For articles in newspapers and trade and consumer publications, I have interviewed celebrities, politicians, top business professionals and other well-known personalities.
POLITICIANS
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Presidential candidate, Secretary of State and First Lady
- George Pataki, former governor of New York State
- Mike Nozzolio, New York Senator, 54th Senate District, N.Y.
- Jim Walsh, former Representative of the 25th Congressional District, N.Y.
ACTORS, PERSONALITIES AND CELEBRITIES
- Jim Coleman, chef, television host and cookbook author
- Paula Deen, star of Paula Deen Network
- Tony Little, fitness expert and motivational speaker
- Michelle Martin, Mrs. Alaska 2006
- Jillian Michaels, fitness guru and star of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”
- William Shatner, actor
- Sylvester Stallone, actor
- Jake Steinfeld, personal trainer, life coach, founder of “Body by Jake”
ATHLETES
- Bob Bondurant, driver for Carroll Shelby and Dan Gurney race teams, 1965 Word Manufacturers’ Championship winner, and founder of the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
- George Foreman, two-time heavyweight boxing champ of the world and pitchman for the Lean, Mean, Fat-reducing Grilling Machine
- Dan Gurney, winning driver for NASCAR, Sport Car, Grand Prix, and Indy Car
- Phil Hernon, bodybuilder, Mr. USA 1995
- Orel Hershiser, Cy Young Award-winning baseball player
- Phil Hill, Formula 1 champion
- Ben Peterson, Olympic gold medalist 1972, silver medalist 1976, founder Camp of Champs
- Carroll Shelby, auto racing legend and founder of Chili’s restaurants
- Mike Wallace, NASCAR driver
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS/RENOWNED EXPERTS
- Scott Adams, “Dilbert” cartoonist
- John Assaraf, motivational speaker, business coach
- Bill Bartmann, billionaire entrepreneur and author
- Scott Chesney, motivational speaker
- Ben Cohen, co-founder Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
- Roger Dawson, motivational speaker
- Berny Dohrmann, business coach
- Jennifer Flavin-Stallone, founder of Serious Skin Care and Seriesse International
- Lois Frankel, business guru
- Joe Girard, world’s greatest salesman (according to Guinness World Records)
- Kathy Ireland, model and founder of Kathy Ireland Worldwide
- Tory Johnson, small business expert
- Aaron Kennedy, founder Noodles & Company restaurants
- Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur and business coach
- Armando Montelongo, star of A&E’s “Flip This House”
- Dr. Les Moore, naturopathic doctor, expert in integrative medicine, director of the Integrative Medicine at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic in Clifton Springs, N.Y.
- Randal Pinkett, entrepreneur and winner of “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump
- JJ Ramberg, co-founder of GoodSearch
- Dave Ramsey, financial guru, author
- Mark Sanborn, business coach, motivational speaker
- Tom Searcy, founder of Big Sales Hunting, author, business coach and motivational speaker
- Brad Sugars, business coach, author, and founder of ActionCOACH
- In Hyuk Suh, Grandmaster of Kuk Sool Won™, Korean martial arts system
- Theresa Szczurek, Ph.D, business coach, motivational speaker, author and entrepreneur
- Jason Theodosakis, M.D., best-selling author of The Arthritis Cure
- Mark C. Thompson, executive coach, former chief communications officer for Charles Schwab & Co.
- Larry Winget, motivational speaker
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