Celebrity guests

 Christina Marie Masterson is an American film and television actress. She played Emma Goodall the Pink Power Ranger in the iconic Power Rangers Television series on Nickelodeon "Power Rangers Megaforce"(2013) and "Power Rangers Super Megaforce"(2014). Masterson began her career modeling in Los Angeles. She soon got to work all over Asia starring in many commercials and campaigns for the Asian market but also internationally. Masterson grew up in Southern California as a middle child with two older and two younger siblings.

 TOPIC: OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Singleton’s story embodies everything we have come to understand about the lives of many inner city youth growing up in low-income housing projects. Fatherless and having lost his mother to HIV/AIDS when he was a senior in high school and watched his brother spend most of his life in Georgia’s prison system, IronE fought to have a life far different from the one he knew growing up. The “irony” of his story is that, while all the odds were stacked against him, IronE Singleton still overcame his troubled childhood to attend the University of Georgia on academic and football scholarships where he completed a double major in Theater and Speech Communications.

IronE’s motivational speech delves into his life journey and transformation by sharply contrasting the trials and tribulations of his life growing up destitute living in one of Atlanta’s worst housing projects during the onset of the hip hop explosion and crack epidemic and his battle to overcome the violence, drugs, and crime of the 'hood; his determination to succeed despite an abusive mother, an absent father, and the temptations of instant gratification inherent with the thug life, to his rise to fame in the Oscar nominated and biggest box-office grossing sports movie ever, “The Blind Side” and subsequent landing on The Walking Dead, the biggest show in cable television history.

 Tim Capello became an icon of the 1980's when he appeared as the muscle-bound saxophonist in The Lost Boys! His shirtless, pelvic-thrusting cover of "I Still Believe" is a beloved scene in one of the greatest vampire movies ever made, and it lives on today in memes!

Outside of films, Tim is a respected performer who spent ten years in Tina Turner's band, appearing in the video for "We Don't Need Another Hero" (among others) and even singing the male vocal parts of Tina's updated version of "Proud Mary." Come witness a special performance by Tim as part of our gala!

 Topic:  Collectibles - Trash or Treasure

 Mike Kelleher is the expert appraiser on the hit Discovery tv series Filthy Fortunes!

Mike will discuss how often the geeky collectibles that some view as trash are actually valuable treasures!

ABOUT FILTHY FORTUNES
In a modern-day treasure hunt, Matt "King of Hoards" Paxton (along with appraiser Mike Kelleher and cleanout manager Kayland Brock) travels the country searching for rare, big-ticket items hidden in cluttered, filthy homes. It's a race to strike pay dirt as Matt cleans out the properties, selling his finds for big dollars.  thy Fortunes!

Mike will discuss how often the geeky collectibles that some view as trash are actually valuable treasures!

ABOUT FILTHY FORTUNES
In a modern-day treasure hunt, Matt "King of Hoards" Paxton (along with appraiser Mike Kelleher and cleanout manager Kayland Brock) travels the country searching for rare, big-ticket items hidden in cluttered, filthy homes. It's a race to strike pay dirt as Matt cleans out the properties, selling his finds for big dollars.