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Meet Michelle Lemmons

Chairman and Founder, International Speakers Bureau

Michelle Lemmons-Poscente is the Chairman of iSB Global, LLC, a diversified leadership and educational services firm providing organizations worldwide with unparalleled access to the world's best thinkers, educational programs, and corporate training offerings. She is also founder and CEO of its flagship company, International Speakers Bureau, a full-service speaker's agency specializing in business, contemporary thought leadership, and entertainment headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

iSB's clientele includes most of the Fortune 500 as well as multinationals, small businesses, governments, universities and NGOs around the world. iSB represents the very best authors, academics, celebrities, entertainers, sports-figures and subject-matter experts. Its international business is growing significantly representing over 20% of total operations. The Company recently opened offices in Dubai, and plans to have a presence in Asia and India by year-end 2008.

From companies looking to find the right speaker line-up for a upcoming conference to best-selling authors seeking to leverage their brands through productization and greater reach inside organizations, iSB has become a formidable player in connecting and growing leaders.

Michelle majored in Communications at Southern Methodist University before relocating to Hollywood to work in the film and television industry on programs such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Star Search and Supermodels of the World. In 1993 she founded International Speakers Bureau on the cutting-edge of the growing speaking industry, and has never looked back.

Dubbed as one of the "Top Female-Owned Businesses" in the U.S. by Bank One and recognized as one of the top-managed companies in the United States, winning the Sprint #1 Small Business Award (sweeping the categories Customer Service, Marketing and Innovation), International Speakers Bureau has become one of the largest and most respected bureaus in the world.

Michelle has held numerous international board positions including Vice Presidents of Education for Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) as well as seats on International Association of Speakers Bureaus, Young President's Organization (YPO) TACA Board a Dallas arts fund-raising organization, The SMU Doak Walker Sports Lecture Series, and Meeting Planners International (MPI) as a Charter member.

Michelle is married to Canadian Olympic star Vincent Poscente and is the mother of three children.