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.

Gordon is a very entertaining and highly professional speaker who really relates to and enthuses his audiences. His positive interaction with delegates attending events generate extreme positive energies. Gordon's charismatic and highly intelligent approach to delivering motivational presentations and anecdotes about his fascinating life, business and otherwise, leaves his audience with fulfillment and a desire to create and achieve.

Star of the 30-minute home arts series, "The Katie Brown Workshop", Katie is an expert on cooking, gardening, home decor, crafts and entertaining. She has partnered with The New York Times for a nationally syndicated column and she is the best-selling author of Katie Brown's Outdoor Entertaining. Katie has an imaginative approach to the home arts has been a breath of fresh air for a new generation of homemakers.

Ken Chase is a classically trained wine maker and wine consultant. Ken is fluent in three European languages, which allows him to consult world wide on many wine projects. He enjoys traveling the world expounding on the simplicity and enjoyment of wine and winemaking.

After serving as executive chef in NYC's finest restaurants, Roy Yamaguchi opened his nationally acclaimed restaurant, 385 North. Roy's time in Hawaii transformed the island's regional cuisine to his fusion of Asian flavors and European techniques, the result was "Roy's Restaurant". The restaurant has been called the "crown jewel of Hawaii's east-west eateries" by Food & Wine Magazine.

Chef, cookbook author and television personality, Sara Mouton is the chef of Gourmet magazine's executive dinning room and the Food Editor of ABC's Good Morning America. As an original star of Food Network, Sara hosted "Cooking Live", and "Sara's Secrets" on the network. She is author of Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals. Sara was one of the founders of the New York Women's Culinary Alliance.