Our Special Guests

Sir Richard Branson, Founder of The Virgin Group
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.”

Lisa Nicole Bell, Filmmaker, Author, Entrepreneur
“Power comes from commitment and diligence.”

Ali Brown, Founder & CEO of Ali International, LLC
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

Bobby DeLeon, Development Executive at Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil
“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.”

Diana Derycz-Kessler, CEO of The Los Angeles Film School
“Change your thoughts and you can change your destiny.”

Jason Felts, CEO of The Virgin Group’s Virgin Produced
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

Paula Golden, Executive Director of Broadcom Foundation & Director of Broadcom Corporation Community Affairs
“Pay attention the ‘ME’ in you and what you love doing as a kid; then educate yourself into an adult career path that gives you the opportunity to do it.”

Shane Hurlbut, Cinematographer and Co-Founder of Hurlbut Visuals
“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity there would be no progress and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.”

John Maatta, COO at The CW Television Network
“You don’t have to be better than everybody else. You have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”

Rob Minkoff, Director of The Lion King
“The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.”

Carter Reum, Co-founder of VeeV Spirits
“You create your own luck through preparation.”

Steve Schimmel, Entrepreneur, Founding business team member & 13th employee at Google
“You have to have a dream for it to come true.”

Stephani Victor, Paralympic Gold Medalist, Alpine Skiing
“ The external world will attempt to define you. Don’t let them. You define you.”

Jane Wurwand, Founder & Owner of Dermalogica and The International Dermal Institute
“Find the thing that will keep you up from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.”