ANDY MURRAY

 
  • Head Hockey Coach of Western Michigan University 
  • Former Head Coach of the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues
  • Worked for his grandfather's Auto Dealership growing up 
  • Won Herb Brooks Coach of the year in 2016-17
BILL LAM

 
Pursuit of Excellence

  • Wrestling with Life Founder
  • Teaches leadership
  • Former University of North Carolina Head Wrestling Coach
  • ACC Coach of the Year
  • honors 10 times- 15 ACC
  • Championships National Man of Year

CAPTAIN TOM CHABY

 
  • Retired Navy SEAL Captain who served active duty for 26 years
  • Spent 12 years deployed to over 70 countries leading special operations
  • Has helped create suicide prevention programs for veterans
  • Public speaker focusing on leadership, performance optimization, and resilience
TOM IZZO

 
  • Head Men's Basketball Coach
  • Michigan State University
  • Led Spartans to the 2000 NCAA D1 National Championship and 2009 Championship game
  • 7 Final Four appearances
  • 7 Big 10 Championships
  • 5 Big 10 Tournament Championships
  • 21 years as MSU Head Coach
DR. JIM ECKERT


  • Sales and Business Marketing head at Western Michigan University
  • Specializes in teaching successful business-to- business relationships
  • National-Award winning program
GRANT CARDONE

 
"In business, GREATNESS does not come without sales training"
  • International business and sales expert
  • New York Times best selling author
  • Produces exclusive motivational videos for Zeigler employee's weekly sales training 
JAMAL MAYERS

 

  • Graduated from WMU and played hockey for the Broncos
  • Played 15 seasons in the NHL with 5 different teams
  • Won the 2013 Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks!
  • Now a community liason for the
  • Blackhawks and analyst on NHL Network!

TIM LESTER


  • Head Football Coach Western Michigan University
  • Played Quarterback for WMU from 1996-1999
  • Played Professionally for the Chicago Enforcers XFL in 2001

  • Quarterback Coach at Syracuse and Purdue
PATTI POPPE

 
  • CEO of CMS Energy Corp. and Michigan's largest utility, Consumers Energy.
  • One of only 35 female CEOs of fortune 500 companies
  • Masters in Management from Stanford University, Masters in Industrial Engineering from Purdue
  • Worked for GM 15 years
  • Was previously Power Plant
  • Director for DTE Energy
  • Named one of the 100 Most
  • Influential Women in 2016
ERIC "E.T." THOMAS

 
"Be PHENOMINAL" Founder of Breathe University

  • 'Holistic approach to success' Know As the Hip Hop Preacher

  • Dropped out of school & was homeless at the age of 16 - now has a PHD from Michigan State University

JESSE ITZLER

  • Author of NY Times Best -
  • Selling book "Living With A • SEAL"
  • Cofounder Marquis Jet in
    2001 then sold to Berkshire • Hathaway.
  • Former MTV rapper and producer of New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go"
  • Owner of Atlanta Hawks •
  • Married to Spanx founder, Sara Blakely
DAVE CAREY

 
  • Author of "The Ways We Choose, Lessons for Life From A POW's Experience."
  • NAVY Pilot during Vietnam War
    Spent 5 years as P.O.W. in 'Hanoi Hilton'
  • Purple Heart recipient
  • Leadership and Management Trainer
CAPTAIN MIKE ABRASHOF


  • Author of NYT best seller It's Your Ship
  • Sold over 1 million copies
  • Youngest Navy Captain at 37 years old!
  • Spokane Award

  • Speaks around the world!
COL. RICK A. SEARFOSS

 
  • Astronaut, fighter pilot and test pilot with 3 space missions
  • Commanded most complex science research space mission ever- Mission STS- 90 on Columbia
  • #1 Graduate in his Air Force academy class
  • Over 6,100 hours flying time in 84 different aircrafts
BILL RANCIC

 
1st Winner of "The Apprentice"
  • Lead project manager on the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago
  • Restaurateur: RPM Italian, RPM Steak
  • Entrepreneur: Real Estate, Wine
  • TV Host & Producer, Author,  Motivational Speaker & Philanthropist
KIRK COUSINS


  • Current Quarterback for Minnesota Vikings
  • Kirk Cousins was offered a scholarship to Michigan State University in 2007
  • In 2011 he led the Spartans to play in the FIRST EVER Big 10 Championship Game
  • Was drafted in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins in the 4th roun
CHRIS SPIELMAN

 

  • All-Star Linebacker for OSU Buckeyes
  • Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009
  • Played 11 years in the NFL for the Lions, Bills, and Browns
  • NFL Football Analyst with Fox Sports and Host of Spielman and Hooley on iHeart Radio.
  • Raised more than $22 million in honor of his late wife, 'Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research'
  • Faith, Family, and Community


INKY JOHNSON

 
  • Motivational Speaker and former college football player
  •  Played for the University of Tennessee until 2006 after an injury that permanently paralyzed his right arm
  •  Author of "Inky: An Amazing Story of Faith and Perseverance"
JIM CRAIG


"Don't be intimidated by the impossibility, be motivated by the possibility"

  • Olympic Gold Medalist in 1980
  • "Miracle on Ice" movie is about his 1980 Olympic Hockey team
  • 30+ years of Marketing & Sales and sales trainer
PJ FLECK

 
Minnesota Golden Gophers, Head Football Coach

• Previous Head Football Coach for Western Michigan
• Featured in February 2015 Sports Illustrated

• Youngest Head Coach in College Football
• Played professional football for 49ers

• Highest-rated recruiting class in the MAC for the third consecutive year

JIM "THE SHARK" DREYER


Set 18 World Swimming Records 
& Ultra- Marathons
  • Swam across all Great Lakes
  • Motivational speaker and author of Creating your own Reality

CARLOS WHITTAKER

 

  • Speaker and Author of Moment Maker and Kill the Spider
  • Former recording artist
  • Winner of The People's
  • Choice Award
  • Invited to the White House
  • to speak to President Obama
  • Hope Dealer!
  • Was on the CBS Early
  • Morning Show and The Today Show for his viral YouTube video

MATT DE LA CRUZ


"You can't have until you do, you can't do Until you become."

  • Motivational Speaker
  • Founder & C.E.O. The Winning Minds Group
  • Trained almost a MILLION people around the world!
DR. RANDY ROSS

 

  • Founder and CEO (Chief Enthusiasm Officer) of Remarkable
  • Author of Remarkable! and Relationomics
  • Traveled U.S. and internationally as a speaker, consultant, and coach to build teams and leaders!
  • Craftsman of culture and a catalytic coach!