Dr. Mamta Bhatt is a Harvard-trained scientist, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and holistic wellness expert who has been featured more than ten times on NBC and CBS for her work in improving performance, recovery, resilience, and long-term health.

After a two-decade career as a high-level executive and scientific career—no contributing to research, product development, and innovation for Fortune 50 companies—Dr. Bhatt’s life came to an abrupt halt. One morning, she woke up unable to lift herself out of bed. A crushing, unexplained fatigue left her bedridden, battling chronic exhaustion, hormonal imbalances, and digestive dysfunction, with no answers from conventional medicine.

Determined to heal, she turned back to first principles. Inspired by Hippocrates’ wisdom, “Let food be thy medicine,” she combined her scientific training with ancient healing systems, lifestyle medicine, nutrition, and mind-body regulation. Through rigorous self-experimentation, she developed her own proprietary, science-backed protocol.

Within just 90 days, her health was fully restored. She returned to energy, vitality—and even jogging again. The transformation was so profound that those who had watched her decline were stunned. Word spread quickly, and soon others began seeking her guidance. One by one, they too began experiencing measurable improvements in energy, metabolic health, blood sugar, cholesterol, inflammation, and overall well-being—often within the same 90-day window.

Today, Dr. Bhatt works with clients globally, including individuals from the U.S., U.K., Japan, and Australia, helping them reverse chronic conditions and reclaim vitality through lifestyle-based, sustainable solutions. Her work bridges rigorous science with real-world application—making it especially impactful for high performers, athletes, executives, and organizations seeking longevity, focus, and resilience.

Dr. Bhatt holds a PhD in Macromolecular Science, with executive education from Wharton Business School and Harvard Medical School. Beyond science, her journey led her inward. She spent decades immersed in a monastery in rural India, studying meditation, yoga, Ayurveda, naturopathy, breathwork, vipassana, reiki, and contemplative practices under the guidance of living masters—deepening her understanding of healing at the mind-body-spirit level.

She is the author of two bestselling books, Journey for Joy and Recipes for Joy, available on Amazon, which combine her personal healing story with practical, actionable strategies for overcoming chronic disease and restoring clarity, energy and joy. She is also a sought-after keynote speaker and works with corporations to improve mindset, well-being, and productivity using evidence-based lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Bhatt’s work is grounded in one simple truth: true performance and lasting health emerge when the body, mind, and spirit are brought back into alignment.

Dr. Vermani is a clinical psychologist, public speaker, teacher and author in the field of mental health and wellness, and a registered member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario. In her private practice, Dr. Vermani Balanced Wellbeing, she provides a multi-faceted treatment approach through a variety of techniques and treatments, including supportive Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Breath~Body~Mind practices, executive coaching, Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

Dr. Vermani specializes in facilitating treatments for adults suffering from trauma/abuse, mood, anxiety, substance addictions and other related conditions and disorders. Furthermore, Dr. Vermani offers crisis management, chronic pain management, self-esteem/assertiveness enhancement, vocational counselling, skill development and professional coaching. She also conducts outpatient/inpatient psychological, vocational and forensic assessments.

Dr. Vermani’s Start Living Corporate Wellness programs were created out of her belief in the importance of good mental health in the workplace. These in-person and online programs are a product of her dedication to helping people cope more effectively with mental health issues and challenges in every aspect of their lives, providing continuous, ongoing support and resources. Start Living Corporate Wellness programs support and facilitate individuals’ efforts to overcome the barriers that prevent them from living their best and most authentic life.

Lou is an XP Land and WXO Council Member as well as the Co Founder of NOXNOP.

Previously,  she was a Venture Partner with Triptyq Capital  and she served as President of the Los Angeles Studio at Thinkwell Group, where she drove business results through design and production excellence in experiential, immersive, and interactive experiences.

At TD Garden Boston, home of the NBA’s Boston Celtics and the NHL’s Boston Bruins, Lou was Senior Vice President of Business Operations, transforming the guest experience into a best-in-class experiential ecosystem.

As Vice President of Creative Entertainment Parks & Resorts at The Walt Disney Company, she led an international team of over 500, delivering live entertainment and broadcast experiences at Walt Disney World.

Lou also served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Partnerships for Cirque du Soleil’s touring division, overseeing the creative and distribution funnel of this multimillion-dollar segment.

Marilyn Magness is the former Imagineer and Executive Creative Director of Live Show

Development for the Walt Disney Company, responsible for all entertainment for Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Paris Disneyland.

Marilyn has directed spectaculars both on stage and in the sky, multiple international tours, film premiers, Emmy-winning television specials, Broadway’s “Peter Pan”, “The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular”, Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Super Bowl Halftime Shows, Presidential Inaugurations, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Pasadena Rose Parade, the Grand Openings of Disney Resorts and Cruise Lines around the world and a myriad of global theme park and corporate musical celebrations

On a personal note, Marilyn has been married for 47 years to college sweetheart, Steve Carroll.  She is the Co Founder of NOXNOP. She plays honky-tonk piano, loves downhill skiing, and is the world’s worst cook.

New Holiday Animated Short “No Chimney? No Problem!”

Veteran Disney creative leader and writer director Marilyn Magness teams up with producer Lou Murray to deliver a warm 2D Christmas story for kids and families.

A new 2D animated holiday short is coming to YouTube just in time for Christmas. “No Chimney? No Problem!” is an approximately 11 minute film from NOXNOP, a micro entertainment studio co created by writer director Marilyn Magness and producer Lou Murray.

Blending classic holiday heart with a modern family setting, “No Chimney? No Problem!” follows a child who discovers there is no chimney where they are spending Christmas. Convinced that Santa will never find them, panic sets in until a magical book, a little bit of North Pole know how, and the power of belief show that Santa has a way to reach every child, no matter where they live.

“Growing up, I loved the feeling that Christmas magic could find you anywhere,” said writer director Marilyn Magness. “Today many kids live in apartments, condos, townhouses, or blended households. I wanted to tell a story that reassures them that they are seen, loved, and never ‘off the route’ for Santa. If this short makes even one child feel more included at Christmas, it will have done its job.”

“No Chimney? No Problem!” was created by a small international team using a nimble, AI supported workflow. Animation was crafted by 2D animator Cris Moras, with original music score, sound design, and final mix by Scott Erickson. The film also features the holiday song “When You Believe in Santa Claus,”  by Jason Freese released earlier this season on major streaming platforms.

“In a matter of weeks, we built a micro studio from our laptops and brought a full animated short to life,” said producer and NOXNOP co founder Lou Murray. “For years I worked in large scale live entertainment, arenas, and theme parks. This project is proof that you do not always need a giant machine to make something that feels special. With the right story, the right collaborators, and smart use of new tools, a tiny team can still create something joyful and rewatchable for families everywhere.”

The short is designed to be a “put it on and let it play” holiday piece that parents can feel good about sharing with their kids. Warm colors, classic 2D animation, and a story centered on love, inclusion, and belief aim to give families a new tradition they can return to each year.

“We created NOXNOP to tell hopeful stories that children will want to watch again and again,” added Magness. “This is our first chapter, and we are already dreaming about the next ones.”

Amber Romaniuk is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, with 12 years experience helping high achieving women create a level of body confidence, intuition and optimal health through powerful mindset healing, self-care and overcoming self-sabotage with food.

She does this through addressing the key negative thoughts, patterns and limiting beliefs that keep women stuck in the same behaviors for years and decades, that they haven’t been able to break.

Her podcast “The No Sugarcoating Podcast” has 2+ million downloads, over 600 episodes and is listened to in over 90 countries.

Amber overcame her own emotional eating after gaining and losing more than 1000 lbs and spending over $50,000 on binge foods, and spending 5 years balancing her hormones and digestion. She also dismantled her deep limiting beliefs and behaviors keeping her stuck in the same looping patterns.

Now she helps others achieve the biggest healing miracles of Body Freedom™ so they have the confidence and health to create amazing lives.

DAVID LONGORIA

The Artist
2016 has seen the launch of David Longoria’s newest Dance (EDM) Instrumental single “ANGELS”. This record features David’s trumpet mastery using stylistic ideas from classical music, combined with the current dance sounds. The song started out with an improvised trumpet performance, after which an EDM track and production were added. The result is the unique, catchy and quite advanced dance production. The uplifting song is gathering momentum worldwide as it heats up dance floors and climbs the Billboard charts.

David just released his much anticipated GROUNDBREAKING Instrumental album “The Journey” with some of the very freshest new music ever created. The follow up single release is David’s tribute to the 30th Anniversary of Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie’s “We Are The World”. It’s a historic song called “WE ARE ONE” and features the combined performances of more than 600 recording artists from many genres of music as well as many races and cultures, all singing together in and about unity.

The new album is set in an EDM soundscape, where 12 songs written by David and in collaboration with with Remixer/Producer Robert Eibach feature the unique and groundbreaking contemporary Instrumental work of David’s trumpet and other great world class musicians.

The Backstory
DAVID LONGORIA was born at a very early age. He began singing along with his aunt Betty as she practiced her opera. It raised a few eyebrows as he was only 6 months old. He developed a love for music right away. He started playing the drums and moved to the clarinet. As a 9 year old, his fingers were not big enough to cover the keys. It was at the tender age of 10 he watched trumpet great AL HIRT perform on tv. “That moment I knew I wanted to play the trumpet”, says Longoria. “I immediately threw my clarinet down on the couch and said I HAVE to do that!” Growing up poor was a challenge when David decided to learn to play the trumpet. “I asked my parents how I could get a trumpet and they suggested I earn a little money and buy a used one. I found an old golden trumpet hanging in the window of Ben’s Loan in my little town. Dino, the owner was amused that I wanted to buy it with my $5 as a down payment, but he started a layaway for me and about a year and a half later that little beauty was mine, all mine. Sixty Five Dollars is hard to raise in a hurry when you’re ten and poor”, he remembers. “I loved and appreciated that trumpet so much for all the hard work it was to get.” David had the same trumpet gold plated and still plays it to this day.

The Salvation Army offered music lessons to build their local brass band so David joined the band and learned to play there. They loaned him a horn to play as he proved he was a wiling and able student. “I played every Sunday at the church and it really taught me how to play and to be dedicated. I practiced every day of my childhood in my front yard. There are still a few neighbors I want to apologize to”, he says. He discovered such great players as Dizzy Gillespie, Herb Alpert, Miles Davis, Arturo Sandoval Maurice Andre and Maynard Ferguson. “Each of these players brought something different to the table. I was inspired to learn from all of them”, he recounts. “Playing for Dizzy Gillespie was an eye-opener for me, David says. “One time I played a jazz solo and Dizzy said to me ‘I really dug your solo’ to which I said ‘nah… I can play better than that’. Dizzy was offended and said ‘Don’t EVER insult me like that! When someone says they dug your solo just shut up and say thank you. Otherwise you are telling them they have bad taste’. I never made that mistake again!” He went on to play the trumpet for many other artists including Foreigner, Buddy Rich, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye.

When he was 17 he put together his first original music which was released as a contemporary jazz album titled MONTAGE. He featured amazing talents WALT WAGNER on piano, GRANT REEVES, sax and more musicians that he convinced to join his debut project. Releasing it on his own, he learned to distribute and promote the record even without the backing of established labels. He sold several thousand copies across the US and Canada before moving to Los Angeles to continue his career. It was there that he performed at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Disneyland and many other places. He played his trumpet on hundreds of commercials, TV shows and movie soundtracks as a studio musician. In the evenings David donned a tuxedo and played “casuals”, the term musicians call gigs at weddings, birthday parties, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceaneras, and just about anywhere else you can imagine.

One thing led to another and eventually David found himself performing as a recording artist in Europe and the USA. Enjoying this even more than playing Bar Mitzvahs, David did his best to forget the melody to Hava Nagila and instead wrote many songs and performed them across Europe and more recently the USA. Combining Latin styles, dance styles and Jazz, David found he could create a unique blend that was understandable, memorable and still had a beat you could dance to.

In 2012 David released his instrumental dance pop single Zoon Baloomba which immediately climbed the US Billboard Charts to #21. It made history as the first Instrumental song to become a national hit on this chart since Herb Alpert did it with his hit “RISE” in 1979.

In 2014 David Longoria released his TV Special Baila! to PBS & Public TV Stations across America. The 60 minute HD Special was taped in front of a live audience in Southern California with a complete band, singers, many dancers and guest stars. The show can also be viewed online in it’s entirety at pbsspecials.org .

In 2014 and 2015 the TV Special was broadcast across the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America on Commercial TV Stations. David released his album Baila! which featured dance hits Zoon Baloomba, Reflection, So Cool! and Deeper Love (featuring dance diva Cece Peniston) as well as contemporary jazz songs Loving Life (featuring Chris Standring), Sunset (featuring Marc Antoine) and A Castle In Spain (featuring Ottmar Liebert).

In 2025, Longoria earned a GRAMMY® Award, solidifying his status as one of today’s most versatile and inventive producers. Over his career, he has collaborated with a wide range of artists across pop, R&B, EDM, jazz, and world music—earning multiple Billboard chartings and performing on iconic stages worldwide.

At the age of 10 a young, ambitious David Longoria began learning to read music and to play the trumpet from dedicated retired officers teaching at the local Salvation Army in Renton, Washington. Coming from a financially challenged farm family, he thrived with the opportunity that would otherwise have not been affordable. This led to a successful career in music, with this year winning the industry’s top award.

The benevolence of the Salvation Army has not been forgotten and Longoria consistently supports the Army’s efforts to educate and help those in need. Over the years he has directly taught more than 500 kids music through corps and camps in California, Washington, Hawaii and New York.

As a trumpet virtuoso, Longoria’s sound is instantly recognizable: melodic, cinematic, and emotionally expressive. His recordings and live performances have garnered millions of streams and a global fan base. As a producer, he has crafted high-impact musical storytelling for albums, singles, film projects, and now audio books.

Longoria produced the 2026 GRAMMY®-nominated audio book Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story, helping bring the legendary songwriter’s story to life with musicality, emotional depth, and cinematic flair.

A dedicated advocate for music education and unity through the arts, Longoria has taught and inspired thousands of young musicians, championed collaborative creative projects, and continues to break new ground both in the studio and onstage.

James S. Robbins (born 1962) is an American commentary writer for USA Today and Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs on the American Foreign Policy Council. He is the former Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times, an author, political commentator and professor, with a focus on national security and foreign and military affairs.

James S. Robbins is a columnist for USA Today, Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council and a member of the advisory board to the National Civil War Museum. Formerly, he was an award-winning editorial writer at the Washington Times, professor at the National Defense University, and special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.



Dr. Robbins holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. His books include Erasing America: Losing Our Future By Destroying Our Past (2018), The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero (2014), This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive (2010) and Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point (2006).

Dr. Robbins’ books include The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero (Amazon #2 in Military Biography), Native Americans: Patriotism, Exceptionalism and the New American Identity (Amazon #1 in Nationalism), This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive (Amazon #1 in American Military History and Vietnam War History) and Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point.

Dr. Robbins has appeared on hundreds of national and international television and radio programs, including on Fox News, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and CSPAN among others. His articles and commentaries have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and more.

Dr. Robbins’ awards include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association Division A, First Place award for editorial writing, and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award.

Dr. Robbins holds a PhD and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude with High Honors in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati.