Brendan Sullivan is a creativity coach. He helps organizational teams, leaders and individuals to create more innovative solutions, more successful creative ideas, and a healthier, more collaborative work environment where talented people can flourish.

Brendan has designed, facilitated and presented his programs to a wide range of clients, including large corporations like Kellogg’s, Harley-Davidson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sara Lee, Jenny Craig, PepsiCo, Aetna, Marriott Hotels and many others, as well as to many smaller companies, nonprofit groups, schools and government agencies.

Brendan’s programs are informed by his lifetime of practical experience in the corporate world, as well as the world of applied creativity and innovation.

Brendan has been a professional improvisational performer for over 25 years, a graduate of the world famous Second City Conservatory. He has also been a director, teacher and coach of other improvisers. Successful improvisation is all about innovating and collaborating in the moment. Brendan’s nationally recognized, award winning improv group “Blue Velveeta” toured the country, creating new theatre in the moment every night, and on cable’s A&E. Brendan still performs improv on stage in Chicago on a weekly basis.

Brendan’s first novel, "The Living Wills," was published by Eckhartz Press in 2011.

Brendan also was the creative producer, for 10 years, of a top-rated morning radio show in Chicago, the Jonathon Brandmeier Radio Showgram. His job was to create material for the show, written pieces, creative ideas and humorous character segments. Brendan developed successful, transferable techniques for generating creative ideas quickly.

Brendan has combined his extensive experience in improvisation, creative thinking and the corporate world to create and lead engaging, entertaining, practical workshops, keynotes and seminars around collaborative innovation, creativity, team and leadership development.

As a cardiologist with a passion for heart disease education and prevention through whole food plant-based nutrition and lifestyle change, Dr. Steven Lome aspires to educate patients and healthcare professionals/students alike through public speaking/activism, PBNM.org (Plant Based Nutrition Movement), HeartStrong.com and LearnTheHeart.com. He is a vegan, marathon runner, and a fierce advocate of a predominantly or exclusively whole food plant-based diet.