Jean-Michel Cousteau SOLD OUT
January 25, 2012
Explorer. Environmentalist. Educator. Film Producer.
For more than four decades, Jean-Michel Cousteau has dedicated himself and his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet. Since the age of seven, he has been aboard research vessels like Calypso and Alcyone, with his famous father. And like his father, he has done some amazing things. He led the first attempt to return a captive orca to the wild in 2002. He led the first undersea, interactive video chat form the coral reefs of Fiji. He used his degree in architecture from the Paris School of Architecture to create studies in artificial floating islands and advanced marine studies in Marseilles, France. Through Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine and education organization, He has communicated the critical bond between people and the sea. Cousteau has produced over 80 films, received an Emmy, the Peabody Award, the Sept d'Or, and the Cable Ace Award. As a syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times since 1989, his articles have appeared in over sixty newspapers worldwide.
Valerie Plame Wilson SOLD OUT
February 29, 2012 Author.
CIA Covert Operative. Outed Spy.
As a covert CIA Operations Officer, Valerie Plame Wilson worked to protect America's national security and prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Without warning, in 2003 she found herself at the heart of a political firestorm when senior White House and State Department officials revealed her secret status to several national journalists. A subsequent investigation exposed what some dub an act of treason. Since her covert identity was compromised Wilson has become a public advocate and respected authority on issues of national security, counter-proliferation, and politics. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling autobiography, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, now a major motion picture starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. Plame holds a Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, and Master's Degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Plame and her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, are the parents of ten year old twins.
Frank Abagnale SOLD OUT
March 21, 2012
Con Man. Author. Businessman.
Acclaimed subject of the book, movie, and the Broadway play, Catch Me If You Can.
Frank Abagnale is one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For over thirty years he has worked with, advised and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations and government agencies around the world. His rare blend of knowledge and expertise began more than forty years ago when he was known as one of the world's most famous con men. Between the ages of 16 and 21, he successfully posed as an airline pilot, an attorney, a college professor and a pediatrician, in addition to cashing $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every state and twenty-six foreign countries. After spending time in prison, he joined the federal government in helping to stop the very crimes he committed. In 2004, Mr. Abagnale was selected as the spokesperson for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). He has also written numerous articles and books including The Art of the Steal, The Real U Guide to Identity Theft and Stealing Your Life.
Tom Hanks, who played the con man in the movie, Catch Me If You Can, said: "Abagnale's lecture may be the best one-man show you will ever see."
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