana

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Robert Strong has been captivating audiences since 1985 with amazing magic, breathtaking juggling and outrageous comedy. He now tours internationally, not only as a successful entertainer, but also as a director. He coaches variety artists and corporate executives on how to improve their "performance skills".

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

With more than 30 years experience in the investment industry, Ron Surz's original research has been published in numerous professional journals such as Journal of Investing, The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Financial Analysts Journal, and The Journal of Performance Measurement. Ron is the leading authority in performance analytics , especially performance attribution. Ron receives standing ovations, consistently high marks and is occasionally hoisted upon the shoulders of his peers and devout followers.

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Don Trone is the CEO of Fiduciary360, which coordinates the resources of the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies; the Center for Fiduciary Studies, which operates in association with the University of Pittsburghs Katz Graduate School of Business; and, Fiduciary Analytics which develops web-based tools to support the decision making process of investment fiduciaries.

TRAVELS FROM: Pennsylvania

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)

Rick Wemmers is a 26-year business development veteran and nationally recognized expert in helping banks see and capture new opportunites for sales and profits. With an extensive and varied banking background, Rick provides memorable, real world, experiences in the use of business development tools and tactics.

TRAVELS FROM: Georgia

FEE CATEGORY: A ($5k or less)