List of confirmed speakers for the 2014 conference below:

Steve Ward

Steve Ward is an expert on love, dating and relationships. As the Host and Executive Producer of VH1′s hit show, “Tough Love”, he has gained notoriety for his no nonsense approach to life and love over six successful seasons. Steve is also the CEO of Master Matchmakers, an exclusive, high end matchmaking service that has been coaching and connecting eligible singles to one another for over 20 years. Founded by JoAnn Ward, Steve’s mother and business partner, the firm has grown nationwide with a staff of more than twenty professionals working together coast-to-coast. Steve’s advice in dating and relationships has been sought after by many magazines and publications including Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Glamour, US Weekly, and People to name a few. He has appeared numerous times on national TV shows including “Extra,” “Good Morning America,” “Good Afternoon America,” “Today,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “Rachel Ray,” “The Katie Couric Show” and more. His book “Crash Course in Love,” authored along with JoAnn Ward, a Master Matchmaker for more than 25 years, was published by Simon and Shuster.

Lisa Clampitt

Lisa Clampitt, LMSW, is the founder and president of VIP Life, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Matchmaking Institute, a professional matchmaker and relationship expert for over a decade, a book author and a New York State Certified Social Worker since 1991. She was educated at New York University, receiving a BA in Dramatic Literature, and received her graduate degree, a Masters in Social Work, from the University of Michigan. Lisa has been running her own successful matchmaking business since 2000 as well as co-founding the Matchmaking Institute in 2003 to set a code of ethics and strict quality standards in the matchmaking industry. It is the first institute offering a professional matchmakers trade association, matchmaking workshops and yearly world-wide profession conferences providing matchmakers with a network of peers & support. Lisa is consistently sought after as a matchmaking and relationship expert and has had extensive National and international press coverage including ABC’s 20/20, the O’Reilly Factor, Time Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Forbes.com, Worth Magazine, Crane’s New York, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Reuters and Today in New York among many other media outlets. Lisa’s is also author of two books on matchmaking published in September 2007, Make Me a Match: The 21st Century Guide to Finding and Using a Matchmaker and Matchmaking From Fun to Profit: A Complete Guide to Turning Your Matchmaking Skills into a New Business Lisa has been happily married for over seven years and lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

Paul Carrick Brunson

Paul Carrick Brunson (also known as The Modern Day Hitch) has become internationally recognized as one of the most successful matchmakers and relationship coaches. As a pioneering African-American matchmaker in the world, Paul has served over 400 clients directly and collectively through live events and social media matched over 3,000 people on dates.

Rachel Greenwald

Rachel Greenwald is a NY Times bestselling author of “Find A Husband After 35″ and “Have Him at Hello”. She is an internationally renowned Dating Coach and Matchmaker, and blogs for The Huffington Post. In 2010, she won NBC’s reality dating show “The Match Off”, and has appeared often in the media, including The Today Show, CNN, Nightline, The Steve Harvey Show, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Rachel has an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Helen Fisher

Dr. Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. She’s best known as an expert on romantic love, and her thought provoking books– including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love. Dr. Fisher earned her BA in Anthropology and Psychology from New York University, her MA in Physical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, and Archeology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and her PhD in Physical Anthropology: Human Evolution, Primatology, Human Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Strategies from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is a leading expert on the biology of love and attraction. She is currently the most referenced scholar in the love research community. In 2005 Dr. Fisher was hired by match.com to help build chemistry.com, which used her research and experience to create both hormone-based and personality-based matching systems. She was one of the main speakers at the 2006 and 2008 TED conference and was also featured in an ABC News 20/20 special, Why Him? Why Her? The Science of Seduction, where she discussed her most recent research on brain chemistry and romantic love.

List of our speakers from the 2013 conference below:

Rachel Greenwald

Rachel Greenwald is a NY Times bestselling author of “Find A Husband After 35″ and “Have Him at Hello”. She is an internationally renowned Dating Coach and Matchmaker, and blogs for The Huffington Post. In 2010, she won NBC’s reality dating show “The Match Off”, and has appeared often in the media, including The Today Show, CNN, Nightline, The Steve Harvey Show, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Rachel has an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Paul Carrick Brunson

Paul Carrick Brunson (also known as The Modern Day Hitch) has become internationally recognized as one of the most successful matchmakers and relationship coaches. As a pioneering African-American matchmaker in the world, Paul has served over 400 clients directly and collectively through live events and social media matched over 3,000 people on dates.

David Wygant

David Wygant is recognized as the world’s premier dating authority. David has directly impacted the lives of thousands of people in many countries with his books and audio courses, public-speaking engagements, one-on-one coaching, and media appearances. For more than 10 years, David has served as an advisor to actors, celebrities, multi-millionaires and everyday people on how to transform the quality of their lives by meeting “that special someone”.

Melanie Gorman

Melanie Gorman is the Senior VP of YourTango Experts. Her journey into the world of helping and healing began after graduate school when she started teaching a workshop created by Dr. John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus). In 2001, she was asked to join John’s team to create a “coaching program” based on his body of work. In 2009, she joined the YourTango team to create their Expert’s program. As an expert in the world of content marketing, she teaches members how to leverage the internet to drive interest to their business. In addition to her daily work building the Expert’s program and mentoring members, she also coaches Experts on how to create virtual income, gain brand recognition and get off the roller coaster of constantly looking for clients and instead, create a business where clients are looking for them!

Paul Falzone

Paul Falzone is the CEO of eLove Matchmaking which boasts 60 locations and growing, recently named to Inc Magazine’s list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America with a three year growth rate of 133%.

Lisa Clampitt

Lisa Clampitt, LMSW is the Founder and owner of the Matchmaking Institute, professional matchmaker, owner of VIP Life, Licensed Master of Social Work and Author of “MAKE ME A MATCH, the 21st Century Guide to Finding & Using a Matchmaker”

Violet Lim

Violet Lim is CEO & Co-Founder of Lunch Actually, Asia’s first lunch dating company that aims to help busy professionals find love by arranging one-to-one lunch dates with compatible matches among the pre-screened clientele who meet each other’s dating criteria. The Malaysian and Hong Kong office follows in the success of Lunch Actually’s premier operations in Singapore, started in April 2004. In February 2004, Violet attended a matchmaking course and seminar conducted by the Matchmaking Institute, New York City, that prepared her for her new career in matchmaking and gave her insight into the dating and matchmaking industry. She is the first Asian to be certified by the Institute.

Lori Zaslow and Jennifer Zucher

Lori Zaslow and Jennifer Zucher, professional matchmakers and BRAVO TV’s Love Brokers, founded Project Soulmate, Manhattan’s premier matchmaking service for elite singles. Lori had spent 12 years as an executive recruiter, most recently for the powerhouse family of companies including JBCStyle- focusing on the fashion and retail industries. With a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business, Jennifer mastered the Manhattan real estate landscape for over 12 years as a principal at Plaza Real Estate Group. Beginning Project Soulmate with her childhood friend feels like natural extension of that endeavor.

Jennifer Zawadzinski

Jennifer Zawadzinski is a strategic public relations professional based in New York City. She iscurrently PR Director at the Time Inc. Lifestyle Group where she has spent six and a half years building brands like Southern Living, Coastal Living, ALL YOU, LIFE and This Old House. Prior to that, she was public affairs manager for TIME where she publicized breaking news, special issues, high-profile conferences and red carpet events. Previously, she handled press for Details, Men’s Health, Shape and Wired magazines. She has an M.A. in English from the College of William & Mary. Jen is single, loves ethnic men, is open to fix-ups and would gladly field any question about PR or her love life.

Jasbina Ahluwalia

Jasbina Ahluwalia is the leading Matchmaker and Dating Coach for South Asian Singles. She founded Intersections Match, the only National Matchmaking & Dating Coaching Firm for South Asian Singles. She is also a Co-Founder of myiMatch.com (to launch in 2013) – an Online Dating Community and Social Network for South Asian Singles. Jasbina was one of the finalists in OPRAHS search for a new TV Host. She has received worldwide press including in Business Week, Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc., San Jose Mercury News, Live TV and Radio. She has a JD from The University of Michigan Law School, and formerly practiced law in Chicago and San Francisco.

Kim Rosenberg

Kim Rosenberg, President and Founder of Mixology-Matchmaking with a Twist, got her start in the industry working several years at a prominent international, exclusively heterosexual, matchmaking company. Kim created Mixology after finding a crucial need for matchmaking services in the gay and lesbian community. Kim has recently been honored in Washington Business Journal “Top 40 Under 40″ and in Bethesda Magazine for her work. Kim was also a featured expert in WJLA ABC7 News, Smart CEO Magazine, SheWired, Washington Blade, About.com, Washington Life Magazine, and on Oxygen network’s Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, and various other TV shows matching featured guests.