Pedro Valente is among a select group of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belts under Gracie Jiu-Jitsu's creator, Grandmaster Helio Gracie. Pedro is the founder and owner of Valente Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, one of the largest Martial Arts academies in Florida. Pedro has taught Jiu-Jitsu to several law enforcement officers from agencies such as the FBI, U.S. Customs, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Southern Command, Miami Dade Special Response Teams, Miami Police Department, and many others.

At the age of 18, Pedro decided to move to the United States in order to attend the University of Miami School of Business Administration. Pedro continued his training by constantly traveling to the Gracie Academy in Rio de Janeiro. In 1994, Pedro received his Instructor Certification from the Gracie Academy in Torrance, California and started teaching classes in Miami. In 1995, with the help of Rorion and Royce Gracie, he founded a Jiu-Jitsu club at the University of Miami where he was able to teach several students and faculty members. In 1999, Pedro successfully completed the Jiu-Jitsu Professor's course and received his diploma and title of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Professor. This was a great accomplishment and honor in light of the fact that in 75 years only 25 people, including members of the Gracie family received this diploma from grandmaster Hélio Gracie. In addition to his Jiu-Jitsu skills, Pedro holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Miami.

KEVIN WYNNE has over 17 years of sports industry experience and is currently President & Chief Executive Officer of NICAL Sports & Media Group, Inc., a Sports Marketing Consulting firm founded by Wynne in 2004. Wynne also advises leading sports promoters on litigation strategies and dispute resolution, as well as strategic business initiatives including the exploitation of film libraries and the development of new television outlets. Wynne's role includes negotiating television deals for major sporting events including pay-per-view license agreements with U.S. and foreign distributors, rights agreements with U.S. and foreign premium cable networks, and closed circuit exhibition agreements with international distributors. Wynne garnered acclaim by closing a deal to host the first sporting event to be presented at the historic Radio City Music Hall. In January 2000, Roy Jones defended his light heavyweight title on the same stage graced by the world famous Radio City Rockettes. That event generated the highest single night gross in Radio City's history. Having one more MSG venue record to break, Wynne booked a world welterweight title fight between Shane Mosley and Vernon Forrest in January 2002 held in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. That event generated the highest single night gross in the history of MSG's Theater. As a result of these accomplishments, International Boxing Digest named Wynne one of "The 25 Most Influential People in Boxing." He was the only arena or casino executive named to this list.

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Carlon M. Colker, M. D., FACN is the Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Peak Wellness of Greenwich, Connecticut. His practice specialties include internal medicine, sports medicine, and sports nutrition. Dr. Colker is an attending physician at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, and Greenwich Hospital, in Connecticut. As a special care physician, he has taken care of the most critically ill patients in the intensive care unit at both St. Joseph Medical Center and Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. In addition to his practice, Dr. Colker is also one of the premier published researchers in the field of integrative care and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.
He is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on wellness, physical performance, athletic enhancement, and performance nutrition. Having been a part of the health and fitness industry for over 20 years, to his credit in the late 80's he helped to design and build the first wellness program on the East coast.

He is an internationally recognized consultant in health and fitness and has worked with governments, large health systems, and private companies, as well as with numerous Olympic and professional athletes and celebrities. Dr. Colker's expertise is utilized at the highest level by sports teams and world class athletes and from around the globe. Dr. Colker is also a long time columnist and contributing editor in Muscular Development Magazine. He has also appeared in such magazines as Muscle & Fitness, Ironman, Muscle Magazine, Flex Magazine, Mind & Power, Body, Runner's World, Walking, Let's Live, Self Magazine, Strive, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, and Cosmopolitan, just to name a few. He has published a number of books including The Greenwich Diet and, his most recent publication, Extreme Muscle Enhancement-Bodybuilding's Most Powerful Techniques.

Dr. Colker is a familiar person in the field of medicine, health, nutrition, and fitness. He has been a regular guest correspondent on America's Health Network "Ask the Doctor" segment and Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends". Offering his expert opinion and advice, he has appeared on such shows as ESPN Outside the Lines, NBC's Health Segment, Court TV, and ABC's World News Tonight. Dr. Colker has also been interviewed on national television over a variety of topics from the serious to the not-so-serious by everyone from Barbara Walters and Katie Couric to Jenny Jones and Roseanne Barr. Dr. Colker was also a competitive bodybuilder and former champion. He has managed to combine his remarkable experiences to help countless people unleash their power and reach their true maximum potential.

Connie Coopersmith is the founder and owner of Swallow the Sun Communications, which is based in Miami Beach, Florida and Washington, D.C. Swallow the Sun is a boutique firm that deftly straddles the worlds of film, television, events, productions and public affairs. Her roster of clients and projects have included the Clinton Global Initiative, the Capital Children's Museum, Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change (DMCC), United States Amity for Charity (USTAC), the Louise McBain Foundation, Warner Brothers Publishing, the Safe Surfin' Foundation (with Shaquille O'Neal), the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (with actors Jimmy Smits, Sonia Braga and Esai Morales) and the Women of the Middle East Network (WOMEN).

As a television producer, she has served on Emmy-winning teams for ABC Sports, Fox Sports and ESPN. She is currently in pre-production for "The Titans of Sports" with renowned broadcaster Lesley Visser. An award-winning writer and editor, Connie Coopersmith has been the editor-in-chief of SPUR Magazine and a contributing editor or writer to such diverse publications as Fortune, Leaders and Florida International.

In the realm of politics, Connie Coopersmith briefly opened her own political consulting firm at the age of 17, until university studies and the end of a presidential campaign compelled her to study overseas at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Keble College in Oxford, England.

Beginning in 1991, she has served on international and national advance teams for President William Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. In that domain, she has produced or helped coordinate live town hall meetings, televised debates (including the Doha Debates in Qatar), summits with heads of states, extended campaign bus trips and live rallies.

Olivier Muller -Swiss & French Nationality
Olivier resides in Switzerland.
Olivier has degrees in Law and Economics. His martial arts experience is extensive owning a Black Belt in Kickboxing and was the European Kickboxing Champion in Full Contact in 1984. Olivier was also the Swiss Middleweight Boxing Champion in 1984.