Dr. Dale Anderson has been a physician for over 40 years and has practiced as a family physician, a board-certified surgeon, and a board-certified emergency physician. He is also a board-certified and Founding Diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ramsey County Medical Society, the Minnesota Medical Association, the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Holistic Medical Association and a past board member of the American Association of Therapeutic Humor. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Dr. Anderson is the coordinator of the Minnesota A.C.T. Project, which is a coalition of dramatic artists who think medically—and medical artists who think dramatically. The A.C.T. Project identifies theater techniques that when played out in everyday life turn on the chemistry to Act Well.

He has published four books: ACT NOW!; The Orchestra Conductor's Secret to Health and Long Life; Muscle Pain Relief in 90 Seconds—the FOLD and HOLD Method; and Never Act Your Age—Play the Happy Childlike Role Well at Every Age.

Debbie Armstrong was a surprise winner in the women's giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Armstrong had the second fastest time in the first run, the fourth best time in the second run, allowing her to win the gold. Asked by a sportswriter what she’d had to sacrifice to become a champion, she replied, “Nothing. Skiing is my life. That’s what I love to do. It's fun.”

National giant slalom champion in 1987, Armstrong was also a member of the 1988 Olympic ski team.

Since retiring from skiing competition after the 1988 Calgary Olympics, Debbie has made significant contributions to her community—tackling issues such as drug abuse and bringing skiing to the disabled. In 1987, she founded the Debbie Armstrong Say No to Alcohol and Drugs Campaign in partnership with the Washington State Substance Abuse Coalition. The program started at her old high school and expanded to include more than 150 schools across the state. In 1988, Debbie founded the “Walk with Debbie Armstrong” campaign which has raised over $100,000 for the SKIFORALL Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing skiing and other outdoor sports instruction and activities to persons with disabilities.

Armstrong’s involvement in nonprofit organizations has been far-reaching. In September 2002, Debbie returned to Sarajevo, where she won Gold, as a member and spokesperson for Global Releaf Sarajevo, an organization involved with the reforestation of Sarajevo following the loss of trees during the Bosnian war.

Amy C. Edmondson is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. Her own research explores psychological safety and learning in teams and organizations. She has recently completed a study of factors influencing successful implementation of radical new technology in hospitals.

Professor Edmondson’s doctoral dissertation, Group and organizational influences on team learning, won the American Psychological Association's Division 49 award for best dissertation. From 1980 through 1983 she worked as Chief Engineer for Buckminster Fuller, and is the author of a book about the late architect/inventor's mathematical work, A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller (Birkhauser, 1987). From 1987 through 1990, Edmondson was Director of Research for Pecos River Learning Centers, Inc., where she developed and studied organizational change programs in a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Over the past decade, she has consulted for a number of organizations, including Federal Express, Motorola, Millipore and the Monitor Company.

Edmondson’s publications include articles in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Human Relations, and Management Science, as well as several book chapters. She is co-editor of Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage (Sage Publications, 1996).

Tim Gallwey attended Harvard University where he majored in English Literature and captained the tennis team. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and was one of the founders of a liberal arts college in the Midwest. In the mid 1970's, Tim Gallwey began producing a series of best-selling books, which set forth a new methodology for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields. For over two decades, he has been introducing the Inner Game approach to corporations looking for better ways to manage change.

Through lectures, consulting, and seminars, Gallwey’s focus has been directed at three targets: 1) helping all individuals in a company learn how to learn and think for themselves, 2) helping managers learn how to coach, 3) helping leaders learn to create “learning organizations.” His long-term clients have included AT&T, IBM, Arco, Anheuser Busch, Apple Computer, and The Coca-Cola Company. His newest professional interest is helping people who work in teams to learn how to work together more effectively.

He is the author of several books, including The Inner Game of Tennis; Inner Tennis: Playing the Game; Inner Skiing; The Inner Game of Golf; The Inner Game of Music; and his latest book, The Inner Game of Work.

George Land is an author, speaker, consultant, and general systems scientist. His early research studied the enhancement of creative performance amd ultimately led to the formulation of Transformation Theory—a theory of natural processes that integrates principles of creativity, growth, and change. From these principles Dr. Land developed unique strategic thinking and innovation processes for organizations. He invented the first computer-interactive approaches to group innovation, decision-making and strategic thinking. His exceptional processes are now licensed by over 400 major corporations worldwide. Dr. Land has also taught interdisciplinary science and creative/innovative process to the some three dozen academic faculties.

His seminal work, Grow or Die: the Unifying Principle of Transformation, originally published in 1973 by Random House, was a main selection of the Saturday Review Book Club and submitted by Random House as its nominee in the science category for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. With Dr. Beth Jarman he co-authored Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future—Today (HarperCollins, 1993) and now also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, and Korean.

Dr. Land has been elected a senior fellow of the University of Minnesota, a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences for his outstanding contributions to science, and a colleague and fellow of the Creative Education Foundation. In 1995, the Innovative Thinking Network created the George Land World Class Innovator Award in his honor.

Harvey Mackay, a successful businessman and owner/founder of an $85 million envelope company, is the author of the New York Times #1 bestsellers Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. Harvey’s third book, released in 1993, Sharkproof, also became a national best seller within weeks. Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty, Mackay's fourth book, made the New York Times bestseller list 12 days after its release in 1997, and remained there for five months. In 1999, Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top, became his fourth New York Times bestseller.

Mackay’s books have sold 8,000,000 copies worldwide, been translated into 35 languages and sold in 80 countries.

Mackay is a nationally syndicated columnist appearing in more than four dozen newspapers around the country. He also is one of America's most popular and entertaining business speakers. Toastmasters International named him one of the top five speakers in the world. And he has been a guest lecturer at various universities and business schools, including Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, Cornell, Wharton and Penn State. Fortune magazine refers to him as "Mr. Make Things Happen."

Maxie C. Maultsby, Jr., M.D. is an internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry at Howard University.

Dr. Maultsby is the creator of the self-help psychotherapy called Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT) and the author numerous books and self-help products, including the popular book titled Coping Better, Anytime, Anywhere, The Handbook of Rational Self-Counseling. In 1998, Dr. Maultsby received the NACBT's Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.

Dr. Maultsby is an advisor to the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists. We are proud to have him as an advisor and fortunate that he shares his extensive educational background and years of excellent experience with our web site visitors.

Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the music world. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century and a passionate spokesman for music education. His recordings have sold over 20 million copies.

In recent years, he has combined his love of improvisation with his conducting skills, extending his vocal journeys to larger groups of singers—whether trained or not. McFerrin's solo concerts have always included audience participation; McFerrin sees them not as a genuine collaborative process of making music in the moment. He's also developed that idea in more sophisticated settings with his longtime vocal ensemble Voicestra.

Minister, teacher, and author Mary Morrissey's own dreams were nearly shattered at age 16, when pregnancy forced her into a reluctant marriage that nevertheless became the crucible for remarkable lessons in faith. As she was tested by the near-death of one of her children, by life-threatening kidney disease, and by years of struggling to make ends meet, she clung to her determination to be a minister.

Today Reverend Morrissey is the spiritual leader of Living Enrichment Center serving more than 3,000 people weekly, with radio outreach to more than 80 countries.

She is the author of Building Your Field of Dreams and No Less Than Greatness.

Captain Charlie Plumb graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to fly 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam. On his 75th mission, with only five days before he was to return home, Plumb was shot down, captured, tortured, and imprisoned in an 8 foot x 8 foot cell. He spent the next 2,103 days as a Prisoner Of War in communist prison camps.

During his nearly six years of captivity, Charlie Plumb distinguished himself among his fellow prisoners as a professional in underground communications, and served for two of those years as the Chaplain in his camp.

Since his return home, more than 4,000 audiences in nearly every industry have been spellbound as Captain Plumb draws parallels between his P.O.W. experience and the challenges of everyday life. He has shared his message to an even wider public through appearances on Good Morning America, Nightline, Larry King Live, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Charlie Plumb’s insights on how to cope with the difficulties as well as the opportunities in life have a positive impact on those who hear his message, those who read his books, and those who come to know him as a friend.

Sarah is one of the most decorated U.S. skiers of all time. Competing on the U.S. Disabled Team the past 10 years, Sarah has 8 Olympic Gold Medals and 3 World Championships. Sarah is committed to helping other disabled athletes and in creating awareness for all of the programs that are available to the physically disabled. Some of the programs that Sarah has partnered with include the GM Mobility Program and Chevy Barrier Breakers. Additionally, Sarah operates ski camps throughout the country for disabled athletes. Sarah is also the co-founder of the Vail Mono Ski Camp.

In 2002 alone, she took 4 Gold Medals from 4 Events in the Paralympic Winter Games; 2nd, 1st, 4th, and 1st Place in the Europa Cup Molines, FRA; 5th, 2nd, 1st, and 4th Place in the Europa Cup Wildschoenaum, AUT; 1st Place in the Europa Cup SL in Sestriere. She has been equally successful in other downhill and slalom competitions, with 12 Paralympic Gold Medals and 3 World Championship Gold Medals.

Chips Woods is a former U.S. Ski Team Head Coach and coached the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic teams as well as the 1982 and 1987 World Championship Ski Teams.

He was Ski Club Vail's Executive Director and Head Coach, and is currently a coach and technical adviser for the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club.

Dr. J. Zink is a family therapist who has been training parents in effective child and teen management techniques for nearly 25 years. He does no media appearances. Yet, many of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world are very well aware of Dr. Zink and his positive views on the effective management of children.

In recent years the heads of some of the world’s most powerful corporations have retained Dr. Zink to work with their families and the families of their employees. Dr. Zink’s positive discipline plans for children have helped these successful corporations discover that employees whose home life is a positive experience are much more productive and happier at work.

His books include Building Positive Self-Concept in Kids (1981), Motivating Kids (1983), Ego States (1986), Dearly Beloved: Secrets of a Successful Marriage (1988), The Parent Your Parents Were Not (1990), Face It (co-authored with Ray Anderson and Charlie Eitel in 1996), and Upbringing: Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children (1997).

An early pioneer in the emerging field of neuro-linguistic programming, Dr. Zink’s psychotherapeutic techniques for emotionally traumatized children have helped thousands of youngsters lead brighter, more positive lives.

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