Sports
Adventurers
Adventurers:
World Champion Adventure Racer & Author
A world champion adventure racer, firefighter and founder of World Class Teams, Flashover Seminars and the Project Athena Foundation, Robyn Benincasa accepts full blame for motivating people to do insane things.
Explorer & Ocean Advocate
Continuing the mission of her grandfather, Jacques and father, Phillipe Cousteau to protect the world’s oceans, Alexandra is a National Geographic "emerging explorer," filmmaker and gifted storyteller.
Deep-Sea Explorer
One of the world's most accomplished deep-sea explorers, Robert Ballard discovered the RMS Titanic and President Kennedy's PT-109. He is the Explorer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society.
Adventurer / Entrepreneur / Author
Peter Hillary takes audiences "with him" on his adventures: to the summit of Mt. Everest; traversing Antarctica to the South Pole; feeding a pod of sharks; or making a terrifying vertical in a storm on K2.
Inspirational Mountaineer
Speaker Sharon Wood is the first North American woman to summit Mount Everest. She is also the founder of Mountain Gate Community School.
Ultramarathon Man
A remarkable athlete and marathon runner, Dean Karnazes is the author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner. During his sports career, he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity.
Extreme Adventurer, Award-Winning Author & International Keynote Speaker
Neal Petersen has completed two amazing journeys in his life: a single-handed yacht race around the world, 27,000 miles, 9 months at sea, alone, and in the smallest, least-funded yacht, he designed and built himself.
Preeminent Polar Explorer
Ann Bancroft is the first known woman in history to cross the ice to the North and South Poles. She leads the Ann Bancroft Foundation, a nonprofit organization that celebrates the potential of females.