Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization.

He has been called the 'Father of modern networking' by CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts to Watch” by Forbes. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 23 books and is a columnist for Entrepreneur.com.

Dr. Ivan Misner has been named Humanitarian of the Year by the Red Cross, is the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award and is the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation.