As the founder of Francis Development Inc., Mitch developed shopping centers, office buildings and condominium projects. He continues to own and manage commercial properties throughout the US. He was a Real Estate major at the University of Colorado and has a California Real Estate Broker license he doesn’t use, (like everyone in California).

Mitch was the founder, Chairman and CEO of a small publicly-traded company for nearly 30 years. The company was initially involved in creating and operating 3-D motion simulator attractions in the US and Canada, utilizing the most advanced technologies of the day. Subsequently, the company became the largest ticket broker in Las Vegas, selling more than $1 billion in show tickets, attractions and dining.

Mitch is an innovative business leader whose inventions have yielded four United States patents, with another three inventions currently patent-pending. All of these inventions have contributed to the successes of his unique businesses. Mitch believes that the two most important ingredients for success as a serial entrepreneur are superior skills in problem-solving and unshakable tenacity.

Mitch has been a founding director of two charitable organizations and remains on those boards. Though important, neither organization deals with the twenty topics addressed in Bad-Ass Solutions.

Mitch grew up in Denver, Colorado and of course had a love affair with skiing. He was on the Vail ski team specializing in downhill racing. He taught skiing on weekends and holidays while at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Picture him studying on the chairlifts….

Mitch lives in Los Angeles with his amazing wife Sandy. He found her lost, skiing in a white-out. She says he saved her life, so she was obligated to marry him. It’s working out – 41 years!

The Heart of the Community Engagement & Opportunity Council
CEOC Founder and CEO Scott Turner has always had a heart for helping people, as shown by his long history of serving others. He and his wife Robin created their family foundation in 2021 with the mission to help those living in impoverished communities by providing life-giving, sustainable resources and opportunities.

Immediate effect & long term sustainability
The formation of CEOC came shortly after Scott returned from his role as Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC). Here, he initiated the revitalization process in areas that have been deeply affected by poverty and hopelessness for generations. Under his leadership, private entities invested more than $75 billion in under-resourced communities located in Federally designated Opportunity Zones. The results of his efforts have been life-changing, showing both immediate effects and long-term sustainability for so many people.
Prior to his work in the White House, Scott served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives and most recently, he held the longstanding title of Chief Inspiration Officer for nearly 17 years at Systemware, Inc.

Scott currently operates as Chief Visionary Officer at JPI and CEO of Scott Turner Consulting Group. He is also a Senior Advisor to the EVP of Football Operations at the National Football League (NFL) and serves as an associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church.

Additionally, Scott is a nationally recognized motivational speaker and serves on numerous boards including:
America First Policy Institute's Center for Education Opportunity
America Cornerstone Institute
Baylor Scott & White
Dallas Baptist University
The Master Cares Foundation

Christopher Ruddy, is CEO of Newsmax Media, Inc., the parent company of NEWSMAX, America’s fastest-growing cable news channel. He is a noted journalist and entrepreneur, is CEO and president of Newsmax Media Inc., one of the nation's leading news media companies. 
In 1998, Ruddy founded Newsmax, a multimedia publishing company that publishes online and offline content in the fields of news, politics, health and finance. Newsmax.com ranks consistently as one of the country's most trafficked news Web sites.

As a journalist, Ruddy previously worked at the New York Post and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.

A Newsweek cover story named him as one of America's top 20 most influential news media personalities. He also studied as a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.

Ruddy sits on the Board of Directors of the Financial Publishers Association, the industry organization representing investment publications that reach 25 million Americans monthly.

He holds a B.A. summa cum laude in history from St. John's University in New York and a master's in Public Policy from the London School of Economics.

Josh Horwitz, JD, works to reduce gun violence by utilizing public health research and health equity analysis to build advocacy campaigns that meet critical opportunities in the policy development process.