Michael Fischman

Michael Fischman is a warm, funny, and inspiring speaker, and a leader in the field of personal development. A former advertising executive with Ogilvy & Mather, he is one of the founding members and the current president of the U.S. Art of Living Foundation, an NGO and non-profit educational and humanitarian organization that has benefited more than 25 million people in more than140 countries.

Michael leads seminars, retreats, and training programs, and in the last three years he has given programs for more than 15,000 people. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, and has been interviewed or had by-lined articles in several publications.

He is also the CEO of APEX (Achieving Personal Excellence), the corporate training division of the International Association for Human Values, an NGO founded in 1997 by spiritual leader and humanitarian Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.