Inspirational Archives - Hood Hargett Breakfast Club

Alden Mills – Former Navy Seal, Inc 500 CEO, Best-Selling Author

Alden Mills Speaker – November 14, 2025 Alden Mills is on a mission to help 100 million people “Be Unstoppable”. With more than 40 years of experience failing and succeeding in a vast array of different environments from sports, military, and business to nonprofits and community action groups, he learned success is driven by one…

Kevin Holland – Former Navy Seal Team 6 & Delta Force

Kevin Holland – 7-Time Bronze Star Recipient Kevin Holland Speaker November 7, 2024 – From Seal Team Six to Delta Force, Master Sergeant Kevin Holland is the only publicly known operative to have served in both units over his noteworthy 20-year military career. Humble, engaging, and sincere, Holland’s combat stories, life-changing missions, and purpose-driven lessons…

Kyle Carpenter : Medal of Honor Recipient & Author

Kyle Carpenter Kyle Carpenter : Medal of Honor Recipient & Author Speaker Nov. 8, 2023 – While serving as a Marine rifleman in Afghanistan at age 20, on the morning of November 21st, 2010, Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter’s squad was attacked by Taliban forces. During the attack, a live grenade landed between Kyle and a…

Tanya Selvaratnam – Author – Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence

Tanya Selvaratnam Tanya Selvaratnam – writer, artist, and an Emmy-nominated producer Speaker – March 3, 2023: Tanya Selvaratnam is a writer, artist, and an Emmy-nominated and multiple Webby-winning producer with more than twenty-five years of experience in the arts & social justice. She is the Senior Advisor, Gender Justice Narratives, for the Pop Culture Collaborative…

Emmitt Smith Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back Businessman and Entrepreneur

Emmit Smith SPEAKER – October 14, 2021 – Emmitt Smith is a professional football icon and one of the greatest to ever play the game. In his 15 seasons in the National Football League, Smith amassed many records that still stand today, including the most career rushing yards and the most career rushing touchdowns. Smith’s…

Brett Culp Acclaimed Filmmaker and Social Entrepreneur

SPEAKER – JULY 16, 2020: Brett Culp is an acclaimed filmmaker and social entrepreneur whose work has inspired audiences around the world. He is the personal cinematographer for Hollywood stars, music icons, beloved authors, hall of fame athletes, and royal families. His films are featured on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. With his uplifting…

Urban Meyer – Football Studio Analyst, Former Ohio State & Univ of Florida Head Coach

SPEAKER – TUESDAY – OCT. 13, 2020 – An Ohio boy, born and raised, Urban Meyer began his coaching career following his playing days at the University of Cincinnati. After making his start with a high school team in Cincinnati, Meyer joined the Ohio State coaching staff as a positional coach. He moved around to…

Taya Kyle – Author American Wife , Widow of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle – American Sniper

Taya Kyle SPEAKER – Nov. 5, 2021 – Since the tragic loss of her Navy SEAL husband, Chris Kyle, Taya has continued to forge Chris’ legacy through the formation of the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation. The Chris Kyle Frog Foundation is based on the Kyle’s values of God, Country and Family. The Foundation supports military…

Tony Gonzalez – Pro Football Hall of Famer, Actor, and Entrepreneur

Tony Gonzalez – Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez – Pro Football Hall of Famer, Actor, and Entrepreneur SPEAKER – January 12, 2022 – Former Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons All-Pro tight end, Tony Gonzalez, is a unique athlete, and the greatest tight end in NFL history. He was inducted into the…

Mark Shulman Rock Drummer & Motivational Speaker

Mark Shulman – Rock Drummer Mark Schulman – Rock Drummer & Motivational Speaker SPEAKER April 8, 2022 – MARK SCHULMAN has enjoyed an unprecedented career over the last 30 years as a first call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists. He was voted ‘Top 3 Pop-Rock Drummers’ in the Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll in…