Tony Schwartz, President and CEO of The Energy Project & Author
theenergyproject.com

Tony Schwartz is President and CEO of The Energy Project, a company that helps individuals and organizations fuel energy, engagement, focus and productivity by harnessing the science of high performance. Tony has spent 30 years studying, writing about, teaching and coaching people in how to perform at their best. Tony’s most recent book, The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time, co-authored with Jim Loehr, was a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into 28 languages. Tony's new book, The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs that Energize Great Performance, is due out in May 2010.

Tony has delivered keynotes to audiences around the world and has done leadership work with senior executives at dozens of companies including Sony, Credit Suisse, Ford, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Wachovia, Gillette, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, as well as the Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Business School, the National Security Agency, the Conference Board and the Center for Creative Leadership. He has also served as an executive coach to more than a dozen CEOs and senior leaders.

John A. Challenger, Chief Executive Officer
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

John A. Challenger is chief executive officer of global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The firm pioneered employment-transition counseling as an employer-paid benefit in the 1960s.

A recognized thought leader on workplace, labor, and economic issues, his insight is frequently sought out by major foreign and domestic broadcast and print media. He is also frequently sought out by conferences, industry groups and professional associations for his perspective on the latest trends and developments impacting their members.

A graduate of Harvard University, Challenger currently serves as Regional Director Great Lakes of the Harvard Alumni Association. He also sits on the board of the Harvard Club of Chicago and served as its President from 2002 to 2004. Challenger serves on the Parent’s Council of Miami (Ohio) University, where his oldest son is a student. Challenger resides in Winnetka, Illinois, with his wife Nancy and five children.

Chief Operating Officer
Co Founder at Integrity Institute
(Former Enron Executive, Human Resources and Community Relations)

Cindy Olson’s career with Enron spanned over nearly two decades during which time she rose to hold perhaps two of the most powerful positions inside Enron -- serving on Enron’s Executive Committee and heading Enron’s Human Resources and Community Relations.

Recognized as a change agent at Enron, Olson, pioneered HR innovations that brought national attention to the company. For six years running, Enron was named “Most Innovative Company” by Fortune Magazine.

Enron became a trendsetter in its day for everything from on-site daycare to state of the art Fitness Center to every employee being provided a computer at home. Enron was billed as one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” in 1999 and 2000 and praised for its innovative retirement plans, benefits for employees and overall working conditions. Yet, amidst great success, Olson’s Enron career came to a screeching halt when the company was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2001 when investors lost confidence after the discovery that the CFO was committing securities fraud by stealing from the company through several off-balance sheet partnerships. Several members of Enron’s executive hiearchy were eventually indicted and convicted. To date, however, all but one of those convictions has been overturned and the single remaining conviction against Jeffrey Skilling is going before the United States Supreme Court for prosecutorial misconduct.

Published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises, Olson shares who she believes was guilty of what during the scandal that brought her Enron career to a halt in 2001. While she has since found herself in the public eye as the first executive committee member to testify about the scandal before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Olson has seen the uprising and downfall of this Fortune 50 organization from near beginning to finish.