Paul G. Haaga, Jr.

Paul Haaga is Vice Chairman of Capital Research and Management Company, as well as Chairman of CRMC's Executive Committee. He is Chairman of Capital International Fund (Luxembourg SICAV marketed in Europe), Vice Chairman of the 12 fixed-income funds in the American Funds Group and of Capital Income Builder and Capital World Growth and Income Fund. He is also an officer and/or director of a number of other CRMC-managed mutual funds and a Director of The Capital Group Companies.

Prior to joining Capital in 1985, Paul was a partner in the law firm of Dechert Price & Rhoads (now known as Dechert) in Washington, D.C. From 1974 to 1977, he was a senior attorney for the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Paul earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

He is Vice Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee (Chairman from 2002–2004) of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute (the national association of the U.S. mutual fund industry), serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, and serves on a number of volunteer boards.

John C. Bogle

Mr. Bogle is Founder and former chief executive of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. The organization he created in 1974 is now one of the two largest mutual fund organizations in the world, with current assets totaling some $1 trillion. In 1975, Mr. Bogle also founded the first index mutual fund.

In 1999, Fortune magazine named Mr. Bogle as one of the investment industry's four "Giants of the 20th Century." Earlier that year, Princeton University, his alma mater, awarded him its Woodrow Wilson Award for "distinguished achievement in the Nation's service."

He has been presented with the Award for Professional Excellence of the Association for Investment Management and Research, inducted into the Hall-of-Fame of the Fixed Income Analysts' Society, and earlier this year was given the "Legends of Leadership Award" by the Yale School of Management.

A prolific writer and speaker, the most recent of Mr. Bogle's five books are The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism (2005), and John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 Years (2000).

Mr. Bogle served as a member of the Conference Board's Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise during 2002-03, and as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute in 1969-1970.

Kevin Carroll

Kevin Carroll is the author of the highly successful Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: Find and Sustain Your Life's Work, and the founder of The Katalyst Consultancy where his "job" is to nurture and care for the individual and communal inner spirit and to inspire new ways of thinking.

Kevin draws from his vast and varied experiences to entertain, enlighten and challenge business leaders and worldwide audiences. Using lessons garnered from the spirit and dynamics of play, Kevin inspires audiences and organizations to turn creative ideas into reality.

Kevin turned his love of sports into a job as the athletic trainer and physical education teacher at The Haverford School in Philadelphia, which quickly led to a position as head athletic trainer for the Philadelphia 76ers. While at the 76ers, Nike founder and CEO, Phil Knight, tapped Kevin to bring his unique experiences to the sneaker giant. In his seven years with the organization as its official "katalyst," Kevin was instrumental in helping Nike develop a deeper understanding of athletic product performance, team dynamics and interpersonal communication. He was also the inspiration behind the Lance Armstrong wristband phenomenon. Kevin left in 2004 to found his own brand, The Katalyst Consultancy.

Kevin has helped turn creative ideas into reality for such organizations as Nike, The Discovery Channel, ESPN, HSBC Bank, Mattel, Capital One, The National Hockey League, The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Television, and Starbucks. His inspirational messages appear on 17 million Starbucks coffee cups across the country.

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is a co-anchor of "Worldwide Exchange" (M-F, 4-6 a.m. ET), CNBC's first global daily business news program utilizing the resources of CNBC, CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia. She also joins Liz Claman for the second hour of CNBC's "Morning Call" (M-F, 11a.m. - 12 p.m. ET). Prior to "Worldwide Exchange," Michelle anchored CNBC's "Wake Up Call" (M-F, 5-7 a.m. ET).

Michelle reported for NBC News from Baghdad, covering the elections and its impact on Iraq's post-war economy and has also traveled to Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela to report on and produce groundbreaking stories about the economies of those countries.

Michelle joined CNBC in 1998 from WTSP-TV in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she spent four years as a general assignment reporter. Prior to joining WTSP-TV, she was a special projects producer for Univision, where she won an Emmy Award for a five-part series on children with AIDS, as well as an Emmy nomination for a report on sexual abuse by clergymen. At Univision, she gained extensive experience covering Latin America.

In addition to her television career, Michelle has written for numerous publications including People en Espanol, Shape en Espanol and Selecciones (Reader's Digest in Espanol). Her articles focus on personal finance issues of importance to Latinos. She began her career in 1991 as a stringer for the New York Times, reporting on education issues.

Michelle has also been awarded Broadcaster of the Year from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was named one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics" in the country by Hispanic Business Magazine. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Wellesley College.