Ai Tee Ooi has more than 25 years of experience in the life insurance profession and has grown her team to the top division for nine consecutive years. She believes persistence and hard work are keys to achieving your goals.

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Gregory B. Gagne, ChFC, is the 2023 First Vice President of MDRT. He is a 23-year MDRT member with four Court of the Table and 14 Top of the Table qualifications. He is also an Excalibur Knight of the MDRT Foundation, a member of its Inner Circle Society and has served on its Board of Trustees. Gagne is the founder of Affinity Investment Group LLC, which provides wealth management and distribution planning services. His extensive MDRT volunteerism has included Top of the Table Global Council Member and Advisory Board Chair and the 2020 Program Development Global Council Member, responsible for the Program General Arrangements (PGA) and Program Development Committee (PDC) for the 2020 Annual Meeting and 2020 Global Conference. He has spoken at 12 MDRT meetings. In addition to his MDRT leadership, Gagne is a past president of NAIFA–New Hampshire and was awarded the NAIFA–New Hampshire Distinguished Financial Advisor Award in 2008.

Michael Crossland has been a fighter since birth, defying the odds by surviving a rare form of life-threatening cancer and being the sole survivor of a horrific cancer drug trial. As a businessman and elite sportsman, Crossland is at the forefront of today’s generation of inspirational, highly sought-after speakers in Australia. He also runs his own school and orphanage in Haiti, has shared a stage with the likes of Sir Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama, and his first autobiography is a No. 1 bestseller in six countries.

Eunice Chen has worked in life insurance marketing for 30 years and has signed more than three policies every week since joining the profession. She believes the importance of security, the amount of activity and the power of conviction are keys to providing clients with the most comprehensive services possible.

Adrian P. Baker, Dip PFS, is senior partner of St. James’Place Wealth Management Group and 2023 MDRT Foundation President. His ispassionate about collaborating with people who care about people and who wantto create an exciting future for themselves and the next generation. Asco-founder and trustee of Baby Check Bath, an organization that provides freecranial-osteopathic services for babies whose families cannot otherwise affordit, Baker has an entrepreneurial spirit and works closely with business ownerswho share his values in making a positive contribution to the world.

Jessica Thompson is the CEO of All Hands and Hearts (AHAH), an international disaster relief nonprofit. Her initial three-week volunteer work with AHAH to help rebuild homes in Indonesia turned into a lifelong commitment to the organization’s mission. To date, she has helped coordinate more than 63,000 volunteers, launch 144 disaster relief programs and impact more than a million lives.

Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and the Muslim Funny Fest. She graduated from Arizona State University and is a Princeton University Arts Fellow. As a professional actress, comedian, writer and disability advocate, Zayid has performed in top New York clubs, toured extensively at home and abroad, and has appeared alongside Adam Sandler in “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” She has also authored the book “Find Another Dream.”

Marty Wilson has spent his entire professional life studying resilience, partly because he is a relentless entrepreneur who has leapt from one successful career to another. With experience as a pharmacist, advertising copywriter and stand-up comic, Wilson is a bestselling author, speaker and recipient of the Australian Comic of the Year Award. He has presented to more than 500,000 people on how levity and humor can lead to behavior change in the areas of health and innovation.