Host of CNBC's Mad Money and co-founder of TheStreet.com, Jim Cramer is a television personality, former hedge fund manager and a bestselling author. He is a regular contributor to New York magazine and Time magazine.

Senior Editor of Asia and the Foreign Correspondent for Forbes Magazine, Robyn Meredith is a NYT bestselling author of The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. She is a weekly globalization and geopolitics columnist for Forbes.com's "Off Shore" column.

The first African-American to direct a major presidential campaign, Donna Brazile is a veteran political strategist, university professor, author, columnist, and the Democratic National Committee's Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation. She is an Adjunct Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown University, a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN's The Situation Room and Election Coverage.

A contributing editor for Inc. Magazine and having appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Newsweek, Carl Schramm is one of the world's most recognized thought leaders on fostering and advancing entrepreneurship. He is President of Kaufmann Foundation and best-selling author of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism.

Helen Thomas has been a fixture of the White House press corps since 1961 when, as a member of the UPI team, she began covering President John F. Kennedy. She has traveled around the world several times with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush, during the course of which she covered every economic summit.

Co-author of The Carrot Principle and The Integrity Advantage, Adrian Gostick is a leading expert on employee engagement and retention. He is vice-president of The Carrot Culture Group, a consulting and training division of the O.C. Tanner Company, the world's largest employee recognition firm.

Scientist, inventor, comedian and author, Bill Nye is a man with a mission. He's out to turn kids of all ages on to the "way cool" wonders of science. With his Emmy Award-winning weekly television series, Bill Nye the Science Guy, he's letting kids know that science is not only cool, it's powerful. After all, "Science rules!"

Lawyer, teacher, actor, comic, economist, father, novelist, essayist, expert on finance, meet Ben Stein! An Emmy award-winning actor, comedian and game-show host, Ben is famous for his monotonous yet humorous voice in acting. Ben has worked, demonstrated and struggled for voting rights for African Americans, and was also a speech writer for Richard Nixon and for Gerald Ford.

Author and co-author of best-sellers, The Carrot Principle, The 24-Carrot Manager and The Invisible Employee, Chester Elton is a leading expert on leadership. He is senior vice-president of the Carrot Culture Group with the O.C. Tanner Recognition Company.

Known as "The Wine Diva", for the past five years Christine Ansbacher has wowed audiences with her fast-paced and interactive wine tastings that are educational and entertaining. She is one of only 180 Certified Wine Educators in the US and has earned a three year Diploma from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust in London (DWS) which makes her one of only 90 other American wine professionals.