Dave Cruikshank competed for the US at four Winter Olympics. He also attended the 2002 US Olympic Trials but failed to make the team. Cruikshank’s first international appearance was at the 1987 World Junior Championships, where he won the 500, which would remain his only international podium appearance during a long career, primarily as a sprinter. He later competed at the World Sprint Championships in 1989, 1992-93, and 1995; the World Winter University Games in 1991; and the World Single Distance Championships in 1997 and 1998. Cruikshank also skated the World Cup circuit from 1987 through 1999. Cruikshank is a graduate of Carroll College with a degree in business management. He later started DC Hybrid Skating, a skating coaching group and personally he has served as a skating coach to several NHL and minor league hockey teams, as well as D1 college programs. Cruikshank has become quite entrepreneurial, also involved with Under Armour TNP Performance Training Council, an online educational resource that focuses on inproving athletic performance; Shwalla and Blue Speed, a performance apparel line; and DASC, a company which makes high-performance ice hockey skates. Cruikshank is the husband of speed skating sprint superstar Bonnie Blair. He was inducted into the US Speed Skating Hall of Fame in 2008.

Kelle Sutliff is a Psychic Medium, author, former radio show host and psychic investigator. Her book Listen UP! The Other Side is Talking has won the internationally acclaimed “Mom’s Choice” and “Readers’ Favorite” book awards.  She co-authored with Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series) in Pearls of Wisdom, 30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life Now! Kelle has consulted with law enforcement, private detectives and families to help in finding the missing. She does individual readings and lives in Boston, MA with her family.Psychic Medium, Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Psychic Investigator

As a gifted Psychic Medium, Kelle has worked in her industry for over eighteen years. She uses her work to show people that the psychic world is very real and offers inspiration and comfort to those dealing with grief.

She also works as a Psychic Investigator consulting nationally and internationally with missing person and cold cases. In her career she has worked with Boston University on the Cold Case Collective Group, National Group Find Me 2 and privately with detectives and individual families providing accurate information to find the missing.

Kelle had a weekly radio program for over three years, Psychic Cup of Coffee, on Transformation Talk Radio and The Dr. Pat Show with over 400,000 live radio listeners in North America (and beyond with the Internet), and extending to 300 affiliate radio stations worldwide. Her former radio home CBS Radio—The New Sky Network had over 150,000 radio listeners to their nightly programs. Kelle being a part of that broadcasting team showed her listeners how this whole “psychic gig” really worked and how to keep it real in daily life. (You can listen to archived shows at www.transformationtalkradio.com)

Kelle grew up in Michigan and lives in Andover, MA. Her other life “the never a dull moment household” as she calls it, includes three College kids, a husband and two Pembroke Welsh Corgi’s Mabel and Mojo. She usually works on cases and consults for readings in between loads of laundry and making Crock Pot meals for her family. Being psychic is real life!

J. Christian Adams with the Public Interest Legal Foundation

J. Christian Adams serves as President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He is also the founder of the Election Law Center, PLLC. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department which examines the Department’s election and voting rights record.  He litigates election law cases throughout the United States and brought the first private party litigation resulting in the cleanup of corrupted voter rolls under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. He represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He successfully litigated the landmark case of United States v. Ike Brown in the Southern District of Mississippi, the first case brought under the Voting Rights Act on behalf of a discriminated-against white minority in Noxubee County. He has handled election cases in twenty states and the territory of Guam. He received the Department of Justice award for outstanding service and numerous other Justice Department performance awards. Prior to his time at the Justice Department, he served as General Counsel to the South Carolina Secretary of State. He also serves as legal editor at PJMedia.com, an internet news publication and appears frequently on Fox News and has appeared at National Review, Breitbart, the Washington Examiner, American Spectator, Washington Times and other publications. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars. 

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Rich Redmond has been the touring and recording drummer with multi-platinum country rocker Jason Aldean for over two decades.

He has recorded 28 #1 radio hits and plays to millions of fans per year in iconic venues across the globe. Rich has also worked with artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Ludacris, Bryan Adams, Bob Seger, Chris Cornell, Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan and many more. Rich has been featured on Saturday Night Live, The Voice, American Idol, The Grammy Awards, The Tonight Show (with Leno, O’Brien and Fallon), The Today Show, Conan O’ Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Good Morning America, Ellen, The CMA, ACM, CMT and People’s Choice Awards. Rich has vast knowledge, immense experience and powerful insights to share with your audience on the journey to success, and how to get there. Rich is also a busy educator, speaker, author and actor.

JIM RIZOR

What we’re doing out here on the Shire…

The first time I drove out to the property, I immediately thought, “You’ve gotta be kidding me!”  I had already looked at somewhere between 20 & 30 available properties within a 50-mile radius of where we lived.  We had already had a few meetings with prospective eco villagers at our home and folks were sounding like if we had the right property at the right price, we’d be starting up right away.  I remember looking at the heaps of trash that were embedded deep into the soil and thinking, “Jim, if you bring anyone from the group out here to look at this place, they’ll think you’ve completely lost your mind.” 

A few months later, we attended an ecovillage workshop in San Diego where we were given a presentation from Intentional Community Guru Diana Leafe Christian.  In the presentation, she showed us a type of village that she found most inspiring which she called “a land restoration ecovillage.”  She showed how a small group of determined people would come together to transform wastelands into wonderlands.  She showed people bringing water and trees back to barren landscapes, and I immediately thought of the property.  

Upon returning, I quickly went back to the property with new eyes.  I began to look at its potential rather than its reality.  I quickly began to see how this land could turn from a dump into a paradise.  It would take work, a lot of work.  It would take a long-term commitment and sustained determination.  It would take more than I have put into any other project and would probably need more than I could do in a lifetime.  

I thought of how our current culture was trashing the Earth, and how this land and this project were the reality of our world. The trash was not hidden away in some impoverished country or out in the middle of the ocean, the mess was right there in your face.  The land was our planet with all our dirty secrets lay bare and its restoration would require many of the same skill sets, vision, and sheer will that it would take to bring our world back from the brink.  I thought, “What if we could turn this literal dump into a paradise?”  From that moment on, there was no other property for me to find.

Some four years later, after much negotiation, learning, heartache, sacrifice, sweat, and blood we moved to the property that we renamed “The Shire” and now it is our home.  As we go further, our vision gets clearer and we hope will excite new crew to come aboard and join our restorative (and we believe necessary) work.  

I AM NATRELL

There’s a saying “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”. I Am Natrell is Las Vegas’ best-kept secret that can no longer be held. Born in Columbus, GA I Am Natrell is uniquely self-sufficient when it comes to producing a body of work as a singer, songwriter, producer, and engineer. He is famous for his meticulous and imaginative vision for music yet he has built his name and reputation in the music industry.

As an audio engineer/producer, producing for artists and TV shows such as The Real Housewives Of Atlanta, Love, and Hip-hop, Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards, BET’s The Real, and many more. He has also shared the stage with other artists such as Keri Hilson, Ginuwine, Canton Jones, Karen Clark Sheard, Bobby Jones, David Hollister, Mali Music, Nipsey Hussle, Keith Washington and

many more.

Performance-driven, skilled, professional, experienced singer-songwriter, engineer, and music

A producer with a proven record of success in creating music not only for myself but a genre of other music professionals. My vision and focus are to create great music, be acknowledged by a record label, shape a new sound to the R&B world and maximize success by staying up on the newest trends and latest technology. Being determined and motivated to be successful and tenacious throughout my music career by staying focused on my commitment to music.

2019 Black Music Award (BMA), Rising Star & Best Urban Male Performer

Natrell also has a podcast network called B U Radio Network, B U stands for Brilliantly Unique.

MIHI NIHIL

THE BAND

MIHI NIHIL (Mee-Kee Nee-Keel) is an emerging band from Los Angeles, comprising Mihi Vox (vocal), Benjamin Montoya (guitar), Nick Steinberg (bass) and Adam Alt (drums).  Mihi, a former New York City Opera singer, is backed by three self-taught rockers.

Casually, through years of friendship and free-flow sessions the group calls “Whiskey Rehearsals,” MIHI NIHIL was realized and the anatomy of the album was built. They quickly understood how perfect this imperfect pairing of three alternative musicians and a classical singer would be. The record, written and performed together by the quartet in one room, fully encompasses their collaborative essence.

Delivering a dark country sound rooted in post-punk, MIHI NIHIL pulls from a kaleidoscope of influences, including early Radiohead, The Clash, Ennio Morricone, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Neal Young, The Cure and The Pixies. Mihi’s captivating vocals flow seamlessly from serene unfolding to anthemic power, gliding alongside the tectonic pull of Benjamin’s guitar, while Nick and Adam drive the bass and drums with commanding fervor. Together, the four-piece have crafted a nine-song debut grounded in earthiness and redolent with nostalgia.  

The name Mihi Nihil (Mee-Kee Nee-Keel) sounds like a University’s Latin motto, but it was actually the lead singer, Mihi Vox’s, nickname in college. Now a band motto, the name represents the groups approach to life and music as they write songs together, staying open not only to each other but also to the music.