ANNE READY is distinguished on both sides of the industry from print journalism and talk show production to media strategy and communications coaching. With over 25 years of experience, Anne has coached corporate executives, celebrities and sports stars for interviews on the TODAY Show, 60 Minutes, Nightline, QVC, PC Week, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, Fortune, People Magazine, and countless infomercials, webcasts and satellite media tours. Anne began her career writing for the Chicago TRIBUNE, ADVERTISING AGE and the Los Angeles TIMES. In television, Anne was an Associate Producer for Regis Philbin.

A published novelist and screenwriter, Anne Cooper Ready makes her own media and personal appearances with her latest non-fiction work on impromptu speaking from Career Press entitled, Off the Cuff, What to Say at a Moment's Notice.

RANDY MELL received his training at The Juilliard School in New York City and has spent over 35 years as a professional actor, teacher and speech consultant. He has performed leading roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in major theatres throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. His film and television appearances include Cookie’s Fortune, Grand Canyon, Wyatt Earp, Law & Order, 24, Monk and many TV movies and mini-series. He currently teaches acting and public speaking at USC and has been a visiting artist/teacher at Vassar College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Northwestern University and The University of Texas. Since 1997, he has worked as a speech consultant for a variety of national and international firms including NASA, JPL, Northrop-Grumman, Bear Stearns, and the International AIDS Society.

TOMM TAYLOR is known to some of the most recognizable faces in entertainment as well as numerous leaders in the corporate world. After Fordham University, Tomm learned about public speaking while working for Mayor Ed Koch in the Office of Special Projects and Events. He began his broadcast career researching and writing stories for the TODAY Show and NBC Nightly News. Turning to production, Tomm headed to Fox, followed by CNN during the initial weeks of CNN-FN, the financial news channel. As such, he spent years covering financial news from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the gallery at the NASDAQ, An appreciation for the markets and stories that impact investors followed as he developed skills as a reporter, which he most recently exhibited on E! Entertainment. Tomm's a journalist with a unique style and an ability to make an interview engaging. He has coached spokespeople for Bank of America, Bear Sterns, LSI Logic, Mc Kinsey & Co., Pedigree and Sebastiani Vineyards.

PATTY ECKER covered every newsworthy event and crisis from space exploration to corporate layoffs and the Los Angeles riots in her 20 years as a general assignment reporter for KCBS-TV, Los Angeles. Prior to her broadcasting career, Patty was a movie publicist and a high school history teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School System. Winner of three Los Angeles Emmy's, several Golden Mikes, Associated Press and LA Press Club Awards for news reporting, Patty has a Masters in Sociology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a National Science Foundation Fellow.