Cindy Rarick became a pro golfer in 1981, and just four years later qualified for the LPGA tour. Rarick went on to win five tournaments on the Tour, her first in 1987—the same year she won the Gatorade Most Improved Player Award. Her highest finish on the money list was 10th in 1990.

Rarick now plays on the LPGA Legends Tour. She has six credited holes-in-one and one Legends Tour victory. In addition to golfing around the country, Rarick is co-owner of Silvara Vineyards in Leavenworth, WA. The successful winery is located on a five-acre estate on a gentle hillside surrounded by the Cascade Mountains.

Emmanuel “Manny” Ohonme has achieved national and international recognition as a philanthropist, social entrepreneur, businessman, speaker and author. He is the founder and president of Samaritan’s Feet International, a global humanitarian organization working in more than 75 countries and 325 U.S. cities to provide shoes and help save underprivileged barefoot children from foot-borne illnesses and soil-transmitted parasites.

Ohonme is also president and CEO of Barefoot Legacies Group, a social entrepreneurial venture that combines for-profit and nonprofit interests through manufacturing of apparel and shoes, consulting services and development of leadership strategies.

He has delivered keynote speeches and motivational messages around the world for more than 10 years and recently published his first book, “Sole Purpose.”

Miles Beacom has served as president and CEO of PREMIER Bankcard since 1992. Under his leadership, PREMIER Bankcard has grown to serve more than 2.8 million customers nationwide, making the company the 12th largest issuer of MasterCard credit cards in the country.

With more than 30 years of credit card industry experience, Beacom has served in a variety of management positions with other financial institutions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for PREMIER Bankcard, LLC, First PREMIER Bank, United National Corporation, the South Dakota Hall of Fame, ReliaMax, the Catholic Diocese for Eastern South Dakota, Lam Radio, the Eastbank Board of Directors (Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation), the Dakota State University Foundation, and the USD Beacom School of Business Advisory Board.

Beacom is recognized as a visionary in the business world and a strong role model for his dedication to community service and generous philanthropy.

In addition to being a three-time Olympic swimmer and winner of 10 medals, Gary Hall, Jr. has twice testified before Senate subcommittees on health care-related issues. He has proven himself as an entrepreneur, board member, patient advocate and consultant focused on board support, strategic alliance, marketing, clinical distribution, medical research and patient engagement. He also has experience in conceptualizing initiatives, mobilizing patient advocacy support and creating organizational partnerships.

As a type 1 diabetic, Hall has translated his athletic accomplishments into a platform to advance diabetes advocacy and has amassed an influential network of policymakers and nonprofit and health care industry leaders focused on diabetes, medical research, philanthropy, nutrition, sport, physical activity, sports medicine and sports science.

As executive vice president of Sanford Health, Micah Aberson oversees the planning, development and execution of strategic marketing initiatives. He also has corporate oversight of the Sanford Health Foundation, Profile by Sanford, Sanford Research, Sanford World Clinic, and public policy. In addition, he serves as the chair of the Sanford International PGA Tournament Champions board.

Aberson works closely with the Sanford International Board as the organization’s global footprint continues to expand through new partnerships in different countries and bold initiatives like the Sanford Lorraine Cross Award.

Bernhard Langer is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and has 113 worldwide victories during his five-decade career, including two major championships. The Anhausen, Germany, native won the Masters in 1985 and 1993. He represented Europe on the Ryder Cup team 10 times and captained the team to victory in 2004.

Langer now plays on the PGA TOUR Champions, where he holds the record for most major victories with 11. He is second all-time in wins on the TOUR Champions circuit with 40. In 2018, he was honored as the recipient of the Payne Stewart Award. Langer and his wife, Vikki, have four children: Jackie, Stefan, Christina and Jason.

From her unwavering support of the man competing inside the ropes to her tireless charitable efforts outside the ropes, there is no person over the last five decades who deserves the title “The First Lady of Golf” more than Barbara Nicklaus.

As a true philanthropist, Barbara, the wife of golf legend Jack Nicklaus, received the USGA’s highest honor in 2015, the Bob Jones Award. She has been lauded for her efforts to help raise tens of millions of dollars for myriad charities. Among those efforts is the Barbara and Jack Nicklaus Junior Golf Endowment Fund, which supports junior golf programs.

Off the course, her focus ranges from cancer research to children in need. Nicklaus pours her heart and energy into the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, of which she serves as chairman and co-founder with her husband. In just over 13 years, the Foundation has raised more than $70 million. In 2015, the Foundation pledged $60 million to Miami Children’s Health System. The System’s flagship hospital rebranded to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, and now the entire Miami Children’s Health System is known as Nicklaus Children’s Health System.

Kirk Penney was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and has been playing basketball and growing a fan base in a variety of international basketball leagues and communities ever since.

Penney started his career with the National Basketball League in New Zealand where he was named Rookie of the Year. He then accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Wisconsin, where he was twice named first-time All-Big Ten and won two Big Ten championships. He also earned honorable mention All-American and played in the 2000 Final Four.

Over his career Penney, has represented New Zealand at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games and the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Championships. He also played with the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA.

Today, he is back in New Zealand and recently signed a three-year contract with the New Zealand Breakers team in the Australian National Basketball League, returning to where his career began.

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, MD, serves as Sanford Health’s top administrator in innovation. As chief innovation officer, he is responsible for helping shape the organization’s clinical development and leading several initiatives to advance precision medicine, including genetics, stem cell therapies, immunotherapy and many others. Dr. Shulkin also serves as an ambassador for Sanford Health’s many domestic and international projects.

Prior to serving as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Shulkin was the leader of the largest integrated health system in the United States as the VA’s Under Secretary of Health. He also served in chief executive roles for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple University Hospital and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.

He earned his degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and is a board-certified internist. He completed an internship at Yale University School of Medicine and a residency and fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center.

Dr. Robin L. Smith is recognized as a global thought leader, top medical expert, writer and entrepreneur in one of the fastest growing segments of modern-day medicine: cell therapy research.

Dr. Smith founded The Stem for Life Foundation, a Cura Foundation, and has held the position of president and chairman of the board of directors since 2007. She sits on public and private company board of directors including chairman of the board of MYnd Analytics, director of Rockwell Medical, director of Signal Genetics and director of Bioxcel Corp. She also served as chairman of the board of directors of Caladrius Biosciences (formerly NeoStem) after leading the company as CEO and chairman from 2006 to 2015, where she positioned the company as a leader in the emerging cellular therapy industry.

Dr. Smith earned her B.A. and M.D. from Yale University and her M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.